Community Groups in ‘The Bay’ Will Help Get the Word Out About Emergency Planning

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Community Groups in ‘The Bay’ Will Help Get the Word Out About Emergency Planning

California is prone to disasters, natural and otherwise. They range from devastating annual wildfires to earthquakes, droughts, mudslides and extreme heatwaves. A deteriorated electrical power infrastructure has also been the culprit in sparking some of those wildfires, costing tens of billions of dollars in damage and causing rolling blackouts, electrocutions, and private and public property […]

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