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Judy Aquiline, a Sonoma local, sits in the candle-lit restaurant Reel and Brand in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, during a planned power outage by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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