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A customer shops for groceries at La Tapatia Market during a blackout in Napa, California, U.S., on Oct. 9. — A customer shops for groceries at La Tapatia Market during a blackout in Napa, California, U.S., on Oct. 9.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Lynn Doan, Mark Chediak, and Hailey Waller

October 13, 2019 at 3:41 PM UTC

Updated on

October 14, 2019 at 9:01 AM UTC

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An unprecedented blackout that plunged millions of Californians into the darkness for days is over.

And nobody can say when the next will hit.