Weather & Science
California Storm Blackouts Plunge Silicon Valley into Darkness
- About 193,000 homes, businesses are still without power
- Outages strike rural mountains, wealthy urban areas alike
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Utility workers raced to restore power to parts of central California, after the latest atmospheric river struck the state with heavy rain and blasting winds, plunging parts of Silicon Valley into darkness.
Falling trees took down power lines and blocked roads, leaving about 193,000 homes and businesses without electricity by 4:30 a.m. local time, according to the poweroutage.us website.