It has been reported that as of Tuesday (August 18) Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a statewide emergency amid California heat waves and wildfires striking California this week, causing extreme weather conditions.
The high temperatures are taxing the state’s power grid to a breaking point, in a public statement Newsom shared, “We are deploying every resource available to keep communities safe as California battles fires across the state during these extreme conditions.”
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