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- PG&E cut power to thousands of California customers to lower wildfire risk.
- The utility warned about 90,000 customers in 29 counties, leaving 79,978 without power Thursday afternoon.
- Roughly 5,500 medical baseline customers and six tribal governments faced potential shutoffs statewide.
- A Red Flag Warning covering the area through Friday cited gusty winds and low humidity.
- PG&E identified over 40 community resource centers providing charging, water, snacks, and Wi-Fi during outages.