This winter seems endless for many families, especially for those in the Santa Cruz Mountains who’ve been hit with extended outages with little-to-no breaks.
Some say they’ve had more blackouts than days with power in the past few weeks and PG&E says they’re preparing to respond by loading up substations that are near the neighborhoods, with all the tools they’ll need ahead of the storm.
“The mountain has hummed with generators for weeks,” said Julie.
She and her neighbors in Los Gatos say they’re mentally ready if they get a repeat of last week: a storm with wild winds, extended blackouts, and lots of damage.
But at the same
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