CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 8: A PG&E employee works on damaged utility lines along Sandy Road on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Castro Valley, Calif. A large eucalyptus tree fell Saturday afternoon severely damaging a home, trapping a person inside and knocking down utility lines. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
This week, an 80-foot Douglas Fir tree thundered down into Rachel Wells’ driveway bringing with it a tangle of power lines. And on Friday afternoon, Wells headed into her fourth day without power as she and her husband, Evan, rely on a generator to cook frozen pizzas in an air fryer and