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Fire Fight: Between Blazes and Power Outages, California Is a Mess; What Can Be Done?

The easy calls have been made in dealing with California’s wildfire crisis. We’re clearing brush, spending on firefighters and hastening insurance claims. We’ve tied the pay of utility executives to their companies’ safety records. To save lives—and liability costs—during red-flag conditions, we’ve cut power to great swaths of the state. We’ve spent billions: Rare is […]

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