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The California Independent System Operator, the nonprofit that runs the grid, said Saturday that a fire burning in Oregon was an imminent threat to transmission lines used to power California. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
CALIFORNIA The Golden State extended its Flex Alert Saturday and asked residents to conserve energy for a second consecutive day as a rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern Oregon threatened vital transmission lines used to power California.
The alert from the California Independent System Operator originally came down Friday and asked residents to conserve energy from 4 to 9 p.m. On Saturday, CAISO again asked residents to lower thermostats and continue to conserve power during the evening hours.
Extreme heat forecast this weekend, all-time records in jeopardy
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Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states
By DAISY NGUYENJuly 11, 2021 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53 Celsius) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly high temperature was actually lower than the previous day, when the location reached 130 F (54 C).
If confirmed as accurate, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when Furnace Creek desert hit 134 F (57 C), considered the highest measured temperature on Earth.