About 30 large fires burning in California

(19 Aug 2020) California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency on Tuesday over wildfires burning throughout California amid excessive heat. The state’s power grid operator has pleaded with residents and businesses to continue conserving energy to avoid rolling blackouts. Newsom said crews were battling some 30 large fires, with some sparked by lightning. Evacuations were in effect to the north and east of the San Francisco Bay Area, near Salinas in Monterey County, around Oroville Dam no