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An aircraft takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) behind electric power lines at sunset as the California Independent System Operator announced a statewide electricity Flex Alert urging conservation to avoid blackouts in El Segundo, California on Aug. 31, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)Also: Foreign aid | Foreign policy | Leadership failure | Canada relations | Normalizing Trump. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Jan. 1, 2026.
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