Rotors thudded over frozen fields as a helicopter crew in the American South inched along a crippled transmission corridor, a lineman suspended in the slipstream to inspect ice-caked power lines that ...

A tree fell into a power pole at Branch and King streets in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 17, 2026, as a severe thunderstorm hit the Central Coast. Chloe Shrager cshrager@thetribunenews.com A powerful ...