Kathleen Joy Pulgo

Most people think about emergency preparedness in terms of earthquakes, wildfires, or power outages from major storms. In Isla Vista, there is another class of emergency that occurs with quiet regularity but gets far less attention: the after-hours electrical crisis. A burning smell from behind an outlet at midnight. A panel that starts buzzing and […]

When you type ‘electrician near me’ into your phone at 10 p.m. because a breaker keeps tripping, an outlet sparked when you plugged something in, or the lights in half your apartment have gone dark, you want answers fast. But speed and good judgment rarely go hand in hand, and in Isla Vista — a