Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1.
It began this year on March 7, a week and a half before Lake County and the rest of the state began to a shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each year, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, as a result of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
All but two states – Arizona and Hawaii – observe it. The US territories of American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands don’t observe it.
In California, voters originally approved daylight saving time in 1949. However, in November 2018, the state’s voters supported Proposition 7 which would end it.
Both the California Legislature and Congress must take action to finalize the change and there has been no headway on that part of the process.
Cal Fire urges Californians to use daylight saving time as a reminder to make important home safety checks, like checking smoke alarms and replacing their batteries.
The agency said that approximately two-thirds of home fire deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms.
Most of those deadly fires occur at night, which is why Cal Fire it’s essential that every home has working smoke alarms to provide an early warning.
Working smoke alarms increase the chance of surviving a home fire by 50 percent, Cal Fire said.
For more information about smoke alarms visit Cal Fire’s website or contact your local fire department.
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