LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – After weeks of fires and blackouts, it’s time to “fall back.”
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3.
This year, it began on Sunday, March 10.
Daylight time goes into effect on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, dates that went into effect in 2007 as established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, according to the US Naval Observatory.
States that do not observe daylight saving time are Arizona and Hawaii; the US territories of American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also don’t hold to it.
Despite Californians voting last year in favor of a proposition to get rid of it, California’s Legislature has not yet taken action on getting rid of daylight saving time. Once it does, it must still have approval from Congress.
The National Weather Service said this is a good time to prepare your home and family for emergencies.
Preparations the agency suggests including doing fire drills at home and writing a family escape plan, and replacing batteries in important devices like weather radios, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Cal Fire also urges people to use daylight saving time as a reminder to check smoke alarms, which it said should be installed in all sleeping rooms, hallways that lead to sleeping areas, basements and each additional level of the home, because most fatal fires occur at night.
For more information about smoke alarms visit Cal Fire’s Web site at www.fire.ca.gov or contact your local fire department.