1.3 billion households around the world don’t have access to electricity. A staggering 20 percent of these households are in India, and Santa Clara’s Miller Center for Entrepreneurship is trying to change that.

A storm has come, and Santa Clarans have reason to fear. Precepitation in the upcoming months is expected to be colossal. The Santa Clara community received a powerfully-worded cautionary email on Oct. 27 from David Burns, director of Emergency Planning about the impending likelihood of intense flooding and rolling blackouts due to the El Niño storm.