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A utility strike rarely starts as a dramatic event. Most of the time, it begins with a bucket operator shaving a trench wall, a fence contractor chasing a post hole, or a crew assuming a shallow service line would be farther off the curb. Then the sound changes, the machine stops, and everyone on site feels the same drop in the stomach. In Alameda County, that moment can get expensive fast. Gas, electric, telecom, water, sewer, irrigation, private power, abandoned lines