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‘Significant’ wind gusts prompt North Bay blackouts starting Monday night
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers may be affected by a Public Safety Power Shutoff in parts of the North Bay starting Monday night.Read More
Officials urge public to conserve power as ‘extreme heat storm’, wildfire damage threatens energy supply
California Independent System Operator officials are renewing an appeal for electrical consumption Sunday and Monday even as energy consumption soars amid record setting temperatures around the Bay Area and...Read More
Raw sewage pollutes Oakland Estuary after wastewater plant fails in power outage
Boaters are being warned to stay away from the Oakland Estuary on Saturday, after an estimated 50,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled during a power outage Friday night at...Read More
Crews to monitor SoMa fire scene for several days after five-alarm blaze
Firefighters are likely to continue tamping down a five-alarm fire in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for several days after it burned a half-dozen buildings Tuesday morning, fire...Read More
Several traffic signals out as large power outage darkens Fremont
Fremont police are warning residents about a large power outage Tuesday morning that is affecting multiple traffic signal lights in the city. Police issued the warning shortly before 9...Read More
Nearly 3,000 Vallejo customers still without power
Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers in Vallejo are without power Sunday morning. That number is down from approximately 6,000 reported around 6:30 a.m. The outage on the city’s west side....Read More
Thousands still without power in South Bay
Updated numbers reflect a far larger power outage than stated earlier Sunday afternoon, with 3,746 customers initially affected by the outage, and 2,259 customers still without power as of...Read More
Crews free people from elevator after transformer fire knocks power out
A transformer attached to a utility pole caught fire in Mountain View on Tuesday afternoon, causing several small grass fires as well as a power outage that left people...Read More
Thousands of Bay Area PG&E still without power
More than 8,400 PG&E customers remained without power Monday morning in the Bay Area after a day of windy weather Sunday knocked down power lines and toppled trees in...Read More
High winds knock out power all over Bay Area, prompt ferry service disruption
Strong, gusty winds are continuing to wreak havoc on the Bay Area power grid and other services Sunday morning, with large electrical outages reported in the North East and...Read More
UC Berkeley experiencing partial outage
The University of California at Berkeley campus is experiencing a power outage Thursday morning, UC police said. UC Berkeley police wrote on Twitter at 7:28 a.m. about the outage,...Read More
Hit-and-run driver hits pole, knocks out power to nearly 7,000 customers
North Parkside Drive in Pittsburg is expected to be closed for several hours Sunday night as police investigate a hit-and-run accident that took out a utility pole and knocked...Read More
Power outage strikes more than 3,000 Palo Alto customers
About 3,300 customers are out of power Wednesday evening in Palo Alto, a spokesperson for City of Palo Alto Utilities said. The power went out at about 4:30 p.m....Read More
More than 3,000 Santa Rosa PG&E customers without power
PG&E is working to restore power to approximately 3,000 customers, affecting an estimated 8,500 residents, on Santa Rosa’s east side, including areas near Spring Lake Park and Trione-Annadel State...Read More
Hundred legislators join San Jose mayor’s call for customer-owned PG&E
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is rallying public support for the idea of a customer-owned PG&E, following this year’s devastating wildfires attributed to the utility’s equipment and public safety...Read More
Power outage shuts down Monterey County administrative offices
The Monterey County Administrative Office building in Salinas is closed for the rest of the day Tuesday because of an unexpected power outage, county officials said. The building at...Read More
Silicon Valley power line repairs take several hours
Repairs to damaged power lines caused by harsh winds overnight could take between four and six hours “at multiple locations,” Silicon Valley Power officials said Sunday morning. The utility...Read More
Thousands across Bay Area still in the dark after first storm
Nearly 4,400 customers are still without power in the Bay Area Wednesday morning following Tuesday’s rainstorm. Power is still out to 2,400 customers in the North Bay, 850 in...Read More
Weather causes SFO delays into night, several area outages
Travelers in the Bay Area can expect delays at San Francisco International Airport Tuesday night due to inclement weather, a duty manager for the airport said. By 7:30 p.m.,...Read More
PG&E issues ‘all-clear’ to begin power restoration
PG&E issued an “all-clear” early Thursday morning when improved wind conditions ended its most recent Public Safety Power Shutoff that affected 50,000 customers Wednesday in 11 counties including Napa,...Read More