According to PG&E, strong winds will hit the Bay Area over the next two days. This could result in power outages and ruined hairdos. "The utility is anticipating some power outages if the wind storm produces the 60 mph gusts that weather forecasters are predicting," PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian told BCN. more ›

Monday will see a brief respite from the relentless rain before another storm front is expected to pass through the Bay Area on Tuesday evening. Tomorrow's forecast is partly cloudy with a high of 58 degrees by Noon and mostly sunny around the 3 and 4 p.m. hours. San Francisco received 0.61 inches of rain today in the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. more ›

Time to break out the Aqua Net. A wind advisory is in place for San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Marin, Monterey, Contra Costa, Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara and Alameda counties counties, lasting until 11 am tomorrow. more ›

Setting himself up for countless "hot air" punchlines, Gavin Newsom "is calling for windmills throughout the city," reports KCBS. An estimated 29 of them might pop up in SF sometime in the very near future. Or not. (Although he'd like to "streamline the permit process" to get them up ASAP.) Anyway, Newsom goes on to said that the wind turbines cold be put on historical landmarks. he also emotes, "wind is a rural or suburban phenomenon and not necessarily an urban phenomenon ... We believe wind needs to be part of the urban mix of renewables. Our goal is to have 50 megawatts of renewable energy being generated within the city and county of San Francisco over the next few decades." more ›

We received three urgent text messages since 9 a.m. this morning from SFAlert, claiming that "the National Weather Service reports/updated a High Wind Watch for the San Francisco area." Strange. We see no blustery weather or airborne British nannies in the distance. more ›

It's a freaking typhoon out there, and Muni wants you to wait 30 minutes for a bus. And then when it comes, it comes in threes! Just like celebrity deaths! more ›

In keeping with today's weather/music theme, ladies and gentlemen, Miss Patti LuPone. And her hair.
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