SF News Why Your PG&E Bill Will Be Way Higher This Fall, By The Numbers Starting this fall, your Pacific Gas and Electric will take a leap, and not because you're leaving all the lights on. On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to let the SF-based
SF News South Park Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations, Street Closures [Updated] Following a gas line rupture in the city's SoMa neighborhood, in South Park near Third and Bryant, several street closures and evacuations are currently in progress. "The leak was reported at 127 South
SF News Snipers Attacked A Silicon Valley Power Station Last Year And Nobody Told Us Around 1 a.m. on April 16th last year, a team of attackers cut phone lines and took out 17 power transformers at a PG&E substation south of San Jose, nearly
SF News Oakland Gas Line Ruptures, Sets Street On Fire Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, an underground gas line in Oakland's Eastmont neighborhood ruptured, spilling gas and setting fire to a residential street. Aerial footage from NBC Bay Area shows the street
SF News [CORRECTION] PG&E Fined For San Carlos Pipeline Error CORRECTION: While initially reporting that a fine was issued for the San Bruno pipeline explosion and fire, this was NOT the case. Today's ruling was regarding PG&E "delaying and mischaracterizing" the
SF News Caltrain Busts Gas Line In San Bruno A little after 9 p.m. Sunday night, a Caltrain crew broke a gas line while working on a $155 million project in San Bruno (yes, San Bruno). Service temporarily halted in both
SF News Elderly Oakland Couple Punked, Robbed By Fake PG&E Guys Oakland needs to be on the alert for two dudes (or anyone for that matter) posing as PG&E workers with clipboards and claiming they need to "check an easement" on your
SF News Brief Power Outage Hits 37,000 In S.F. Tuesday Night A power outage left 36,895 homes dark last night (including one of your SFist editors) for a brief period during which they might have otherwise been enjoying David Letterman, or President Obama
SF News Power Outage Hits SoMa [Updates] The power is out on Folsom between 1st & 6th Streets and in other nearby parts of SoMa. This means that your SFist editor's Whole Foods is CLOSED and thus he cannot buy
SF News BREAKING: Gas Line Rupture Shuts Down SoMa Near Yerba Buena, Buildings Evacuated [Update] Photo: Brock Keeling A gas line in the SoMa district is presently leaking, causing Folsom and Howard Streets between 3rd and 5th Streets to be closed to traffic and multiple buildings to be
SF News PG&E Spoiling The Fun Of Oakland's Utility Pole Gnomes Oaklanders began noticing tiny painted portraits of gnomes appearing at the bases of utility poles around town exactly a year ago, adding a splash of whimsy and mystery to the otherwise bullet-riddled landscape.
SF News Christmas Night Brings Another Manhole Cover Blast Like a little Christmas gift from PG&E, a manhole cover blew off at 3rd and Mission Streets last evening in a festive display caused by an underground vault fire. The incident
SF News PG&E Fires or Suspends 18 Employees In Scandal Over 1,200 Fraudulent Inspections PG&E is supposed to be more vigilant and safety-oriented these days, after blowing up a cul de sac in 2010 and killing eight people in San Bruno, but as it happens,
SF News Lightning Strike Blows Out Transformers in Noe Valley About 100 households lost power in Noe Valley last night when a freak lightning strike took out five transformers near 24th and Hoffman Streets. Some of you who were awake around 1 a.
SF News City Tentatively Approves CleanPowerSF Public Power Initiative In yesterday's meeting, the Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to approve CleanPowerSF — the city's first step in toppling PG&E's longstanding monopoly. In addition to offering a local customers the choice to
SF News Richmond District Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations Several homes have been ordered to evacuate after a gas leak occurred at 25th Avenue and Geary in San Francisco. Aa tear was punctured in a 2-inch gas main was reported a little
SF News Another Gas Leak In San Bruno; This Time, a Contractor's Fault Just yards from where the high-pressure gas pipe sprung a leak and caused a massive fireball in San Bruno in 2010, a private contractor busted open another gas pipe yesterday, letting loose some
SF News Around 7,000 Without Power This Morning Oh dear. An estimated 5,000-7,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning. The problem began last night, with some customers experiencing periodic blackouts. However, according to PG&E,
SF News PG&E Has Valve Shutoff Problem Again in Last Night's Four-Alarm Portola Blaze Yet again, PG&E is being blamed by firefighters for taking way too long to shut off a gas main during a four-alarm fire at a construction site yesterday afternoon. Two hours
SF News Cyclist Critically Injured In SoMa Crash A cyclist riding near 13th Street and South Van Ness yesterday morning collided with a PG&E van and sustained critical injuries that are life-threatening. The van was traveling south on South
SF News PG&E Trying To Get Out Of Paying Fine For Deadly San Bruno Disaster Get this: PG&E actually had the balls to ask the state this week if they wouldn't please be so kind as to offset the fine they're expected to be on the
SF News Two Underground Explosions Rock Chinatown/North Beach [Updated] We're getting reports of a manhole explosion in the last hour near the corner of Grant and Pine, and PG&E is reportedly already on the scene. Emergency In SF reports that
SF News BREAKING: PG&E Fire Vault Closes Geary Boulevard Traffic is closed East Bound on Geary Boulevard between 29th & 31st Avenue until after 10:00 a.m. A PG&E vault fire (similar to this one in 2009) caused a
SF News PG&E Leaves 2,900 SoMa Residents In the Dark Here's your weekly unscheduled PG&E power outage: roughly 2,900 customers are without power along Folsom, Howard and Clementina Streets tonight. City Supervisor Jane Kim, always looking out for her neighborhood,
SF News 9,000 Without Power In San Francisco's Western Addition, Haight A major power outage hit San Francisco today affecting central San Francisco. An estimated 9,000 people are without juice. According to Andrew Dalton at SFist's western headquarters, "a couple of PG&
