SF News Exploding Transformer, Errant Raccoon Knock Out Power To Thousands Of San Franciscans Huge swaths of San Francisco found themselves without power Saturday, after two separate incidents — one caused by a transformer that exploded, the other caused by a raccoon — took out lines across the city.
SF News PG&E Gas Line Explodes Near Fresno, At Least 14 Injured A photo posted by Alan-Michael (@81vlvnmvc) on Apr 17, 2015 at 2:29pm PDT An explosion near Fresno at about 2:30 p.m. halted north and south traffic on Highway 99, KCRA
SF News Windy City: Trees Toppled, Power Lost, BART Disrupted Almost 10,000 PG&E customers throughout the Bay Area are without power this morning due to wind-related outages, reports CBS 5, included over 6 thousand in San Francisco alone. The most
SF News Fishermen Sue PG&E Over Chemical Contamination Near Wharf by Eric Wuestewald On Tuesday, fifty fisherman and a single Marina property owner filed a formal complaint against PG&E claiming their former refineries had poured some truly nasty stuff into the
SF News PG&E To Be Fined $1.4 Billion By Public Utilities Commission Over San Bruno Blast [Updated] In the largest ever fine to be imposed by California's Public Utilities Commission, PG&E may be slapped with a $1.4 billion fine for the institutional negligence that led up to
SF News Day Around the Bay: Murdoch Takes Stab At Google Crazy old man Rupert Murdoch takes stab at Google privacy concerns in one of the greatest pot-kettle-black moments of recent Twitter history. [SF Business Times] Michael Bauer is already contemplating additions to next
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
