SF News San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties Added to PG&E Shutoff List Three more counties were added early Tuesday to the list of those with residents and businesses who will be potentially impacted by a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) set to begin early Wednesday.
SF News Oakland/Berkeley Hills and Part of Contra Costa County Added to PG&E Shutoff Map For Wednesday As should be expected, the impacts of a still-in-planning Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) by PG&E on November 20 are a moving target, and now we're learning that Alameda and Contra Costa County are in the mix.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Newsom Pushes Back Further In PG&E Bankruptcy Case The Apple Card appears to have some sexist approval practices, California DACA recipients speak out as Supreme Court hears case, and a rolled-over fuel tanker cause a traffic mess in the South Bay.
SF News New Round of PG&E Blackouts Likely To Begin Tuesday At Noon A fresh round of public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) is expected to begin Tuesday afternoon and last until Wednesday morning — and for some who lost power over the weekend, they may not be seeing it turned on again until this next "wind event" dies down.
SF News Here's An Auto-Updating Fire Map of Sonoma County and All of California It remains a dynamic situation in northern Sonoma County where the Kincade Fire more than doubled in size Sunday night in terms of acreage burned and burning.
SF News Weekend Power Shutoffs To Impact Large Parts of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Marin Counties The latest map of potentially impacted areas in the upcoming weekend public safety power shutoffs by PG&E includes wide swaths of every Bay Area county except San Francisco.
SF News PG&E Stock Tanks Anew Following Kincade Fire News PG&E's stock is hitting new lows Friday following news that one of its transmission lines may have again been responsible for a destructive wildfire, as it continues to try to emerge from bankruptcy.
SF News More, Wider-Spread Power Shutoffs Likely Coming To Bay Area Sunday After shutoffs that have already gotten underway in Sonoma and Napa counties and elsewhere Wednesday, with more to begin Wednesday night, weather models suggest windy conditions that could lead to power shutoffs for an even wider swath of Northern California on Sunday and Monday.
SF News Here's a Map of Where PG&E Is Likely To Shut Off Power Today According to PG&E's latest projected outage map for the Public Safety Power Shutoff event beginning today, a large swath of the Sierra foothills will be impacted, as will around 27,000 power customers in Sonoma County.
SF News Day Around the Bay: San Mateo County Added To Potential Power Shut-Off List An Atherton couple has pleaded guilty at the last minute in the Varsity Blues scandal, Oakland police will investigate a violent arrest of a former councilman, and Marin and Solano counties won't be facing PG&E shutoffs this week.
SF News PG&E Announces More Possible Shutoffs Wednesday As Dry, Windy Conditions Return Northern California remains pretty parched despite some passing mists last week, and wind conditions coming to mountain areas this week mean that more proactive power shutoffs are likely in our future.
SF News Power Begins Coming Back On In Bay Area As Winds Die Down As of early Friday morning, PG&E was turning the power back on for much of the Bay Area, however over 50,000 homes and business are still without power in Sonoma and Napa.
SF News PG&E Delays Shutoffs for Heavily Populated Parts of Bay Area; Turning Power Back On Could Take Days PG&E has said it will be delaying planned power outages for several Bay Area counties until 8 p.m. Wednesday.
SF News BART Says Service Won't Be Interrupted Despite Wide Possible Power Outage BART pledges that train service will not be interrupted Wednesday and Thursday despite large swaths of the Bay Area being expected to lose power in a PG&E safety shutoff.
SF News PG&E Issues Power Shutoff Warning For Most Of Northern California Except SF This is basically an earthquake kit situation without the earthquake, and will potentially affect millions of Californians between Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon.
SF News 50,000 Lose Power in Berkeley, Richmond, and Elsewhere In East Bay A PG&E equipment failure is being blamed for a Sunday morning power outage that affected around 50,000 customers.
SF News Two New Photos Suggest PG&E At Fault for Tubbs Fire In Santa Rosa With new expert opinions and recently discovered photos, the case is clear(er): PG&E’s power lines likely sparked the Tubbs Fire.
SF News Day Around the Bay: PG&E Holds Off On North Bay Power Shutoffs The SF Homeless Outreach Team got its budget extended despite reported lack of results, evidence revealed in murder trial of Tiffany Li and Kaveh Bayat is chilling, and cell providers say they can't guarantee service during wildfires.
SF News Napa and Sonoma To Keep Power On Monday, Still May Lose Power Tuesday PG&E just announced that it will be keeping power flowing to Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties today, though as the hot, dry weather is expected to continue tomorrow and Wednesday, they're not totally in the clear.
SF News Power Outage Shuts Down Muni Metro, Impacts 22,000 Customers In SF A PG&E power outage that extends from Dogpatch and Mission Bay to Twin Peaks has caused a rush-hour nightmare for Muni commuters as all Muni Metro service was stopped as a result.
SF News SF May Own Its Own Electrical Grid By Buying It From Bankrupt PG&E San Francisco leaders have been thinking about this for a while, and now the city has offered PG&E $2.5 billion to purchase its SF electrical grid.
SF News Power Goes Out For 4,000 In Japantown and Cathedral Hill PG&E and the Bay Area apparently can't handle the heat, and following large power outages Tuesday that impacted 17,000 households and businesses outside of San Francisco, two new outages are impacting a swath of the city and Lafayette.
SF News [Updated] BART Has Major Systemwide Delays As Transbay Tube Shuts Down All BART service through the Transbay Tube was halted Thursday afternoon due to a damaged gas pipe in West Oakland, and this is going to be a mess of a commute.
SF News PG&E 'Recloser' Devices Implicated As Possible Wildfire Cause As Another Lawsuit Is Filed Three more North Bay families are expected to file a lawsuit against PG&E Thursday, implicating the utility in the devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino
SF News CA Legislators Seek To Block PG&E From Passing Fire Costs On To Customers As PG&E is potentially facing a torrent of litigation in connection with the Northern California wildfires this month, in addition to the costs of repairing or replacing infrastructure and power lines
