SF News Here We Go Again — PG&E Says First Power Shutoffs of Fire Season ‘Likely’ This Weekend A pretty wide net of PG&E customers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties could see their first wildfire-related PG&E power shutoff of the season as early as Thursday, thanks to this weekend’s looming high winds and dry conditions.
SF News 'Equipment Issue' Leaves 36,000 San Mateo Households and Businesses Without Power A power outage was impacting a whole lot of people in San Mateo Thursday morning, and its cause is still a mystery.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Red Flag Warnings and Possible Power Shut-Offs Loom This Week BART Police arrested a suspect in Saturday’s 24th Street station stabbing; two SF Walgreens stores suffered smash-and-grabs within an hour of each other; and high winds could prompt some Bay Area PG&E power shut-offs this week.
SF News Possible PG&E Power Shut-Offs Loom in North Bay, East Bay as Major Heat Wave Approaches It’s now officially PG&E power outage season again as the impending heat dome rolls in, with public safety power shutoffs possible this week for eight NorCal counties, including Napa County and Solano County.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Power Outage Hits Central San Francisco A power outage was impacting over 4,000 PG&E customers around Japantown and Lower Nob Hill this a.m.; the Union Square North Beach store is closing; and Grocery Outlet just opened in Marin City.
SF News Residents of Westside Neighborhoods In SF Meet With PG&E About Frequent Power Outages SF Supervisor Myrna Melgar organized a special meeting with PG&E Monday for residents of her district frustrated with the fact that they've experienced multiple power outages so far this year.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Sunset District Sees Power Outage SF's Sunset District had a major power outage Thursday morning; BART was experiencing delays due to an "obstruction" on the tracks near Civic Center; and tickets for Sunday's NFC Championship game are very expensive.
SF News Over 7,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power In San Francisco; Outage to Be Fully Resolved By Afternoon On Wednesday morning, an estimated 7,050 households and businesses lost electricity in the center of San Francisco, and as of late morning, over 1,000 customers were still without power.
SF News Weekend Heat Wave Caused More Than 11,000 Bay Area Households To Lose Power Sunday Though Sunday was cooler than Saturday’s scorcher, PG&E outages still started striking the Bay Area, and particularly the East Bay, starting at about 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
SF News Knock On Wood: State Officials Say Power Outages Unlikely This Summer The California Energy Commission says that this winter's downpours were enough of a boon to the state’s hydroelectric power plants and other new sources that we are supposedly unlikely to have power shortages and grid problems this summer.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Power Outage Leaves Swath of Downtown SF In the Dark An underground vault fire appears to be to blame for a power outage impacting the FiDi, North Beach, and Nob Hill; First Republic Bank remains in serious jeopardy; and the nonprofit Castro Theatre Conservancy has released an ambitious plan for how they would run the theater if given the chance.
SF News [Updated] Storm, High Winds Leave 275,000 Bay Area Residents Without Power Around 2,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco lost power on Tuesday, and around 273,000 others across the region are also in the dark as the Bay Area gets lashed with winds at the back side of this latest atmospheric river storm.
SF News Almost 30,000 PG&E Account Holders Lose Power; Downed Power Lines Reported Across Bay Area With wind gusts exceeding 60mph in some parts of the region, PG&E reported nearly 30,000 account holders lost electricity — primarily due to downed or damaged power lines — between Friday night and early Saturday morning.
SF News Morning Power Outage Impacts Transit Center, Downtown Businesses A Friday morning power outage in the Financial District and SoMa was impacting multiple downtown businesses, as well as the Salesforce/Transbay Transit Center.
SF News There's Likely Going to Be a Power Shutoff Event on Monday for 13 California Counties After a Red Flag Warning was issued for various parts of NorCal Sunday, it was inevitable that a PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Outage Watch would follow suit for some areas. And that's exactly what 13 counties can expect on Monday, according to the utility company.
SF News PG&E Warns of PSPS Outages Starting Tuesday PG&E announced late Sunday that it was giving its mandated 48 hours advance warning of possible public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) in 16 counties due to dry winds starting on Tuesday night.
SF News A Federal Judge's Ruling May Mean Even More PG&E Power Shutoffs This Fire Season The judge overseeing PG&E's corporate criminal probation said Tuesday that he was considering imposing more strict guidance over how often the utility preemptively shuts off power in nine Northern California counties during high-wind events.
SF Politics Ted Cruz's Tweets About Democrats Causing California's Blackouts Come Back to Haunt Him Republicans' memories are painfully short when it comes to anything anyone said longer than a few days ago. But if there's one terrific thing about Twitter, it's that it keeps a record of their nonsense that we can at least throw back in their virtual faces when need be.
SF News PG&E Warns Of More Power-Shutoffs Later This Week For North & East Bay A Red Flag Warning goes into effect Monday night that's currently scheduled to expire Wednesday morning. But starting Wednesday evening, PG&E's forecasters are saying there is an elevated risk of another Diablo wind event that could lead to a two- or three-day PSPS.
SF News Heatwave Brings Flex Alert, More Possible Blackouts in the Bay Area Even if your power wasn't shut off Wednesday night due to high winds and fire danger, you may still lose power Thursday if rolling blackouts are deemed necessary due to the heatwave and a spike in power usage.
SF News PG&E Gives County-by-County Timelines For Likely Shutoffs Wednesday A full schedule of public safety power shutoff (PSPS) duration estimates is now available for October 14 to 16, and PG&E says around 54,000 customers in 24 counties are likely to be affected.
SF News Predicted Mid-Week High Winds Means More Likely Power Shutoffs for North Bay Higher temperatures and gusty offshore winds later this week have PG&E warning customers in the North Bay and elsewhere that there could be another PSPS (public safety power shutoff) in their future.
SF News PG&E Power Outages Hitting NorCal Hard, Nearly 100,000 Homes May Be Without Power as Utility's Share Price Drops It’s that time of year, as the Napa and Sonoma fires have knocked out some 37,000 homes’ power, planned outages hit another 65,000 homes in the Sierras, and even Oakland and SF have a few areas without power.
SF News Red Flag Warning Looking Likely For Parts of the Bay Area Saturday Night as More Dangerous Winds Take Shape Residents of the hill country in Sonoma and Napa counties and out in the East Bay should brace themselves for more fire weather and possible power shutoffs this weekend as another heatwave shapes up and more Diablo winds are being forecast.
SF News Here's Where to Check If Your Power Is Getting Shut Off Tonight Around the Bay Area PG&E is continuing rolling blackouts Tuesday, as necessary, to reduce strain on the electrical grid during this heatwave. And though you won't get advance warning as you would for a fire-safety shutoff, you can check a map to see if you're losing power at some point Tuesday afternoon or evening.
