Power outage impacts San Francisco's Sunset District; PG&E investigating cause

PIX Now Morning Edition 1-25-24

Approximately 10,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco's Sunset District lost power Thursday morning due to a widespread outage, according to the utility.

PG&E outage map PG&E

The PG&E outage is in the western part of the city that stretches from Taraval Street north through Golden Gate Park. It was first reported shortly after 7 a.m.

There currently is no explanation for the cause behind the outage. According to the PG&E website, crews are investigating the issue.

The site said the main area impacted by the outage would likely have power restored by 10:30 a.m., but most customers appeared to have their electricity back as of shortly before 10 a.m. There was still a stretch of 10th Ave. between Judah St. and Ortega St. that was being affected.

Dave Pehling

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015.