More Outages Fueling Frustration For PG&E Customers
There was growing frustration from customers and Governor Gavin Newsom over the threat of a third PG&E planned outage this weekend.
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There was growing frustration from customers and Governor Gavin Newsom over the threat of a third PG&E planned outage this weekend.
PG&E announced Friday that approximately 850,000 customers have been notified that they may be impacted by this weekend's potential power shutoffs.
Firefighters continued to battle the Kincade Fire in California as the state's largest utility said a transmission line broke near the blaze's origin point minutes before it ignited.
PG&E has started the process of restoring power to nearly 180,000 customers across Northern California Thursday, while even bigger outages loom around the corner.
As the Kincade Fire explodes in size, prompting thousands of evacuations, PG&E confirmed Thursday they had a downed powerline in the same area where the Kincade Fire started Wednesday night.
Crews have begun inspecting power lines to begin restoration ahead of another potential power shutoff this weekend.
Placerville and surrounding areas saw safety outages Wednesday night in their downtown area once again.
As power was shut off for the first of nearly 180,000 Northern California residents with a second round of preventive power outages Wednesday afternoon, PG&E's CEO confirmed another attack on a utility worker in the Central Valley.
The PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs are starting to become routine for some in Amador County.
PG&E is moving ahead with planned shutoffs starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
In Nevada City, California Organics Market and Cafe employees were busy clearing refrigerated displays that will soon lose power.
PG&E will decide Wednesday morning whether to cut power to approximately 184,000 customers in 16 counties for fire safety, including more than 130,000 customers in the Sacramento region.
With another round of PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs looming Wednesday, a simple tip from a viral Facebook post may help save some food in your freezer.
Over one million Californians were left in the dark earlier this month during the Pacific Gas and Electric power shutoff, and now hundreds of thousands more in the Bay Area and Foothills are facing the same fate as fire weather moves across Northern Calfornia.
Less than two weeks after blacking out much of Northern California, the state's largest utility is warning that dangerous fire weather could prompt it to shut off power to about a half-million people.
The windy weather may leave thousands of PG&E customers in the dark, but some fire agencies still have controlled burns on the schedule.
Pacific Gas and Electric is expecting another round of shutoffs later this week ahead of dry and windy conditions.
PG&E said they are monitoring a severe wind event that may lead to more power shutoffs later in the week that may impact up to 17 counties across northern California.
California's top regulator excoriated top executives of the state's largest utility even as Pacific Gas & Electric repeatedly said they know they failed to meet public expectations when the company cut the power to more than 2 million people last week.
The CEO of California's largest utility says it will take about a decade for PG&E to get to the point where widespread safety outages are not necessary when wildfire danger is high.
The leader of the California Senate asked a committee Thursday to investigate a utility company's decision to cut off power to more than 2 million people to prevent wildfires.
A top Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive who was among a group of employees who wined and dined top customers just before the utility's mass power outage last week is no longer with the company.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has also criticized PG&E for its performance during the outage, blaming what he called decades of mismanagement, underinvestment and lousy communication with the public.
Millions of Californians spent part of the week in the dark in an unprecedented effort by the state's large electrical utilities to prevent another devastating wildfire. It was the fifth time Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has preemptively cut the power but by far the largest to date in the utility's effort to prevent a deadly wildfire sparked by its power lines.
PG&E announced Saturday evening that all power has been restored following Wednesday's massive public safety power shutoffs.
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A West Park High School sophomore is celebrating the end of the school year and a second chance at life after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest during band class last month.
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Forecasters issued warnings to Nothern California residents about widespread gusty winds and high fire danger as well as beach hazards over the weekend.
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The global pinball machines market size is projected to be valued at $90 million this year, with growth to $110 million by 2035, according to Business Research Insights. But this didn't come without some bumps in the road, years after what Pacific Pinball Museum president Larry Zartarian says was the golden age, from the 1940's to the '60's.
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Top gubernatorial candidates faced off in a debate hosted Thursday by CBS News California and the San Francisco Examiner.
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