Phony Utility Workers Burglarize 2 Homes In San Francisco
The suspects claimed to be workers from PG&E in one case and with the city's water department in the other and are the latest in a rash of home invasions.
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The suspects claimed to be workers from PG&E in one case and with the city's water department in the other and are the latest in a rash of home invasions.
More than 2,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area are still without power Monday morning following the weekend rain and windstorm, utility officials said.
PG&E officials hunkered down in the utility company's "war room" directed crews working around the clock to restore power to customers cut off by this weekend's powerful storm that brought down trees and power lines around the Bay Area.
Nearly 55,000 Bay Area customers have lost power during Friday's storm. As of 4 p.m., around 14,800 remained without power in the area.
The California Public Utilities Commission Friday released roughly 65,000 email messages exchanged between PG&E Co. and agency officials between 2010 and 2014 as ordered because of a "judge shopping" scandal with PG&E, CPUC officials said.
A 16-year-old girl was arrested Monday after authorities said she led police on a chase and slammed into a natural gas meter at a pizza parlor, causing a massive fire that burned down the restaurant.
Monthly rates for customers of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.—the state's largest provider of electricity and natural gas service—are going up by nearly 6 percent for the average home.
PG&E crews have restored power to 98 percent of the 195,500 customers who had outages in the Bay Area during Tuesday's strong windstorm, utility officials said Wednesday.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, around 170,000 customers had been impacted by power outages throughout the region, with an estimated 31,000 customers still without service
Around 24,000 customers have lost power in the Bay Area Tuesday due to high winds, PG&E officials said.
Numerous power outages were reported along San Francisco's Embarcadero Friday morning.
The embattled president mentioned a long list of accomplishments during his tenure, but failed to address the San Bruno pipeline explosion and backdoor dealings with PG&E.
Two power poles came down on two different mobile homes in South San Jose Monday morning. In addition, a transformer damaged a third mobile home, but everyone escaped injury according to the fire department.
It may not be as windy as last week, but there's plenty more rain in Monday's forecast and more people on the roads are causing several traffic backups for commuters.
PG&E reported late Thursday night about 3,400 residents in the Bay Area were still without power do to a inclement weather pushing through the area.
Thousands of PG&E customers remain without power in the Bay Area, with the majority of those outages in San Francisco.
As a major storm moves across Northern California, there are power outages affecting more than 15,000 customers, according to PG&E.
PG&E is reporting close to 7,000 customers affected by power outages in the Bay Area Thursday morning.
The big storm expected to hit the Bay Area this week has PG&E preparing in advance to respond to power outages and is recommending that customers to do the same.
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A couple thousand Pacific Gas and Electric customers are without power across the Bay Area Tuesday morning.
A large tree branch fell down onto some power lines in Woodside Tuesday morning causing some outages and blocking lanes on Highway 84.
Power has been restored to more than 3,000 PG&E customers in American Canyon and Vallejo Sunday but the cause of the outage is still unknown, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
Power has been restored to nearly 2,000 customers following two separate power outages in Cupertino Saturday morning caused by a squirrel.
The decision stems from the disclosure of several private emails earlier this year between a PG&E executive and CPUC officials in a case over utility rates.
