Power Restored To Nearly All North Bay PG&E Customers Following Napa Earthquake
Power has been restored to about 99 percent of PG&E customers in the North Bay, a utility spokesman said.
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Power has been restored to about 99 percent of PG&E customers in the North Bay, a utility spokesman said.
PG&E reports there were still about 17,000 customers in the North Bay without power late Sunday afternoon.
PG&E was working to investigate the cause of an outage that initially left thousands of customers without power in parts of San Mateo County Saturday night.
PG&E crews have stopped the flow of gas from a gas line ruptured by a construction crew near a shopping center in Fremont that led to the evacuation of multiple businesses this afternoon, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
BART service has resumed following major delays impacting the Richmond BART line Tuesday morning due to a power outage in South San Francisco.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to charges in a new indictment that accuses the utility of lying to federal investigators looking into a fatal pipeline explosion in San Bruno in 2010.
Part of a main thoroughfare in Concord was closed Monday morning after a truck crashed into a power pole knocking out power to hundreds, authorities said.
Firefighters are responding to a three-alarm warehouse fire in Oakland Monday morning.
California regulators have approved a nearly $2.4 billion rate hike for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers that will see the typical customer's monthly bill increase by $7.50 starting in the fall.
Utility crews have stopped the leak of a 4-inch natural gas main in Campbell Monday morning that had prompted police to evacuate hundreds of residents near a construction project, a police captain said.
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge Monday lifted a stay on a shareholders' lawsuit that accuses PG&E Co. officers and directors of violating their fiduciary duty by allegedly failing to prevent safety violations that led to a fatal pipeline explosion in San Bruno in 2010.
A garbage truck driver was trapped in the truck after crashing into a utility pole and bringing down power lines Monday morning in San Leandro
Firefighters are battling a 2-alarm residential fire located at 47th and Melrose streets in East Oakland.
A federal grand jury has indicted Pacific Gas and Electric Company for allegedly obstructing the federal investigation into the deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion.
The City of San Bruno is making their case against what they call a cozy relationship between PG&E and its regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission, after the city obtained emails following the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion.
An advertising banner touting Geico insurance fell from a plane towing it over Fremont on Monday, striking power lines and landing on a home.
The O.co Coliseum in Oakland briefly lost power when it was struck by lightning early Tuesday morning, Oakland A's and PG&E officials said.
Scammers posing as PG&E bill collectors are targeting small businesses here in the Bay Area.
The Central Marin Police Authority is warning the public about a phone scam in which a scammer impersonates a law enforcement officer and threatens a resident with arrest for not appearing for jury duty unless the resident pays a fee.
Power has been restored to all but 30 PG&E customers Thursday morning after an outage affected more than 1,400 customers initially.
Multiple bullets appear to have been fired at a single power line, severing the electrified cable, and causing it to drop onto two Oakland men, killing one, and causing critical injuries to another.
Power has been restored to all but a couple dozen PG&E customers after an equipment problem affected nearly 6,000 customers in El Cerrito Tuesday morning, according to utility officials.
Emergency crews were responding Wednesday afternoon to a natural gas leak in Portola Valley, according to San Mateo County and PG&E officials.
Power is back for all PG&E customers in San Francisco's Sunset District after many were initially affected following a pole fire this morning. Thousands of customers in Mountain View and Santa Rosa are still without power.
A power struggle is underway in California's State Assembly over two simple words that are complicating a bill about where residents get their electricity.
