Widespread Power Outage Affects 20,000 In San Francisco
Crews restored electricity to roughly 20,000 PG&E customers who lost power Thursday evening in San Francisco's SoMa district.
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Crews restored electricity to roughly 20,000 PG&E customers who lost power Thursday evening in San Francisco's SoMa district.
The outage was first reported early Sunday morning and initially affected about 4,100 customers, according to a PG&E spokesman.
A transformer failure and fire at a PG&E substation in El Cerrito caused a massive power outage in the East Bay Monday that disrupted BART service and traffic signals in Berkeley, an El Cerrito fire battalion chief said.
More than 5,000 customers lost power after underground equipment failed around 5:30 Sunday morning.
Hundreds of people were without power in the Bay Area Sunday afternoon, according to a PG&E spokesman.
A downed tree is blocking a road in Mill Valley and has caused a power outage leaving 210 residences without power Tuesday morning.
More than 6,000 customers in the Discovery Bay area of Contra Costa County will be without gas heat until Monday night because PG&E officials have to shut off service to make repairs, a PG&E spokeswoman and a statement by Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho said Sunday.
About 850 homes are without power Thursday evening in East San Jose after a garbage truck struck a utility pole, bringing down power lines earlier in the day, according to PG&E officials.
Crews have restored power to about 20,200 PG&E customers in the Bay Area affected by the rainstorm Wednesday night and earlier on Thursday.
The outage was reported at 8:32 a.m., after an unspecified equipment failure in the vicinity of 25th Street and Potrero Avenue.
Wet weather caused several power outages Monday morning throughout the Bay Area, according to PG&E.
Thousands of utility customers in Monterey County were without electrical service Sunday afternoon due to a massive outage, according to PG&E.
Power was out for 3,360 PG&E customers in San Francisco living along the southern edge of Golden Gate Park and in the Inner Sunset neighborhood.
PG&E is still trying to explain just how a squirrel managed to cause a widespread power outage after tens of thousands of people in the South Bay and East Bay were plunged into darkness Monday night because the system couldn't handle the heat in the south, and a squirrel in the East Bay.
Officials say a number of power outages have hit thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers Monday, including more than 40,000 in the East Bay and 10,000 in San Jose.
A helium balloon is to blame for thousands of residents and businesses losing power in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach neighborhoods Monday afternoon, according to PG&E.
BART service was stopped in both directions between Bay Fair, Hayward and Castro Valley Wednesday afternoon, after a problem with equipment caused major delays in and out of San Francisco earlier.
PG&E crews have restored power to all the more than 30,000 customers in San Francisco affected by an outage that started late Sunday, PG&E officials said.
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.
A PG&E spokesperson has confirmed a massive power outage Tuesday afternoon in the East Bay affecting 38,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Berkeley.
Numerous power outages were reported along San Francisco's Embarcadero Friday morning.
BART service is closed at Montgomery Station in San Francisco Thursday morning due to a power outage, transit officials said.
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.
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