Candlestick Outage Highlights Vulnerability Of US Electrical System
Monday's Candlestick Park power outage highlighted the vulnerability of the country's electrical system according to a UC Berkeley professor of civil engineering.
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Monday's Candlestick Park power outage highlighted the vulnerability of the country's electrical system according to a UC Berkeley professor of civil engineering.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee called the power outages that left fans and players in the dark at Monday night's San Francisco 49ers game at Candlestick Park a "national embarrassment."
The game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers has been delayed twice because of a pair of power outages at Candlestick Park.
The San Francisco 49ers were lights-out in their return to prime time, riding their top-ranked run defense again and prevailing through a pair of power outages.
A high-speed chase involving the California Highway Patrol ended when a suspect vehicle hit a utility pole in Richmond Sunday morning, knocking power out for thousands of residents.
Thousands of people throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains remain without electricity as repair crews work on getting the power turned back on.
More than 21,000 PG&E customers remained without power in Santa Cruz County as of late Friday morning, as well as hundreds in the Bay Area.
Strong gusts downed power lines all over the Bay Area, toppled several trees and knocked out power to thousands.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Bay Area through 6 p.m. Thursday.
More than 400 PG&E customers are without service Saturday morning in Santa Clara County because of a power outage affecting Morgan Hill and surrounding areas
Nearly 7,000 customers in San Francisco's Western Addition and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods were briefly without power Thursday morning and almost 300 customers remained in the dark, a PG&E spokesman said.
BART reopened the Downtown Berkeley station Tuesday afternoon after a PG&E power outage closed the station for almost two hours.
Power went out for businesses and residents in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Thursday afternoon in an outage related to a manhole fire at Folsom and Harriet streets.
Three flights from San Diego to San Francisco International Airport were canceled Friday morning due to a power outage in Southern California, but regular service was resuming now that power has been restored, an airport duty manager said.
An employee at a power substation in southwest Arizona likely caused a massive outage that forced the cancellation of some Bay Area flights.
Fewer than a dozen homes remain without power in East Palo Alto on Friday afternoon after a power surge Thursday night caused an outage.
A seagull flew into two power lines Monday morning, causing an outage that affected about 10,000 residents of the Capitola area, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
San Francisco State University has canceled classes because of a power outage that happened late Monday morning, school officials said.
Power was restored to San Francisco Pacific Gas & Electric customers Friday night after an outage left more than 5,000 in the dark, a utility spokesman said.
Crews were working Friday to reopen blocked roadways, restore power to thousands and repair damage from flooding that forced the evacuation of a Capitola mobile home park.
Yosemite National Park is back open with limited services after being closed for three days when a powerful storm left roads blocked and power lines down.
A power outage left about 27,000 Berkeley PG&E customers without electricity Tuesday, and disrupted service to a pair of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations.
More than 5,000 people were without power Monday morning from outages that left as many as 33,000 customers in the Bay Area in the dark this weekend, a utility spokesman said.
Clearing skies and cold air greeted the Bay Area Friday morning following the latest downpour overnight Thursday, with the anticipation of snow in low-lying areas still in the forecast.
