PG&E shuts off power to thousands of customers because of fire danger
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers were without power Wednesday morning following a new round of public safety outages because of high winds and low humidity.
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Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers were without power Wednesday morning following a new round of public safety outages because of high winds and low humidity.
In the North Bay, many residents still had electricity amid PG&E 's Public Safety Power Shutoffs Friday thanks to alternate sources of power.
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Bay Area began the day Friday without power after the utility turned off electricity to areas most threatened by high winds and fire danger.
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Bay Area began the day Friday without power after the utility turned off electricity to areas most threatened by high winds and fire danger.
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers are in the dark as critical fire danger weather moves into Northern and Central California.
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Possible planned power outages due to the current heat wave roasting Northern California were called off for customers in Contra Costa, Alameda, Sonoma and Napa counties, PG&E officials confirmed late Tuesday morning.
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Pacific Gas and Electric reported an outage Thursday morning in Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore that left nearly 7,000 customers without power for more than two hours.
A San Francisco animal rescue has been limiting the number of dogs it takes in because of recent electrical issues.
A couple of East Bay communities have experienced persistent power outages in recent months. Pleasanton and Danville leaders worried about their seniors, since some of the outages happened on very hot days.
Pleasanton and Danville officials worry about the safety of seniors as they brace for more potential outages. Da Lin reports. (7-19-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Heat-related issues could be behind an outage affecting about 1,700 customers late Thursday afternoon near Pescadero in San Mateo County, according to PG&E.
As PG&E struggles to keep the power on during a record-setting heat wave, the problem hit close to home for one neighborhood in San Ramon.
More than 2,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in Northern California began their day Wednesday without power after the utility turned off electricity to high fire-risk areas amid a prolonged heat wave.
Thousands in the East Bay are without power on Tuesday, according to PG&E.
About 12,000 PG&E customers were told on Sunday to anticipate possibly losing power on Tuesday as the utility monitors weather conditions that could force an intentional shutoff for safety reasons.
A power outage in Sonoma County Wednesday morning had more than 17,000 PG&E customers without power, authorities said.
Power has been restored on the campus of University of California, Berkeley on Thursday morning after nearly 50 buildings experienced an outage Wednesday, according to the university.
On a Thursday morning already plagued by BART problems, officials announced that service between Rockridge and Orinda was stopped for over an hour by a power issue in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel.
A power outage affected thousands of PG&E customers in several San Francisco neighborhoods Thursday morning.
Few people keep a generator on hand for power outages but, if you live in Mark Zhang's Los Gatos neighborhood, he'll get one to you. Len Ramirez reports. (2-22-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
More than 12,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Bay Area woke up Thursday without electricity for the fifth day following the damaging storm that battered the region on Sunday.
About 8,600 PG&E customers in the Bay Area are still without power Thursday evening in the wake of a storm that pummeled California this week and brought the highest number of outages in a single day for the utility company.
Tens of thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Bay Area woke up Wednesday still without power three days after damaging winds from the bomb cyclone storm that was the most damaging in decades, according to the utility.
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