Flooding, damaging winds to accompany atmospheric river storm; residents urged to prepare
Bay Area residents were anticipating flooding and damaging winds from an atmospheric river-fueled storm expected to hit the region beginning on Wednesday.
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Bay Area residents were anticipating flooding and damaging winds from an atmospheric river-fueled storm expected to hit the region beginning on Wednesday.
As an atmospheric river storm is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds, first responders in the North Bay are preparing Tuessday, including a paramedic new on the job.
Approximately 10,000 PG&E customers in San Francisco's Sunset District lost power Thursday morning due to a widespread outage, according to the utility.
Pacific Gas and Electric has installed a battery backup system in Foresthill in case of a public safety power shutoff when the fire threat is high.
Hundreds of PG&E customers in San Francisco are expected to be without power until Saturday after an underground equipment failure caused an outage affecting thousands Wednesday night, a utility spokesperson said.
People living in the Santa Cruz Mountains are bracing for the potential impacts of yet another storm taking aim at the region late Monday into Tuesday, especially the owner of a local restaurant where repeated power outages have proved incredibly disruptive to his business. Devin Fehely reports.
Nearly 65,000 PG&E customers around the Bay Area remained without power Wednesday afternoon after a storm this week brought rain and high winds to the region, according to the utility.
In Los Altos, one of many small businesses suffering losses due to continuing power outages turned adversity into a community-building opportunity. Lauren Toms reports. (3-16-23)
More than 75,000 homes in the South Bay were without power on Wednesday, after intense winds from Tuesday’s atmospheric river storm knocked the power out. Max Darrow reports. (3/15/23)
Tens of thousands of homes in the South Bay were without power on Wednesday, after intense winds from Tuesday's atmospheric river storm knocked the power out.
Team coverage of storm damage from the high winds that knocked over trees and power poles across the Bay Area (3-15-2023)
Most of Calistoga was without power Friday morning due to the winter storm that came through the region overnight, city officials said.
A lot of people in East Palo Alto have been without power for days after strong winds blew in Tuesday and knocked down trees and utility lines. Andrea Nakano reports. (2-23-22)
A stretch of Highway 101 in Menlo Park that was closed for several hours Thursday has reopened, as PG&E works on restoring electricity to Peninsula neighborhoods that have been without power for days.
Jocelyn Moran reports on crews trying to fix outage from power pole knocked down by a fallen tree in South SF (2-22-2023)
PG&E said Sunday night that as many as 8,500 East Bay customers would likely be without electricity overnight following an afternoon substation fire. Betty Yu reports. (2-19-23)
PG&E said a transformer fire at a substation caused thousands in Oakland and Alameda to lose power on Sunday afternoon. Betty Yu reports. (2-19-23)
In some remote reaches of Marin County, intermittent and lengthy power outages are adding up to days in the dark.
Some families and businesses in Marin County have been in the dark for a couple of days now. John Ramos reports. (1-8-23)
Anne Makovec talks to PG&E spokesperson Tamar Sarkissian about current power outages from the storm (1-4-2023)
A power outage has left some 2,500 people without power Wednesday afternoon. PG&E was investigating the cause.
Powerful gusts along with cooler temperatures are forecast for the greater Bay Area over the weekend, and some locations could see strong winds that may prompt power shutoffs to about 200 customers.
A tree fell in Novato onto power lines, causing a power outage Wednesday afternoon that could last overnight, according to police.
For the fourth consecutive day, residents in Morgan Hill found themselves coping with a power outage. Max Darrow reports. (9-8-22)
The extended Flex Alert issued by the state's power grid operator went into effect Thursday afternoon as officials encouraged resident to continue reducing their energy use.
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Several vehicles were impounded and arrests were made in connection with a sideshow in Salinas, police said.
Officials from the Vallejo City Management confirmed there is an active code enforcement case against the property. They said the Indiana Street home received its third citation and added that it is also registered to their vacant property program.
Just after 5:30 p.m., officers went to the 200 block of South 4th Street to investigate a family disturbance involving a weapon. Police said the suspect then barricaded themselves inside the home.
Neighbors were still without water in one Mountain View neighborhood on Sunday after a mistake at a construction site on Friday caused possible contamination, and neighbors are waiting for tests to reveal whether the water is safe for use.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said three people were arrested in connection with a fight at a business that left five people injured on Sunday.
A rock climber at a remote coastal area in Sonoma County who needed medical assistance after a fall was rescued by a helicopter crew over the weekend, authorities said.
Police in Santa Rosa have arrested a man on multiple felony charges after he allegedly slashed the tires of dozens of vehicles in a neighborhood.
Police are offering a reward for the public's help following an armed robbery and shooting at a Santa Rosa market over the weekend.
A woman who was allegedly driving under the influence crashed into a pond in Santa Rosa last weekend and was arrested following her rescue, authorities said.
Authorities in Solano County arrested an 18-year-old and two juveniles, after officers said they were found with firearms early Sunday morning.
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