PG&E Investigating Cause Behind Power Outage In Marin County
PG&E is still investigating a power outage affecting 61,000 customers in Marin County Thursday and Friday.
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PG&E is still investigating a power outage affecting 61,000 customers in Marin County Thursday and Friday.
One block of Addison Street is closed Wednesday evening in Berkeley because of a blown maintenance hole, police said.
The day after thousands of Bay Area residents lost electricity during Tuesday's blazing hot spell, two new PG&E outages were being reported Wednesday afternoon.
A large-scale power outage affected over 7,000 customers in Berkeley and smaller outages affected thousands in other cities, according to PG&E.
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved PG&E's wildfire mitigation plan.
The start of Tuesday's Athletics game against the Cincinnati Reds was delayed for nearly two hours after a lighting malfunction at the Oakland Coliseum.
Three large utility companies are coordinating a "Power of Being Prepared" media campaign to inform residents about public safety power shutoffs during very high or extreme fire threats.
Transportation officials said Friday evening that the power line issues between the Powell Street and Civic Center stations which shut down Muni Metro subway service in downtown San Francisco at 6:30 a.m. had been restored.
Power has been restored to all customers in west Novato Wednesday afternoon.
Richmond High School will be closed Thursday after plans to finish repairs to faulty equipment overnight and reopen the school ran into complications, a school district spokesman said.
School will resume on Thursday at Richmond High School and operate on a modified schedule following a large power outage that canceled classes Tuesday.
A power outage early Wednesday forced officials to shut down Richmond High School for the day and triggered flaring in the stacks at the nearby Chevron Richmond refinery.
BART trains are not stopping Tuesday evening at the El Cerrito del Norte station because of an equipment problem at the station, transit officials said.
Power has been restored after a large and widespread power outage affected 21,663 PG&E customers in the South Bay.
A power outage has affected a wide area of Foster City, affecting major traffic intersections. PG&E crews are working to determine the cause and source.
Power is still out in parts of West Oakland tonight after a Goodwill truck knocked down 3 power poles and damaged a 4th.
PG&E crews have restored power in Contra Costa County late Wednesday morning after an outage that at one point was affecting about 19,000 customers, according to utility officials.
Almost 600 PG&E customers in Calistoga were without power tonight after a vehicle struck and damaged a utility pole along Silverado Trail and Dunaweal Lane Sunday evening.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company said Thursday that it would not preemptively cut power to tens of thousands of customers in several Northern California counties over the potential risk for wildfires.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is alerting some 70,000 customers in nine Northern California counties about possible early Thursday morning power outages on amid a red flag warning for the region.
PG&E notified customers that it may proactively shut off power again in portions of nine Northern California counties on Thursday due to extreme fire danger conditions.
PG&E crews have restored power to all San Francisco Bay Area customers as of Tuesday evening after a precautionary shutdown Sunday night, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
Officials said that as of early Tuesday morning that 20,278 across Northern California were still without power,
An inspection helicopter clipped high-intensity power lines near Calistoga Thursday, starting a brush fire and triggering a massive power outage that stretched from northern Napa County to southern Sonoma County, officials said.
PG&E de-energized the power grid for portions of Atherton and West Menlo Park to save the lives of two people trapped in a car in Atherton with live electrical wires on the hood.
