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Shutoffs to affect thousands of Bay Area PG&E customers
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (271+ words) More than 11,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area could see dayslong power outages starting Wednesday as part of the utility’s proactive shutoffs to avoid its equipment from sparking wildfires. Robert Handa reports. PG&E implements what it calls Public…...
Downtown Novato Power Outage Knocks Out Traffic Signals for 912 Customers
20+ hour, 50+ min ago (287+ words) Downtown Novato lost power for hundreds of customers Wednesday morning, darkening traffic signals across the area and prompting local police to warn drivers to treat affected intersections as four-way stops. The outage struck 912 customers and was reported at 8:44 a.m., according to…...
Peninsula Power Outage Hits 6,491 Customers, Snarls BART to SFO
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (440+ words) A PG&E power outage knocked out electricity for 6,491 Peninsula customers Tuesday and disrupted BART service to San Francisco International Airport, with crews scrambling to pinpoint the damage and get the lights back on. PG&E estimated restoration at about…...
Midday Blackout Hits Haight and Mission as PG&E Outage Count Tops 40 Since December
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (150+ words) KRON4 reported that 6,605 customers were without power as of 11:55 a.m. across the Haight-Ashbury and Mission neighborhoods. By 12:30 p.m., Patch reported the count had dropped to 3,238 customers, with the outage then spread across Haight-Ashbury and parts of the Mission District and Potrero Hill, according…...
San Francisco asks state to investigate PG&E after 40 outages
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1131+ words) San Francisco leaders are again pressing California utility regulators to investigate Pacific Gas and Electric Co., arguing that a steady stream of major power outages and recent fires show the city is not receiving the reliable electric service it deserves....
Bayview, Visitacion Valley Lose Power Again as SF's Blackout Streak Continues
1+ week, 1+ day ago (244+ words) A large, unplanned power outage knocked out electricity to Bayview and Visitacion Valley Tuesday morning, leaving roughly 2,694 PG&E customers in the dark across San Francisco's southeastern neighborhoods. The disruption, first flagged in a social media alert, is the latest…...
Volunteers needed for the ‘2026 Roadside Wildlife Count' project
1+ week, 5+ day ago (191+ words) The Environment American Research and Policy Center are looking for volunteers for a project aimed at protecting wildlife movement. Cinthia Pimentel explains how you can help. It focuses on wildlife crossings, the overpasses and underpasses that help ensure that wildlife…...
SF Power Outage Hits 3,182 Customers After Vault Fire
1+ week, 5+ day ago (233+ words) The two outages occurred on consecutive days in San Francisco. The October 1 blackout followed a disruption along the Embarcadero on September 30. The repeated outages have fueled a political fight over who should control San Francisco's electric grid. On September 22, the…...
Scientists suggest controversial, inflatable dam in Glacier National Park
2+ week, 1+ day ago (753+ words) FILE: St. Mary Lake at Glacier National Park. Water shortages for farmers in the U.S. and Canada could be mitigated with an inflatable dam in Glacier National Park, according to a newly published study from a team of water scientists representing…...
Richmond, Sunset Power Outage Hits San Francisco PG&E Customers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (281+ words) A large, unplanned power outage is hitting PG&E customers across San Francisco's Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, according to an alert shared Monday afternoon. The scope of the disruption, its cause, and how long residents might be without power all…...