power lines

At $4 million per mile, PG&E begins multi-billion dollar plan to bury power lines

Pacific Gas & Electric is launching the first wave of a multibillion initiative to bury 10,000 miles of distribution lines…

2 years ago

PG&E warns of possible Thursday shutoffs due to expected wind

PG&E announced Tuesday that it is sending advance notifications to about 29,000 customers in parts of 19 counties in Northern…

3 years ago

Commission grills PG&E on power shutoff policies, improvements

PG&E faced questions and criticism about its power shutoff policies during a public briefing Tuesday with the California Public Utilities…

3 years ago

PG&E agrees to pay $31 million in joint settlement for 2019 Kincade Fire damages

Sonoma County, the town of Windsor and the cities of Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Santa Rosa announced Wednesday that they have…

3 years ago

PG&E begins inspections, power restoration for 22 counties

PG&E issued an "all clear" Wednesday that will allow the utility to make inspections of its equipment in areas impacted…

4 years ago

Power remains out after crane clips lines over Hwy 24

A crane working on BART tracks clipped power lines, which fell onto Highway 24 in Lafayette and closed the freeway…

5 years ago

Crews stop forward progress on 75-acre Bayliss Fire

A South San Jose vegetation fire had potential to spread to 100 acres before crews stopped forward progress, according to…

5 years ago

Thirty-acre vegetation fire jumps road in South San Jose

Firefighters are responding to a 30-acre vegetation fire in South San Jose first reported at 12:15 p.m. Thursday afternoon at…

5 years ago

Downed power lines in Napa close streets, cut power

Downed power lines have shut down streets and left thousands of residents and businesses without power in Napa Thursday evening,…

5 years ago

Power lines spark Brisbane brush fire

Power lines were the cause of vegetation fire Saturday afternoon behind some warehouses in Brisbane.

6 years ago

Fires knock out power to 87,000 customers

There are roughly 87,000 utility customers without electrical service in the North Bay, with the majority of those customers in…

7 years ago

Storm cuts power, jams roads across Bay Area

Roughly 25,000 utility customers were without electrical service as of Monday evening due to widespread power outages.

7 years ago

60-foot-tree falls on cars, no one injured

A 60-foot-tall tree fell on four unoccupied cars Thursday evening in Berkeley.

7 years ago

Portion of Diablo Road closes due to downed tree, power lines

A portion of Diablo Road in Danville will be closed to through traffic all day because of a downed tree…

7 years ago

Balloon knocks out power to thousands

More than 6,000 PG&E customers lost electrical service for nearly an hour Sunday when a mylar balloon damaged power lines…

8 years ago

Garbage truck knocks out power on Christmas Eve

About 850 homes were without power Christmas Eve evening in East San Jose after a garbage truck struck a utility…

8 years ago

Storm drenches Bay Area with up to 8 inches

A storm system that brought badly needed rain departed Tuesday, but another one is right behind it.

8 years ago

State officials question PG&E over wildfires

At the tail end of a deadly, destructive fire season, state officials Wednesday grilled utility executives in San Francisco

8 years ago

Crews struggle to dampen SJ gas line fire

PG&E crews and firefighters are still working this evening to stop a gas line fire near a commercial building in…

8 years ago

Big rig knocks out power, gas line

An out-of-control big-rig knocked out power for 11,000 residents and businesses in San Francisco and caused a gas leak Tuesday…

8 years ago

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