Berkeley officials warn hills residents of year’s ‘most dangerous fire weather’
City of Berkeley officials are warning residents to be on alert and advise those in the hills to consider leaving home before strong ...
Wind gust forecast prompts fire weather alert, planned PG&E shutoffs in Lamorinda area
The National Weather Service issued alerts for fire weather and high winds Friday that are expected in ...
Red Flag warning extends into evening in parts of nine counties
The National Weather Service extended its Red Flag warning for much of the Bay Area through 6 ...
More than 20,000 Bay Area PG&E customers could lose power Wednesday due to hot, windy forecast
Portions of the Bay Area may have their power shutoff Wednesday by PG&E as forecasted hot, dry ...
More than 20,000 North Bay PG&E customers remain without power
Nearly 23,000 customers remain without power in Napa and Sonoma counties Tuesday after PG&E shut it off ...
County reports $725 million loss from Kincade Fire, evacuations, PG&E power shutoffs
The Kincade Fire, evacuations and four PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs last fall cost Sonoma County $725 million in economic losses, according to ...
PG&E issues ‘all-clear’ to begin power restoration
PG&E issued an “all-clear” early Thursday morning when improved wind conditions ended its most recent Public Safety ...
Glazer proposes bills to harden communication, medical safety in power outages
State Sen. Steve Glazer said Wednesday he plans to introduce legislation in January designed to help medical ...
PG&E says six Bay Area counties should maintain power Wednesday
Six counties in and near the Bay Area previously expected to be affected by PG&E’s Public Safety ...
PG&E may delay start of Wednesday Lamorinda power shutoff
PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff that was set for Wednesday morning in the Lamorinda area of Contra ...
Wednesday power shutoff to impact 35,000 East Bay customers
More than 35,000 PG&E customers in the East Bay will be affected by this week’s Public Safety Power Shutoff, according to a statement ...
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 ...
Vallejo reactivates emergency center in week’s second power shutoff
The city of Vallejo reactivated its Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday following PG&E’s second Public Safety Power ...
Marshal has ‘a lot of questions’ after house fire kills dog, injures firefighter
A family dog was killed and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a Capitola house fire Monday ...
Utilities commission plans to investigate, reform use of power shutoffs
A safety division of the California Public Utilities Commission will ask commissioners in the next 30 days ...
Another extreme wind event could trigger more power outages Tuesday
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is forecasting another wind event that could mean a second major electrical shutoff this week, lasting Tuesday night ...
PG&E increases power shutoff scope, six-phase rollout begins at 2 p.m.
Prompted by forecasts of powerful winds, PG&E confirmed that public safety power shutoffs for 940,000 customers across ...
Charging centers open Sunday for Contra Costa County residents without power
Contra Costa County residents who lose power during the Public Safety Power Shutoff can recharge medical and ...
PG&E announces planned Saturday shutoff for Contra Costa County
About 48,000 PG&E customers — meaning more than 120,000 people in all — will lose power in ...
PG&E begins inspections, says power should be restored by Friday night
PG&E Thursday gave a weather “all clear” to customers affected by its Public Safety Power Shutoff that ...
Geothermal plant sustains minor fire damage
A spokesman for the Calpine geothermal facility, The Geysers in Lake County near the Sonoma County border, said Thursday that the Kincade Fire ...
Sonoma County school districts announce Thursday closures
The Sonoma County Office of Education said all schools in the Geyserville Unified School District and some ...
PG&E confirms power shutoff for 34,344 Bay Area customers
PG&E’s 17-county Public Safety Power Shutoff on Wednesday and Thursday will affect 34,344 of the utility’s customers ...
As power returns to most of Bay, 200,000 customers across state remain dark
Nearly 200,000 PG&E customers in California remain without power on Friday afternoon as the utility works to ...
PG&E postpones shutoffs in some East Bay cities
PG&E’s planned Public Safety Power Shutoff, which was expected to impact hundreds of thousands of people across ...
Power cuts off for roughly 120,000 people in Contra Costa County
Wednesday’s Public Safety Power Shutoff expected to affect roughly 51,000 PG&E customers and 120,000 people in Contra Costa County for an estimated 24 ...
Update: How Bay Area cities, counties, transit agencies are preparing for power outage
PG&E has confirmed a massive Public Safety Power Shutoff that could begin as early as midnight Wednesday ...
PG&E website down with influx of people checking power shutoff info
PG&E’s website has gone down Tuesday morning due to what the utility said was a “high volume ...
