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 ...
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 ...
‘Significant’ wind gusts prompt North Bay blackouts starting Monday night
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers may be affected by a Public Safety Power Shutoff in parts ...
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 ...
North Bay braces for another possible power shutoff
PG&E said Sunday that an expected high wind event Wednesday could prompt a Public Safety Power Shutoff ...
Rohnert Park proclaims local emergency in wake of Kincade Fire, power outage
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Thursday proclaimed a local emergency due to the Kincade Fire and ...
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 ...
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 to launch a formal investigation into ...
West Contra Costa schools close at noon due to smoke, power outage
Power outages and poor air quality from wildfires have prompted the West Contra Costa Unified School District ...
PG&E delivers generator to power Vallejo raw water pump station
The city of Vallejo on Monday lifted restrictions on water use after PG&E delivered a generator capable ...
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 ...
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 mobile devices from 8 a.m. to ...
Santa Clara County braces for power outage, poor air quality
As PG&E prepares for another Public Safety Power Shutoff throughout the state, the Santa Clara County Public ...
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 ...
Sheriff urges people to ‘take care of each other’ as 2,000 evacuate Kincade Fire
About 2,000 people have been evacuated and multiple structures have been destroyed in the Kincade Fire 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 ...
PG&E holds power shutoff notification until Wednesday
PG&E officials Monday evening said they have not decided yet to turn off power to 209,000 customers ...
PG&E welcomes agency review in response to shutoff criticism, governor call for credits
After last week’s Public Safety Power Shutoff by PG&E that left more than 700,000 customers without power, ...
PG&E restores power to all 738,000 customers impacted by shutoff
PG&E officials said Saturday night that, as of 6 p.m. Saturday, all 738,000 customers in 34 counties who lost electric service as a ...
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 ...
Morgan Hill Caltrain station loses power, causes Clipper woes
The Morgan Hill Caltrain station lost power during PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff Thursday morning, Caltrain said.
After ...
Five schools close Thursday in Contra Costa County hills
PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff has prompted four East Bay elementary schools and one high school to ...
Morgan Hill enforces curfew during power shutoff
The city of Morgan Hill will enact a curfew for residents once power goes out in parts ...
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 the Bay Area around noon on ...
