Almost 24,000 PG&E customers without power on Central Coast

Christmas Day Storm Leaves Thousands In North Bay Without Power

High winds and heavy rain on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day left thousands of North Bay residents without power, downed trees and power lines, and flooded roads. The storm, the second in a row, brought heavy rain, gusty winds, thunderstorms, and pockets of hail, according to the National Weather Service. Roads were closed across Sonoma County, and nearly ten-thousand PG&E customers remained without power by mid-afternoon. Santa Rosa record…

Boxing Day Constitutional: 120K Bay Area Households Lost Power on Christmas Day

More than 120,000 Bay Area households were without power as of 8:30 am on Christmas Day because of storm-related PG&E outages, and only about half of them had power back by 5 pm on Christmas. The outages were mostly focused up north in Mendocino and Sonoma counties, and the South Bay areas of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties. [Chronicle]Meanwhile, Waymo was forced to suspend San Francisco service again on Christmas Day, their seco…

Almost 24,000 PG&E customers without power on Central Coast

After another storm with powerful winds brought downed trees and wires, more than 35,000 PG&E customers woke up in the dark Thursday, Christmas morning.

Supervisor blasts PG&E over Christmas Eve outage near Great Highway

Only a small area of the Sunset District lost power, but the neighborhood remains on edge after last weekend’s blackout.

Tens of thousands of Bay Area PG&E customers without power on Christmas Day

Over 35,000 PG&E customers across the Bay Area remain without power on Thursday as stormy winter weather continues to batter equipment over the holiday season. The utility agency said wind gusts topping 92 mph caused widespread outages, with the counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Mateo, and Sonoma being the hardest hit. Over 35,000 remain without power, while over 17,000 of those affected are located within Sonoma County. PG&E officials said …

Storm-related damage, power outages reported across the Bay Area

By Carlos E. Castañeda Widespread storm-related damage was reported across the Bay Area and Central Coast on Thursday, as residents awoke Christmas morning to multiple downed trees, power outages, flooding, and other storm impacts. Pacific Gas and Electric power outages totaled in the tens of thousands again on Thursday. Some 65,000 people were without power on Thursday morning; the outages were reduced to about 28,500 by nighttime, with about 8…