Winds knock out power to thousands around Bay Area
Strong winds were blamed for power outages affecting more than 9,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area and an additional 14,000 across California on Monday.
PG&E to pay $55 million to settle two wildfire cases
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Monday struck a $55 million settlement with six county prosecutors, which puts the beleaguered utility under five years of independent oversight and ends criminal probes into two wildfires.
Students can decompress in a garden at a new East Oakland schoolyard
Until Thursday, Markham Elementary was the only elementary school in Oakland without a playground.
California to test electric Fords and GMs as backup power for homes
It's backup power for your home that you can back up to your home.
Downtown San Jose gas leak appears to be result of construction
San Jose Fire Department reported a gas leak in the downtown area on Monday afternoon.
PG&E bills going up as energy inflation hits hard
If energy "sticker shock" wasn't already obviously painful at the pump or on utility bills, inflation is again going after more of your money for natural gas and electric, even beyond the utility's ability to combat it.
Wind advisory for parts of the Bay Area to last until Thursday
Strong winds are expected through most of the Bay Area this week, starting to pick up Tuesday night and lasting through Thursday morning.
Peninsula recovering from PG&E power outage
Parts of the Bay Area's Peninsula recovering from PG&E outage that affected more than 7,000 customers this evening.
PG&E’s criminal probation to end amid ongoing safety worries
The probation, set to expire at midnight Tuesday, was supposed to rehabilitate PG&E after its 2016 conviction for six felony crimes from a 2010 explosion triggered by its natural gas lines that blew up a San Bruno neighborhood and killed eight people.
Power knocked out to 29,000 Bay Area PG&E customers
More than 29,000 PG&E customers lost power, the utility said Saturday.
PG&E struggles in Sierra power restoration
Pacific Gas and Electric has had so much snow country damage, that it is putting all its hands on deck and calling in reserves to do repairs between storms.
PG&E expands wildfire detection through A.I.-equipped cameras
A PG&E spokesperson says the utility is expanding its wildfire detection capabilities by installing hundreds of high-definition fire-watch cameras. Four cameras in the Bay Area are equipped with AI technology.
California fines PG&E $7.5M for safety code violations
The California Public Utilities Commission issued two citations totaling $7.5 million to Pacific Gas & Electric for safety code violations.
Brace yourself Bay Area: Another atmospheric river is coming
Brace yourself Bay Area: Another atmospheric river is coming.
Gas leak forces evacuations, closure of De Anza Boulevard in Cupertino
A major thoroughfare in Cupertino is closed late Thursday afternoon due to a gas leak, according to the Santa Clara County Fire Department.
PG&E to pay $125M for igniting massive Kincade Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which was ignited in 2019 by the utility's equipment in a remote area of Sonoma County.
PG&E restores power to all but 1,100 customers after weekend storm
PG&E crews as of Wednesday morning have restored power to all but a small fraction of the more than 800,000 customers who had outages as a result of a large storm that blew through Northern California on Sunday, utility officials said.
PG&E says it was well-prepared for storm as it works to restore power
Pacific Gas & Electric is continuing to work around the clock to restore power to pockets of several communities in the East Bay.
Power outages, flooded roads, toppled trees: storm does number on Bay Area
As the inches of rainfall continued adding up Sunday, so did reports of damage, and power outages.
PG&E working to minimize storm-related outages this weekend
With the biggest storm of the rainy season, so far, bearing down on us, Pacific Gas & Electric says it's doing everything it can to minimize, downsize and limit any storm-induced outages over the weekend.