PG&E

PG&E is warning that approximately 25,000 customers in California, including parts of the East Bay and North Bay, may lose power over two days beginning Monday morning.

Pacific Gas and Electric have received many customer complaints about automatic switches that shut off power because they have too much of a hair trigger. But ongoing adjustments are being made as the high wind, wildfire season descends upon us.

Fifteen years after the cameras started rolling, PG&E will stop streaming its 24/7 Falcon Cam on Oct. 15 after selling its San Francisco headquarters.  

Marybel Batjer announced her resignation in an email to staff at the California Public Utilities Commission. Newsom, a Democrat, appointed her to the job in 2019 as Pacific Gas & Electric was in bankruptcy proceedings, and her term was set to run through the end of 2026.

Pacific Gas and Electric utility workers are repairing equipment that has caused an outage in part of San Mateo County. 

Since last July, there have been some 350 power outages, unplanned, unannounced, instantaneous blackouts.

PG&E has been charged with manslaughter and other crimes for the company's alleged role in starting the Zogg Fire in Northern California last year.

Thousands of PG&E customers lost power over the weekend because of a combination of dust and rain on power lines and equipment, the utility said.

Nearly 3,300 PG&E customers in Danville were without power Wednesday morning as the utility sought to determine the cause of the outage.

Occidental was the latest Bay Area community to experience a random power outage. Residents say a new PG&E mechanism designed to prevent fires caused the outage.

In an effort to keep reducing wildfire ignitions, Pacific Gas & Electric has upgraded sensors that can tell it more quickly if a power line has been compromised or might spark a fire. But some of that technology has set off some false alarms.

From Livermore to Napa Valley's high elevations, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for parts of the North and East Bay that went into effect Sunday night. PG&E also shut off power to a small swath of residents in Solano, Lake and Yolo counties.

The number of PG&E customers still affected by weather-related power outages in the Bay Area dropped to under 8,000 by Sunday evening.

PG&E customers could soon see a higher utility bill. This is due to the company's request for wildfire safety funding.

PG&E has programmed some power lines to de-energize for fire prevention, causing frustration in west Marin County. 

Although no formal findings have been reached, PG&E has acknowledged to California power regulators that a tree leaning into one of its power lines may have started the Dixie Fire, which has scorched nearly 1 million acres to become the second-largest in state history.

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire at a Santa Rosa Union 76 gas station that filled the neighborhood with black smoke Friday, causing about $50,000 in damage, fire officials said.