Two central coast cities targeted for planned outages
Large parts of the state are bracing for the third Public Safety Power Shutoff in a week and once again that includes part of the Central Coast.…
Continue ReadingLarge parts of the state are bracing for the third Public Safety Power Shutoff in a week and once again that includes part of the Central Coast.…
Continue ReadingAs more PG&E public safety power shutoffs are expected for Santa Cruz County late Tuesday night, at least one Central Coast school district has…
Continue ReadingPG&E power shutoffs are underway in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. According to the outage map, the power is out at UC Santa Cruz…
Continue ReadingPG&E meteorologists are expecting a historic wind event this weekend, and as a result, about 850,000 customers have been told they may be…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10/25/2019 10 a.m. Portions of three Central Coast counties can expect to lose power this weekend as part of a PG&E Public Safety Power…
Continue ReadingPacific Gas and Electric’s CEO Bill Johnson said it could be about 10 years before the utility reaches the point where widespread outages are…
Continue ReadingTop executives of California’s largest utility are expected at an emergency meeting Friday to answer hard questions by state regulators about a…
Continue ReadingThe leader of the California Senate asked a committee Thursday to investigate a utility company’s decision to cut off power to more than 2…
Continue ReadingGov. Gavin Newsom is asking Pacific Gas & Electric Co., to pay the customers who lost power last week when the state’s largest utility cut…
Continue ReadingPower has been fully restored in Santa Cruz County after a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) issued an outage that left 37,000 Santa Cruz County…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10/11/2019 6:45 p.m. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it expects to restore power to 98% of some 2 million people affected by the…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10/11/2019 4:25 p.m. The daughter of a Northern California man who died when his oxygen equipment failed during a planned power shutdown says…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10/10/2019 10:25 p.m. Santa Cruz County officials said the entire county has been given the “all clear” for PG&E to start…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 10/9/19 11:41 P.M.: The University of California Santa Cruz announced late Wednesday night that classes for Thursday have been canceled due to…
Continue ReadingTwo charging stations are opening in the Santa Cruz County as PG&E’s power shutoff continues in parts of the county. The Boulder Creek…
Continue ReadingLATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
Continue ReadingLATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
Continue ReadingEven as the winds gusted dangerously just as forecasters predicted, California’s biggest utility faced gripes and second-guessing Thursday for…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County officials said PG&E is beginning the power restoration process in parts of the county. Right now it is a partial restoration,…
Continue ReadingPG&E said Thursday morning that the high winds that prompted a power shutoff are expected to subside in Santa Cruz County around midday, but…
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