Power Outage Hits 27,000 Berkeley Homes, Slows BART
A power outage left about 27,000 Berkeley PG&E customers without electricity Tuesday, and disrupted service to a pair of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations.
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A power outage left about 27,000 Berkeley PG&E customers without electricity Tuesday, and disrupted service to a pair of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations.
More than 5,000 people were without power Monday morning from outages that left as many as 33,000 customers in the Bay Area in the dark this weekend, a utility spokesman said.
Clearing skies and cold air greeted the Bay Area Friday morning following the latest downpour overnight Thursday, with the anticipation of snow in low-lying areas still in the forecast.
The driver of a stolen vehicle was arrested Thursday morning after he crashed into a power pole in Concord, knocking out power to thousands of PG&E customers, a Concord police lieutenant said.
A power line fell down across a road and caught fire near Oakland Saturday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A stray Valentine's Day balloon drifted into power lines in Concord Monday morning, causing an outage that affected 1,775 customers, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
Heavy winds have brought down tree branches and caused power outages in parts of the East Bay Thursday morning, with gusts up to 50 miles per hour reported.
A bad underground cable was blamed for leaving more than 4,000 PG&E customers in the dark Friday night in and around San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, a utility spokesman said.
PG&E crews continued to work in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood Sunday morning where about 348 customers have been without power for more than eight hours, a spokeswoman said.
A power outage affected about 15,000 PG&E customers in Berkeley Friday afternoon, but service has since been restored to all customers, a utility spokeswoman said.
A power outage in Alameda affected about 6,800 customers Friday morning, but all customers have since had their power restored, an Alameda Municipal Power spokeswoman said.
Downed trees and power lines, as well as standing water on the roadway were reported from the Santa Cruz Mountains up to Sonoma County after the major soaker set in from the North West Tuesday afternoon.
More than 8,000 PG&E customers were without power in the Bay Area Sunday morning due to weather-related outages, a utility spokesman said.
Power has been restored Saturday morning to more than 1,500 PG&E customers on the Peninsula who were affected by two separate outages in Redwood City and Belmont overnight, a utility spokesman said.
Outages in Millbrae, Concord and Walnut Creek knocked out power to thousands of PG&E customers Sunday afternoon, a PG&E spokesman said.
A power outage that occurred Tuesday at HP Pavilion would not impact the 7:30 p.m. NHL game between the San Jose Sharks and the Detroit Red Wings, a spokesman for the Sharks said.
Two San Francisco Municipal Railway lines that were disrupted by downed power lines Sunday morning have returned to regular service, a spokesman said.
Officials said almost 10,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers in Concord lost power after a piece of underground equipment failed, sparking a small fire that burned through power cables.
A handful of PG&E customers started their Monday morning without power, after Sunday's storm blew through the Bay Area, leaving some 15,000 without power.
A power outage in Oakland Sunday afternoon has caused Bay Area Rapid Transit to close an Oakland train station until power is restored, officials said.
A brief power outage in San Francisco Municipal Railway's central control system Thursday caused major delays to the Muni Metro service, a spokesman said.
PG&E officials are recommending careful energy conservation Sunday and during the week's forecasted heat wave after more than 30,000 Castro Valley customers lost power Saturday due to system overload.
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