Storms Triggered 152K Power Outages Today Throughout Bay Area

Heavy wind and rain in the area left 16,900 Bay Area residents and businesses without power as of this afternoon.

The Bay Area outages are down from more than 100,000 this morning, including 93,000 in San Francisco, PG&E officials said. A total of 152,900 Bay Area customers lost power at some point today.

To manage the massive outages today, PG&E brought in crews from Washington state, Oregon, and Southern California to assist.

“PG&E is doing everything we can to minimize power outages during this storm,” PG&E officials said in a statement. “We have extra crews and resources responding to the storm and we are working around the clock to restore customers’ power.”

Outages in San Francisco caused disruptions to businesses and transit.

The Montgomery BART station was closed for most of the morning because of power outages, Pier 39 and all its businesses was closed, and the Federal Building closed early.

And in Monterey County, fallen trees in Del Monte Forest near Pebble Beach today are preventing PG&E from restoring power outages in the area, Cal Fire officials said.

Numerous trees have fallen, creating a hazard for visitors and PG&E repair crews.

Residents of the area without power will not have it restored until Friday, according to Cal Fire.

Traffic into and out of the area, including Pebble Beach, has been limited to “residents and necessary traffic only,” Cal Fire officials said in a statement.

There is a high wind advisory in the area expected to last until tonight.

--Bay City News

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