{"id":194389,"date":"2025-12-21T17:38:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/san-francisco-outages-leaves-130000-without-power-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:38:21","slug":"san-francisco-outages-leaves-130000-without-power-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/san-francisco-outages-leaves-130000-without-power-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco outages leaves 130,000 without power &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>Over 20,700 utility customers in San Francisco are still in the dark after a massive outage on Saturday left homes and businesses without power. <br \/>The significant outage began impacting the city at around 1:09 p.m. Saturday and reached its peak two hours later with 130,000 homes and businesses affected, according to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company. PG&#038;E restored power to around 95,000 customers by 11 p.m. Saturday night. <br \/>On Sunday, the bulk of the outages appeared to be in the heavily residential Richmond District, sandwiched between Golden Gate Park on the south and the Presidio on the north.<br \/>The cause of the outage was not immediately clear on Sunday.<strong> <\/strong>The outage represents roughly one-third of the utility company\u2019s customers in the city.<br \/>Social media posts and local media reported mass closures of restaurants and shops and darkened street lights and Christmas decorations.<br \/>Robotaxi Waymo cars were seen blocking intersections in the roads of San Francisco after stopping mid-ride amid the outage Saturday night. <br \/>The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said on X there were \u201csignificant transit disruptions\u201d happening citywide and urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and treat down traffic signals as four-way stops.<br \/>The city\u2019s transportation agencies said they were bypassing some Muni bus and BART train stations because of the power outages.<br \/>At least some of the blackouts were caused by a fire that broke out inside a PG&#038;E substation at 8th and Mission streets, fire officials posted on X at about 3:15 p.m.<br \/>PG&#038;E said that it has stabilized the power grid and is not expecting additional outages. <br \/>&#8220;We have crews on scene and will share more information as it becomes available,&#8221; the electric company said Saturday afternoon.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPVkRKbk1kZnNJTWdUUDdlSUxmVWxpNXFKSHVvVnJuclNJTUlaeV9ZT1c2RjBVb0NuaTROLXF6RGNJWHhRY3dpdFkyREkxYjhINmduWHVtWXNiR0JlSW1jSWJqVHNJQ3JoT2lkSTEzTjcyRU5QVjJ4TTlRa1F1OG9FX0NqZFFDLWhjeGVFdmkySW9QNFnSAVZBVV95cUxQMTk4blp0U0hRM2V3MHBCN25LelJsX3hBOG5kU1FHYnA3UHc2Rno5WXBXUksxalJYNnhveXd0aDlJY1c1bFpIa1JIY2UzYjJIV1pNdUJWUQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeOver 20,700 utility customers in San Francisco are still in the dark after a massive outage on Saturday left homes and businesses without power. 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