Bay Area Disaster Watch

• Shore Fire ignited in California Valley at Black Bear Road and Big Basin Trail
• Evacuation orders issued for affected areas
• PG&E shutoffs hit Bay Area amid ongoing heat

BART is expanding trains to 10 cars on the Red and Yellow lines during peak hours starting Monday, the first time in over six years, to handle rising...

San Francisco Apartment Fires

• 🔥 Tenderloin 2-Alarm Fire: A 2-alarm fire at a six-story apartment building on the 400 block of Jones Street led...

• Statewide status: 2,979 of 16M customers out (0.02%) across 25 utilities
• Bay Area counties: Alameda reports 532 outages; Santa Clara has 22
• Live...

• Traffic impact: Jones Street section avoided amid multi-floor blaze, with residual delays lingering after crews cleared.
• Emergency response:...

When smoke levels rise, avoid anything that burns indoors—candles, fireplaces, and gas stoves. Plan meals ahead to keep air clean and protect your home.

Marin County needs to prepare now for El Niño impacts.

A large unplanned power outage is impacting PG&E customers across parts of San Francisco's Presidio and Richmond neighborhoods. Visit the PG&E outage map for the latest real-time updates and status.

San Francisco Power Outage

• Outage Restored: PG&E restored power to all ~9,400 affected customers in northwest San Francisco by 4 p.m. Saturday...

• PG&E is monitoring Marin, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties for potential Public Safety Power Shutoffs Wednesday and Thursday
• Hot, dry, and windy...

PG&E's Saturday outage blacked out 9,400 customers in the Richmond, Presidio and Golden Gate Park areas after a substation equipment malfunction...

• Initial strike at 9:45 a.m. knocked out power to 9,400 customers across Richmond, Presidio, and Golden Gate Park; traffic signals failed, forcing...

Tiny smoke particles bypass nose hairs and mucus to reach lungs and bloodstream, sparking immediate immune overdrive and inflammation.

This hits...

A single PG&E outage exposed how quickly power loss cascades through smart-city systems.

• Nearly 9,400 customers lost power starting at 9:23 a.m.,...

BART resumed limited service Thursday morning for portions of East Bay stations following a trackside equipment failure near Bay Fair, though major...

A columnist urges Bay Area residents to prepare for the next wildfire now, citing 2017's devastation and stressing go-bags, alerts, and evacuation...

The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent, with the seismic strain worrying scientists.

BART will run limited Transbay Tube service Sunday during a light replacement project.

Power Outage Impacts

• 🔥 Unplanned Contra Costa Outage: More than 6,000 PG&E customers lost power in Contra Costa County Thursday afternoon with...

PG&E's recent outages reveal persistent reliability and safety strains across the region.

• Mill Valley: Planned wildfire safety shutoff cut power to...