"A massive outage knocked out power to 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco on Saturday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said. The power failure left a large swath of the northern part of the city in the dark, beginning with the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park in the early afternoon and growing in size."
"The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said on X there were significant transit disruptions happening citywide and urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and treat down traffic signals as four-way stops. The city's transportation agencies said they were bypassing some Muni bus and BART train stations because of the power outages. At least some of the blackouts were caused by a fire that broke out inside a PG&E substation at 8th and Mission streets, fire officials posted on X at about 3:15 p.m."
A massive outage knocked out power to 130,000 homes and businesses across northern San Francisco. The blackout began in the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park in the early afternoon and expanded. The outage affected roughly one-third of the utility company's customers in the city. Social media and local outlets reported mass closures of restaurants and shops and darkened street lights and holiday decorations. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management warned of significant citywide transit disruptions and urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and treat down traffic signals as four-way stops. A fire inside a PG&E substation at 8th and Mission was reported, and PG&E said it had stabilized the grid by about 4 p.m. but could not confirm full restoration that day.
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