PG&E

PG&E spoke very little about decades of neglect, deferred maintenance and profiteering at the expense of ratepayers.

The meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco comes as outrage grows against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The utility cut off power to more than 2 million people in northern and central California Oct. 9, saying that high wind forecasts could have damaged equipment and sparked wildfires.

California's largest utility pledged to improve communications. But it reminded state regulators that its difficult decision to pre-emptively shut off power to more than 2 million people last week may have prevented deadly wildfires.

In an attempt to make the city’s power grid more resilient from shutdowns, Liccardo proposed creating a city-run power utility that would construct multiple micro grid generating systems throughout San Jose. The city would eventually take control of PG&E transmission lines, possibly though eminent domain.

A Santa Rosa restaurant is considering seeking damages incurred from last week's PG&E power outages since their insurance policy won't help.

Governor Newsom is demanding that PG&E be held accountable for the power shutoffs that left two million Californians without electricity last week. 

Last week when Caltrans announced that the Caldecott Tunnel might be closed for the Public Safety Power Shutoff, commuters were shocked and angered.

California's utility regulator is issuing a series of sanctions against Pacific Gas and Electric for what it calls "failures in execution" during the largest planned power shut-off in state history to avoid wildfires

The company announced on Twitter Saturday night that all of the estimated 738,000 customers have their power back.

Crush pads across wine country have been humming since August, with grapes moving from field to fermenting and eventually to barrels and bottles, but Wednesday after midnight, that stopped. 

At a news conference Friday evening, Johnson showed photos where inspectors found the high winds had blown tree branches into power lines at 31 locations: 21 spots in the East Bay and South Bay, 4 in the North Bay, and 6 in the Sierra foothills.

As of 7 a.m. Saturday, power was up and running for 98 percent of Santa Cruz County customers affected by this week's shutoff.

As of 8:30 p.m., 97% of customers have been restored system-wide, according to PG&E.

At Montclair Florist, the outage led to spoiled product and no phone or online orders, the bulk of the business.