Mountain storm: Great water supply and skiing with a big dose of danger
California's mountains provide water, natural habitat, recreation, and tourism. That said, the mountains can provide real winter danger. As of Friday afternoon, I-80 westbound traffic is being turned at the Nevada State Line, and eastbound traffic on the same interstate is being turned around at Drum Forebay due to spin-outs, high winds, and low visibility.
Tahoe blizzard warning: Wind gusts hit 100 mph at some Sierra peaks
As a blizzard started pounding the Sierra on Thursday, wind gusts whipped at more than 100 mph at certain peaks in the Sierra including near the Palisades ski resort.
PG&E profits soar after rate hikes
PG&E reports it made a $2.24 billion dollar profit last year — a 24% increase from the year before.
Here's what happens when metallic balloons touch power lines, PG&E warns
This Valentine’s Day, Pacific Gas & Electric, one of the country’s largest power companies, is warning people on why it’s a bad idea to let metallic balloons fly into the air.
California storm knocks out power to whopping 1.4M customers
California's atmospheric river, which has been raging across the state off and on since last week, is now the largest single storm in 30 years, knocking out power to a whopping 1.4 million PG&E customers, the utility said Wednesday.
North Bay still contending with outages and cleaning up from storm
In the North Bay, PG&E crews are still grappling with outages across the region after this weekend's powerful storm. Some areas aren't expected to get their power back until Tuesday evening.
Bay Area storm: Some see power restored, hundreds of thousands still in dark
Widespread rain and howling winds greeted the Bay Area as another storm rolled through Sunday after first hitting the Bay Area on Saturday, causing hundreds of thousands of PG&E customers to lose power.
South Bay gears up for upcoming storms
Along the San Mateo County coast, first responders and PG&E crews are braced for high winds and heavy rain overnight and through the weekend, with an atmospheric river system now rolling through the Bay Area.
North Bay warnings about possible flooding, outages
Napa County's emergency operations staff sent a warning to residents that starting on Wednesday, the coming week of storms could bring flooding, downed trees, and power outages to the North Bay.
South Bay residents prepare for approaching storms
Multiple agencies advise South Bay, Santa Cruz residents to prepare for coming winter storms.
PG&E restores power to thousands of San Francisco customers
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers were without power in San Francisco Thursday morning.
PG&E facility aims to lower utility bills
Many consumers believe that all Pacific Gas and Electric can do these days is raise prices on electricity and natural gas.
Power outage leaves dozens of San Jose nursing home residents without heat, lights
Crews worked Monday to restore electric service to a South San Jose nursing home that lost power Saturday, when a power transmission point on the property, blew.
Ski gear and windshield wipers moving with latest storm
Windshield wipers are flying off shelves, but this latest round of wet weather is great news for skiers headed up to Tahoe.
Dangerous waves attract surfers, prompt weather alerts
Tourists were drawn to the Bay Area to catch a glimpse of the large waves, courtesy of Friday’s storm, when high surf and coastal flooding were a concern.
On the coast and in the Santa Cruz mountains, residents assess damage and brace for rain
While some are taking this latest storm in stride, others are bracing for it after suffering damage from the waves and weather in recent days.
Thousands of Californians lose power as storm rolls in, many celebrate rain
It was a soggy wet day in the Bay Area, but that didn’t bother everyone in the Bay Area. Some were more prepared than others.
Bay Area prepares for next round of rain, coastal flood risk
The Bay Area spent Tuesday afternoon preparing for another round of rain after a soaking wet couple of days.
18,000 PG&E customers lose power over equipment failure
Thousands of PG&E customers in the San Jose area lost power on Monday afternoon, according to PG&E.
PG&E asks for another rate hike due to climate change
Climate change has aggravated inflation, but nowhere more than with Pacific Gas & Electric, the first major utility to deal with far more effects of extreme weather related to fire and floods.