VIDEO: Parts of Bay Area go dark during planned PG&E outages

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Friday, October 11, 2019
Parts of Bay Area go dark during planned PG&E outages
Traffic lights, businesses, city skylines. Here's a look at parts of the Bay Area that went dark from planned PG&E power shutoffs.

Several Bay Area counties went dark as part of PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff.



Throughout California, 738,000 customers saw the lights go out across the state.



Outages caused issues with traffic signals, businesses and more, and PG&E customers rushed to fill up their gas tanks and stock up on water and other supplies.



TIMELINE: When your power could come back after PG&E outages



The shutoffs happened in three phases and each cause anxiety for residents that werent sure what would happen next.



Watch the video above for a look at the outages from Wednesday morning.



For the latest stories about PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff go here.



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