The Navy has confirmed that a destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days
Just after midnight, a large tree fell onto power lines and blocked the roadway in the 200 block of C Street, knocking out power to nearly 700 people in San Rafael's Gerstle Park neighborhood.
San Francisco city officials cited Waymo data showing nearly 1,600 vehicle stoppages during the blackout. Supervisor Bilal Mahmood compared the technology to "Cinderella's magical carriages," but warned that "just like in the fairytale, we can now see that those carriages can turn into pumpkins at the drop of a hat."
San Francisco supervisors are demanding answers about what caused the widespread PG&E power outages that impacted businesses and residents back in December.
The class action lawsuit filed Monday claims the utility caused Sunset District businesses significant financial harm during a series of outages around the holidays.
AT&T and Comcast share poles with PG&E but according to one Napa County resident, the companies refuse to underground their wires even though PG&E is already doing much of expensive heavy lifting.