P G & E is making a big deal about their relief centers that they have 28 of them set up but its ridiculous.
In THIS county, they have ONE.
Open only during daylight hours in SAN RAMON, 30 miles from here.
More PG & E lip service and stupidity and incompetence.
Only bright side of this is that temperatures across the SF Bay Area are expected to be in the 80's but today will be very high humidity.



Governor Newsom: California should be ‘outraged’ by outage
NEWS
by: The Associated Press
Posted: Oct 8, 2019 / 04:49 PM PDT / Updated: Oct 8, 2019 / 04:49 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – California’s governor says residents should be outraged and infuriated by news of a widespread power shut-off to prevent deadly wildfires but that the utility had no choice.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday that Pacific Gas & Electric had to make the decision to cut off electricity as forecasts call for hot, dry winds that could spark wildfires.
But he said the company must upgrade and fix its technology so customers do not face anything like this again.
The utility is shutting off power to 800,000 customers in 34 counties in northern and central California starting Wednesday.

NO.
CALIFORNIANS SHOULD BE OUTRAGED OVER A LAW THAT REDUCED P G & E'S LIABILITY FOR THE PARADISE FIRE AND THE CONTINUAL DOMINANCE OF P G & E OVER THE CALIFORNIA PUC WHICH IS A RUBBER STAMP FOR P G & E  & ITS CONTINUAL RATE HIKE INCREASES.


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Update: Outages Significantly Spread; Resource Centers Available Later Wednesday For Pg&E Customers Affected By

Bay City News Service Published 2:47 am PDT, Wednesday, October 9, 2019


POWER SHUTDOWN



By Peter Fournier

Bay City News

As the first phase of power outages due to PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff starts, the number of customers affected in the San Francisco Bay Area has rapidly increased early Wednesday morning.

What started as 20,000 PG&E customers without power across the region has jumped to several thousand more across several locales, per PG&E's outage map.

Solano, Sonoma and Napa counties have been hit the hardest so far, with the cities of Fairfield having 17,963 customers powerless and Vacaville 13,665 as of 2:30 a.m. The city of Napa has been hit hard as well, with 19,357 PG&E customers without power as well. Sonoma has 15,925 powerless, St. Helena 6,685 and Calistoga 3,321.

Outages have also spread to Santa Rosa (8,140 customers), Rohnert Park (2,105), Sausalito (2,564) and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley (2,034). Several unincorporated areas in Napa, Marin, Solano and Sonoma counties have also been hit with power outages.

"We understand the effects this event will have on our customers and appreciate the public's patience as we do what is necessary to keep our communities safe and reduce the risk of wildfire," said Michael Lewis, PG&E's senior vice president of Electric Operations, in a statement.

PG&E officials released a statement early Wednesday citing forecasted winds of 60-70 mph at higher elevations from Wednesday morning until Thursday morning for the start of the shut downs.

According to the National Weather Service, which issued a Red Flag Warning on Tuesday morning from Wednesday morning until 5 a.m. Tuesday, locations above 4,000 feet are the most likely so see wind speeds above 60 mph.

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PG&E officials didn't provide an exact number of total outages, and referred to its website outage map for up-to-date numbers and locations of customers without power.

Phase No. 1 of the shutdown encompasses the shutdown of power to approximately 513,000 customers in several Northern California counties.

Phase No. 2 is expected to start around 12 p.m. Wednesday and is expected to affect 234,000 more PG&E customers, including those in the more immediate Bay Area, including Oakland and San Jose.

PG&E customers impacted by the shutdown can visit PG&E community resource centers starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The centers will be equipped with restrooms, bottled water, electronic-device charging and air-conditioned seating for up to 100 people. The utility company said the centers will only be open during daylight hours.

Here is a list of centers in the Bay Area:

In Napa County: Solano County Fairgrounds at 1001 Fairgrounds Dr. in Vallejo and the Napa County Fairgrounds at 1601 N. Oak St. in Calistoga.

In Santa Clara County: Avaya Stadium, 1123 Coleman Ave. San Jose.

In Contra Costa County: Bishop Ranch Parking Lot, 2600 Camino Ramon, San Ramon.

In San Mateo County: Pasta Moon Restaurant, 845 Main St., Half Moon Bay.

In Solano County: Mission Church, 6391 Leisure Town Rd., Vacaville.

In Sonoma County: Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building 1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa.

In Alameda County: Merritt College, Lot B, Leona St., Oakland.

In Santa Cruz County, Twin Lakes Church, 2701 Cabrillo College Dr., Aptos.

For more information on outages across the region, visit pge.com/psps or @PGE4ME on Twitter.