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BigmanPigman

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5. Here you go...

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 11:48 PM

10 hrs ago

SF: Update: 30% Of City Blacked Out As 130,000 Customers Lose Electricity https://share.google/493VvWR3YZxS623JU

"About 30 percent of San Francisco was blacked out Saturday, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said, as a power outage grew to about 130,000 customers."

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Why did San Francisco lose power today? [View all] BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago OP

Apparently, a substation fire... regnaD kciN 10 hrs ago #1

There was a fire, but it started after the outages began. Demobrat 9 hrs ago #6

As of 11 PM PG&E still doesn't know what caused it. BigmanPigman 6 hrs ago #8

The outages began at 9:30am. The fire was reported at 2:14pm. Demobrat 5 hrs ago #9

For those of us who don't live there, PoindexterOglethorpe 10 hrs ago #2

Chronicle usonian 10 hrs ago #4

Here you go... BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #5

You beat me to it. usonian 10 hrs ago #3

Thank you to all who updated me PoindexterOglethorpe 7 hrs ago #7