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It was a second day without power for some Oakland Hills residents after strong winds swept through knocking down trees and powerlines. Christie Smith reports.

More than 2,000 PG&E customers were without power in the Bay Area Sunday morning, the utility company said.

A vehicle hit a transmission pole in Forestville early Saturday morning and nearly 6,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Sonoma County are without power, according to the dispatch center for the county.

Cal Fire has determined the massive Dixie Fire that destroyed nearly 1 million acres across five counties last summer was caused by a tree hitting a PG&E power line.

Power has been restored to all but 10 of the 2,100 PG&E customers in San Francisco’s financial district who lost power Friday, a PG&E spokesman said Saturday morning.

Just over 2,000 customers in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood are without power Friday morning, according to PG&E.

A strong, widespread storm may cause power outages in the Bay Area starting Saturday, PG&E officials said Friday.

Meteorologist Kari Hall has an update on expected rain totals in the Microclimate Forecast as an atmospheric river hits the Bay Area.

While it has made “sustained and substantial progress” on gas safety, PG&E has clearly not made enough headway in measures designed to prevent wildfires during its five-year probation term stemming from the San Bruno gas explosion, according to the final findings of the court-appointed monitor over the utility.

PG&E has not made enough headway in measures designed to prevent wildfires during its five-year probation term stemming from the San Bruno gas explosion, according to the final findings of the court-appointed monitor over the utility. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

It’s every Thanksgiving host’s worst nightmare. Right as you’re putting the turkey in the oven – the power goes out. It happened to more than 3,000 people in Santa Rosa Thursday morning and as NBC Bay Area’s Melissa Colorado found out, PG&E is blaming birds for the Turkey Day power outage.

A power outage is impacting North Bay residents on Thanksgiving Day.

PG&E has told regulators that a former contract worker “falsified” as many as 3,000 electrical system inspection reports over the last two years in the North Bay, Humboldt area and the Sierra foothills, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

PG&E has told regulators that a former contract worker “falsified” as many as 3,000 electrical system inspection reports over the last two years in the North Bay, Humboldt area and the Sierra foothills, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

State regulators issued $7.5 million in safety citations Monday against Pacific Gas and Electric over alleged inspection lapses covering more than a decade.

PG&E officials admit their program to cut power to neighborhoods at the first sign of trouble was a “sledgehammer” approach – but stressed that the program likely cut the number of fires this year.

PG&E is facing a new probation violation charge stemming from the deadly Zogg Fire, court documents show, even as its five-year probation term over the San Bruno gas explosion case is up early next year.

PG&E has agreed to pay a $40 million fine and another $85 million to properly decommission a total of 70 unused transmission lines like the one that sparked the Kincade fire two years ago, according to a deal announced by state regulators.

Some people on the Peninsula who haven’t had electricity for more than 50 hours due to the weekend storm were still without power Tuesday evening.

Some people on the Peninsula who haven’t had electricity for more than 50 hours due to the weekend storm were still without power Tuesday evening. Marianne Favro reports.