Overview
- PG&E reported roughly 130,000 customers without power, about one-third of its San Francisco accounts.
- Service interruptions began early afternoon in Richmond, Presidio and areas near Golden Gate Park before expanding across the north side.
- San Francisco fire officials said a blaze inside PG&E’s substation at 8th and Mission caused at least part of the outage.
- Around 4 p.m., PG&E said the electrical network was stabilized and no additional interruptions were expected, but full restoration remained uncertain.
- City leaders urged residents to avoid nonessential travel as some traffic signals failed, Muni and BART skipped stops, and businesses and holiday lights went dark in affected areas.