{"id":398368,"date":"2026-07-14T20:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398368\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:55:43","slug":"pge-warns-of-possible-power-shutoffs-in-these-bay-area-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398368\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&#038;E warns of possible power shutoffs in these Bay Area counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/w3nnx94xg356kovn.jpg\" alt=\"Temps rise across inland areas\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/w3nnx94xg356kovn.jpg\" alt=\"Temps rise across inland areas\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/organization\/pge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pacific Gas and Electric<\/a> is warning customers that it may shut off power in parts of several Bay Area counties amid hot, dry, and windy weather.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The utility said it is closely monitoring weather conditions expected to determine whether Public Safety Power Shutoffs will be necessary for Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>    Counties being monitored  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PG&amp;E said it is monitoring portions of the following counties:<\/p>\n<p> MarinAlamedaContra CostaSan JoaquinMontereySan BenitoFresnoMercedSan Luis ObispoSanta Barbara <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The utility said that no shutoffs have been announced, but dry and breezy onshore winds expected Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning could warrant them.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The strongest winds are forecast for Wednesday afternoon, with gusts of 20 to 30 mph in wind-prone coastal gaps and valleys, including Altamont Pass, Pacheco Pass and the Salinas Valley.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Combined with low relative humidity, the winds are expected to elevate fire danger in parts of PG&amp;E&#8217;s service territory.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Winds are expected to remain breezy Thursday afternoon but weaken overall before continuing to diminish Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information from Pacific Gas &amp; Electric.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/organization\/pge\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PG&amp;E<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; Pacific Gas and Electric is warning customers that it may shut off power in parts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[100,1768,3604,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-398368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-news","tag-organization","tag-pge","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}