Massive power cut leaves one third of San Francisco in darkness as locals told not to leave homes

[rangerrebew]

Massive power cut leaves one third of San Francisco in darkness as locals told not to leave homes
Story by Natasha Anderson • 8h

A massive outage has knocked out power to 130,000 homes and businesses across San Francisco, leaving at least one-third of the city in darkness.

The power failure left a large swath of the northern part of the city in the dark on Saturday, beginning with the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park.
 
Social media posts and local media reported mass closures of restaurants and shops and darkened street lights and Christmas decorations.

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said on X there were 'significant transit disruptions' happening citywide and urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and treat down traffic signals as four-way stops.

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[rangerrebew]

It isn't the fault of Gavin Newsom, candidate for president, though.

[Canuck Conservative]

"fire in a substation", reportedly

[Sighlass]

I can imagine copper thieves had a heyday for a brief period hoping the power would not switch back on while they were cutting wires.