From Fox News: A massive power outage plunged large swaths of San Francisco into darkness Saturday, knocking out electricity to about 130,000 homes and businesses and leaving self-driving cars stalled in city streets.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. did not immediately say what caused blackouts to roughly one-third of the utility company’s customers in the city. Fire officials posted on X at about 3:15 p.m. that at least some of the blackouts were caused by a fire that broke out inside a PG&E substation at 8th and Mission streets.
The outage darkened large parts of the city’s north side, starting in the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas around Golden Gate Park early in the afternoon before spreading further.
PG&E said in an update Sunday morning that damage from the fire in its substation was “significant and extensive,” noting that repairs and restoration would be “complex.”
SF Outage Update: The damage from the fire in our substation was extensive and the repairs and safe restoration will be complex. We will continue working until all customers are restored. We encourage customers to be safe. https://t.co/S5rvVNOF0o pic.twitter.com/TewabSc8d7
— Pacific Gas & Electric (@PGE4Me) December 21, 2025
Videos posted on social media show a large number of Waymo self-driving cars sitting stalled in the streets, creating a traffic chaos.
Update: #SanFrancisco Outage pic.twitter.com/5cTdXT5wrl
— PG&E Bay Area Region (@PGE_BayArea) December 21, 2025
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