Around 2,600 people in the San Diego area remained without power Wednesday afternoon as part of ongoing public safety power shutoffs, while San Diego Gas & Electric crews patrol back-country lines ...

The rationale behind public safety power shutoffs is to mitigate the threat of wildfire in areas where utility equipment could be at high risk of sparking a blaze, particularly when winds are ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego Gas & Electric resumed public safety power shutoffs in stretches of San Diego’s backcountry overnight into Tuesday as a Red Flag Warning for critical fire ...

Tens of thousands of residents are without power due to public safety shutoffs due to high winds, though many are expressing their frustration over the repeated blackouts. Mary Beth McDade reports Jan ...

As Southern California Edison continues to implement Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) in Ventura County, local ...

Southern California Edison has initiated several Public Safety Power Shutoffs in Riverside County due to the elevated risk of wildfires. The power company's outage map shows shutoffs have already ...

Times of San Diego will send you the top local and state news at 8 a.m., 365 days a year. Sign up A San Diego Gas and Electric lineman works on a transformer. (Photo by San Diego Gas & Electric ...

The outages are called Public Safety Power Shutoffs. It’s a practice that utilities in California use to pre-emptively de-energize circuits when the combination of high winds and extremely dry ...

Persistent push from parents results in alternate energy sources after frequent power shutoffs After missing days and days of ...