As strong gusts blast Northern California on Wednesday, PG&E is reporting outages to 7,500 Bay Area customers due to weather issues like downed wires, on top of more than 16,000 in the region already affected by planned public safety power shutoffs.
“As forecasted, fierce winds entered PG&E’s service area last night with peak wind gusts observed at 88 mph in St. Helena in Napa County,” PG&E said in a release on Wednesday.
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