PG&E is implementing proactive power shutoffs in three North Bay counties and six others around Northern California on Wednesday night and into Thursday because of hot and windy weather that poses a risk of sparking wildfires.

The power outages, which PG&E calls Public Safety Power Shutoffs, will affect customers in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties as well as Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sutter, Tehama and Yolo counties outside of the Bay Area.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.