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  • Comerica Park in Detroit.
  • A power outage interrupted Game 3 of the American League championship series for 17 minutes.
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  • Fallen tree in Oakland
  • Dangerous high winds caused downed trees and powerlines across the Bay Area overnight.
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  • Fallen tree in Oakland
  • Dangerous high winds caused downed trees and powerlines across the Bay Area overnight.
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  • Wind damage in the North Bay
  • Dangerous high winds have caused a great deal of damage around the Bay Area.
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  • U.C. Berkeley substation.
  • Officials confirm that stolen copper from a substation caused a campus-wide outage at U.C. Berkeley Monday night.
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UC, uc berkeley, berkeley, power outage, fire, evacuation, explosion, east bay news, lyanne melendez
  • U.C. Berkeley substation.
  • Officials confirm that stolen copper from a substation caused a campus-wide outage at U.C. Berkeley Monday night.
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  • This image provided by The Daily Californian shows smoke from an explosion on the University of California Berkeley campus on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Berkeley, Calif. At least one person was hospitalized and a mandatory evacuation was ordered after the explosion followed a power outage across campus. Fire crews freed about 20 people trapped in dormitory elevators across campus as a result of the outage, said UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof. (AP Photo/The Daily Californian, Michael Drummond)
  • Power has been partially restored to the UC Berkeley campus after an explosion that knocked out power last night.
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  • An explosion has been reported on the University of California at  Berkeley Monday evening and the campus has been ordered to evacuate.
  • Power has been partially restored to the UC Berkeley campus after an explosion that knocked out power last night.
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  • Power slowly returns after explosion at Cal
  • As the power slowly returned Monday night, UC Berkeley students were allowed to return to campus.
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  • An explosion has been reported on the University of California at 
Berkeley Monday evening and the campus has been ordered to evacuate.
  • Several people were injured and the campus was evacuated in a power outage and explosion at UC Berkeley Monday evening.
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  • Several people were injured and the campus was evacuated in a power outage and explosion at UC Berkeley.
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  • Smoke plumes following UC Berkeley explosion
  • Seung Y. Lee took video of a plume of the smoke on the UC Berkeley campus. (Video courtesy of Seung Y. Lee/The Daily Californian)
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  • A power outage at a terminal at the Oakland International Airport caused an 80 minute flight delay Thursday morning.
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  • Car crashes into power pole in SF
  • Electricity is back on in San Francisco after an apparent hit-and-run accident brought down a power pole.
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  • Power has been restored to Treasure Island after a bird struck an electrical wire and caused an outage.
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  • Power has been restored to over 5,700 PG&E customers in the East Bay after an outage struck the area Saturday morning.
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  • PG&E has restored power to all but three customers following a morning outage that left 64 customers without electricity.
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  • A vault fire in Vallejo has knocked out power to homes near Almond Avenue and Willow Street.
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  • A vault fire in Vallejo has knocked out power to homes near Almond Avenue and Willow Street.
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PG&E, power outage, fire, vallejo, north bay news, amy hollyfield
  • Power has been restored to all but 43 customers affected by an outage in San Francisco's Bayview District Tuesday morning.
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  • Power has been restored to most of the 5,800 customers affected by a power outage in Berkeley Tuesday morning.
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  • Red light
  • A woman was killed and several others, including a pregnant woman and four children, were hurt in a crash near Brentwood.
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brentwood, crash, power outage, CHP, children, pregnancy, oakland, driving, contra costa county, east bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • Red light
  • A woman was killed and several others, including a pregnant woman and four children, were hurt in a crash near Brentwood.
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  • A series of powerful storms has killed at least four people and knocked out power on the East Coast.
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  • Power poles spark, catch fire in San Francisco
  • Power poles all over San Francisco caught fire Sunday, cutting off power to thousands and keeping crews scrambling across the city.
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  • Power poles spark, catch fire in San Francisco
  • Power poles all over San Francisco caught fire Sunday, cutting off power to thousands and keeping crews scrambling across the city.
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  • Sodas fell off grocery store shelves during a 5.7 quake in Greenville
  • A 5.7 quake Thursday night in Greenville ruptured a tank that supplies drinking water and sent items tumbling from store shelves.
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  • More than 1,500 people remain without power in the Fremont and Union City area following a car crash into a power pole.
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  • A Pacific Gas and Electric employee received minor injuries this afternoon in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood.
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  • A major thoroughfare in Orinda has reopened after being blocked by power lines that were downed in a hit-and-run crash.
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  • Power has been restored to more than 1,000 customers in Hayward and Union City after a car crashed into a power pole and caused an outage.
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  • Sand at the beach
  • Fishermen and boaters are urged to be careful due to gusty winds that are creating strong waves along coastal areas.
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  • Strong winds wreak havoc across the Bay Area
  • Gusty winds hit dangerously close to home for Bay Area residents Monday, causing a real mess in neighborhoods and on roads.
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  • Strong winds wreak havoc across the Bay Area
  • High winds are not only making driving tough, they're bringing down trees and limbs across the Bay Area.
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  • Tree falls on car in San Francisco
  • High winds are not only making driving tough, they're bringing down trees and limbs across the Bay Area.
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  • Some PG&E customers were without power Chinatown and North Beach after a manhole exploded.
  • Some PG&E customers were without power Chinatown and North Beach after a manhole exploded.
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  • Thousands of PG&E customers in Cupertino were hit by a power outage that began late Sunday night.
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  • People woke up without power this morning in San Francisco's Bayview District.
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  • Some 5,500 PG&E customers lost power this morning in the Monterey area, a utility spokeswoman said.
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  • An outage knocked out power to all of Treasure Island overnight.
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  • Planes banner draped over power lines in SF
  • Power's been restored to hundreds of PG&E customers in SF's SOMA district after an ad banner fell from a plane onto power lines.
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  • Planes banner draped over power lines in SF
  • Power's been restored to hundreds of PG&E customers in SF's SOMA district after an ad banner fell from a plane onto power lines.
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  • Bay Bridge lights
  • The lights on the Bay Bridge were out for over an hour Tuesday night, but have since been restored.
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  • Power has been fully restored to about 6,500 customers in Cupertino and Sunnyvale who lost service due to a damaged power pole.
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  • Fallen tree in San Francisco
  • The fourth system to hit the Bay Area in a week has arrived bringing with it flooding concerns and power outages.
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storm, rain, wind, larkspur, flooding, crash, children, power outage, PG&E, petaluma, hayward, san anselmo, sonoma county, fairfax, highway 4, highway 84, highway 85, marin county, atherton, san mateo county, santa cruz county, santa cruz mountains, oakland, antioch, menlo park, accuweather
  • In the Santa Cruz Mountains, one major problem was fixed but the new rain brought more trouble spots.
  • In the Santa Cruz Mountains, one major problem was fixed but the new rain brought more trouble spots.
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  • Tree down
  • The fourth system to hit the Bay Area in a week has arrived - bringing with it flooding concerns and power outages.
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storm, rain, wind, larkspur, flooding, crash, children, power outage, PG&E, petaluma, hayward, san anselmo, sonoma county, fairfax, highway 4, highway 84, highway 85, marin county, atherton, san mateo county, santa cruz county, santa cruz mountains, oakland, antioch, menlo park, accuweather
  • Major road repairs continue in Santa Cruz Co.
  • Crews are racing to fix a major problem in the Santa Cruz Mountains left over from the last storms before the next one hits.
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  • Major road repairs continue in Santa Cruz Co.
  • Crews are racing to fix a major problem in the Santa Cruz Mountains left over from the last storms before the next one hits.
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storm, transportation, santa cruz county, santa cruz mountains, water, rain, power outage, accuweather, karina rusk
  • Collapsed road in Lafayette
  • Cleanup is under way across the Bay Area after a powerful series of storms that caused power outages, flooding, and accidents.
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