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Plus: RIP to a National Park's legend and, not-so-shocking, Elon Musk's DODGE was basically a massive flop. Hopefully, Santa wasn’t wearing conductive metal jewelry and had his sleigh grounded early Thursday before high winds and lightning strikes filled the skies above San Francisco. San Francisco is no stranger to wet December weather. Historically, the last month of the calendar year is typically the rainiest spat; last year, as well as the year before that, saw record-breaking levels of precipitation that caused flash flooding; lightning strikes, too, have lit up the region in rare form the past few winters. While it was a milder winter, San Francisco didn’t escape the usual rain spells and high winds during the Christmas Holiday. The day leading up to Christmas saw the beginnin...

The 130,000 PG&E account holders — a figure that represents roughly a third of San Francisco's population — affected by the recent SF blackout saw their power fully restored on Tuesday. After about 72 hours since PG&E first reported blackouts last Friday, all accounts affected by what’s colloquially become the Great San Francisco Blackout of 2025 have been restored — 130,000 households now, indeed, have power. Roughly a third of San Francisco’s residential population found themselves in the dark as a result of a vulnerable substation catching fire, though the utility has mentioned the “root cause” of the event is still under investigation. Critics have panned PG&E, the city’s foremost and only electrical utility, for its management of the blackout, citing its antiquated equ...

The Google-owned robotaxi company began offering rides in SF on Sunday, following San Francisco's history-making blackout. Waymo has had … shall we say, an eye-opening past 24 hours. The Google-owned company’s driverless cars were seen — filmed, photographed — congesting roadways or outright bricking yesterday amid SF’s historic blackout, resulting in it disbanding service throughout the City. (The only other time Waymo’s suspended service in San Francisco was earlier this month, when Anti-ICE protests erupted after it was announced national guard units were en route to the SF Bay Area in support of federal deportation measures.) This is insane, Waymo vehicles all over SF are bricked due to a power outage. https://t.co/2AnKB80Qj7 pic.twitter.com/HnHPjq7FcB — Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzp...