San Francisco power outage puts 130,000 in the dark, as self-driving car service stops vehicles in the street

A monolithic powerfulness outage plunged ample swaths of San Francisco into acheronian Saturday, knocking retired energy to astir 130,000 homes and businesses and leaving self-driving cars stalled successful metropolis streets.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. did not instantly accidental what caused blackouts to astir one-third of the inferior company’s customers successful the city. Fire officials posted connected X astatine astir 3:15 p.m. that astatine slightest immoderate of the blackouts were caused by a occurrence that broke retired wrong a PG&E substation astatine 8th and Mission streets.

The outage darkened ample parts of the city’s northbound side, starting successful the Richmond and Presidio neighborhoods and areas astir Golden Gate Park aboriginal successful the day earlier spreading further.

Autonomous vehicles stalled successful the mediate of streets, triggering postulation jams crossed affected areas.

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Fog and powerfulness outages darken the skyline arsenic postulation moves successful San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said connected X determination were "significant transit disruptions" happening citywide and urged residents to debar nonessential question and dainty down postulation signals arsenic four-way stops.

A Waymo conveyance sits idling astatine an intersection with nary operating postulation lights owed to powerfulness outages, successful San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Waymo temporarily suspended its autonomous ride-hailing work successful the aftermath of the blackout, SFGate reported.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Waymo for remark but did not instantly perceive back.

A bicyclist drives past headlights from an oncoming conveyance arsenic powerfulness outages darken the streets, successful San Francisco, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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PG&E aboriginal said that arsenic of 11:30 p.m. Saturday, crews had restored powerfulness to astir 95,000 customers, with astir 35,000 customers remaining without power. The inferior institution added that crews would proceed moving done the night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.