PG&E may shut off power to parts of the Bay Area due to upcoming fire risk

On Tuesday, PG E announced possible power shutoffs for some fire-prone portions of the Bay Area. One of them is Berkeley, where hot winds and wildfire dangers may be on their way.On Tuesday in Berkeley, it was still a cool breeze off the Bay, but by Wednesday, the warm inland winds were expected to arrive, bringing with it the conditions for wildfire. In a press release, PG E said: "The potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event, starting Wednesday evening and forecasted to last through Saturday afternoon, could affect approximately 70,000 customers across twenty-nine counties." At this point, they were predicting more than 4,700 homes could be blacked out in Alameda County, most of them in the Berkeley Hills, but according to the online map, also including the entire UC Berkeley campus."When it turns around like that and blows the other way, we're getting the hot air from the valley," said resident Robin Beauchamp. "And if there's a lot of kindling and fire fuel on the groun