PG&E may cut power in some NorCal counties due to fire concerns

As weather conditions in Northern California remain dry and fire-prone, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced it may impose a public safety power outage in nine counties on June 10 and June 11 as a preventative measure.

Earlier in the week, the National Weather Service of Sacramento issued a Red Flag Warning for portions of the Sacramento Valley and the Sonoma-Lake-Napa region, saying the low humidity and high winds are ideal conditions for fires to start and potentially spread quickly.

The utility company warns that power could be cut to areas in Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties over the next two days.

Counties including Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Sutter, Tehama and Yolo will be required to experience an outage due to high winds and dry conditions. People can check whether their property will be affected by the outage by entering their address on the PG&E website.

Here’s a list of potential outages through the region, according to the PG&E outage map as of noon on June 10.

• Colusa — Unincorporated areas / Williams: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 11 p.m.
• Glenn — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 11 p.m.
• Lake — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 4 p.m.
• Napa — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 at 9:15 p.m. to June 11 at 12 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 6 p.m.
• Solano — Unincorporated areas / Vacaville: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 4 p.m.
• Sonoma — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 at 9 p.m. to June 11 at 12 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 4 p.m.
• Sutter — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 4 p.m.
• Tehama — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 8 p.m.
• Yolo — Unincorporated areas: Estimated shutoff starts on June 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Estimated restoration time: June 11 at 4 p.m.

Power outage occurs as crews fight Yolo County wildfire

Firefighters are attempting to get a wildfire in California’s Yolo County hills near the town of Winters under control.

On Monday, June 8, members of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection were conducting a prescribed burn near the Putah Creek Fishing Access Site 2 when it quickly spread and became a wildfire. It has since burned over 800 acres in the area.

For the last three days, the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit has been working to bring the Putah Fire under control; as of June 10, it is about 35% contained, according to Cal Fire.

Noe Padilla is a Northern California Reporter for USA Today. Contact him at npadilla@usatodayco.com, follow him on X @1NoePadilla or on Bluesky @noepadilla.bsky.social. Sign up for the TODAY Californian newsletter or follow us on Facebook at TODAY Californian.