Livermore News: PG&E Reports San Francisco Outage After Vault Fire, Not a Tri-Valley Blackout

LIVERMORE | BAY AREA REGIONAL UTILITY REPORT | October 22, 2026. Livermore residents who work or visit San Francisco may want to know that a downtown power outage followed an underground electrical vault fire Wednesday night. It did not establish a power failure in Livermore.

On Wednesday evening, October 21, an underground electrical vault fire near Van Ness Avenue and Bush Street in San Francisco accompanied a PG&E power outage that affected approximately 2,775 customers, primarily in the Tenderloin and Civic Center. San Francisco News, California58’s original local reporter for this event, documented the fire response, transportation impacts and restoration updates. The majority of the affected service was reported restored later Wednesday evening.

This is a past, location-specific incident, not a report that power remains out across the Bay Area on October 22.

Was Livermore affected?

There is no verified Livermore-specific outage linked to this incident in the source information used for this brief. PG&E’s reported San Francisco customer count reflected a specific city incident, not all of its East Bay service territory. The city’s restoration estimate likewise does not apply to Tri-Valley circuits.

What local readers should know

For Livermore businesses with their own outages, identify the separate utility incident before attributing it to a San Francisco electrical vault fire.

Check the PG&E outage center for current status at an address where PG&E is the provider. To report an outage call 1-800-743-5002. For downed wires or an immediate hazard, remain clear and call 911.

Original local newsroom

The detailed account is in San Francisco News: October 21 Tenderloin/Civic Center Electrical Vault Fire. That local newsroom is the primary report in our network; this Livermore brief supplies geographic context for neighboring readers without asserting a separate blackout.

Editorial note: The customer number was a dated incident count, not a live Bay Area total. This is a California58 regional brief for readers near San Francisco and makes no local outage claim for Livermore.

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