With gusting winds on the way, PG&E has declared its first major Public Safety Power Shutoffs of fire season in the Bay Area. Affected areas may start losing power by 7 a.m. Sunday, with an estimated restoration between noon and 4 p.m. Monday.
Ahead of forecasted 60 mph gusts, PG&E plans to preemptively cut power to high fire risk areas of the East Bay and North Bay. Planned shutoff areas include the hills between Dublin and Brentwood, areas along the 580 corridor between Tracy and Patterson, the residences along Pleasants Valley Road in Vacaville and Robert Louis Stevenson State Park in Napa Valley. A full map of planned PSPS outages can be found from PG&E.
In anticipation of fire conditions, Rockville Hills Regional Park in Fairfield also closed Sunday with an expected reopening of Tuesday…