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Power outage affects part of SF's Market Street after equipment damage
By Bay City News at NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC)
· July 4, 2026
· 1 min read
About 90 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in San Francisco ’s Castro District were still without power on Saturday after a small outage struck a stretch of Market Street on Friday.
Traffic signals could be inoperable in the outage area, which included most of the 2200 block of Market Street a...
Key takeaway The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management reminded drivers in the area to treat inoperable traffic signals as four way stop signs and to use caution.
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Category: local ·
Published: July 4, 2026 ·
Source: NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC) ·
Reading time: 1 min
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What is this story about? About 90 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in San Francisco’s Castro District were still without power on Saturday after a small outage struck a stretch of Market Street on Friday.
Traffic signals could be inoperable in the outage area, which included most of the 2200 block of Market Street a...
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