SAN FRANCISCO—As of Monday, December 22, thousands of people still have no electricity. On Saturday, December 20, a substation fire left approximately 130,000 people without power.

The power outage caused chaos in the streets when WAYMO self-driving vehicles came to a halt.

Thousands of residents including many elderly and low income people are currently living without their basic needs such as oxygen machines, elevators, and food leading up to Christmas week.

On December 22, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that they will issue customer credits to all residential/business customers affected. Power should be restored by Tuesday, December 23rd.

More storms are in the forecast for parts of California to the North of San Francisco. Northern California is expecting severe snow storms while the rest of the state may see anywhere from 4-10 inches of rain.

Pacific Gas and Electric has activated its Emergency Operations Center. Thousands of front-line workers were placed on storm duty to deal with expected outages prior to the fire.

On December 22, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the National Weather Services(NWS) issued a storm warning in effect from Tuesday December 23, at 9:00 am until 3:00 a.m. (PST) on Wednesday, December 24th. The following came directly from the NWS

“Southeast winds 25 to to 35 kt with gusts up to 50 kt and seas 12 to 17 ft. expected. Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM.”

In addition to the storm factors expected in San Francisco, the City of Los Angeles, NotifyLA systemp has reported the following.

City of Los Angeles Emergency Alert: The National Weather Service has forecast that a major storm will impact the City of Los Angeles beginning Tuesday, December 23rd through at least Saturday, December 27th.

The worst of the storm is anticipated on December 24th and 25th. Los Angeles will receive 3-6 inches of rain, with 6-12 inches possible in the mountains and foothills. There is a risk of thunderstorms and debris flow across recent burn scars, where evacuation warnings and orders are in place.

Get ready for the storm and take extra precautions during the rain. Impacts in the area could include power outages, debris flows, rapidly rising water in streams and rivers, and flooding on roads and freeways.”