Bay Area PG&E power shutdown: updated list of what’s open, what’s closed
Pacific Gas & Electric has shut off power to thousands of customers in the Bay Area and is impacting schools, transportation and other services.
Here are a list of schools and other public services taking action as the power outages affect the Bay Area. Closures may extend beyond the next day or two.
SCHOOLS
Acalanes Union High School District: All schools will be open Monday. The district anticipates that Campolindo High School in Moraga and Miramonte High School in Orinda will be without power, but will have additional battery lights and generators for each school. www.acalanes.k12.ca.us
Castro Valley Unified School District: Chabot, Jensen Ranch, Palomares, and Proctor elementary schools, Canyon Middle School and Redwood High School may have power shutoff, according to the district. The district will notify the public at 7 p.m. Sunday if any schools will be closed Monday. cv.k12.ca.us
Hayward Unified School District: All schools will be open Monday. husd.us
Martinez Unified School District: All schools are scheduled to be open Monday. martinezusd.net
Mill Valley School District: All schools will be closed Monday. mvschools.org
Napa Valley Unified School District: All district schools in American Canyon will be closed Monday. Schools in Napa will remain open. nvusd.org
New Haven Unified School District: No schools will be impacted. mynhusd.org
Novato Unified School District: All schools will be closed Monday. nusd.org/#
Oakland Unified School District: Nineteen schools in the district could be impacted or closed, and the district reports this could happen Monday. The following schools are most likely to lose power, and if so, they will be closed: Bret Harte, Carl Munck, Chabot, Claremont, Community Day, Fruitvale, Grass Valley, Howard, Hillcrest, Joaquin Miller, Kaiser, Montclair, Montera, Redwood Heights, Rudsdale Continuation, Sequoia, Skyline, Sojourner Truth, and Thornhill. ousd.org/
Ross School District: Ross School will be closed Monday. rossbears.org
San Leandro Unified School District: No schools will be affected. sanleandro.k12.ca.us/
Tamalpais Union High School District: All schools will be closed Monday. tamdistrict.org
West Contra Costa Unified School District: All schools will be open Monday. Ellerhorst, Kensington, and Madera elementary schools, Pinole Valley High School and Stewart K-8 school may be affected by the power shutoff. wccusd.net
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Holy Names University: Electrical power is off in all buildings, the Oakland hills university reports. Only residents and authorized personnel are allowed onto the campus. hnu.edu
Merritt College: The Oakland community college will be closed through Sunday. The college will provide updates through its Merritt College website. merritt.edu
San Jose State University: Classes have not be affected. sjsu.edu
Santa Rosa Junior College: All classes, including online, have been canceled for Monday. santarosa.edu
Stanford: The university’s campuses have not been affected by the shutoff. stanford.edu
UC Berkeley: Classes will be canceled Monday because of limited power and employees are urged to avoid the campus. The campus is anticipating being back to a normal, full operation Monday. news.berkeley.edu
TRANSPORTATION
BART: The shutoffs should not cause any disruptions to service.
Caltrain: Train service is not expected to be affected. Caltrain will communicate any issues through Twitter.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Service is not expected to be affected.
OTHERS
East Bay Municipal Utilities District: EBMUD has switched from traditional power sources to backup generators and pumping plants and the district expects to deliver water service with no interruptions or changes to water supplies or water pressure. Lafayette and San Pablo reservoirs, and all East Bay watershed trails are closed Sunday, according to the utility.
East Bay Regional Park District: Because of extreme weather, the district has closed the following parks until further notice: Roberts, Redwood, Huckleberry, Sibley, Tilden and Wildcat Canyon parks.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Power remains off at the lab’s main hill site and PG&E estimates that power might be restored sometime Monday, according to its Twitter site. Berkeley Lab’s main hill site will remain closed Monday.
Oakland Zoo: The zoo was closed Sunday because of the PG&E power shutoff, according to its website.
Check back for updates.