The Latest: Utility shuts off power in California counties

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on Pacific Gas and Electric shutting off power to about 87,000 customers in parts of more than a dozen Northern California counties (all times local):

Pacific Gas and Electric says it will shut off power to about 87,000 customers in parts of more than a dozen Northern California counties. Pacific Gas & Electric for the first time began cutting power Sunday night to tens of thousands of customers in Northern California after the National Weather Service warned of extreme fire danger across the state due to high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation. Making good on warnings issued Saturday, PG&E staff on Sunday night at about 8 p.m. deactivated the power lines to nearly 60,000 customers in Northern California. Strong wind gusts swept across the region with the arrival of the first fall Santa Ana winds — hot, sustained gusts that blow from the desert to the ocean.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a major California utility based in San Francisco, announces they temporarily turned off power to 60,000 customers in 12 Northern California counties due to threats of wildfires. Red flag warnings are issued to 22 million people in the state.