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PG&E customers all over the Bay Area are without power during the heat wave. Here's a look at the latest updates.

Californians are being asked to conserve energy use Tuesday afternoon if at all possible, as the threat of blackouts looms with the pending demand for power during the late-day heat.

Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso talk about their approaches to the homelessness crisis and where the money would come from.

A statewide Flex Alert has been issued for Tuesday as a heat wave impacts California with blistering temperatures over the Labor Day weekend and beyond. The Bay Area will also be under a Spare the Air alert.

Enlarge this image Firefighters coordinate efforts at a burning facility while extinguishing a fire in Fairview on Monday, near Hemet, Calif. Ethan

The outages were recorded in La Jolla, Poway and Carlsbad, which was hit the hardest.

Another day of high temperatures across San Diego County and throughout California is pushing the state’s power grid to the breaking point, with rolling blackouts a possibility.

Seven thousand homes were without power in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon, as a heatwave forced people to crank up the air conditioning and leaving the power grid struggling to cope.

Fire crews are battling three large fires, tackling the Mountain Fire raging on Gazelle-Callahan Road in Siskiyou County, the Mill Fire near Weed City, and the Fairview Fire near LA.

State energy officials said the electrical load Tuesday afternoon could top the highest demand the state has ever seen