San Francisco’s famed Ferry Building was plunged into darkness for three hours Wednesday as another huge Pacific Gas & Electric outage rocked the city’s iconic waterfront — the latest in a rolling line of blackouts to infuriate Bay Area residents.
The unplanned outage began at 6:42 a.m. and affected about 455 customers in the area until 9.30am, the utility company said.
The outage affected morning businesses including Blue Bottle and Red Bay Coffee, local outlets reported.
Lights inside the landmark were out, and gates at some businesses were down. Some traffic signals and pedestrian crossing signs nearby also were reportedly not functioning.
The Ferry Building houses restaurants, cafes, shops and...
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