SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Power outage-related problems are persisting in San Francisco days after the lights first went out – from businesses impacted to brides.
Jasheia and Quinton Hunter flew in from Dallas to say “I do” in San Francisco.
“We got here we realized the power was out at City Hall and I probably called 311, 50 times,” said Quinton Hunter.
The couple had to get their marriage license in Oakland instead.
“Just stressful, very tiring, very emotional rollercoaster,” said Jasheia.
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“These are things you can’t prepare for, but it’s disappointing,” said Hunter.
Patrick Davis also had to reschedule a wedding and felt City Hall was accommodating.
“It was disappointing, but we had a celebration of our own and did our own ceremony last night so it felt like we were still enjoying our special day,” said Davis.
Not far from City Hall, the Orpheum Theatre was impacted by the power outage and forced to cancel weekend performances of “Moulin Rouge.” That, in turn, impacted Sam’s American Eatery, a hot spot for theatre goers.
“Saturday, Sunday is usually our busiest days,” said Gabriella Gomez, Manager for Sam’s American Eatery.
Gomez estimates the business lost $10,000.
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“So basically every container that was in the fridge we have to dump all of the products out,” said Gomez.
Employees here had to re-stock and re-prep the kitchen. Their frustration with PG&E, growing.
“I know they were trying to give updates, but the updates were all off which is unacceptable,” said Gomez.
Next door at Civic Center Market, melted ice cream was just the start of a domino effect of problems thanks to no power.
“Who is going to eat that one now, that’s it – it’s done,” said Hadi Abdo Homran.
The lights came back on this morning, but the internet did not.
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“I have no ATM, no credit, no debit, no apple pay, nothing,” said Abdo Homran.
Meaning unless customers have cash, the market is still losing business.
On top of that, someone tried to break in Sunday night.
“See my bed, I sleep here because the people break this door,” he continued.
Possibly because surveillance cameras were down, though there’s no way to know for sure.
Civic Center Market employees are estimating they lost more than $10,000 because of all of this. Meantime Sam’s American Eatery is hoping to reopen for dinner tonight and the Orpheum Theatre’s 7 p.m. performance of “Moulin Rouge” is on. Broadway SF is working to re-book people whose shows were canceled.
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