Every day, 3.6 million people in San Diego, California, U.S., and Southern Orange counties depend on SDG&E to power their homes and businesses. The utility works hard not to let them down. In fact, ...

Nearly 4,000 households lost power in Southern California this week. The culprit? A shiny balloon, utility officials say. "We have thousands of these outages every year — it's a big problem," a ...

It’s all fun and games until the power line blows up. Foil balloons commonly festooned at celebratory events such as birthdays and graduations inadvertently cause thousands of power outages. The shiny ...

The mayor explained that Saturday night's power outages in west Louisville were caused by balloons, rather than being weather ...

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday moved to ban the release of balloons made of foil and other electrically conductive material, joining other cities and states in curbing a tradition that ...

Roughly 5,000 people were left without power in the midst of this weekend’s winter storm after a group of foil balloons came ...

A helium balloon brought onto the platform caused the power failure at Schiphol that disrupted train services on Wednesday morning. Footage shows that the “festive balloon” touched the overhead lines, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Carnival season is in full swing, but with it comes a reminder from local officials and utility providers about the dangers of Mylar or foil balloons and confetti cannons. Both ...

The city of Glendale has banned the sale of Mylar balloons because of their role in causing power outages. (San Diego Gas & Electric) It’s been a hard year for fun. First, the coronavirus canceled all ...

Mylar balloons are everywhere. No matter where I am I can find one. When monitoring conservation lands throughout the Inland Empire, the most common type of trash I find in the most remote locations ...

Police said someone released a group of foil balloons causing thousands to lose power in a few neighborhoods in west ...