According to PG&E, Fresno County had 12 power outages caused by metallic balloons so far in 2026. Collectively, the outages ...

Southern California Edison officials don’t want to pop your balloon. Actually, they want you to do it. With hundreds more electrical outages attributed to metallic balloons short-circuiting power ...

Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your hair and watched it stick to the wall? That’s static electricity in action! Let’s see how you can make tiny pieces of tissue dance using just a balloon and some ...

What goes up can shut you down. That’s the refrain from power companies across the state. Over the past four years, outages caused by errant Mylar balloons – those shiny, helium-filled party favors ...