And we're back!
When I cam home, there was a PG&E truck on our street. That soon grew to four trucks of various sizes. Around 9pm, the power came back on briefly: it came on; 30 seconds later there was a KABOOM from outside; 30 seconds later, it went out again. It came on for good (so far) around 9:15. The house is warming up nicely. There might still be a few houses in our neighbourhood without power - there was a damaged underground cable, and maybe the houses it serves directly are still SOL - but we're OK. Yay!