Update: Power Outages, Road Hazards, During Storm System

Update at 2:40 p.m.: The power has been restored for 115 PG&E customers in the Tuttletown area of Tuolumne County. There is a new power outage in Calaveras County impacting 51 customers in the Angels Camp area along Stanislaus and Tuolumne avenues and Pacific and Oneida streets. Additionally, there remains a lingering power outage in Valley Springs affecting 150 customers in the area of Paloma Road and Contenta Drive. The utility reports that no estimated time of repair is available for either outage.

Update at 11:59 am Written by BJ Hansen: The earlier outage near Lake Tulloch has now been restored. Outages still linger in Tuttletown and Valley Springs.

Update at 11:03 am: Many of the earlier power outages in the Mother Lode have now been restored. PG&E reports that there are still 140 customers without power near Lake Tulloch, on the Tuolumne County side. The hope is to have everyone restored by noon.

There are 115 without power in Tuttletown in Tuolumne County with no restoration estimate.

In Calaveras County, 150 are without electricity outside of Valley Springs in the area of Paloma Road and Contenta Drive. There is no estimated restoration time.

Original story posted at 6 am: Heavy winds passed through the Mother Lode region overnight, continuing in many areas this morning.

PG&E reports there are widespread power outages this morning across the Mother Lode, Central Valley, and the Bay Area. In Tuolumne County, 106 customers lost power at around 4 am near Sandy Oaks Road off Wards Ferry Road. Full restoration is anticipated by 10:15 am. In Mi Wuk Village, 248 customers lost power at 4:15 am, and full restoration is anticipated by around 9 am. In the Sheep Ranch area of Calaveras County, a tree hit a power line at around 11:40 pm last night and 34 customers lost power. Full restoration should come by around noon. In the area of Highway 26 outside of Valley Springs, 150 customers lost power at 12:55 am, and there is no estimated restoration time.

There have been multiple reports this morning of trees falling down across roadways and into some homes.

The CHP reports that a tree fell across Railroad Flat Road, near East Murray Creek Road, shortly after midnight. Cleanup is ongoing in the area.

There were three incidents of trees across the roadway reported during the five o’clock hour this morning. They are along Pacific Street near Italian Bar Road, South Fork Road near Center Camp Road, and Highway 132 near Horseshoe Bend. Travelers will want to avoid those areas.

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