Update at 8:48am: Power has been restored to Sonora High School and classes will proceed as planned. Of the 463 customers who lost power shortly before 7 am, PG&E reports that only two are still without electricity. The cause of the outage has not been released.
Update at 8:02 am: Power is out at Sonora High School. It happened as students were already at bus stops and being picked up. Classes are currently planned to run as scheduled. The plan could be reassessed if the power outage lingers. PG&E currently hopes to have everyone restored by 9 am. As reported earlier, it is impacting 463 customers.
Original story posted at 7:37 am: Sonora, CA — There is a PG&E power outage impacting 463 customers in the Sonora area, near Sonora High School, and stretching along Highway 49 over to the Shaws Flat area.
The power briefly flickered in other areas of downtown Sonora as well. PG&E reports that the outage started at 6:58 am and the cause is still under investigation. The company hopes to have everyone restored by 9 am.
This post was last modified on 01/24/2024 8:49 am
Written by BJ Hansen.
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