Widespread Power Outage In Foster City Affects Major Intersections

FOSTER CITY (CBS SF) -- A power outage  affected a wide area of Foster City, police said on Sunday afternoon.

Police said PG&E sent a crew to determine the cause of the outage, which was reported at around 2:00 p.m. and affected 5,783 people, according to PG&E's website.

Stop lights at major intersections were out for about an hour. Portable stop signs were placed at the intersections of Edgewater at East Hillsdale, Altair at East Hillsdale and Altair at Edgewater. Police were monitoring the Foster City Blvd. at Balcultha intersection.

At around 3:20 p.m., police said the power to the intersections had been restored, except for Edgewater at East Hillsdale, where the lights were flashing red. 44 customers were still without power at 4:00 p.m. All customers had their power restored before 9:00 p.m.

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