Sacramento area power outages impacts thousands, numerous trees reported down
As thunderstorms move through the Sacramento area, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District says there are scattered outages.
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As thunderstorms move through the Sacramento area, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District says there are scattered outages.
Pacific Gas and Electric says progress is being made in restoring power in Northern California's El Dorado County. Crews are taking advantage of the break in the weather to work in full force on restoration.
Tens of thousands of people were without power on Thursday.
There was a 1-acre grass fire near River Plaza Drive, the fire department said.
The utility company said the power outages were reported at 7:13 a.m., and that about 8,500 customers were without power.
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Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers were without power Wednesday morning following a new round of public safety outages because of high winds and low humidity.
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers are in the dark as critical fire danger weather moves into Northern and Central California.
PG&E says they expect around 20,000 customers to be affected by the power shutoffs.
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As PG&E struggles to keep the power on during a record-setting heat wave, the problem hit close to home for one neighborhood in San Ramon.
More than 2,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in Northern California began their day Wednesday without power after the utility turned off electricity to high fire-risk areas amid a prolonged heat wave.
Originally, PG&E was expecting some 12,000 customers to have their power turned off on Tuesday.
An emergency shelter opened Friday night in Tuolumne County as thousands were without power during a cold spring storm.
More than 27,000 PG&E customers were without power in Solano County Thursday afternoon, according to the PG&E outage map.
Crews are still working to restore power after last weekend's storms.
Ronald E. McNair High School in Stockton has been without power since January 29, and it's not due to any storms.
Pacific Gas and Electric crews in Vacaville started storm prep ahead of this past weekend's storm, but now the damage is done and they are aiming to restore power to those still in the dark by the end of Thursday.
Both SMUD and PG&E crews are working to restore power on Tuesday.
SMUD customers in the community of Herald have no electricity and no water Monday. That's because they use well water connected to electric pumps, and SMUD has no estimate of when they can turn either back on.
The storm wiped out power and littered streets with debris.
Nearly 2,500 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in West Sacramento were without power Wednesday night as an atmospheric river was dumping heavy rain across the valley.
Residents over a large swath of Tracy are being warned that an unplanned power outage on Thursday could last through most of the morning.
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The California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosted the first gubernatorial candidate forum since the fallout from the Eric Swalwell scandal, bringing six candidates together in a packed Sacramento ballroom.
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Frustration over rising power bills is a common complaint in California, and the state is bracing for increases in power consumption as the use of artificial intelligence grows.
In the small town of Loomis, a growing population is already top of mind for many residents. Now, a proposal to allow digital signs in town is adding to that conversation and raising concerns about what Loomis could become.
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