First-Ever Nevada County Firewood Stations Created For Customers With No Power
The county is now trucking in firewood for people who have no other method to stay warm.
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The county is now trucking in firewood for people who have no other method to stay warm.
PG&E says more than 1,200 linemen have been working long hours for weeks straight to restore power to the communities in the area.
One PG&E executive says the damage caused by the recent, record-setting snow storm in the Sierra Foothills is the worst he's seen. The utility says its working with unprecedented challenges to get power back to thousands of customers in the area.
Residents of Colfax are struggling with widespread power outages—especially seniors. Luckily, there are many who are willing to help out.
PG&E restored power for some on Thursday for the time since a massive snowstorm knocked it out Sunday night.
Most of Colfax lost power December 26 after record-breaking snow toppled trees, which took down power lines with them. Many residents are still stuck in their homes, however, power was restored for the downtown area Thursday afternoon.
PG&E is sending alerts out to customers in some hard-hit areas - saying the power could be out not just days, but weeks longer.
Colfax Mayor Trinity Burruss wants her city to know she's here to help. The recent, record-breaking snow storm in the Sierra has left tens of thousands of PG&E customers without power. For Colfax residents, that's only half the problem.
Tens of thousands of PG&E customers in the Sierra Foothills are waiting for their power to return after a record-breaking winter storm wreaked havoc on trees and power lines in the area.
Some Truckee residents are still without power Sunday evening from a large power outage that began at around 9 a.m., authorities said.
Despite power being restored to a large number of customers in the area of Truckee, some 90 customers remain without power, said the Truckee Donner Public Utility District.
Back online, but the reason why it took so long for power to be restored has many business owners boiling on the hottest holiday weekend of the year.
More Sacramento seniors were under evacuation orders Wednesday night following that massive Downtown Sacramento SMUD power outage.
Power is gradually being restored to parts of downtown Sacramento that were left in darkness Tuesday after a massive outage left homes, government buildings and businesses in the dark.
Thousands of customers had their power back on in Carmichael after another SMUD outage Sunday night.
Power has been fully restored after a SMUD outage impacted up to 23,000 customers near Rancho Cordova Sunday evening.
A large power outage has thousands of SMUD customers in Downtown Sacramento in the dark late Tuesday morning.
Thousands of SMUD customers are without power in the Rio Linda area early Monday afternoon.
Several thousand SMUD customers are currently without power, SMUD reports.
Water in a key Northern California reservoir will fall so low this summer that its hydroelectric power plant will be forced to shut down for the first time, officials said Thursday, straining the state's already-taxed electric grid.
Thousands are still waiting for power to return after this week's storm. PG&E has told some customers it could be a few more days before it can be restored.
The latest on the severe weather hitting Northern California.
As predicted, gusty winds moved into parts of Northern California as another power shutoff was rolled out to prevent sparking wires from igniting new wildfires.
More than 500 SMUD customers in Rancho Cordova are without power after a crash knocked down some power lines early Monday morning.
California's power grid operator called for voluntary conservation of electricity Thursday as high heat gripped the state.
