Update at 10am: PG&E reports that the 3,200 customers who lost power this morning along the Highway 4 corridor have now been restored. The company has not released details on the cause.
Original story posted at 6:40am: Arnold, CA — Around 3,200 PG&E customers lost electricity early this morning in the Calaveras County communities of Forest Meadows and Arnold.
It is also impacting a small area of Murphys, along Murphys Creek Road and Emerald Creek Drive, and the region just below Hathaway Pines. Calaveras Big Trees State Park is also impacted up above Arnold.
The outage started at 4:24am and PG&E hopes to have everyone restored by 11:30am. The cause is under investigation.
Written by BJ Hansen.
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