Update: Power Outages Across Mother Lode
Update at 2:28 pm: Power has been restored to many customers throughout the Motherlode, but scattered outages remain.
Update at 12:27 pm: Summerville High School announced that students will be released at 12:50 pm due to a continuing power outage.
Update at 11:26 am: The power outage in Sonora led to Sonora Elementary dismissing students at 10:45 am.
Update at 10:19 am: In Tuolumne County, there are 20 current outages, impacting 9,531 customers. In Calaveras County, there are seven outages impacting 330 customers. In Stanislaus County, there are seven outages impacting 352 customers.
PG&E is not giving estimated restoration times as the outages are so widespread.
Update at 10:06 am: Additional areas, like Sonora, Tuolumne, and Soulsbyville are also experiencing power outages. Because the incidents are so widespread, PG&E does not have an estimated restoration time.
Original story posted at 9:23 am: Jamestown, CA — Thousands of PG&E customers are without electricity today in the region.
Some are of the incidents are related to wildfires caused by lightning strikes, and others are under investigation.
There are outages around Copperopolis, Jamestown, Groveland, La Grange, Knights Ferry, and Murphys. The outages in Copperopolis are related to fires in that area, while the other incidents, such as around Groveland and Jamestown, are under investigation, according to PG&E. There is not currently an estimated restoration time.
