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Power Outage Affects Thousands in Berkeley
Power has been restored to about half of PG&E customers that were affected. It will take hours for all of the lights to come back on.
Update:
All power has been restored.
Earlier:
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A power outage affected more than 5,800 PG&E customers in Berkeley today and about half of those customers remain without power, a utility spokeswoman said.
The outage was reported at 11:36 a.m. along Martin Luther King Jr. Way between University Avenue and Berryman Street, as well as other nearby areas, PG&E spokeswoman Mayra Tostado said.
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Crews have worked to restore power to roughly half of the affected customers, but 2,748 remain without power. Full restoration is expected before 4 p.m.
The cause of the outage is under investigation, Tostado said.
--Bay City News
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