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Thousands Without Power In Fremont, Newark
Twin outages in the cities should be fixed soon.
FREMONT, CA — Close to 5,000 PG&E customers are without power in Fremont and Union City right now, the utility reports. The hope is that all power will be restored between 9:45 and 10 p.m.
A preliminary cause by PG&E is simply that the hot weather is responsible.
An earlier outage affecting 1,181 customers was fixed hours sooner than expected.
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The electricity went out at 3:44 p.m. in Fremont, just north of the Milpitas border. The utility company hoped to have power restored by 9:55 p.m. Instead, crews got a quick handle on the problem and had all power restored at 5:44 p.m.
Other East Bay cities with power outages impacting more than 1,000 customers include Walnut Creek, Concord and Lamorinda. Thousands of San Francisco customers are also in the dark.
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