Mountain View Power Outages Ongoing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was continuing its efforts Tuesday to restore power in Mountain View after damaged equipment left 1,235 customers without electricity. As of 2 p.m., there were still three outages affecting 157 addresses in the city, according to PG&E's website.

A downed power line was found around noon on San Domar Drive after crews had already arrived on scene at nearby Montecito Avenue to de-energize and repair equipment in connection with an earlier outage, a PG&E spokeswoman said.

Initially, 1,235 customers lost service at 10:12 a.m. for reasons yet to be determined, Spokeswoman Mayra Tostado said.

By 11:55 a.m., 918 customers had power and 317 remained without, she said.

Employees were working as quickly as possible while still exercising safe practices to completely restore electricity to the area, she said.

Anyone who sees a downed wire or other electrical equipment should not touch it and encourage others not to touch it as well, as one should assume it's energized and extremely dangerous, Tostado said.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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