Redwood City-Woodside Power Outage: Restorations Continue

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — Power has been restored to thousands of customers in San Mateo County affected by Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Public Safety Power Shutoff, though many still remain in the dark as of Friday morning.

Shutoffs in San Mateo County started late Wednesday night, with 14,000 customers expected to be impacted.

There is no definitive timetable as to when full power will be restored. As of Friday morning, here's what the outages around Redwood City and Woodside looked like, according to PG&E's online map:

Power Restorations

PG&E crews started safety inspections in San Mateo County Thursday after weather conditions improved. By Thursday evening, about 426,000 customers around California had their power restored, out of the 738,000 who had been affected.

Safety patrols and inspections ended at nightfall Thursday, since they can only take place during the day. They were set to resume Friday morning, with the agency sending out more than 6,300 field personnel on the ground as well as 44 helicopters.

Safety Resources

Woodside Fire station #19 is maintaining a community resource center with internet, cell service and electrical outlets until 5 p.m. Friday at 4091 Jefferson Ave.

PG&E's community resource center in San Mateo County is open Friday until 6 p.m. at Pasta Moon Restaurant in Half Moon Bay.

Customers still out of power can visit one of 26 Community Resource Centers beginning at 8 a.m. today for restrooms, bottled water, electronic device charging and air-conditioned seating. https://t.co/Xb7e8vb4gk pic.twitter.com/lOFe40RKol
— PG&E (@PGE4Me) October 11, 2019