UPDATED: Thousands Lose Power in Novato, San Rafael Area Outage

SAN RAFAEL, CA – A power outage in Marin briefly left more than 4,300 people without power Thursday afternoon, utility officials report.

According to the PG&E Outage Center, the outage started at 2:38 p.m. north of San Rafael, in the Lucas Valley-Marinwood area. As of 3 p.m., 4,364 customers were without power. However, but 4:30 p.m., power had been restored to all but about 400.

PG&E officials tell Patch that the upper part of a power pole near the intersection of Nave and Bolling drives in Novato was broken and is being repaired. It's not clear how it broke.

Power for all remaining customers should be restored by Thursday evening.

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