Power Outages Still Plaguing Santa Cruz County

PG&E crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers throughout the Bay Area following outages stemming from a storm passing through the area, utility officials said.

As of 11 a.m. today, there were about 5,000 customers still without power throughout the region, according to PG&E.

The North Bay had about 2,870 customers without power, the most in the Bay Area, PG&E said. Outages are also affecting roughly 700 customers in the Peninsula, 580 customers in the East Bay, 440 in the South Bay and 430 in San Francisco, according to PG&E.

Since 12:01 a.m. Friday, power outages related to the storm and high winds have impacted an estimated 73,100 customers in the Bay Area, PG&E said.

With more rain expected Sunday, PG&E officials said they are bringing in crews from Oregon and Washington to supplement its 2,200 employees assigned to storm response and service restoration.

As about noon today, scattered showers were reported in the Santa Cruz mountains and the Peninsula, possibly intensifying later in the afternoon, National Weather Service forecaster Austin Cross said.

The next wave of rain is expected to start early Sunday morning.

Most urban areas may receive about 1 to 2 inches of additional rain, while coastal mountains are estimated to receive 3 to 6 inches of more rain, Cross said. Venado, an unincorporated community in Sonoma County west of Healdsburg, has received 10.48 inches of rain so far, he said.

In Santa Cruz County, Mt. Umunhum has received about 6.5 inches, according to Cross.

Not as much rain will fall on Sunday compared to Friday, but gusty winds will persist with about 40 mph in urban areas and up to 60 mph in the mountains, he said. With a short break from the storm today,

Cross advised the public to make any needed preparations for Sunday’s rain.

--Bay City News

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