More than 1,600 Santa Cruz County residents were out of power on Monday afternoon due to strong winds that brought down tree branches and affected power lines in rural parts of the county. There were more than 3,000 without power earlier on Monday. Pacific Gas & Electric also implemented some public safety power shutoffs throughout the state, but is not currently planning any for Santa Cruz County.
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Outage leaves more than 18,000 Santa Cruz County residents without power Friday afternoon
A power outage caused by an equipment issue at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation near Dominican Hospital in Live Oak left nearly 18,500 Santa Cruz County residents without power Friday afternoon.
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Outage leaves more than 1,000 Santa Cruz city residents without power
A power outage caused by a downed tree took out electricity for nearly 1,000 Santa Cruz city customers on Thursday afternoon.
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PG&E pledges fixes after Mid-County residents endure months of power outages
Residents living in Mid-County just south of Aptos have been dealing with unreliable electricity for many years, but it’s been especially bad since the summer. At a community meeting on Thursday, Pacific Gas and Electric said that infrastructure updates that should make power much more reliable are expected to be done by Monday.
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Aptos High aims to reopen Friday after experiencing prolonged power outages
Aptos High School canceled class Thursday as crews work to restore power to the campus after a prolonged outage that began on Saturday. A district spokesperson told Lookout that the school is aiming to reopen on Friday.
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Strong winds and rain lead to power outages in Santa Cruz County; 1,800 still dark early Wednesday
After a blustery Tuesday afternoon that knocked out power to more than 3,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Santa Cruz, more than 1,800 were in the dark as of 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, mainly in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Heavy winds knock out power to some Santa Cruz County homes amid high alert for fire danger
Some residents of Santa Cruz County were without power Friday due to high winds knocking down trees into power lines. At the same time, Pacific Gas & Electric has implemented some Public Safety Power Shutoffs to prevent power lines from sparking fires during the dry and windy weather.
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Aptos power outages, PG&E response are frustrating residents
Power outages in Aptos have been an issue for years, and have become more frequent in the past year. Residents have grown frustrated with the lack of communication from PG&E about outage causes and why they continue to happen. Part of the issue is how at-risk Aptos is for wildfires and how that triggers an automatic shut-off system when fire dangers are detected.
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PG&E: Aptos power outage likely caused by downed tree
Thousands of Aptos residents were out of power for as long as three hours Friday afternoon, according to PG&E spokesperson Stephanie Magallon. Magallon said that the cause is still under investigation, but that it appears that a fallen tree brought down power lines, resulting in the outage. About 4,100 PG&E customers lost power around 1 […]
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More than 8,300 still without power in Santa Cruz County after one of the ‘strongest storms in three decades’
Pacific Gas & Electric crews continued work Wednesday afternoon to bring Santa Cruz County residents back online, with many having been without power for days in mountain areas. A PG&E spokesperson said that Sunday’s blast was “one of the strongest winter storms in three decades”
