PG&E: Hundreds get power back, but a dozen customers still without this weekend
PG E restored power to hundreds of customers Saturday morning leaving about a dozen others still without power after hazardous winds and a two-day heat wave prompted utility shutoffs to keep fire danger at a minimum PG E spokesman Jeff Smith stated Saturday that customers in Alameda County and another one in Contra Costa County still awaited power restoration on Saturday morning He declared citizens safety power shutoffs affected about customers in Alameda County and in Contra Costa County due to high winds low humidity and dry vegetation All customers will be restored by Sunday evening Smith revealed This came after strong gusty winds blew into the region creating what the National Weather Function deemed a near-critical fire weather threat earlier this week Smith revealed the utility did not expect any further outages through the weekend Firefighters this week tackled several notable fires in the Bay Area including the Somersville Fire in Antioch which injured one person and burned more than acres on Wednesday The Mission Fire scorched acres Tuesday morning east of Fremont near the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Andrade Road and the Ranch Place Fire seared acres between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in the East San Jose foothills As of Saturday morning PG E s website published several counties under shutoff warnings including Alameda Colusa Contra Costa Fresno Glenn Merced Monterey San Benito San Joaquin San Luis Obispo Santa Clara Shasta Stanislaus Tehama Trinity Kern Kings Santa Barbara and Sutter Sunday s shutoff warnings include Alameda Colusa Fresno Glenn Kern Kings Monterey San Benito San Joaquin San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Shasta Stanislaus Sutter Tehama and Trinity counties
