12:01 PM: PG&E crews have restored power to all but about 125 customers in San Francisco who were affected by an outage that initially cut service to some 8,900 customers, a utility spokesman said.
The outage began at about 9:05 a.m., affecting portions of the Western Addition, Haight-Ashbury and Castro neighborhoods, spokesman Joe Molica said.
Molica said it appears a wire came down at Oak and Baker streets, knocking out traffic lights along Oak Street at Lyon, Central and Baker streets and at the intersection of Fell and Baker streets.
Traffic control was in effect as of 11:45 a.m. at the intersections of Baker Street with Oak and Fell streets, where the traffic lights remained out, according to Molica.
He said PG&E plans to conduct a full investigation into what caused the line to come down, but that the focus right now is on getting service restored.
“We have multiple crews working on this as quickly as they can,” Molica said.
He said PG&E is aiming to restore service to those still without power by about 2 p.m.
“We’re certainly trying to get that restored sooner,” he said.
10:26 AM: PG&E crews are working to restore power to some 4,000 customers in San Francisco without service because of an outage that originally affected approximately 8,900 customers, a utility spokesman said.
The outage began at about 9:05 a.m. and originally affected customers in portions of the Western Addition, Haight-Ashbury and Castro neighborhoods, spokesman Joe Molica said.
Apparently a wire came down at Oak and Baker streets, impacting traffic lights on Oak and Fell streets. Molica said PG&E plans to conduct a full investigation to determine what caused the line to come down.
Crews have already removed the hazard posed by the downed wire, he said, and were focusing on restoring service.
“We have multiple crews working on this as quickly as they can,” Molica said.
As of 10 a.m., power has been restored to approximately 4,900 customers. Molica said there was no estimated time of restoration for the remaining customers.
Patricia Decker, Bay City News
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