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More than 3,500 lose power in Calaveras County for a period, PG&E outage map says
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More than 3,500 lose power in Calaveras County for a period, PG&E outage map says
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power outage in Calaveras County impacted more than 3,500 customers for a period on Saturday. The outage started at 3:40 p.m. and the estimated restoration time was listed as 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to PG&E's outage map. But the map no longer showed an outage by 5:45 p.m. This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power outage in Calaveras County impacted more than 3,500 customers for a period on Saturday.
The outage started at 3:40 p.m. and the estimated restoration time was listed as 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to PG&E's outage map. But the map no longer showed an outage by 5:45 p.m.
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This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.
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