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San Rafael power outage affects nearly 3,200 customers

A power outage in northern San Rafael on Thursday morning affected an estimated 3,174 customers, according to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

The outage happened shortly after 8 a.m. in the area of the Marin County Civic Center and the Santa Venetia and Los Ranchitos neighborhoods.

PG&E was investigating the cause, said Megan McFarland, a utility representative.

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