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Part of Berkeley Hills Loses Power
About 5,800 PG&E customers lost power this morning, Tuesday, in the Berkeley hills, and all but about 650 had been restored by 11:30 a.m, with the remainder expected by mid-afternoon, the utility said. The cause was not known.
Published June 18, 10:17 a.m., updated 12:09 p.m.
By Bay City News Service
Power has been restored to most of the 5,800 customers affected by a power outage in Berkeley this morning, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
The outage started at 8:49 a.m. and affected homes on streets including La Loma, Euclid and Glendale avenues and Virginia Street, spokesman Joe Molica said.
As of 9:40 a.m., the number of customers without power had been reduced to about 3,500, and by 11:30 a.m., that number had dropped to 650, PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said.
Power should be fully restored to those customers by mid-afternoon, she said.
The cause of the outage has yet to be determined.
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