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Weekend Power Outages As Heat Soars In Bay Area
PG&E reported power outages impacting thousands of customers Saturday as afternoon highs topped 100 degrees.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Thousands of PG&E customers were without power Saturday in sections of Contra Costa, Napa and Sonoma counties, according to the utility's outage map, after a day of temperatures that ranged past 100 degrees in many places.
PG&E said on its website outages in the San Ramon area of Contra Costa County began about 8 p.m. and one was estimated to be resolved by 11:15 p.m., while there was no estimate for a nearby area.
Another area on the Sonoma-Napa county line near Calistoga went dark at 10:05 p.m. and was expected to be restored by 2:45 a.m. Sunday.
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The outages came as the area was under a heat advisory from the National Weather Service.
Saturday's high temperature reached the lower 100s in both Calistoga and San Ramon, said Rick Canepa, a forecaster for the weather service.
The overnight lows for both areas were expected to fall into the upper 60s or mid 70s by morning, he said.
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The heat advisory, covering interior mountains and valleys away from the coast, remains in effect until 11 p.m. Sunday, with daytime temperatures ranging from the low 90s to near 105, the weather service said.
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