Early morning outage knocks out power in Clearlake area

By Elizabeth Larson | Apr 14, 2016

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Thousands of people were reported to be out of power early Thursday due to a widespread outage in parts of Clearlake.

Pacific Gas and Electric reported that about 2,600 customers were impacted by the outage, first reported at 12:22 a.m. Thursday.

The PG&E outage map showed the outage's boundaries were Konocti Avenue to the east, 37th Avenue to the south, then extending west to Lakeshore Drive and north to Smith Lane.

PG&E did not have an immediate cause for the outage, with crews on scene assessing the situation.

As of 1:30 a.m., no estimated time for power restoration was given.

Heavy rain hit parts of the county – including Clearlake – late Wednesday and early Thursday,

During that time, there was a report of a downed tree and power lines on Redwood Street and Olympic Drive, which according to PG&E's outage map was in the impacted area.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

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