Power goes out for thousands of PG&E customers in San Francisco
A power outage affected thousands of PG&E customers in several San Francisco neighborhoods Thursday morning.
More than 4,300 customers lost power at 7:14 a.m. in neighborhoods near Geary Boulevard, including parts of Japantown, the Western Addition, Lower Pacific Heights, the Tenderloin, and Lower Nob Hill.
PG&E indicated on its website that it was investigating the cause of the outage.
It said the estimated restoration time was 10:45 a.m., although by 8:45 a.m. the outages numbered just over 1,900 customers.
By 10 a.m., the outages had been reduced to several hundred, with an estimated restoration time between 11 a.m. and noon.
This is a breaking news update. More information to be added as available.
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