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Thousands of customers affected by power outage in Santa Cruz County

By Avery Johnson

Published July 29, 2021 3:01 PM

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) More than 2,000 PG&E customers have been without power since an outage started just after 9 a.m. Thursday.

PG&E reports that the outage originally affected 2,332 customers around Aptos, Corralitos, Freedom and Watsonville. By about 1:20 p.m., they said power was restored to 163 customers.

Power is expected to be restored by 10 a.m. on Friday. The cause is still under investigation.

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Avery Johnson

Avery Johnson is the Digital Content Director at KION News Channel 5/46.

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