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Outage in Carmel Valley leaves several customers without power for over 24 hours

CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Update 1:00 p.m. March 11, 2024: Some community members in the Carmel Valley continue to be without power nearly 24 hours after the second outage.

The second outage near Jacks Peak County Park left 2,496 people without power since 1:55 p.m.

According to PG&E's Marketing and Communications Principal Paul Moreno, only 606 customers are affected in the area. The estimated time for restoration is now 10 p.m.

The cause of the outage was due to an underground cable failure.

Two outages in Carmel Valley leave customers without power

Update 2:53 p.m. March 10, 2024: The second outage near Jacks Peak County Park has an estimated restoration time of 8:30 p.m.

Two outages have left more than 3,000 customers without power in Carmel Valley.

According to PG&E's Outage Map, the first outage closer to Carmel Valley Road left 835 customers without power since 1:32 p.m.

The estimated time of restoration for that outage is 4 p.m.

A second outage near Jacks Peak County Park was reported at 1:55 p.m., leaving 2,496 customers without power. There is no estimated restoration time for this outage.

In both instances, the outages are unplanned with crews determining the cause of each one.

This is a developing story.

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Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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