Some power restored after reports of outages early Tuesday morning

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) -- PG&E has restored power to more than 2,600 customers after outages were reported early Tuesday morning in the Del Rey Oaks area.

Some outages remain in the Watsonville area, which initially saw more than 8,000 people without power.

2,555 are now without power with power expected to be restored around noon.

The cause of the outages is still unclear.

Multiple power outages reported on the Central Coast

PG&E is reporting a pair of significant power outages in parts of Del Rey Oaks, Watsonville and Freedom on Tuesday morning.

More than 2,600 people along Del Rey Oaks and parts of Highway 68 were without power on Tuesday as of 5:15 a.m., with PG&E showing the Monterey Regional Airport was in range of the outages.

Power is expected to be restored in that area around 9:30 a.m.

Another set of outages were reported by PG&E along the Watsonville and Freedom area.

PG&E reporting the outage just after 5 a.m. as well, with more than 8,600 people losing power.

Restoration time is listed at around 12:15 p.m.

The specific cause of the outages are unknown at this time. They're only being referred to as "unplanned outages" by PG&E.