Massive Power Outage Hits Tri-Valley: Around 14K Affected

DANVILLE, CA — Around 14,000 customers were without power from Danville to Pleasanton Tuesday evening at 6:20 p.m., as temperatures hover around 100 degrees. Danville and San Ramon were first hit by outages affecting around 3,000 customers in areas west of 680 starting at around 4:30, for reasons PG&E said were likely to do with the weather.

At 6:16, an additional outage hit the area around Las Trampas Regional Wilderness, to a huge pocket of San Ramon west of 680. The neighborhoods just west of 680 are mostly affected down to 580, along with several pockets in Pleasanton south of 580.

6,142 customers are affected in San Ramon, and 5,072 are affected in Dublin and Pleasanton, in addition to the roughly 3,000 affected by the first outages in Danville and San Ramon. All outages are said to be caused by the weather. Danville police said that a tree fell at San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Sycamore Valley Boulevard, which may be responsible for at least some of the outages.

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A PG&E spokesperson confirmed to Patch that 11,250 people in San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, and Castro Valley lost power at 6:16 p.m.

By 9:50 p.m. Tuesday this has reduced to a total of 6,666 just in San Ramon.

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All cities affected listed cooling centers. The libraries in each city are open until 8 p.m., except Pleasanton, which is open until 9 p.m. The San Ramon Community Center, Alcosta Senior and Community Center, Dougherty Station Community Center, San Ramon Library, and Dougherty Station Library in San Ramon are all open until 8 p.m. due to the heat.

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It may be advisable to stay with friends or book hotels elsewhere, as it is not safe to stay inside homes this hot. Here are some other tips for power outages:

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