Highway 101 back open, thousands still without power in Monterey County

Highway 101 back open, thousands still without power in Monterey County

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) -- Power has been restored for thousands as of Wednesday night, but there are still just over 2,700 homes without power late on Wednesday, power restoration currently set for just past midnight. Neighbors say that Natividad road is a dangerous one, with this far from the first time powerlines have been brought down by a bad driver. One local living in the home underneath the fallen pole says that before she bought …

Thousands expected to face overnight outages after Salinas transmission pole crash

PG&E says that nearly 19,000 are without power in parts of Monterey County on Wednesday.

Thousands without power in Monterey County after car impacts transmission lines, HWY 101 closed

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) -- Numerous power outages throughout Monterey County have left thousands without power after a car impacted transmission lines near Highway 101. According to PG&E, a car driving near North Main Street and Highway 101 hit transmission lines, causing a small fire nearby. That fire has since been put out. PG&E is on scene assessing the damage wth Highway 101 shut down in both directions. Transmission lines are larger …

Transmission line fault causes rolling blackouts across STT-STJ district

A fault on a main transmission line left thousands of people on St. Thomas and St. John without power Tuesday, as the V.I. Water and Power Authority implemented rolling blackouts while crews worked to make repairs.

Over 21,000 PG&E customers are without power after a car crashes into a transmission pole in Salinas.

Over 21,000 PG&E customers were without power just after 3pm on Wednesday, May 7, after a car hit a transmission pole near the corner of Los Coches Avenue and Natividad Road, according to a PG&E spokesperson.