While the Bay Area was hit the hardest by this storm, said McFarland, the company also saw significant impacts in the Sacramento and Sierra regions. PG&E communications representative Megan McFarland said Monday that the company’s total storm response over the weekend had involved around 3,000 employees and contractors across affected areas. This included dozens of small outages throughout western Nevada County, each affecting fewer than 50 people, as well as some remaining larger outages.įor example, restoration was expected Monday evening for 359 customers west of Nevada City who remained without power 389 customers south of Alta Sierra and 156 customers along Highway 49, between Holcomb and Cottage Hill drives.Ī restoration time had yet to be determined for two outages each affecting around 100 customers - one along Highway 49, near La Barr Meadows Road, and another northwest of that, between Auburn and McCourtney roads - as well as another affecting 60 customers in Grass Valley, between East Main Street and Ridge Road. Monday, over 1,500 customers remained without power, reports state. Photo: Elias Funez OUTAGES AND OTHER EFFECTSĪ number of power outages hit western Nevada County on Sunday, with the number of PG&E customers affected peaking at over 5,000 that day.Īs of 4:30 p.m. Firefighters work to clear damage from a tree that destroyed an awning and damaged parts of a home on Wendy Circle in Grass Valley during Sunday’s storm.

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