PG&E outage left over 5,000 without power in south Bakersfield

Jose Franco

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — An outage Friday afternoon caused 5,000 homes and businesses to be without power for several hours.

The outage was reported to PG&E at around 4:49 p.m., according to the company’s outage site.

The outage affected as many as 5,329 homes and businesses in neighborhoods surrounding the area of South Union Avenue and East Panama Lane, according to PG&E.

Power appeared to be restored by 8 p.m. Saturday.

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