Power outage in SLO affects thousands

A power outage in San Luis Obispo left as many as 2,816 people without power on Tuesday morning.

The outage began about 6 a.m., when a tree fell into a power line near Cuesta Park, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey. By about 7:20 a.m., most had their power restored, Lindsey said, but 231 people were still without power, according to PG&E's outage map.

Highway 101 from the Cuesta Park area up to Highway 58 was affected, as was a swath of San Luis Obispo west of Highway 101 and north of Cal Poly, according to PG&E's outage map.

Power was restored for most everyone else by 9 a.m., but 19 people were still without power as of 1 p.m.

By 3:30 p.m., power was fully restored, according to PG&E's outage map.

Correction: an earlier version of this story misstated the number of people affected by the outage.

This story was originally published July 10, 2018 at 9:06 AM.