The outage, which affected 3,095 customers, included much of downtown and extended to include the Johnson Avenue corridor down to Orcutt Road.
Power Outages in San Luis Obispo County and California
This map shows current California power outages and is automatically updated every 15 minutes. It shows the total number of customers impacted by county (in black), the general location of the outages with red (not planned) and orange (planned) circles, and more detailed power outage areas from PG&E when zoomed into the map (other utilities are not available for power outage areas). Tap on the locations for the number of customers affected and estimated power restoration in the left-hand column.
SOURCES: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Los Angeles Water & Power, ESRI
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“This is an unplanned outage due to a storm. When able, our crews will inspect and make repairs,” PG&E said.
Power was restored to most customers by 2 p.m., according to the outage map, save for 89 people around Johnson Avenue and San Luis Drive.
Customers navigate a darkened Scout Coffee in downtown San Luis Obispo during a power outage on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. Dominica Tarica
This story was originally published December 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM.
