"Many of our residents have called into the city asking us, 'when's the power going to turn on?'," Lopez said in a virtual media briefing Thursday afternoon. Lopez and Becker also chastised the utility for not properly communicating about the ongoing outages. Several Peninsula communities, including Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Belle Haven and North Fair Oaks are affected. Around 4:50 p.m., the southbound direction of the freeway reopened, with the northbound direction opening several minutes later.Īccording to PG&E, the utility asked Caltrans to close the roadway due to what they call a "challenging situation" in restoring power to thousands of customers. Shortly after 2 p.m., officials closed the freeway between Willow and Marsh roads, forcing many drivers to take alternate routes. Upwards of 60,000 PG&E customers in San Mateo County have been affected by the outages caused by high winds earlier this week, making San Mateo the hardest hit county in the Bay Area. MENLO PARK – A stretch of Highway 101 in Menlo Park that was closed for several hours Thursday has reopened, as PG&E works on restoring electricity to Peninsula neighborhoods that have been without power for days. Highway 101 on Peninsula closed 3 hours as PG&E restored power 02:42
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