Downed line knocks out power to 3,900 Tiburon Peninsula customers

Updated 11:30 a.m. Jan. 17
A downed power line near the intersection of Tiburon Boulevard and Lyford Drive cut power to more than 4,000 Tiburon Peninsula customers Jan. 16, with nearly 1,000 Round Hill residents left in the dark until early the next day.
The remaining 985 Tiburon customers, mostly clustered north of Tiburon Boulevard’s intersections with San Rafael Avenue and Lyford Drive, had their power restored about 3:16 a.m. Jan. 17 — more than eight hours after the outage began — according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s online outage tracker.
Power was restored in waves throughout the evening, first in Old Tiburon by 8:06 p.m., then Reed Heights-Tiburon Knolls by 8:41 p.m., while Belvedere and downtown Tiburon followed by 9:11 p.m.
The utility first reported the outage around 6:55 p.m., leaving 2,826 Tiburon customers — mostly concentrated east of Trestle Glen Boulevard within town limits — 1,118 Belvedere customers and 80 customers in unincorporated areas of the peninsula without power.
PG&E did not respond by The Ark’s press time on what led to the power line going down.
Tiburon Police Chief Michelle Jean said the department lost power for about 10 minutes because its backup generator didn’t start due to a dead battery. Despite the outage, police services weren’t affected, she said.
“Our radios, computer and all pertinent equipment functioned properly,” Jean said.
Jean said the Public Works Department successfully jumpstarted the battery, and PG&E restored the department’s power about 10 p.m.
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Original story:
More than 3,900 customers on the Tiburon Peninsula lost power just before 7 tonight, Jan. 16.
No cause nor estimated restoration time was available on Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s outage-status tracker. PG&E media officials did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment.
Some 2,826 customers in Tiburon — concentrated mostly east of Trestle Glen Boulevard in town limits — and 1,118 customers in Belvedere lost power during the outage, according to a PG&E outage map as of 7:12 p.m.