SAN JOSE — A surge of intense rain Monday appears to have caused a power outage covering a huge swath of the center of San Jose and disrupting service to thousands of people, PG&E reported.
The outage, which reportedly began at 1:02 p.m., affected 18,404 customers, according to an online outage map maintained by the utility. Its footprint goes as far north as San Jose State University downtown, south to the Santa Clara County fairgrounds, west to the edges of Willow Glen, and as far east as McLaughlin Avenue.
PG&E estimated that service would be restored beginning at 3:30 p.m. An exact cause for the outage was not immediately announced.
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