Updated PGE Sonora area power outage
Update at 7:45 p.m.: PG&E reports all of the nearly 4,446 customers without lights have had their electricity restored. There were 266 in the Phoenix Lake area that remained without light until around 7:30 p.m. Utility spokesperson Megan McFarland reported to Clarke Broadcasting that the cause of the outage was due to a pole on fire. She further detailed the general background on a pole fire, also called a flashover, and provided the details below on how they can ignite:
During a dry season, dust, dirt, salt, and other substances, including ash from wildfires, can accumulate on power lines.
Benjamin Tarango
Sonora, CA – An alleged thief was shocked to see CHP officers pull up to his rural Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge home looking for stolen loot, according to spokesperson Steve Machado.
CHP officers were informed a trailer and dirt bike that had been reported stolen could be found at a residence on North Ridge Road near Old Oak Ranch Road recently. Machado details, “Upon their arrival, they observed the trailer and dirt bike and learned they both were reported stolen out of Sonora. After searching the area, they located other items that were recently reported stolen.”
Machado did not have details on those items. The property owner 53-year-old Benjamin Tarango was taken into custody without incident for multiple felony theft charges and placed on a $10,000