The number of PG&E customers without power in the South Bay because of weather-related outages has dropped to about 170 this afternoon but a separate outage has been reported in the South San Francisco area, a utility spokeswoman said.
The outages began on Tuesday, and late Tuesday night about 7,600 customers were without power in the San Jose, Los Gatos and Morgan Hill areas.
Overnight, that number dwindled to 1,600. PG&E spokeswoman Monica Tell said at about 12:30 p.m. that only 174 customers remained without power because of five separate outages in San Jose. Tell said about 70 customers in central San Jose were without power, and the other affected customers were spread throughout the city.
Classes have been canceled at Silver Creek High School in San Jose today because of the outages, the school announced on its website. "Due to a power outage, the campus is closed for today. Stay home and do your homework! School resumes tomorrow," the message read.
All of the outages are believed to be weather-related but are under investigation, Tell said.
A separate outage in South San Francisco was reported around 12:20 p.m., Tell said. About 1,200 customers in several Peninsula cities were affected by that outage, she said. She said she did not know when power would be fully restored.
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