Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains reopened Friday afternoon, hours after a combination of downed trees, deep snow and ice during one of the worst winter storms in years closed it.
Authorities report CA-29 from Calistoga north into Lake County was shut down shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday night after reports of drivers spinning out and becoming stranded amid the falling snow. Additional closures followed on Petrified Forest Road, Deer Park Road and other routes.
The Peninsula, where a majority of the outages were persisting on Thursday, had been reduced to 1,774 customers, while San Francisco only had 738 customers without power. PG&E has an outage center providing information for customers on BART officials were also reporting delays in the Transbay Tube in both the San Francisco and East Bay directions Friday morning.
He said the power came on 36 hours later. He used 5 gallons of gas to power his generator to keep his home in order. The conditions in the Santa Cruz Mountains have already brought more people to the town store to stock up on suppliesRedwood Estates Store is the go-to spot in town for all sorts of supplies. It is fully stocked with popular items and essentials, especially when residents are out of power.
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