Update: More than 4,000 Benicia Residents Without Power Friday Morning

UPDATE 3:30 PM

Power has been restored to all but 660 of the 3,600 customers who lost their electricity in Benicia this morning, a PG&E spokeswoman said.

There was no immediate estimate for when the power will be restored to the remaining customers, PG&E spokeswoman Brandi Ehlers said.

The outage was caused by the failure of an underground cable, Ehlers said.

The areas near West L Street, Church Street and Southampton Road were affected by the outage, Ehlers said.

Some schools in the area were also affected, she said.

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More than 4,000 PG&E customers are without power and heat in Benicia this morning, according to PG&E officials.

As of about 6:30 a.m., there were 4,154 PG&E customers without electricity in Benicia, PG&E officials said. Three outages were reported, starting about 4:35 a.m. according to PG&E information.

Customers impacted by the power outage are also waking up without heat.

Temperatures in Benicia are in the mid 30s this morning. The cause of the outage is under investigation.

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