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Power outage affects over 4,000 customers across Downtown, Southeast, South, and East Bakersfield

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A power outage is currently affecting thousands in Downtown, East, South, and Southeast Bakersfield.

According to PG&E, the outage occurred around 7:30 a.m. in the Downtown area and 7:36 a.m. in all other areas. There are at least 4,412 people affected.

PG&E determined the cause of the outage to be the weather. There is currently no estimated time for when power will return.

To keep up to date with power outages, visit PG&E's Emergency Outage Alert page.



Bakersfield, CA

Weather

Daily Forecast

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Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

MondayMon

11/02/2026

Mostly Cloudy

-° / 53°

3%

TuesdayTue

11/03/2026

Partly Cloudy

72° / 52°

7%

WednesdayWed

11/04/2026

Mostly Clear

68° / 50°

6%

ThursdayThu

11/05/2026

Mostly Clear

69° / 49°

5%

FridayFri

11/06/2026

Clear

72° / 50°

4%

SaturdaySat

11/07/2026

Clear

77° / 52°

1%

SundaySun

11/08/2026

Partly Cloudy

78° / 54°

1%

MondayMon

11/09/2026

Partly Cloudy

77° / 53°

2%