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

PG&E
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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.



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Wednesday

01/21/2026

AM Drizzle

60° / 47°

30%

Thursday

01/22/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

60° / 44°

21%

Friday

01/23/2026

Partly Cloudy

62° / 45°

6%

Saturday

01/24/2026

Partly Cloudy

57° / 40°

13%

Sunday

01/25/2026

Partly Cloudy

62° / 43°

3%

Monday

01/26/2026

Mostly Sunny

63° / 39°

1%

Tuesday

01/27/2026

Mostly Sunny

63° / 42°

2%

Wednesday

01/28/2026

Mostly Cloudy

63° / 43°

2%