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Power Outage in Southeast Bakersfield Leaves Hundreds Without Power

Hundreds Without Power in Southeast Bakersfield
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — More than 500 Pacific Gas & Electric customers in Southeast Bakersfield are currently without power, according to PG&E's outage map.

A total of 55 customers off of East Panama Lane lost power just before 4 a.m. Monday, and it was determined that this outage was due to a car hitting a power pole. PG&E is sending a repair crew to this location and estimates the power will be restored by 2:22 p.m.

The outage map also shows an additional 462 customers in the area of East Panama Lane and Cottonwood Road who lost power just after 8 a.m. Monday. The cause of this outage is still under investigation, and PG&E estimates these customers will have their power restored by 12:15 p.m.

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MondayMon

11/09/2026

Partly Cloudy

-° / 51°

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TuesdayTue

11/10/2026

Clear

76° / 51°

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WednesdayWed

11/11/2026

Clear

81° / 54°

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ThursdayThu

11/12/2026

Partly Cloudy

82° / 51°

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FridayFri

11/13/2026

Showers Early

73° / 53°

34%

SaturdaySat

11/14/2026

Mostly Clear

69° / 52°

8%

SundaySun

11/15/2026

Showers

71° / 51°

53%

MondayMon

11/16/2026

Showers

57° / 46°

35%