A damaged utility pole and a separated high-voltage line knocked out electricity to more than 10,000 homes and businesses across Arden-Arcade yesterday, briefly throwing parts of Swanston Estates and nearby blocks into the dark. Crews spent the midday hours securing the scene and restoring service, and many customers saw the lights come back on in about an hour. Before the full outage hit, neighbors reported flickering power and traded updates on local message boards.
Pole failure on Ethan Way
Dispatch logs reviewed by The Sacramento Bee show that a high-voltage line separated from a pole on the 2400 block of Ethan Way in the Swanston Estates neighborhood, just inside the Sacramento city limits. According to the paper, the outage began around 11:45…..