Pacific Gas & Electric this week pulled the plug on more homes across San Joaquin County than was expected as high winds lash the region. The outages could last well into the weekend.
As of Friday morning, the giant utility’s map showed that precautionary power shutoffs have occurred in broad swaths of western San Joaquin County. The outages were especially focused around Tracy, Manteca and Lathrop.
PG&E’s predictions of when it would restore power varied by area. In the more affected communities, the utility said it probably not restore electricity until noon Saturday. The action was taken out of fear that high winds could down power lines, sparking a fire that could endanger hundreds of homes…