UPDATE: Gatewood power outage

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6:51 PM: Thanks for the tips. We’re hearing from multiple people in Gatewood, mostly along SW Holden, from California SW east, who say they lost power about 10 minutes ago. The City Light map initially only showed 1 customer affected but has just updated to 73. We’re checking on the cause; we’ve been hearing some scanner traffic tonight about wires downed in the wind.

7:15 PM: We just drove SW Holden, confirming that the outage goes east to 37th SW. No sign of City Light in the area, though (if you see them working anywhere, let us know).

7:43 PM: A caller tells us City Light now has a crew at 41st/Holden.

10:40 PM: Outage is in its fifth hour. No official update from SCL.

11:46 PM: The map now shows most of the outage resolved. We’ll follow up with SCL tomorrow regarding the cause.

ADDED THURSDAY EVENING: SCL spokesperson Julie Moore tells WSB the outage was caused by “equipment failure.”

Ciclista November 4, 2020 (8:02 pm)

I live at 41st/Holden. There is no crew working at that intersection.

Ciclista November 4, 2020 (8:11 pm)

Saw what appeared to be a bucket truck with lights flashing heading west on Holden but don’t see it at the end of the block. All’s quiet on the western front of Holden. It’s kind of nice.

Stacy November 4, 2020 (8:09 pm)

Hi. I just talked to the contractor who came out and was scoping the situation. He said it’s something having to do with equipment that the contractor is not able to fix. So City Light is coming out to do the repair. He said it shouldn’t be too much longer. Thanks.