Power Outage Near Clovis High

PG&E is working to restore power to neighborhoods around Clovis High School after a power outage left 1,819 homes without power. 

According to PG&E’s website, the outage affected homes between Bullard and Gettysburg avenues in the north and south and Burgan and McKelvy Avenues in the west and east.

Crews are currently working to restore power. A PG&E representative said the outage began at around 2:44 p.m. Most of the homes already had their power restored at press time, leaving 119 still without power. The utility hopes to restore power to those homes by 8 p.m. 

The representative said an an initial investigation revealed the outage was caused by failed equipment. 

This story was updated at 6:00 p.m. with new information on when PG&E expects to restore power.

Ron Camacho was born and raised in Clovis. He attended Clovis High School and graduated from CSU Fresno in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications and Journalism. Before joining the Roundup, Ron wrote for Pollstar Magazine and the Sanger Herald. He has a deep appreciation for the arts and is a lover of music, cinema and storytelling. When he’s not busy looking for his next story, Ron enjoys taking weekend expeditions to the beach or mountains to practice landscape photography.