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NORTHSHORE – Nearly 5,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers were out of power Saturday evening due to conditions connected with a controlled burn.
Susan Simon, a spokesperson for PG&E, said heavy smoke from a controlled burn on the northwest side of Bachelor Valley affected electrical transmission lines, causing the outage at approximately 5:11 p.m.
Simon said 4,891 PG&E customers in Nice, Lucerne and the west side of Upper Lake were affected.
Power was restored to all affected customers by 8:56 p.m., said Simon.
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CLEARLAKE OAKS – A single-vehicle accident Saturday resulted in one person's death.
A small red sedan went off the road and into a retaining wall below a residence located along Highway 20 outside of Clearlake Oaks early Saturday afternoon.
Fire and California Highway Patrol officials at the scene of the accident reported that three people had been in the vehicle, with one of them seriously injured and another one pronounced dead at the scene.
Traffic was being directed around the accident scene as CHP investigated the scene and rescue crews finished with cleanup.
A final CHP report detailing the cause of the accident and the victims has not yet been released.
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