Outage leaves 17,000in Santa Cruz County without power

Power outages are currently causing water supply issues in Santa Cruz County. Around 4 a.m. Wednesday, a conductor failure disabled power lines connecting Santa Cruz County to the regional energy grid, utility service providers UniSource and Liberty Utilities said. At the peak of the blackout, 20,000 residents were affected. As of Wednesday afternoon, about 17,000 […]
Power outage in Santa Cruz County affects nearly 20,000 people

A power outage in Santa Cruz County plunged nearly 20,000 people into darkness Wednesday morning. According to Unisource’s outage map, the outage started around 4am and affected all the way from Amado to Nogales. Schools in Santa Cruz County have been canceled due to power outages. Both the Nogales Unified School District and the Santa […]