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PG&E power shutoffs keep some students out of school for a second day

PG&E's power shutoffs forced some schools to close for a second consecutive day, Wednesday, as fire conditions remained high.
Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco. Pacific Gas & Electric and a group of insurers say they have reached an $11 billion settlement to cover most of the claims from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires in California. The utility said in a statement Friday, Sept. 13, that the tentative agreement covers 85% of the insurance claims, including a fire that decimated the town of Paradise. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continued Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) on Wednesday, leaving at least 19 schools in the dark.

The schools forced to close because of the outages were in Butte, Nevada, and Yuba counties.

All schools within the Paradise Unified School District closed. Other schools within Butte County that closed include:

  • Ophir Elementary School 
  • Berry Creek Elementary
  • Bangor Elementary School District 
  • Paradise High School
  • Ridgeview High School
  • Honey Run Academy 
  • Cedarwood Elementary School
  • Pineridge Elementary School
  • Paradise Intermediate School

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Five schools closed in Yuba County, keeping nearly 700 students at home. The schools that closed include:

  • Dobbins elementary
  • Browns Valley Elementary
  • Foothill Intermediate 
  • Loma Rica Elementary 
  • Yuba Feather Elementary 
  • Spring Valley School  

The schools that closed in Nevada County include:

  • Nevada City School of the Arts 
  • Chicago Park
  • Union Hill
  • Penn Valley

PG&E has 52 personnel and two helicopters inspecting powerlines in the North Bay. 252 personnel and 24 helicopters are inspecting in the Sierra Foothill region.

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