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Amador County
News and Information from Amador County
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PG&E Issues Weather ‘All Clear’ in Most Locations for Public Safety Power Shutoff Event |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/28/2020 12:16 PM
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San Francisco, CA...Pacific Gas and Electric Company has begun patrols to inspect lines de-energized by the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that started Sunday morning, Sept. 27, which affected about 65,000 customers in 16 counties. This follows the end of a severe weather pattern that included strong, dry winds coupled with elevated temperatures in portions of the Northern and Central Sierra region. Wind in de-energized areas due to PSPS were observed to include:
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| Mt. St. Helena West (Sonoma) |
61 mph sustained, 73 mph gusts |
| Jarbo Gap (Butte) |
44 mph sustained, 72 gusts |
| Mt. Diablo. (Contra Costa) |
52 mph sustained, 66 mph gusts |
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PG&E Scales Back Some PSPS Outages Due to Improved Weather Forecasts |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/27/2020 01:09 PM
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San Francisco, CA...Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will continue to de-energize certain electrical lines as part of a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) due to a strong and dry wind event creating high fire risk. As communicated on Friday, the PSPS event will affect customers in portions of 16 counties, primarily in Northern and Central Sierra region, although the number of customers expected to be impacted has decreased by 27 percent due to favorable changes in forecast weather conditions.
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Traffic Update....Vehicle on Its Side Against Tree Near Sr88 / Peddler Vista |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/26/2020 03:56 PM
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Kirkwood, CA...Traffic Update....Vehicle on Its Side Against Tree Near Sr88 / Peddler Vista.
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Caltrans District 10 Road Repair & Construction Schedule Through October 3rd |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/25/2020 10:27 AM
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Angels Camp, CA...The latest schedule of road repairs and maintenance that will affect your travels in our area and as you travel. Locally crews will be working on many of our roadways. Below is Caltrans plans for repairs and maintenance on local roads. It shows the route, county, and location of the possible repairs. Weather and other factors can alter their schedule. For the latest report click the following 20-09-23 Road Report or the image below...
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National Weather Service Issues Red Flag Warning for Our Area. May Trigger Sunday Eve PSPS Event |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/25/2020 05:07 PM
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Arnold, CA...The National Weather Service in Sacramento has elevated the weather warnings for our area from a Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning. This may also trigger a PSPS Event for our area for Sunday Evening with Power restoral time of 6pm on Monday.
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Updated Weather Forecast for Dry, Offshore Wind Event Means PG&E Might Need to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Portions of 15 Counties |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/25/2020 07:38 PM
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San Francisco, CA...Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues to monitor a potentially strong and dry offshore wind event forecasted to start early Sunday morning and expected to last through Monday. Given the expected weather conditions, PG&E began its one-day advance notifications to customers in areas where PG&E may need to proactively turn power off for safety to reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines.
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Full Closure of U.S. Highway 50 Continues Near Echo Summit For Road Construction |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/24/2020 10:23 AM
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El Dorado County, CA...Caltrans is reminding motorists that a full closure of U.S. Highway 50 started at 3 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18 and continue for up to two weeks during major construction work on the Echo Summit Sidehill Viaduct. One-way traffic control is currently in effect at Echo Summit for the $14.1 million bridge replacement project. A full closure of the highway will begin Sept. 18 and is anticipated through Oct. 2 while seven precast, prestressed 96-foot bridge girders are installed. Weather or unexpected delays may prolong the closure beyond the initial two-week period.
DETOUR ROUTE INFO:Use State Routes 89, 88, 49 and 16, through Amador, El Dorado and Alpine County. More details here. |
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Warming Weather Later This Week Leading to Fire Weather Watch this Weekend |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/23/2020 01:25 PM
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Arnold, CA...It will be warming into the weekend and the National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch. The Detailed forecasts for the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada, Mother Lode & Fire Weather Watch are below...
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Pine Grove Man Lost His Life in Fatal Motorcycle Collision on Hwy 108 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/21/2020 02:55 PM
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Pinecrest, CA...On September 19, 2020 at approximately 1:30 PM, a 36-year-old male from Pine Grove, CA was riding a 2017 Aprilia motorcycle westbound on State Route 108 east of Clarks Fork Road at approximately 65 miles per hour. For unknown reasons, the rider lost control of his motorcycle and traveled off the north roadway edge of State Route 108. After leaving the roadway, both the motorcycle and rider traveled down and embankment, approximately 40-50 feet and struck a tree. Unfortunately, the rider succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
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Chance of Showers Today Before Warming Through the Weekend |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/18/2020 10:28 AM
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Arnold, CA...The Detailed forecasts for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada & Motherlode from the National Weather Service are below...
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