(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) PG&E crew member works to restore power to a line near downtown San Jose after a palm frond fell on the utility’s equipment this week.
PG&E crews toiled Wednesday night to restore power to tens of thousands of the utility’s customers in the Bay Area after ferocious winds whipped through the region this week.
As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, approximately 35,400 PG&E customers in the Bay Area remained without power, the utility reported.
The lack of power — and the ability to run heating systems in the affected residences — materialized just ahead of a freeze warning that