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Thousands of PG&E customers have lost power in Mariposa County.
The outage was reported shortly after 1:00 pm.
The utility company's website showed 3,444 customers without power, including Mariposa, Midpines and the Ponderosa Basin. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the outage.
PG&E says crews were working to assess the outage to restore power. They estimated the electricity would be turned back on for customers by 5:00 pm.