Electricity restored to thousands in San Francisco

PG&E truck

PG&E has announced power has been restored to thousands of customers as of 5:51 PM, Sunday. 

A power outage had been reported this afternoon in San Francisco, officials with the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said.

As of 4:10 p.m. the outage affected thousands of people in the Sunset, Haight Ashbury, Richmond and Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights neighborhoods, according to a PG&E outage map and emergency managers.

Various businesses had closed as a result of the outage. It is unclear if they will remain closed throughout the evening.