Crime & Safety
Power Outage Cancels College of Marin Classes
Power outage in Kentfield affects 100 customers.
A power outage that began this morning has caused the cancellation of classes at the College of Marin in Kentfield, school officials said.
The outage began at 6 a.m. when a large tree branch fell onto a power line, cutting power to more than 560 PG&E customers, utility spokeswoman Brittany McKannay said.
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A crew was at the scene and had partially restored service by 2 p.m., but roughly 100 customers — including the College of Marin — were still without power, McKannay said.
All morning and afternoon classes were canceled, and school officials later anounced evening classes would also be canceled.
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"Faculty will work with each of their classes to determine a plan for making up the work," school spokeswoman Cathy Summa-Wolfe said.
— Bay City News
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