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Were You Affected by the Weekend Power Outage?

Over 10,000 Oakland and Berkeley Hills residents experienced a lights-out situation over the weekend due to a massive power outage.

The outage, reported just after 5 p.m., affected 10,950 customers, according to PG&E spokeswoman Jana Morris.

A squirrel reportedly made its way into some PG&E electrical equipment, causing the widespread electrical outage.

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