PG&E contractors rushed to restore power to some 21,000 customers across the Bay Area Thursday, taking advantage of the break in the weather before the next storm blows in Friday.
Residents in Daly City spent a second night without power Thursday. Power crews were working to replace a power pole along Pierce Street that had been broken by a falling tree during the high winds and heavy rain Wednesday night.
"We rely so much on electricity. So now it's just for charging our phones, we're scrambling to put it in the car and charge it up. We depend on it so much," said Martin. The Montclair 7-Eleven store lost access to credit card machines for a while and a sign on the door said "No lights."Everything we closed down," said Yam Tamant, one of the 7-Eleven employees.
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