Sonoma State returns to in-person classes after campus power outage

Sonoma State University has restored powers and returned to in-person classes, officials said Friday, after the second campus power outage this week.|
ALANA MINKLER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Sonoma State University has restored powers and returned to in-person classes, officials said Friday, after the second campus power outage this week.

“Academic and administrative operations will be conducted as scheduled,” said SSU spokesperson Julia Gonzalez.

On Thursday, school officials announced they had moved classes online until the issue was resolved.

Officials believed the outages were connected to a “ground fault issue with one of our main feeders,” Gonzalez said.

The first outage occurred Tuesday and the second began Thursday morning, she said.

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The cause of the outage was not related to Pacific Gas & Electric company, said company spokesperson Dianna Contreras.

You can reach Staff Writer Alana Minkler at 707-526-8511 or alana.minkler@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @alana_minkler.

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