PG&E outage in northeast Fresno affects almost 1,000

A power outage in northeast Fresno left nearly 1,000 Pacific Gas & Electric customers without power around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.

According to PG&E's outage map, the affected area includes part of River Park shopping center and the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center at Fresno Street and Alluvial Avenue.

Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman Kerri Leedy said a building next to the hospital that houses several administration offices experienced the outage, but the hospital did not.

There was no information immediately available about what caused the outage.

This story was originally published May 31, 2016 at 7:24 PM with the headline "PG&E outage in northeast Fresno affects almost 1,000."