San Luis Obispo county was pelted with rain yesterday afternoon through the evening, with several power outages, closed roads, and knocked down trees and power lines.
Highway 1 is closed north of Lucia, and south of Big Sur.
Thousands of PG&E customers throughout the county were without power in the evening hours. The outage had an estimated restoration time of about 12:15 am.
A tree fell into a power pole in San Luis Obispo near South street. Other downed power lines were reported in Morro Bay at 203 Main St., and 410 Croyden Lane in Cambria.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the county last night, with winds of 60 to 70 miles per hour possible.
Earlier in the day, at about 7 am, a chunk of the Fremont theater’s marquee fell off and into the street. No one was injured from this incident. A section of Monterey street was closed off until about 11:30 am.
