UPDATE 3:45 p.m. — Hwys. 1, 128, and 175 have now re-opened. For all details see our new article.

UPDATE 12:30 p.m. — Hwy. 1 is now reopened. It had been closed at the Garcia River. According to PG&E potentially over a thousand customers in Mendocino County remain without power, though in most cases power restoration is expected to occur in the next couple hours.

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Kate Maxwell is the publisher and a founder of The Mendocino Voice. She lives inland but goes to the ocean as much as possible.