Power lines only affect portions of cities and towns near those power poles. According to PG&E's outage map, more than 17,000 people are without power in Monterey as of 3:10 p.m.

France plans to publish a long-awaited decree that should pave the way for new nuclear power plants and set fresh renewables targets by the end of the summer.

The city of Columbia power outage map showed over 60 customers affected by the outage around noon Monday. Crews from Macon and Rolla are in Columbia assisting with other issues across the city ...