PG&E restores power for West Valley residents

Several power outages days before Christmas left thousands of West Valley residents without power for a few hours Wednesday.

About 16,500 customers were affected by a power outage caused by a fire at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in Saratoga on Wednesday morning.

A utility company spokeswoman said they received reports of a fire at the substation around 8:25 a.m. Wednesday. Santa Clara County Fire personnel responded to make sure surrounding community and PG&E employees were safe.