POWER MAY RETURN TO MOUNTAIN TONIGHT

This afternoon I was visiting the Red Cross relief center that has been set up on top of Palomar Mountain when an SD&GE crew chief came in to say that they were bringing up a mega generator that they would be able to run the entire mountain's power off of while they finish fixing the power lines that were lost to fire last week.

The SDG&E crew chief said they were aiming for 6 p.m. tonight. Obviously that time has past, but I wouldn't be surprised to see electricity return sometime tonight. At least residents won't have to wait until Nov. 11, which was the estimate earlier this week.