Kyle Magin
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March 22, 2011
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Residents in the dark question PG&E response

Over the snowy, wet and cold weekend, plenty of western Nevada County residents snuggled up at home to ride out the storm.Jim Donovan didn't have a choice.Donovan lives off of Royal Flush Court, east of Rollins Lake. He was one of more than 3,000 Nevada County homeowners who lost power this weekend, a number crews had whittled down to about 40 by Monday.Late Friday snow and wind knocked a 30-foot tall electric transmitter tower across Donovan's driveway. The tower, constructed of two wooden poles, transmits 115,000 volts uphill from western Nevada County to the Colfax-area Drum Forebay substation run by …

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