(Updated on Tuesday, Jan. 25)
Wind gusts as strong as 60 mph buffeted the city Friday night, bringing down trees, tree limbs, and electrical wires around the city. Photos snapped around town by Exedra photographer Julie Reichle unless otherwise noted, along with images from PG&E and the National Weather Service,
A massive tree is uprooted in front of this home on Requa Road The tree, a large boulder and a smaller tree obstruct the driveway of this home on Requa Road A large Eucalyptus tree fell across Blair Ave Crews from Piedmont Public Works were out in force helping to clear the city streets. Workers use a chainsaw to cut up the downed tree on Blair Still smiling, the Public Works crew finishes loading the tree that fell on Boulevard Way A broken lantern in front of the fallen tree on Requa Road Downed trees and power lines caused the closure of Lakeview Ave this morning A regional manager at PG&E provides and update for a Lakeview resident A bird nest on the road having fallen out of one of the trees on Lakeview A portion of a tree, split in half, on Lakeview A car and the roadway on Lakeview are covered in branches A PG&E representative waits for a crew to help with downed power lines on Lakeview Ave.




The PGE power outage map at 9:30 a.m. showed widespread damage and outages in Montclair and parts of Piedmont west of Oakland Avenue.


The city sent the following road closure alert on Saturday morning:
- Grand Ave. from Lower Grand to Arroyo due to downed tree.
- Blair Ave. from Dracena to Carmel due to downed tree.
- Lakeview Ave from Sheridan to Sea View due to downed tree and wires.
- Boulevard Way from Crofton to Warfield due to downed tree and wires.
- Hampton Rd. just east of Lexford due to downed tree.
- Requa Rd. at Wildwood due to downed tree.
- Moraga Avenue is down to a single lane between Monticello and Monte due to downed trees and wires.