‘Now Is Not the Time’: Colfax Officials Ask Snow-Goers To Think Before They Travel

COLFAX (CBS13) — Colfax Mayor Pro Tem Marnie Mendoza says dense postulation up I-80 is hampering efforts to get the metropolis backmost connected its feet.

“What [travelers] person to retrieve is that this is our backyard,” she tells CBS13. “And erstwhile they’re coming up present and blocking the freeways, we can’t person exigency services get to wherever they request to go.”

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Most of Colfax mislaid powerfulness December 26 aft record-breaking snowfall toppled trees, which took down powerfulness lines with them. Many residents are inactive stuck successful their homes, however, officials said powerfulness was restored for the downtown country Thursday afternoon. for businesses and homes.

Mendoza says travelers coming up the upland aren’t conscionable hurting rescue efforts, but besides taking distant resources, similar gasoline for generators.

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Tonie Costa, a Colfax Resident, told CBS13 she had to thrust each the mode to Roseville to bargain much tanks of state due to the fact that each of the stations from Auburn up were out.

Tens of thousands of radical successful the Sierra foothills are inactive waiting for Pacific Gas and Electric to reconstruct power. Assistant Director of Placer County Office of Emergency Services Dave Atkinson says it’s a logistical nightmare.

“You’ve got to get the snowfall retired of the way, and past we get done the snowfall and there’s a tree, and sometimes that histrion is tangled successful a powerline,” helium said.

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Placer County says manpower is besides dispersed bladed close now. It asks that if you request help, but it is not emergency, to telephone 211. If it is an emergency, telephone 911.

CBS13 Staff