When will the power be back in Los Altos, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Los Altos is a city of about 30,864 residents in Santa Clara County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for Los Altos by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Los Altos is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Los Altos:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Los Altos: the closest other places we track are Mountain View, about 2 miles to the northeast; Palo Alto, about 3 miles to the northwest; Sunnyvale, about 4 miles to the east; and Cupertino, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Santa Clara (7 mi E), East Palo Alto (7 mi N), Saratoga (8 mi SE), Menlo Park (8 mi N), Campbell (10 mi SE), Newark (11 mi N), Redwood City (12 mi NW) and Milpitas (12 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Union City (17 mi); northeast toward Fremont (12 mi); east toward San Jose (14 mi); southeast toward Los Gatos (12 mi); south toward Scotts Valley (22 mi); west toward Half Moon Bay (20 mi); and northwest toward San Carlos (13 mi).
Who serves Los Altos?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric and Silicon Valley Power in Santa Clara County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Palo Alto also serves parts of Santa Clara County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Los Altos's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 43 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 22 — 43 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 10 — 45 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 9 — 53 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 24 — 37 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Santa Clara County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14.8 hr. The full record for Santa Clara County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Los Altos, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Los Altos's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Los Altos, CA?
To check your own street, search a Los Altos ZIP code — 94022, 94023 or 94024 — and the map opens on that area.
