{ "id": "2023-07-09-skyline-college-san-bruno-power-outage-closure", "slug": "skyline-college-san-bruno-power-outage-closure-2023-07-09", "institution": { "name": "Skyline College", "shortName": "Skyline", "state": "CA", "type": "community-college", "alertSystemName": "AlertMe (SMCCD)", "alertPlatform": "Regroup", "enrollment": 9000 }, "incident": { "date": "2023-07-09", "endDate": "2023-07-10", "type": "power-outage", "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification", "resolution": "confirmed-threat", "headline": "Fallen power line closes the campus to in-person classes until the next evening", "headlinePublic": "Fallen power line closes the campus to in-person classes until the next evening", "summary": "On Sunday, July 9, 2023, a PG&E power line fell on Longview Drive in San Bruno, knocking power out to Skyline College and forcing the [closure of in-person classes and business operations](https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023/). The outage was first reported at 7:09 AM PDT Sunday; SMCCD issued a closure alert through AlertMe and the [district emergency notices page](https://emergency.smccd.info/) before Skyline reopened at 5 PM PDT Monday, July 10, with online classes continuing throughout.", "outcome": "PG&E crews restored power; campus reopened for in-person classes and business operations at 5 PM PDT on Monday, July 10, 2023. Online classes continued uninterrupted. No injuries.", "casualties": { "killed": 0, "injured": 0 } }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestampApprox": "Morning of Sunday, July 9, 2023, after PG&E reported the line down at 7:09 AM PDT", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "", "isVerbatimConfirmed": false, "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from SMCCD Alerts & Notices archive describing the closure and rationale", "annotations": [] }, { "sequence": 2, "type": "update", "timestampApprox": "Afternoon of Monday, July 10, 2023, as PG&E crews continued power-restoration work", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "Dear Skyline Community,\n\nCrews are currently restoring power to the Skyline campus and in-person classes and business operations will remain closed this afternoon. Skyline College campus will reopen for in-person classes and business operations at 5 p.m., today, Monday, July 10, 2023.\n\nOnline classes will continue as regularly scheduled.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "sourceDescription": "SMCCCD Alerts & Notices — Skyline power outage reopen notice (7/10/2023)", "annotations": [ "Verbatim recovery from official SMCCCD Alerts & Notices page; preserves exact wording including reopen time and online-classes clause.", "Intermediate notice while PG&E/campus crews were still restoring power and in-person operations remained closed that afternoon." ], "characterCount": 339, "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023/" }, { "sequence": 3, "type": "all-clear", "timestamp": "2023-07-10T16:00:00-07:00", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "UPDATE: 7/10/23 at 2:45 p.m.\n\nDear Skyline College Community,\n\nPower has been restored to campus and Skyline College will reopen for in-person classes and business operations at5 p.m., today, Monday, July 10, 2023.\n\nOnline classes will continue as regularly scheduled.\n\nThank you for your flexibility and patience.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023-2/", "sourceDescription": "SMCCCD Alerts & Notices — Skyline power restored update 2:45 p.m. (7/10/2023)", "annotations": [ "Verbatim recovery from official SMCCCD update post; preserves typo \"at5 p.m.\" (missing space) as transmitted.", "2:45 p.m. update confirming power restored with 5 p.m. reopen; includes thank-you closing." ], "characterCount": 314 } ], "context": "On Sunday morning, July 9, 2023, a PG&E power line fell on Longview Drive in San Bruno for an unknown reason, first reported [at 7:09 AM PDT](https://www.coastsidenews.com/news/power-outage-in-pacifica-impacts-skyline-college-classes/article_c79ebaaf-f60c-47d8-ae7d-96b05d8e5417.html). The majority of affected San Bruno residents had their power back by 8:30 AM PDT, but [Skyline College's San Bruno hilltop campus](https://skylinecollege.edu/publicsafety/emergencyinfo.php) remained without power and was forced to close for in-person classes and business operations. SMCCD distributed alerts through its [AlertMe district notification system](https://smccd.edu/alertme/), with closure information also posted on the [district Alerts & Notices page](https://emergency.smccd.info/). The closure continued through Monday morning. At approximately 4:00 PM PDT Monday, the district issued its verbatim reopening alert: [Skyline College Will Reopen for In-person Classes and Business Operations at 5 p.m., today, Monday, July 10, 2023](https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023/). Online classes continued uninterrupted throughout the closure, a continuity-of-instruction pattern that has become standard at SMCCD and across California Community Colleges since 2020. The incident is one of several Skyline-area power events documented by [The Skyline View student newspaper](https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2023/03/22/skyline-campus-faces-power-outages/) in 2023.", "keyFindings": [ "Skyline's response (close in-person operations, continue online classes) reflects a post-pandemic continuity-of-instruction model that has become a default community-college playbook for infrastructure failures", "The verbatim headline alert ('Skyline College Will Reopen for In-person Classes and Business Operations at 5 p.m., today, Monday, July 10, 2023') is unusually detailed for an SMS-style alert, suggesting it was an email or web notice rather than character-constrained SMS", "The closure was triggered by a single downed line on Longview Drive that affected only one circuit; most San Bruno residents had power back within 90 minutes, but Skyline's campus circuit took 24+ hours to restore" ], "sources": [ { "title": "Skyline College Will Reopen for In-person Classes and Business Operations at 5 p.m. (SMCCD Alerts & Notices)", "url": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023/", "type": "official-archive" }, { "title": "Power outage in Pacifica impacts Skyline College classes (Coastside News)", "url": "https://www.coastsidenews.com/news/power-outage-in-pacifica-impacts-skyline-college-classes/article_c79ebaaf-f60c-47d8-ae7d-96b05d8e5417.html", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Alerts & Notices (San Mateo County Community College District)", "url": "https://emergency.smccd.info/", "type": "official-archive" }, { "title": "AlertMe (SMCCD)", "url": "https://smccd.edu/alertme/", "type": "official-archive" }, { "title": "Skyline campus faces power outages (The Skyline View)", "url": "https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2023/03/22/skyline-campus-faces-power-outages/", "type": "student-newspaper" }, { "title": "Skyline College power restored / reopen update 2:45 p.m. (July 10, 2023) — SMCCCD Alerts", "url": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/07/skyline-college-will-reopen-for-in-person-classes-and-business-operations-at-5-p-m-today-monday-july-10-2023-2/", "type": "official-archive", "accessDate": "2026-07-18" } ], "confidence": "high", "tags": [ "power-outage", "infrastructure-failure", "campus-closure", "california", "community-college", "skyline-college", "san-bruno", "smccd", "alertme", "continuity-of-instruction", "verbatim-confirmed" ], "dateAdded": "2026-05-13", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18", "addedBy": "ingestion" }