Black bear responsible for power outage, Ml & P says

(Credit: Mandy Kitchen) (Credit: Mandy Kitchen) (Credit: Mandy Kitchen)
Crews called to attend to a power outage in Mountain View Thursday evening got a bit of a shock when they arrived on scene and saw the source of the problem. Turns out a black bear was responsible for the blackout.
Mark Johnston, general manager of Municipal Light and Power, said workers got a report of an outage a little after 5:30 Thursday evening. They traced it to a transformer on a utility pole in Mountain View off Tho