Nearly 6,900 PG&E customers in Los Osos were left in the dark Monday night due to a power outage.

“I looked out the whole window, and it was dark. We started to find candles and flashlights and decided to go to bed early,” said Mary Cicchillo, Los Osos resident.

Mary Cicchillo says she was without power for 2 1/2 hours Monday night.

“We did not open the fridge deliberately,” Cicchillo said.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, to keep your food safe during a power outage: keep your refrigerator and freezer doors closed, buy dry ice or a block of ice to keep the refrigerator as cold as possible, and if perishable food has been left out for more than 2 hours at room temperature, throw it away.

“Our fridge makes a good amount of ice, so I think we had, if needed, it would’ve be

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