S. Tahoe Denny’s dealing with electrical issue

Updated July 30 7:24am:

Late dinners were interrupted at Denny’s in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday night.

An electrical problem caused the restaurant to shut its doors and evacuate diners just after 9pm July 29. The power was turned off.

“An electrical short occurred last night in a breaker panel. The fire department shut it down. A private electrician must now repair is, so Denny’s is closed without power until that occurs,” Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe News on Wednesday.

No one at Denny’s was answering the phone Tuesday night.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report