FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) -
Valley residents wanting to visit the Department of Motor Vehicles encountered long lines and slow online service Monday morning because of a power outage over the weekend.
DMV computers were offline when the office was supposed to open, causing a big back up in service.
Online users were also met with a message in red, warning of slow service.
The state's technology office was hit with a power outage over the weekend that affected hundreds of state and local agencies.
But only part of DMV's computer system came back on-line, several customers said the slowdown was extremely inconvenient.
Giancarlo Primavera says, "Very crowded and hot all of a sudden not calling the numbers in progress, we wait, we wait and we wait."
Full service was restored by 5 o'clock Monday night.
DMV officials say the best way to avoid lines is to make an appointment at www.dmv.ca.gov.
