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Power Outage Affects Thousands In Valley Village/Sherman Oaks

Department of Water and Power officials warned that the outage could last for several hours Tuesday night.

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — A power outage affected thousands of people in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday afternoon, and authorities don't expect the power to be returned until after 9 p.m.

The power outage is affecting Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in the areas of Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Van Nuys and Valley Glen. Utility officials did not say what cause the outages, and it wasn't immediately clear exactly how many customers were affected.

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