Heavy Winds Cause Power Outages In Pacific Palisades

LOS ANGELES, CA — Thousands of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers were left without power Monday morning when heavy wind gusts triggered a series of 15 power outages.

In all, more than 6,800 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers were affected in across the San Fernando Valley including the Valley Village and Mission Hills areas, and in the Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Mid- Wilshire and Pacific Palisades.

The High Wind Warnings were in effect through noon in the Santa Clarita, Antelope and San Fernando valleys.

The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert at 1:56 a.m. for lanes 4 and 5 of the westbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway near Reseda Boulevard in Porter Ranch after tree branches fell into lanes and a car was rendered unmovable after hitting them.

There were 11 incidents reported to the LADWP in the L.A. Metro area involving 6,200 customers and another four outages in the San Fernando Valley affecting 660 customers, spokeswoman Deborah Hong said.

That includes customers in Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills, Mid- Wilshire, Pacific Palisades, Valley Village and Mission Hills, according to the DWP's Twitter account.

Repair crews were out making repairs since early in the morning, Hong says.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.