‘No Guarantee’ on When Power Will Return to San Marino

It seems the whole city of San Marino is without power, as and Thursday closures included all San Marino schools (including Stoneman), , the , the and other businesses.

San Marino City Manager Matt Ballantyne told Patch Thursday morning around 11:30 a.m. that he has been in contact with Southern California Edison and there is “no guarantee” as to when power will be restored.

“They (SCE) are not committing to any time frame at all,” said Ballantyne, who added that when city dispatch has called SCE it’s been hard to get much information at all since SCE is likely overwhelmed with calls.

Ballantyne advises San Marino residents to plan on not having power the rest of Thursday and on Friday.  

The city has been working on wind response and clean-up since about 2 a.m., said Ballantyne, and most calls the city has received relate to the hundreds of downed trees and branches in San Marino.

So far no injuries have been reported, though some homes—10 so far, according to Ballantyne—have experienced significant damage due to fallen trees.

The city’s biggest priority has been clearing roadways of trees and debris, especially for emergency access purposes.

“When all is said and done it will probably take a week to clean up,” Ballantyne said about the San Marino wind damage, but added, “This is manageable.”

Useful resources for readers:

San Marino Wind-Related Info Hotline
626-300-0746

LAFD Live Updates
http://lafd.blogspot.com/

SCE Outage Map
http://www.sce.com/AOC_Outagemap/OutageMap.html

Department of Water and Power (L.A.)
www.ladwpnews.com under “News Releases” for the latest info on power outages and service restorations.

What has been your experience with the winds in San Marino? How are you dealing with the power outages and downed trees? Tell us in the comments and post photos to this article of any San Marino wind-related damage you've seen.