Weekend Storm Blamed for Power Outage in West Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, CA -- About 150 customers in West Hollywood were without power Monday morning, according to Southern California Edison.

The West Hollywood outage began at about 5 a.m. and affected 142 customers, the utility said. Edison crews were working to restore power.

SCE, said power was restored Monday to about 500 of 2,200 customers who had been without electricity in Los Angeles County, and work was continuing on restoring the rest.

The outages started about 7 p.m. Sunday in Rosemead, where more than 80 customers were without power, which was restored overnight.

Nearly 1,100 customers in Lynwood lost power at 9:03 p.m. but it was also restored overnight. More than 800 customers in unincorporated Los Angeles County communities were without power Monday morning, Edison said. That includes about 200 customers in Rancho Palos Verdes and 179 in Alhambra.

The other major utility serving the Southland, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said about 5,000 customers without power Monday morning.

The outages included 1,355 in Valley Village, 1,252 in Boyle Heights, 360 in Sherman Oaks, 970 in Watts, 776 in Westchester, 52 in Venice, and 32 in the Mid-City area, the LADWP said on its website.

-- City News Service, photo via Shutterstock