2,000 customers in L.A. still without power
About 2,000 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers remained without electricity Saturday night, mostly in South L.A. and Sherman Oaks, after a windstorm this week that broke power poles and toppled trees into lines.
Since Thursday’s bellowing winds, DWP crews have managed to restore service to more than 109,000 customers who initially lost power, but full restoration of the system was not expected until sometime today.
Kimberley Hughes, a DWP spokeswoman, said Saturday that 73 crews were working around the clock in response to more than 1,000 separate outages caused by winds.
“We’ve had damage across the city, from Pacific Palisades to the Eastside,” she said.
On Saturday repairs continued in some of the neighborhoods hit hardest by the winds, among them Echo Park, Hancock Park, Cheviot Hills and North Hollywood.
In response to the outages, the Department of Recreation and Parks has facilities open 24 hours a day for those without power.
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