Outage Blamed on Equipment Failure
An underground equipment failure shut off electrical power to 1,600 homes, businesses and offices in Ventura--including the Ventura County Government Center--for 1 1/2 hours Thursday, according to Southern California Edison.
Several courts had to adjourn early for lunch, but otherwise there were few disruptions and no injuries, Sheriff’s Sgt. Dick Southwick said.
The outage was caused by faulty equipment that connects cables to transformers underground, Edison spokesman Nike Montoya said.
The area affected was between the Ventura Freeway, Vineyard Avenue, Wells and Foothill roads.
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