1290 Lose Power In Northridge

NORTHRIDGE, CA — 1290 customers in the Northridge area lost power Thursday morning, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

The outage was reported at 9:09 a.m., according to LADWP spokesperson Dawn Cotterell. Partial restoration occurred at an unspecified time, at which point 54 Northridge customers found themselves without power.

Full power was restored by 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Cotterell, though small outages remain all over the area. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, LADWP is reporting outages affecting anywhere from one to five customers throughout the surrounding area. Four are without power in Northridge, while five are without power in Chatsworth.

The cause of the big outage is still under investigation, but it is likely that it had something to do with the high winds all over the Southland that the National Weather Service warned might cause outages. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, winds are currently blowing at 25 mph in Northridge, and the city is under a Wind Advisory until 6 p.m. Thursday.

Southern California Edison is also reporting a high number of outages as of Thursday afternoon, and some are large. 293 are without power near Manhattan Beach, and 238 are without power near Hollywood.