Power Outage

More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire at a main power plant caused an island-wide blackout that forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices in the biggest outage yet this year.

A major power outage has hit Puerto Rico, plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness after a fire erupted at one of the largest power plants in the U.S. territory

Power was restored Friday afternoon for thousands of Southern California Edison customers as gusting Santa Ana winds and dangerously dry conditions returned to the region, prompting power shutoffs. As is typical during major wind events, SCE officials warned that the utility could impose Public Safety Power Shutoffs, cutting electricity in particularly wind-prone areas to reduce the risk of wildfires being…

Today will be breezy but not nearly as windy as Thursday. A red flag warning is still in place until 6 p.m. due to the low humidity. Temperatures will be a little warmer in the afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Above normal temperatures will continue 
through early next week. 

A pickup truck slammed into a power pole in Silver Lake, causing a power outage for over 2,000 people in the area.

A pickup truck slammed into a power pole and erupted into flames, causing a blackout for around 2,500 people in the Silver Lake area. Video aired during TLA on Nov. 15, 2021.

Part of New Orleans has had power restored after Ida knocked out electricity in the city.

Power was out in a portion of Hollywood Tuesday morning after a downed power line fell across lanes of the northbound 101 Freeway and was struck by several vehicles.

Health officials in Harris County scrambled Monday to administer more than 5,000 COVID-19 vaccines after a deadly winter storm caused a power outage in a facility storing the doses.

The massive weather system has sent temperatures plunging from coast to coast.

The final report on what triggered last year’s massive power outages acknowledges that state energy “market practices” allowed thousands of megawatts of desperately needed power to be exported out of state at the peak of the mid-August heatwave.

Thousands of people in Los Angeles County were without power Monday night, as strong Santa Ana winds buffeted the Southland and blew tree debris into power lines.

A new report says California’s poor planning coupled with extreme weather caused rolling blackouts during an August heat wave

Mookie Betts exited early after getting hit by a pitch, giving the Dodgers a scare with the playoffs approaching, but Los Angeles beat the Angels 7-6 following a power outage in the ballpark. Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning shortly before the power went out at Dodger Stadium. The Freeway Series resumed in the top of…

The Freeway Series game at Dodger Stadium resumed after a 25-minute delay caused by the ballpark’s power going out on Saturday night. Players from the Dodgers and Angels were just leaving the field after the sixth inning when the third-oldest stadium in the majors went completely dark. After a few seconds, the two ribbon lightboards came back on as...

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