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Thousands of LADWP Customers Lose Power Due to ‘Extreme Heat’ and Demand About 4,800 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers were without power Wednesday morning due to a strain on the utility’s distribution system caused by high temperatures. At the height of the outage Tuesday evening, at least 12,000 customers were without power, according to DWP spokesman Joe Ramallo. “Extreme heat and electricity demand has […]
Mechanical Issue Prompts Emergency Landing of FedEx Plane at LAX A FedEx plane made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday morning because of a mechanical issue, and one of the two pilots aboard was injured while getting off the aircraft. L.A. City firefighters responded to the airport about 3:50 a.m., according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. One of […]
Flex Alert Remains in Effect Statewide; Rolling Blackouts Possible A statewide Flex Alert, a call for voluntary electricity conservation, will be in effect from 3 Wednesday afternoon to 10 Wednesday evening, with managers of the state’s power grid hoping it will stave off the need for rolling blackouts. Rolling blackouts were again averted Tuesday thanks to conservation by consumers, imported energy and power from […]
Six-Day Streak of Slight Increases to Average L.A. County Gas Price Ends A six-day streak of increases in the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County ended Wednesday when it was unchanged, remaining at $3.206. The average price is 1.9 cents more than a week ago and 7.1 cents higher than one month ago but 38.5 cents less than one year […]
LA County Reports Another 64 Coronavirus Deaths Los Angeles County has reported another 64 deaths due to the coronavirus but a lack of results from a large lab resulted in an unusually low number — 1,003 — of newly confirmed cases of COVID-19. The 64 fatalities, along with five reported by health officials in Long Beach, lifted the countywide total since the […]
3 Party Home Addresses Sent to Mayor’s Office for Possible Utility Shut-Off Addresses of at least three homes that allegedly were the site of parties during the coronavirus pandemic have been forwarded to Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office to be considered for utility shut-offs. Garcetti announced on Aug. 5 that he would authorize the Department of Water & Power to shut off utilities to homes and businesses that […]
OC Reports 287 New COVID-19 Cases; Hospitalizations Dropping Orange County has reported 287 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths, raising the county’s totals to 44,212 cases and 815 fatalities since the pandemic began. Of the five deaths reported Tuesday, two were skilled nursing facility residents and two were assisted living facility residents. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the […]
Southland Continues to Swelter Under Heat Wave Temperatures will decline slightly Wednesday but remain in the 90s and 100s in several communities. An excessive heat warning, which has been extended since it was first issued last week, will be in force until 9 p.m. Thursday in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel and Antelope valleys, as well as the San Gabriel […]
Riverside County Reports 710 New Coronavirus Infections, 1 New Death Riverside County health officials have reported 710 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and one additional death. The aggregate number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the public health documentation period began in early March now stands at 48,200, with 913 deaths, according to the Riverside University Health System. Riverside County has the second-highest number of cumulative cases […]
LAPD Searching For Hate Crime Suspect Who Assaulted, Robbed Transgender Women Two transgender women, including a YouTube performer, were robbed and assaulted by a man in Hollywood, and police were investigating it Tuesday as a hate crime. “It was absolutely the worst day of my life,” Eden Estrada, who goes by Eden the Doll on YouTube, told CBS2, adding she believes the attack was targeted. The […]
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