At 5:34 p.m. Sunday night, about 9,100 homes in the Santa Monica area lost power.
At press time, power company Southern California Edison was still investigating the cause of the problem, and no estimate was available as to when power might be restored. A representative with the company said the outage appeared to be limited to one particular circuit, which covers areas of west Santa Monica. No further details were available.
A representative with the Santa Monica Fire Department said the department hadn’t responded to any serious incidents associated with the power outage. “There were a few people stuck in elevators, but we got them out,” he said.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 20, 2006. Read the original PDF.