DUI Crash Into Tree Takes Out Power Pole, Leaving Wires Across Monrovia Road
An apparent DUI crash into a tree that took out a power pole shut down a stretch of Huntington Drive in Monrovia.
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An apparent DUI crash into a tree that took out a power pole shut down a stretch of Huntington Drive in Monrovia.
The massive tree reportedly fell around 2:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Roanoke Road.
The toppled power pole brought down power lines on top of the two cars, sparking a fire and knocking out power to thousands of LADWP customers throughout the area, all the way into Studio City.
Officials said it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power to more than 1.4 million customers.
Power was out in the area south of Wilshire Blvd. and west of La Cienega after a transformer blew.
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Eagle Rock residents didn't get to watch the Dodgers win game one of the World Series Tuesday night because of a power outage.
High-voltage wires went down, interrupting electrical service to about 880 customers in the Reseda area and shutting down both car and pedestrian traffic on a portion of Victory Boulevard for a time.
As KCAL9/CBS2's Andrea Fujii reports, nearly 8,300 people have lost power in L.A.'s Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Thousands of homes across a wide swath of the San Fernando Valley remain without power Wednesday morning.
Power was fully restored early Saturday morning.
Crews Friday restored power to the Fairfax District, where residents were in the dark for hours.
The strong winds caused trees and power lines to topple throughout the region.
According to LADWP, crews will work though the night to get power restored to all customers affected by the strong winds.
As of Saturday afternoon, more than 69,000 LADWP customers were without power.
An underground transformer blew up Thursday, leaving a Santa Ana neighborhood in the dark.
At this time, it remains unclear when power will be restored in the area.
Airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles says no flight cancellations were reported, but some flights were delayed up to an hour.
There have been 18-20 transformer and utility pole fires early this morning, LADWP spokesman Michael Ventre said.
Authorities say a Hesperia man suffered burns to more than half his body while trying to steal wiring from a transformer early Tuesday morning.
At the height of the outage, more than 102,000 residents living in Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Hawthorne, Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance were without power.
More than 30,000 customers living in Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance and Gardena were affected by the outage.
Expect at least 100 more cancellations and hundreds of additional delays Tuesday, Delta says.
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Ashli Lopez, 42, was last seen on June 20 at around 11:30 a.m. in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Los Angeles County deputies.
The crash happened in northbound lanes of I-5 near Euclid Street at around 9:45 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
It happened at around 4:50 p.m. near 215th Street East and E. Palmdale Boulevard, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
An investigation is underway after the fence outside of Wilbur Charter Elementary in Tarzana was tagged with hateful graffiti over the weekend, leaving students and parents outraged.
The shooting happened on Saturday night at around 7:30 p.m. in a wash near Third Street and Palm Lane, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The agents waited outside of the family's home for several hours after the incident, according to San Bernardino police.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said investigators are unable to rule out foul play in the baby's disappearance.
Ashli Lopez, 42, was last seen on June 20 at around 11:30 a.m. in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Los Angeles County deputies.
The crash happened in northbound lanes of I-5 near Euclid Street at around 9:45 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
It happened at around 4:50 p.m. near 215th Street East and E. Palmdale Boulevard, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Ashli Lopez, 42, was last seen on June 20 at around 11:30 a.m. in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Los Angeles County deputies.
The crash happened in northbound lanes of I-5 near Euclid Street at around 9:45 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
It happened at around 4:50 p.m. near 215th Street East and E. Palmdale Boulevard, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
An investigation is underway after the fence outside of Wilbur Charter Elementary in Tarzana was tagged with hateful graffiti over the weekend, leaving students and parents outraged.
Detectives say that the two victims were shot when they checked on their car, parked in an alley in the 8000 block of S. Hooper Avenue, after hearing its alarm blaring.
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The Fontana is scheduled for sentencing in November for armed robberies at pharmacies in places across Southern California, including in Newport Beach, Temecula and Woodland Hills.
Investigators said that the woman was possibly living in a tent near the spot where she was found fatally shot on Tuesday.
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The shooting happened on Saturday night at around 7:30 p.m. in a wash near Third Street and Palm Lane, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Idyllwild at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey
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The Fontana is scheduled for sentencing in November for armed robberies at pharmacies in places across Southern California, including in Newport Beach, Temecula and Woodland Hills.
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Ashli Lopez, 42, was last seen on June 20 at around 11:30 a.m. in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Los Angeles County deputies.
The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.
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