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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A sudden power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill Sunday, grounding more than 1,000 flights in Atlanta just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.
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.
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The California Highway Patrol reported that the crash happened around 5:53 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway at Manchester Avenue.
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The California Highway Patrol reported that the crash happened around 5:53 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway at Manchester Avenue.
The Barstow Police Department said its officers will conduct extra patrols around grocery stores as funding for food stamps dries up.
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The California Highway Patrol reported that the crash happened around 5:53 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway at Manchester Avenue.
The Barstow Police Department said its officers will conduct extra patrols around grocery stores as funding for food stamps dries up.
The Blue Jays are now just one win away from a World Series title after they immediately jumped on Dodgers starter Blake Snell and received a masterful pitching performance from rookie Trey Yesavage in Game 5 of the 2025 World Series on Wednesday night.
A family of four, two adults and two children, can receive a payment of $2.058 million through SoCal Edison's Eaton Fire compensation program.
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Officials say that the bat was found on the sidewalk in the 500 block of S. Main Street in Orange on Oct. 16 at around 2 p.m.
Investigators have not yet revealed exactly which homicide the suspect is connected to.
The Barstow Police Department said its officers will conduct extra patrols around grocery stores as funding for food stamps dries up.
Hundreds of people gathered in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil honoring San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy Andrew Nunez, who was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call on Monday.
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Officials from half the states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to order the Department of Agriculture to provide food stamp benefits for November.
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Traffic is backed up for the Thursday morning commute on the 110 Freeway at Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles as a pedestrian was struck and killed.
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