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L.A. Power Outages and Extreme Heat
Extreme Heat and Power Outages Hit L.A. County — Residents Still Without Electricity
Los Angeles County is facing another dangerous day of extreme heat Thursday, while residents and businesses in communities including Echo Park, Long Beach, Lynwood and Huntington Park are dealing with power outages that have left some customers without electricity during one of the hottest stretches of the summer.
The situation is particularly concerning because extreme heat and power outages are occurring at the same time—leaving some residents without air conditioning, fans and refrigeration when they need them most.
🌡️ EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
The National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard office has an Extreme Heat Warning in effect Thursday and Friday, with the agency warning of a high risk for heat illness for most people, particularly heat-sensitive populations.
The NWS is advising residents to:
- Stay hydrated.
- Limit outdoor activity during the afternoon.
- Seek air-conditioned locations.
- Check on elderly neighbors, family members and other vulnerable people.
- Never leave children or pets in vehicles.
- Have a plan for staying cool if electricity is interrupted.
The NWS says a significant cool-down is expected Saturday through Monday, but Thursday and Friday remain hazardous.
Today’s temperatures
Los Angeles is expected to reach approximately 100°F today, with temperatures varying considerably throughout the county.
Coastal communities such as Long Beach will generally be cooler than inland portions of the county, but warm overnight temperatures are an important part of the danger.
At Los Angeles International Airport, the overnight low was forecast around 73°F, while downtown Los Angeles was forecast around 74°F.
That lack of overnight cooling is significant because homes and buildings can retain heat long after sunset.
⚡ POWER OUTAGES: WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW
A real-time outage aggregator tracking utility-reported outages currently shows approximately 4,560 Los Angeles County homes and businesses without power, although that number is changing continuously as crews restore electricity and new outages occur.
The latest statewide outage data also shows that Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power are both reporting outages, with SCE accounting for the larger share of currently reported outages.
📍 ECHO PARK
Utility: Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP)
Echo Park experienced a significant outage overnight.
LADWP previously reported approximately 800 customers still without electricity after an outage that affected a much larger number of customers in the Echo Park/Westlake area.
Residents subsequently reported additional interruptions overnight and into Thursday morning.
The current LADWP outage system is dynamic, and the utility cautions that outages can affect only portions of a neighborhood.
Important: I could not verify a fresh, official Echo Park-only customer count for this exact moment, so the 800 figure should be described as an earlier reported figure—not today’s confirmed total.
📍 LONG BEACH
Utility: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Long Beach is within SCE’s service territory. SCE’s own reliability documentation specifically lists Long Beach among the cities it serves.
Long Beach experienced a major outage during the current heat event, with an earlier outage affecting more than 22,000 SCE customers at its peak.
SCE’s live outage system is currently showing significant outages across its overall service territory, but its publicly accessible live feed does not provide me with a dependable Long Beach-only number that I can independently verify at this moment.
📍 LYNWOOD
Utility: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Lynwood is also an SCE-served community. SCE’s 2025 reliability reporting specifically lists Lynwood among its service-area cities.
As of this morning, I cannot verify a reliable city-specific number of Lynwood customers currently without power from the publicly accessible outage feed.
That does not mean there are no outages in Lynwood; it means the available public data isn’t giving us a sufficiently reliable city-level number to publish as a confirmed figure.
📍 HUNTINGTON PARK
Utility: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Huntington Park is also served by SCE.
The community has already experienced a particularly controversial outage during the heat wave: residents and businesses dealt with a scheduled maintenance outage during extreme heat, prompting city officials to ask SCE to postpone additional planned outages.
That incident raised concerns about:
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerated food
- Restaurant operations
- Employee safety
- Customer safety
- Businesses potentially losing perishable inventory
SCE says maintenance outages are used to upgrade or maintain infrastructure and that scheduled outages can be changed or rescheduled when circumstances require it.
THIS IS NOT ONE SINGLE COUNTY-WIDE POWER OUTAGE
This distinction is important.
