The computer outage that disabled the Long Beach Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and 11 other branches throughout Southern California from providing key services Tuesday continued throughout Wednesday and part of Thursday.
Approximately 2,000 residents were impacted by downed power lines near the Long Beach Airport Wednesday afternoon, according to the Southern California Edison (SCE) outage map.
Cal State Long Beach will be the first campus to receive an installation of an energy storage system among all Cal State University (CSU) schools, the CSU system announced today.
Two separate power outages on Sunday affected over 1,000 residents at their peak as temperatures soared—resulting in déjà vu among Long Beachers familiar with last year’s power outages.
A power outage affecting Signal Hill and portions of Long Beach cut off power to approximately 3,765 Southern California Edison customers today around 9:13AM, the Signal Hill Police Department (SHPD) announced. Now down to 97 customers, the Estimated Time of Repair (ETR) is late this evening, according to SCE officials.
The City of Long Beach has added 15 new heavy-duty mobile generators to its ranks, for future emergencies, such as last summer’s power outages, the city announced today.
Power was restored early Wednesday afternoon to over a thousand Edison customers who were without electricity due to circuit failures in Long Beach’s Wrigley neighborhood, according to officials with Southern California Edison.
Winds as strong as 25 to 35 knots per hour began to hit Long Beach this morning, resulting in a power outage that affected 954 customers at its peak, according to the Southern California Edison power outage map. Affected areas include North Long Beach and land to the east of El Dorado East Regional Park.
Metro Blue Line rail service has been restored between the Del Amo and Willow Street stations after a power outage in Long Beach Thursday afternoon caused some stations to lose power, Metro officials said.
The City of Long Beach has filed $434,502 in claims with Southern California Edison (SCE) regarding the power outage that lasted from July 15-18.
