Hundreds of La Verne Edison Customers Lose Power

Hundreds of Southern California Edison customers in La Verne lost power today due to the failure of underground equipment, the utility reported.

The outage started at 11:52 a.m. and initially affected 653 customers, said SCE spokesman Paul Netter.

By 12:41, power had been restored to all but 119 accounts, Netter said.

He said the rest might not have power restored until 6 a.m on Monday.

The affected area was bordered by First Street to the north, Bonita Avenue to the south, Bolton Avenue to the east and Madison Avenue to the West, Netter said.

--City News Service