Power outages near me: Thousands across SoCal without electricity as heat wave lingers

SUGGESTED COVERAGE: Silver Lake residents without power for days

Silver Lake residents shared their frustrations with LADWP after they were left in the dark for multiple days during a heatwave.

LOS ANGELES - Crews on Tuesday continued to work to restore power to thousands who lost power during a dangerous heat wave that swept Southern California.

By early Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) was reporting outages affecting 5,347 of its 1.5 million electricity customers.

By Thursday evening, LADWP had restored power to nearly all their customers.

LADWP customers can check outage statuses and report outages online at ladwp.com/outages.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Los Angeles power outages: Thousands without electricity amid SoCal heat wave

While thousands of Southern California Edison (SCE) customers were without power over the weekend, in the midst of a sweltering heat wave, most customers had their power back by Thursday. SCE reported just over 700 customers without power on Thursday night, mostly split between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

SCE customers can check outage statuses and report outages online at sce.com/outage-center/check-outage-status.

City News Service contributed to this report.