Metallic, or mylar, balloons have a conductive material that causes a short circuit when they contact energized power lines. Click here for LADWP's updated outage map. The agency offers the ...

LADWP urges customers in Tier 2 and Tier 3 elevated and extreme high-risk fire areas to prepare for potential extended power outages, which could last longer than 48 hours. To ensure public safety, ...

An outage map provided by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) showed just how widespread the outages extended, with significant outage reports coming from dozens of populous ...

Nearly 2,200 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in the Sawtelle and Westwood areas in West Los Angeles were without power Saturday due to metallic balloons that floated into power ...