High winds knocked out power to thousands of utility customers across the Southland today.
About 7,000 Department of Water and Power customers had no electrical service as of about 6:15 p.m., utility spokeswoman Amanda Parsons said.
About 1,200 of those were in the San Fernando Valley, and the rest throughout the city, Parsons said.
In Venice, about 970 customers lost electrical service about 4:20 a.m. in the area of Redwood Avenue and Marina Pointe Drive, according to the DWP.
Customers in that area were still affected in the early evening, but it was unclear exactly how many, Parsons said.
Some customers also lost service because of winds in Silver Lake, Harvard Park, the West Adams district and Brentwood, the DWP reported.
In Santa Monica, 631 customers lost service about 2:15 a.m. because of the winds, with some power lines down, according to Southern California Edison.
In Beverly Hills, 115 customers lost service about 9:20 a.m. because of winds, SCE reported.
In Inglewood, 86 customers lost power at 1:07 a.m. due to high winds, SCE reported.
In Manhattan Beach, 114 customers lost service about 8:25 a.m., but the cause was undetermined.
By about 5:40 p.m., 244 SCE customers were without power due to wind- related outages, according to utility spokeswoman Susan Cox.
In Inglewood, 117 customers were without service, while 115 in Beverly Hills and 12 in Hermosa Beach were also without electricity, Cox said.
