1,200 Lose Power in LCF, Montrose

Residents in La Cañada and Montrose briefly lost power Wednesday, following a planned outage Monday and a sparking transformer that left Alveo Road residents concerned about safety.

Southern California Edison spokesman Paul Klein said Wednesday that 1,260 power outages occurred at 11:26 a.m. in La Cañada and Montrose. All were restored by 11:37 a.m. The interruptions affected an area from Ramsdell Avenue to the west to Commonwealth Avenue to the east, he said. 

Klein is checking on the reason for the service interruption, but did not think it was associated with Monday's sparking transformer on Alveo Road.

Traffic lights along Foothill Boulevard went dark briefly Wednesday, but had all come back on by noon, according to the city's public works department.

Alveo Road resident Belinda Randolph said the transformer in her neighborhood "arced,'' which neighbors described to her as "fireworks'' on Monday. Inside her home, the lights were orange, coming on and going off, and appliances were buzzing.

She took her son to and then so he could have electricty to study for midterm finals, she said.

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