Power Outage Snarls Local Traffic

Tuesday, July 21, 2009–

A power equipment failure at a Moorpark substation created a large power outage that affected over 70,000 local customers on Tuesday afternoon.

The outage hit at 3:42pm and nearly everyone had power restored by 6:00pm.

The vast majority of customers had power restored within a few minutes, but traffic lights were out on PCH for substantially longer, bringing traffic to a walking speed both there and north on Malibu Canyon Road.

A Socal Edison spokesman said the affected areas were Malibu, Agoura, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and Calabasas. The Lost Hills sheriff’s station reverted to generator power.