COOLER WEATHER FOR ANGELENOS TEMPERATURES FINALLY DROP BELOW 100, ENDING WAVE.Byline: RICK ORLOV AND CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writers Three weeks of blistering triple-digit temperatures ended Thursday as weary crews struggled to restore power and city officials called for a reckoning of power equipment failures. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County dipped below 100 degrees for the first time since July 6, ending a disastrous heat wave made worse by high humidity. At its height, the heat wave left tens of thousands of households without power and was responsible for the death of one man in the high desert, coroner's officials said Thursday ``Broke it, finally -- everybody's down below a hundred,'' said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service in Oxnard. ``Cooler weather through the weekend.'' Highs dropped to 98 degrees in Chatsworth, 96 in Northridge and 95 in Woodland Hills, where the mercury had peaked Saturday at a county record of 119 degrees. Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or was a cool 91 degrees on Thursday. The ebbing temperatures allowed Department of Water and Power crews to reduce power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
Affected customers included residents of Sherman Oaks and Winnetka. Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. , which had as many as 29,000 households without power, had reduced outages to 500, most in California's Central Valley. At the close of the record 21-day heat streak, city officials demanded an accounting of power equipment failures that left as many as 16,000 households without air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. . Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. called for a full report on what went wrong. As he offered praise for work crews, the mayor said the past week showed the weaknesses of an aging system that officials acknowledge had not been adequately maintained. ``Although the department had adequate power supplies during this period, some Angelenos were without power for significant lengths of time due to the record-setting demands,'' Villaraigosa stated in a message to DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection Commission President Mary Nichols. Villaraigosa called for the report in 60 days to provide an overview of power outages, as well as short- and long-term plans for how to deal with the city's needs. The mayor demanded an action plan to review DWP facilities and determine how much it would cost to bring utility equipment up to reliable standards. Villaraigosa also asked the DWP to review future needs, energy conservation promotion, emergency response and timely warnings to the public. Los Angeles County's first heat-related death heat-related death Forensic medicine A death with a core body temperature ≥ 40.6ºC/105ºF with no other reasonable explanation of death At-risk groups Elderly, those living alone, alcoholics. See Heat wave. from a record heat spell was confirmed Thursday as a Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley man was overcome by the heat this week while riding in a car with a friend. Eldredge R. Kelsey Jr., 51, had stayed in the vehicle with the door open when they arrived at a home Tuesday in the desert east of Lancaster, officials said. Staff writer Dana Bartholomew contributed to this report. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 CAPTION(S): box Box: Record heat SOURCE: National Weather Service |
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