DOWNTOWN L.A. HIT BY MAJOR POWER OUTAGE.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer A third major power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" in less than a month struck the 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 area Tuesday, prompting renewed calls for an explanation from Department of Water and Power officials. The outage occurred at 9:34 a.m. and affected the Civic Center area - including City Hall and police headquarters at Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. Originally with the prosaic name, the Police Administration Building, ground for the center was broken on December 30, 1952 . Emergency generators restored power to some areas, although many offices remained dark throughout the day. 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 officials said they were trying to determine what caused the outage and said the delay in restoring power was because individual circuits had to be checked to determine the location of the problem. 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. said he wanted a report from the utility on the number of outages. ``The mayor is very concerned with the frequency and wants to know what is going on with the system,'' spokesman Joe Ramallo said. Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. , who chairs the City Council's Commerce, Energy and Natural Resources Committee - which oversees the DWP - questioned whether the most recent outage reflected a broader problem with the city's power system. ``I want to know if this is just a rash of bad timing or if we have a systemwide problem we need to look at,'' Cardenas said. On Sept. 12, power to half of the city was lost for more than an hour when live wires were cut by workers at the Toluca Lake station. Two weeks later, there was another brief outage affecting the Burbank area when crews dug up power lines. For the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. , Tuesday's blackout meant a
return to the old ways - with no computers, vote machines or
microphones.
The council's audio crew developed an emergency system using wireless microphones hooked up to battery-powered speakers. All council votes were tabulated by hand and records were kept on paper rather than electronically. It also meant the council's broadcast over Channel 35 was not live, with crews from the city station taping the meeting for later broadcast. ``If this is just a series of coincidences and bad luck, that's one thing,'' Cardenas said. ``But, we need to look to see if there is a more serious problem we should be addressing.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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