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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Power is being restored to tens of thousands of people in Southern California after fierce Santa Ana winds toppled trees and power lines.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says the outages affected more than 54,000 customers, mostly in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Crews worked through the night to restore power, leaving 3,000 still without electricity this morning.
Scattered outages also left 1,700 Southern California Edison customers without power in Fontana and Ontario, east of Los Angeles. Also in Ontario, the winds helped fuel a fire at a green waste recycling facility.
The National Weather Service says a gauge in the mountains near Julian in San Diego County registered a gust of 89 mph at 7:30 a.m. An 82 mph wind gust was recorded in the Malibu hills yesterday afternoon.
The winds kicked up Friday night and are expected to continue today but diminish slightly.
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