Concern about the potential for wind-driven brush fires prompted Southern California Edison to conduct precautionary Public Safety Power Shutoffs affecting thousands of Ventura and Los Angeles County residents.
About 15,000 Ventura County residents were impacted as of Thanksgiving morning by shutoffs, and another 35,000 have been notified they could experience a shutdown.
A strong Santa Ana wind event is affecting the region. National Weather Service meteorologists say the strongest wind actually happened early Thursday morning. But, the Santa Ana conditions are expected to continue, slowly tapering off moving into the weekend.
The Red Flag Warning for elevated brush fire danger in parts of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties is expected to remain in place at least until 6 p.m. Friday.
