50,000+ power customers in Ventura County could be impacted by new public safety power shutoffs

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published January 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM PST

Latest extreme Santa Ana wind event expected to be short, but powerful.

The latest extreme wind event hitting Ventura County is prompting a new round of precautionary intentional power outages.

52,000 Southern California Edison customers in the county have been notified they could experience Public Safety Power Shutoffs.

The latest extreme wind event is predicted to be powerful, but relatively short.

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Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.

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