Hundreds of L.A. homes, businesses lose power during SoCal heat wave

A power outage has knocked out power to hundreds of Southern California Edison customers, including the Los Angeles County Airport Courthouse where cases were scheduled to be heard on Wednesday afternoon.

The outage is affecting 447 homes and businesses, Southern California Edison spokesperson David Eisenhauer said in an email.

The outage began at 6 a.m. and affects a small area near the southeast corner of Los Angeles International Airport, he said, adding that power is expected to be restored by 6 p.m.

All “imperative matters” scheduled for Wednesday at the courthouse will be moved to neighboring courthouses, including felony and misdemeanor arraignments, which will take place in the Torrance Courthouse, the Los Angeles County Superior Court said in a statement. Everything else has been continued, the court said.

The outage comes as Southern California broils under a multiday heat wave that has sent temperatures climbing into the 80s and 90s across the Southland. A heat advisory is in effect for coastal L.A. through Friday.