by Timothy Rutt

Southern California Edison (SCE) said in a release Wednesday that it has restored power to most lines and is now going block-by-block to ensure residents and businesses ahve power."

"While line power lines that run between power poles are back in service, SCE is checking with customers to ensure that the lines that run from poles to homes or businesses are all working. In some cases SCE is calling customers to check to see if their power has been restored, and if it hasn’t, is dispatching crews to do repairs to restore service."

As of 9 AM this morning (Thurs.), Edison's outage website still says there is power out in the 91001 area code, but expects to restore all power this morning.

SCE reported that 433,945 customers lost power in the windstorm, and they had restored power to all but 1,504 customers as of Wednesday afternoon.