The L.A. Emergency Management Department reminded the public that some city facilities -- including s

Among those without power as of 5:30 p.m. were 2,810 Southern California Edison customers in five counties. The communities with the most customers affected were Alhambra, San Bernardino and Costa Mesa, according to data on the SCE Outage Center  website.
Major outages were first reported Tuesday, when the consumption of energy in the DWP s service area reached an all-time high for the second day in a row, according to a news release holiday inn midtown manhattan from the the utility.
SoCal Edison declared Wednesday a Save Power Day, part of an ongoing program in which participating customers can earn up to $100 in bill credits per year by reducing usage between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Registration is available online .
Daytime highs were forecast to reach 94 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, one day after tying a record of 103 degrees that was set in 1909, according to the National Weather Service. The average high for the area is 83 degrees.
The L.A. Emergency Management Department reminded the public that some city facilities — including senior citizen centers, parks and recreation centers, and libraries — may also be used as cooling centers. A list of such locations was available on the department s website .