On Thursday morning, yet another power outage occurred in Santa Monica, with 1,893 residents losing electricity starting at 4:38 a.m. The outage, which affected two circuits, was due to a failed underground cable along Lincoln Boulevard.
At 6:51 a.m., power was restored for 581 residents. The remaining 1,312 got their electricity back at 7:37 a.m.
"Our crews are investigating the cable and making the appropriate repairs," Southern California Edison spokeswoman Lois Pitterbruce told Santa Monica Patch.
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The Thursday incident follows in the wake of multiple power outages in Santa Monica; read Santa Monica Patch's coverage of the incidents that occurred on , , , , , , and May 26.
Also, Santa Monica Patch reader said there was another outage on May 24, around 14th Street and Ashland Avenue.
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