California heat wave strains power grids, with outages reported across Los Angeles and Orange counties as LADWP urges energy conservation.

Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment.

Amid sweltering temperatures, 929 customers were without power in Western Goleta on Sunday afternoon, according to the Southern California Edison Co. The ...

Thousands of Long Beach residents woke up Monday morning to no power at their properties. Southern California Edison, on their outages page, indicates that the first reports of outages began coming in ...