NewsLocal News

Actions

Several blown transformers leave thousands without power in California City

Posted
and last updated

UPDATE (Jan. 8 -- 9:54 p.m.) More than 9,400 residents in Cal City remain without power.

A shelter has been set up at the Mojave High School Gym to help those affected by the outage.

=====================

According to California City Police, SoCal Edison is analyzing a problem that left more than 5,000 customers without power on Monday.

As of 3:46 p.m., all the information available was that several transformers were blown out.

23ABC will continue to update this story as more information comes into the newsroom.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Sunday

04/19/2026

Mostly Clear

-° / 54°

0%

Monday

04/20/2026

Clear

86° / 53°

0%

Tuesday

04/21/2026

Mostly Clear

72° / 50°

15%

Wednesday

04/22/2026

Mostly Clear

72° / 50°

6%

Thursday

04/23/2026

Partly Cloudy

76° / 53°

2%

Friday

04/24/2026

Mostly Clear

81° / 55°

2%

Saturday

04/25/2026

Mostly Cloudy

81° / 54°

24%

Sunday

04/26/2026

Partly Cloudy

71° / 54°

24%