West Hollywood wasn't this bright Tuesday night.

West Hollywood wasn't this bright Tuesday night. (November 17, 2009)

WEST HOLLYWOOD -- The lights went dark for residents and businesses in parts of West Hollywood and the South Bay Tuesday night, authorities said.

In West Hollywood a problem in an electrical vault about 6:33 p.m. appeared to have cut power along a stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard near La Cienega Boulevard.

About 1,600 utility customers were affected before power was restored about two hours later.


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It's unclear what sparked the outage in Hermosa Beach, which spread up the coast to the Redondo Beach border about 6 p.m. Sources told KTLA power there would likely not be restored until 6 a.m. Wednesday.