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Yucaipa council, public safety officials defend response after multi-day power shutoffs; temporary stop‑sign policy questioned
Summary
City officials said Southern California Edison ordered regional public safety power shutoffs; Yucaipa police, fire and public works described steps taken during the 2½-day outage and defended decision not to deploy temporary stop signs at darkened intersections, citing safety and legal concerns.
Yucaipa city leaders and public safety officials on Jan. 13 described their response to multi‑day, regionwide power shutoffs ordered by Southern California Edison and defended the city’s decision not to deploy temporary stop signs at intersections where traffic lights went dark.
City Manager (unnamed) and Captain Walker of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told the City Council the shutoffs were initiated by Edison because of high winds and low humidity that increased fire danger. Officials said the utility’s communication and outage maps during the event were unreliable and that the city worked to maintain public safety while awaiting information from Edison.
Why it matters: the outages left many intersections without functioning traffic signals for more than 48 hours, creating a…
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