Power outage snarling traffic and Desert Trip goers
A power outage initially putting nearly 900 people in the dark Friday was caused by a bad underground cable, said a Southern California Edison spokesperson.
The outage started just after 5:45, and shut down Ramon Road between Farrell and Sunrise for about two hours.
The road has since re-opened, as SCE says the outage was isolated.
As of 4:00 a.m. Saturday electricity had returned to all but 238 customers. However, full restoration is expected for 10:00 a.m Saturday according to SCE’s website.
The road closure meant cars were re-routed around a main artery in Palm Springs, and dozens of shuttle buses carrying passengers to the Desert Trip concert in Indio were seen stuck in the traffic.
