2,332 still without power more than a week after violent windstorm in Southern California

Some 2,332 Southern California Edison customers remained without service Wednesday, down from a high of more than 430,000 wind-related outages since the windstorm struck Nov. 30.

The outages, caused mostly by downed trees, were centered in the San Gabriel Valley northeast of Los Angeles.

“We’re dealing with the hardest cases now,” said Edison spokesman David Song. “Poles are down, wires are down.”

Song offered no prediction for when power might be fully restored.

With the outage wearing on, and overnight temperatures falling into the freezing range, tempers have become increasingly short.

Frustration may have reached the boiling point for a 72-year-old man who police said was arrested Tuesday after he made death threats against Pasadena city workers if they didn’t restore his power. Geoffrey Commons was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats and released after posting $50,000 bond, Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema said.