This is the third time in as many months that strong Santa Ana winds have prompted Southern California Edison to cut power to its customers over fire risk.

Southern California Edison restored power midday Thursday to Santa Barbara-area customers affected by public safety power shutoffs. The shutoffs, which

Power companies in Southern California, including Edison International, are responding to the critical wildfire threat in the region. Safety power shutoffs have been conducted in wake of the fires.

The decline comes as multiple large fires are burning around Los Angeles, with strong winds in the forecast that could make them difficult to contain.

The onslaught of wildfires in Los Angeles and surrounding southern California communities has caused a dramatic drop in the stock of Edison International, the utility that serves much of the affected area, affecting the utility’s 401 (k) plan investors who hold company stock.

As of 4 p.m. PST on January 8, approximately 413,639 SCE customers are without power. This includes 183,186 customers affected by PSPS and 230,453 experiencing outages related to the windstorm. Additionally, 453,872 customers remain under a PSPS watch.

LOS ANGELES − As multiple wildfires continue to burn through Southern California, evacuation orders remain in place throughout the region through at least Thursday. Authorities continue to investigating the causes of three wildfires that began burning in Southern California on Tuesday and two fires that sparked north of Los Angeles and in Hollywood on Wednesday.