LADWP officials say that power was fully restored to both neighborhoods at around 7:15 p.m., more than six hours after the service was disrupted.

Metallic balloons drifted into power lines, leaving hundreds without power in the West LA communities of Sawtelle and Westwood.

More than 3,000 people in West Los Angeles had their power knocked out Saturday afternoon, after metal balloons hit power lines. The outages were first reported in the Sawtelle and Westwood areas just after 1:30 p.