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REDONDO BEACH (CBSLA.com) — A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached after residents fell victim to stray voltage from a local Edison substation. The substation sits right next to Knob Hill, a neighborhood in Redondo Beach. For years, residents have reported incidents of being shocked, as well as sickness, caused by electromagnetic fields which are generated by the power lines. Simona Wilson filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison after suffering from low-voltage electrocution due to her shower-head becoming electrically charged. Her home’s gas line was reportedly also carrying a charge. Wilson, who lived in the home for four years,...

REDONDO BEACH (CBS) — Residents of Redondo Beach raised concerns during a meeting with Southern California Edison, claiming that a substation in their neighborhood is producing stray voltage and making people ill. Emotions were heated during the three-hour public forum held by Redondo Beach city leaders. “I don’t see my daughter, son; I don’t have a house anymore. This is far from fun and games,” a resident said. “We have a newer house. There are older houses. Everybody has had issues,” a woman added. “California may be the most integrative standards that there are, but they’re not doing what is...

Seattle officials worked this week to reassure people that its streetlight system is safe, after a dog was electrocuted and another injured on electrical vault covers in Queen Anne last week. A pinched wire and the faulty grounding of four streetlights had caused the dangerous energizing of the metal sidewalk covers, authorities said. A private developer had paid a contractor to install the lights, according to the city, but

The investigation continues into how a dog was electrocuted in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood. Sammy was electrocuted Thanksgiving Day as his owner Lisa McKibbin walked him along Queen Anne Avenue North, next to a street light. "There is something in that light pole that is not functioning properly or correctly," McKibbin said.