When will the power be back in La Mesa, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
La Mesa is a city of about 60,767 residents in San Diego County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for La Mesa by name, so this page reports the San Diego County county-wide view, which covers La Mesa. If a serving utility does name La Mesa during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in La Mesa:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around La Mesa: the closest other places we track are Lemon Grove, about 3 miles to the south; El Cajon, about 4 miles to the northeast; Santee, about 6 miles to the north; and San Diego, about 7 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: National City (9 mi SW), Chula Vista (10 mi S), Coronado (11 mi SW), Poway (15 mi N), Imperial Beach (15 mi S), Solana Beach (21 mi NW), Encinitas (24 mi NW) and Escondido (25 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward San Marcos (27 mi); northeast toward La Quinta (75 mi); and northwest toward Carlsbad (29 mi).
Who serves La Mesa?
We track live outage data from San Diego Gas & Electric in San Diego County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Imperial Irrigation District also serves parts of San Diego County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
La Mesa's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 1,166 customers out, and was restored in 14 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 1 — 1,166 customers out, restored in 14 hours
- Sep 19 — 37 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 17 — 37 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 9 — 1,052 customers out, restored in 8 hours
County context: across all of San Diego County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11.8 hr. The full record for San Diego County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in La Mesa, CA?
To check your own street, search a La Mesa ZIP code — 91941, 91942, 91943 or 91944 — and the map opens on that area.
