Phone service disrupted in San Diego, Southern California, with some impact on 911 calls

An Apple iPhone File photo Law enforcement agencies Saturday were responding to utility disruptions for phone customers in San Diego County selected that affected calls In particular cases the agencies requested that residents experiencing an crisis use regular phone numbers to seek aid The Oceanside Police Department warned on Saturday morning via X that there is a facility outage affecting several phone carriers in Southern California which has disrupted - - institution If you have an urgency and are not able to get through to - - please call our non-emergency dispatch number - - The disruption was impacting multiple carriers in Southern California including Verizon An officer with the Oceanside police notified City News Arrangement that Verizon had restored institution for the majority part by midday Saturday but was still working out certain issues Urgency calls also were being routed to the California Highway Patrol he added A San Diego Police Department officer commented the dilemma was happening throughout Southern California and that local residents may call - - if they were having facility problems Oceanside police recommended that residents who can t get through to should call the non-emergency dispatch number at - - It was unclear what caused the disruption or when it started Verizon did not right away respond to a request for comment According to Fox KUSI the outage has been traced to a fiber line issue and phone companies were working to restore full function The San Diego County Sheriff s Office commented there was a short hiccup with Verizon communications but that people could use We are receiving calls normally he disclosed