Overview
- Downdetector and social posts showed a sudden surge of reports Saturday afternoon, with outage reports climbing from about 8,000 by 4:10 p.m. EDT to more than 15,000 later that day.
- Verizon confirmed an issue affecting voice services for wireless customers and directed users to its Check Network Status page for area updates.
- Local reporting and company statements identified multiple fiber cuts in Los Angeles and parts of Southern California as suspected vandalism causing mobility and internet interruptions.
- Verizon said its engineers and third-party crews are on site repairing damaged lines, and warned that cutting fiber can sever critical links used by first responders.
- Investigations into the vandalism are ongoing, customers on Verizon and MVNOs that use its network experienced call failures, and media noted the event recalled a larger January 2026 outage.