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Sep

2011

9:06pm, EDT

Gregory Bull / AP

Deborah Springs shops in a convenience store for food items after a power outage on Sept. 8 in San Diego. The outage is affecting millions of people across southern California, Arizona and Mexico.

San Diego hit by major power failure

NBC & msnbc.com reports:

SAN DIEGO — A major power failure hit a large part of Southern California on Thursday, including San Diego, the nation's eighth-largest city.

The problem extended from San Clemente, Calif., in southern Orange County south to Mexico's Baja peninsula and east to Yuma, Ariz. It cut electricity to millions of people, including 1.4 million in San Diego. Full story.