*Massive blackout hits San Diego (updated)

San Diego Gas & Electric says 1.4 million customers are affected. Outage covers all of San Diego County, South OC, and stretching into Arizona. So far, no L.A. impact, reports the DWP. Across San Diego, many businesses are closed, and as you might imagine traffic is a mess. Worse still, the utility says some areas might be without power until tomorrow. Lindbergh Field is running on generators. No cause at this point, other than a major transmission line going down in Arizona and creating a domino effect. Power in Yuma reportedly went out.

*From the LAT:

The blackout affecting large swaths of San Diego County led to a shutdown of two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. Gil Alexander, a spokesman for Southern California Edison, said the power outage did not cause any safety issues. Alexander said a fluxation in power caused the reactors to shut down at 3:38 p.m. but that the overall plant continues to have power. He said the system worked as it was supposed to during a loss of power.

From SDG&E tweet:

Safety is key at this time. Prepare to stay home tonight without power.

5:40: Just checking the traffic map for the San Diego area. The southbound 805 seems especially brutal, along with portions of the 5. Of course, this is rush hour, so these roadways are likely to be congested right about now.

From NBC LA:

"Essentially we have two connections from the rest of the world: One of from the north and one is to the east. Both connections are severed," said the SDG&E official. San Diego City Hall was voluntarily evacuated. Some people were trapped in elevators inside, but were later freed by firefighters. The FBI said the power outage is not related to the terror threat.

5:54: Lindbergh Field is apparently a mess. TSA has shut down operations, and an LAX official says there are all kinds of delays between L.A. and SD.

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