Powerless California orders blackouts

  • 20/03/2001

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)

Elevators ground to a halt and lights winked out in Beverly Hills, Silicon Valley and other communities up and down California as rolling blackouts swept across the state for the first time. Nearly 1 million customers were affected Monday in the worst day yet in California's power crisis. Many fear the blackouts are a preview of what is to come this summer.