Rocks Found At Beach Ignite In Woman’s Pocket

SAN ONOFRE, Calif. – How rocks collected from a southern Orange County beach caught fire in the pocket of a San Clemente woman’s cargo shorts, landing her in a hospital with third-degree burns, remained a mystery Thursday.

The 43-year old woman’s children picked up the seven orange and green rocks on Saturday at San Onofre State Beach, which is popular with surfers and known locally as Trestles.

The rocks combusted and set the [...]

POWER SLOWLY RETURNS TO SO. CAL…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The lights were back on Friday morning in Arizona and steadily returning to parts of Southern California and Mexico after a power outage accidentally triggered by a utility worker cut electricity to millions of people, leaving southwestern residents sweltering without air conditioners and paralyzing some San Diego freeway and airport traffic.

The San Diego area was hit especially hard with power [...]

San Diego Hit by Blackout

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A guest walks out of a downtown San Diego hotel during a massive power outage on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. — K.C. Alfred

A massive, unprecedented power outage left 1.4 million residents [...]

With warm weather, San Diego, Riverside, Orange Country, and Tijuana are all hit with massive power outage.

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1.4 million without power in SoCal

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Deborah Springs shops in a convenience store for food items after a power outage Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in San Diego.

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Massive power outages swept all of San Diego County on Thursday, and hit Coachella Valley, southern Orange County, and parts of Mexico. On a hot day, the outage shuttered businesses, closed schools and snarled traffic.

All 1.4 [...]