BRIEFLY ELECTRICITY CUT OUT IN NEWHALL AREA.NEWHALL - An oak tree fell onto some electrical lines and knocked out power to about 2,470 Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. customers in the Newhall-Santa Clarita area Sunday, officials said. The power was cut about 4:30 a.m. Sunday and restored to about half of the customers by 5 a.m., said Nancy Williams, a spokeswoman for Southern California Edison. She said electricity was restored for most of the other customers by 8 a.m., but about 24 remained without power through much of the day. -Daily News Santa Barbara News-Press The Santa Barbara News-Press is a broadsheet newspaper based in Santa Barbara, California. History The News-Press asserts it is the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California, publishing since 1855. sold SANTA BARBARA - The billionaire ex-wife of cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw has agreed to buy the Santa Barbara News-Press from The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Co., bucking an industry trend toward consolidation. Wendy P. McCaw  This article may violate Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons.Articles may not contain unsourced or poorly sourced controversial claims about living people. said she believed the 45,300-circulation paper should have local ownership because ``it's the voice of the community,'' and promised to put ``quality before the bottom line.'' The sale to McCaw's Ampersand The ampersand (&) normally means "and" as in Jones & Company. However, in the computer world, it is used in various ways. In Windows, it is used as a code to precede an underlined character. Holdings LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control for an undisclosed price is expected to close in 45 to 60 days. The deal was reached Friday night and announced Sunday in the News-Press. Other bidders included Copley Press Inc., Howard Publications and MediaNews Group Inc., the owner of the Daily News. McCaw, an investor and philanthropist who favors environmental and community causes, is worth an estimated $1.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which lists her among the nation's 200 wealthiest people. The 48-year-old Stanford University graduate has been a part-time resident of this environmentally conscious community for 13 years and full-time resident for two. Officials said no immediate changes are planned at the News-Press, its downtown headquarters or its 220-member work force. McCaw said she would consider environmentally friendly options for using newsprint from sources other than trees, possibly rice or kenaf Noun 1. kenaf - fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus deccan hemp bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, kenaf, Indian hemp, deccan hemp - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation , a fast-growing fibrous plant. - Associated Press |
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