CONCERTGOERS FEEL THE BLUES.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Some 1,800 fans waiting to hear blues great B.B. King perform at a sold-out concert in the Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theatre were sent home Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. after a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" left portions of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Boulevard in the dark for hours. Concertgoers can seek a refund or hold on to their tickets until April 2, when the King concert has been rescheduled, theater Director Tom Mitze said Monday. The theater at the Civic Arts Plaza resorted to back-up generators, which powered emergency lights in the hallway and stairs so people could exit. ``There was no power to run the sound system or the theatrical lighting system,'' Mitze said. ``We were trying to find out what was going on. We had hoped the power would come back on.'' The outage lasted from 7:11 until 8:36 p.m., but the power went out again at 9:11 p.m., said Rudy Gonzales, regional manager with 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. Co. ``It was a problem in the underground area,'' he said. ``For a variety of reasons, the cable in the ground will deteriorate and cause an outage.'' Gonzales said causes for the deterioration include such problems as rodents gnawing on the cables, corrosion from the rain and tree root intrusion. The initial outage affected 913 mostly commercial customers on Thousand Oaks Boulevard between Conejo School and Hodencamp roads. Utility workers isolated the problem cable at 12:41 a.m. Monday and restored power to all but 21 customers at a strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. on the boulevard, Gonzales said. The strip mall got its power back at 10:51 a.m. |
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