LUNCHTIME BLACKOUT POWER OUTAGE LASTS 3 HOURS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - An underground cable explosion darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. 800 restaurants, stores and offices in central Glendale for about three hours Friday, emptying Brand Boulevard establishments and snarling snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic. The outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. , which occurred about noon, affected an area between Broadway, Lexington Drive, Orange and Maryland streets, as well as a pocket of Fashion Square along Glendale Avenue. ``Everyone's been really understanding and customers are still browsing,'' said James Ornelas, assistant manager at Barnes & Noble, where customers could continue shopping in natural light from the windows but sales clerks sales clerk n (US) → dependiente/a m/f sales clerk n (US) → commesso/a had to ring up sales manually. ``It's frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: , but we're dealing with it best we can,'' he said. ``It's one of those things that are out of our control,'' At Rubio's along Glendale Avenue, general manager Cito Gala estimated he lost 300 paying customers during a busy Friday lunch hour because of the blackout A complete loss of power. See brownout. . ``You have no control over it. It happens,'' he said. Traffic signals failed, causing confusion on heavily traveled streets. An underground explosion that took out a 15,000-volt cable was blamed for the blackout, which Glendale Water and Power crews ended about 3:15 p.m. ``It was unfortunate it happened during the lunch hour, which is one of the busiest times of the day for businesses and restaurants on Brand Boulevard and neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. streets,'' said Ritch Wells, spokesman for the city of Glendale. ``Fortunately, the workers at Glendale Water and Power were able to isolate the problem within a couple of hours,'' he said. ``Otherwise it could have impacted businesses well into the afternoon.'' Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A Glendale city worker climbs down a manhole Friday to search under Brand Boulevard for the cause of a central district blackout. Traffic lights were out and hundreds of businesses in the downtown area had no power for about three hours. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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