"The blackout came a day after ABC aired a videotape of a purported al-Qaida member making terrorist threats against Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, on the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9315974/Utility worker error spurs huge L.A. blackout
Full power to be restored by Monday evening, officials say
Updated: 8:53 p.m. ET Sept. 12, 2005
LOS ANGELES - Utility workers connected the wrong wires and caused a blackout across major portions of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, trapping people in elevators and snarling traffic at intersections, authorities said.
About 2 million people were affected by the resulting power surge and outages, which were reported from downtown west to the Pacific Coast and north into the San Fernando Valley.
Much of the power, which failed at about 12:30 p.m., was restored within less about 2½ hours; all power was expected to restored by Monday evening.
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