Taking a trip in the way-back machine

The only thing different is the name of the Governor. So called 'Rolling blackouts' hit parts of California yesterday when high temps and an unexpected loss of power converged to force the Cal-ISO to cut power to nearly half-a-million folks throughout Southern California.

It's as if I never left...

The blackout affected a wide swath of the Southland, including Ventura, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Long Beach, Torrance, Huntington Beach, Irvine, San Bernardino, Ontario, Fontana, La Puente, Cathedral City, Chino Hills and Palm Desert, said Southern California Edison.