San Marcos, Calif. — At a San Marcos gas station, Ray Campbell fuels portable generator that his neighbor loaned him during the power outage. Campbell said he walked out of a Costco Thursday with "tons of frozen stuff for school lunches and my family of four and, boom, the blackout hit! But my good neighbor saved us!" Campbell is a commercial and TV actor, currently playing Tyrus Kitt in the TV series "Breaking Bad."

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San Marcos, Calif. — Alberto and Olga Calleja take their boys, Juan Carlos, left, and Jonathon on a mid-morning shopping trip. The fourth- and first-graders have an unexpected day off as all public schools across San Diego County were closed in the aftermath of the blackout.

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San Diego — Computer screens are dark, forcing Southwest Airlines staff to do manual check-ins at San Diego's Lindbergh Field on Friday morning. Lots of passengers stranded at the airport stood in long lines to get a flight out. Although power was restored at 3:30 a.m., computers remained down.

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San Diego — A Southwest Airlines staffer makes an announcement to stranded passengers at Lindbergh Field.

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San Diego — Passengers had to deal with chaos at Lindbergh Field when flights were canceled due to a massive power outage that began Thursday evening. Power was restored at 3:30 a.m. Friday but airlines were forced to do manual check-ins because computers still were not functioning.

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San Diego — A traveler seeks help from a police officer at San Diego's Lindbergh Field in the aftermath of a massive power outage.

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San Diego — Deborah Jordan was on her way to Phoenix but ended up stranded at San Diego's Lindbegh Field due to the power outage.

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San Marcos — Ralphs supermarket section manager David Leonard removes packaged chicken from the refrigerated section of the San Marcos store Friday. Most dairy, meat and fish products were taken from the shelves as a health precaution because power was off Thursday afternoon and through the night due to the San Diego County blackout.

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San Diego — Customers at Tequila 100 eat and drink by candlelight in the heart of the Gaslamp district as San Diegans cope with a massive power blackout.

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San Diego — An Amtrak agent checks a cellphone as Superior Court workers wait to board an Amtrak bus to Los Angeles.

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San Diego — In Pacific Beach, many took to the streets and to the few bars that opened their darkened doors. One group of revelers used a car battery to power a lighting fixture.

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San Diego, CA — Diannyra Bolata, 25 and her son Diego, 2 rest on the floor in the terminal at San Diego's Lindbergh Field after all outbound flights were cancelled. The El Paso family was trying to go home after vacationing in San Diego when their flight was canceled. They have no hotel or accommodations. The widespread blackout prevented use of security screening machines.

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San Clemente, CA — Ben and Maia Meunier play board games with their friend Josh Merrill by candlelight in their San Clemente apartment, coping with the blackout.

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San Diego, CA — The San Diego skyline is all but dark at 8 p.m.

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San Clemente, CA — Neighbors on Cabrillo Avenue in San Clemente gather around a bonfire. The massive power outage left most of south Orange County without electricity, shutting down traffic signals, gas stations and causing gridlock.

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San Clemente, CA — With the power out, San Clemente near the pier is a ghost town.

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Mission Viejo, CA — Traffic on Crown Valley Parkway is gridlocked at rush hour after the massive power outage left most of south Orange County without electricity, shutting down all of the traffic signals. The power outage has affected a widespread area of Southern California from Orange County through San Diego County to Mexico.

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Carlsbad, CA — Adelita Zamora, 14 is the envy of a lot of people in a long line of shoppers with the same idea at the Albertsons supermarket on Carlsbad Village Drive in Carlsbad. The store soon ran out of ice and because of the blackout was unable to make any more. Electric power was lost this afternoon across a wide swath of Southern California.

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San Juan Capistrano, CA — Librarian Nicole Orth uses a flashlight to help Kevin Mitchell find a book at the San Juan Capistrano Library in southern Orange County. The library closed about 30 minutes after the blackout for safety reasons. Electric power was lost this afternoon across a wide swath of Southern California.

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Carlsbad, CA — Virginia Andrade of Oceanside pushes a shopping cart filled with goods past a long line of other people at the Albertsons supermarket on Carlsbad Village Drive in Carlsbad. Electric power was lost this afternoon across a wide swath of Southern California.

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San Diego, CA — Workers stand in a dark building lobby after a massive blackout hit Southern California. Approximately 1.5 million residents from Southern Orange County to Northern Baja are without power.

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San Diego, CA — Guests sit in the lobby of the Marriott hotel after a massive blackout hit Southern California. Approximately 1.5 million residents from Southern Orange County to Northern Baja are without power.

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