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Tijuana, Ensenada Hit By Massive Blackout

Commuters wait in line at the San Ysidro Port of Entry en route to the U.S. in Tijuana, Aug. 14, 2017.
Adrian Durazo
Commuters wait in line at the San Ysidro Port of Entry en route to the U.S. in Tijuana, Aug. 14, 2017.

Mexico's federal electricity utility says the border city of Tijuana and the nearby cities of Ensenada, Tecate and Rosarito have been hit by a blackout.

The Federal Electricity Commission says Monday's outage was caused by the failure of two generator units at a privately operated power plant in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California state.

The commission says the outage affected about 22% of customers in Baja California, but doesn't say how many households that represents.

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But it says it's working to re-establish service.

San Diego's fire department has sent a five-member task force to Florida to help coordinate search and rescue missions amid Hurricane Dorian. Also, at least eight people were killed in a deadly boat fire off the California coast, some Uber and Lyft drivers are speaking out against a bill aimed to curb independent contractors, and San Diego water rates are going up.