Even in Santa Barbara

When I got home from work today (about 7pm), the stop light nearest to my apartment was out. Later, when I went to go swing dancing (about 9:20pm), that light was still out, and I noticed that all the lights in stores and at gas stations surrounding that intersection were out. I hadn't noticed anything else earlier, but at that point it was still dusky. Coming home from dancing (11pm), all of those lights were still out. I was used to power outages like that in Kolkata, but it seems kind of weird in Santa Barbara.