CBS 2
Lights Out LA! It’s Time To Conserve Energy

Los Angeles to encourage people to conserve energy, Los Angeles officials are asking residents to turn off non-essential lights from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The “Lights OUT LA” event kicked off on Thursday outside the Department of Water and Power building, Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel said they hope the public awareness program will have lasting effects.

Christian Science Monitor
Some cities try going ‘green’ with blackouts

It’s lights out come 8 p.m. Saturday for the TransAmerica pyramid, the Golden Gate Bridge, and businesses and dwellings across San Francisco.

Citizens plan to shut off nonessential lighting for an hour in the name of conservation – and community. Restaurants will serve dinner by candlelight, astronomy buffs will be out with their scopes, and musicians will rock out on power from a biodiesel bus.

TV 20
A Darker San Francisco

The lights on some of San Francisco’s most famous landmarks will be going out this Saturday and it won’t be because someone forgot to change the bulbs.

The organizers behind a local conscious raising campaign aimed at getting people to think about energy use has gotten the TransAmerica Building Alcatraz, the Golden Gate and Bay bridges and City Hall to turn off their lights from 8 to 9pm. Residents and businesses are being asked to take part too.

CBS
SF Landmarks To Go Dark To Urge Saving Energy

In an effort to promote energy efficiency and to fight global warming, several San Francisco landmarks will go dark for an hour Saturday night in what is called “Lights Out San Francisco.”

Oakland Tribune
Bay Bridge goes dark to promote conservation

If you saw the Bay Bridge go dark at 7:30 last night, it wasn’t an outage. It was a 15-minute practice run for Saturday’s Lights Out San Francisco, a first-of-its-kind event aimed at promoting energy savings and fighting global warming.

Bay Area Prepares For Lights Out San Francisco

Home and business owners are being asked to voluntarily turn off their lights for one hour. It’s an idea that is designed to raise awareness about climate change with the flip of a switch.

Nate Tyler from Lights Out and Councilwoman Wendy Gruel on Fox and Friends.

Los Angeles Times
L.A. County calling for lights-out hour

Following San Francisco’s lead, Los Angeles County and city officials are urging people, businesses and government to switch off nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.

San Gabriel Valley Tribune
‘Lights Out’ idea coming to SoCal

A budding “lights out” movement could darken Los Angeles County for one hour in October.
The effort, which began in Australia and has gained traction in San Francisco, got a local boost from county Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke when she introduced a motion this week supporting “Lights Out Los Angeles.”

Associated Press
San Francisco to Go Dark, Save Energy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Golden Gate Bridge, City Hall, Alcatraz and other parts of the city will go almost completely dark for an hour next month as part of a campaign to conserve energy and fight global warming.

Los Angeles Times
Activist wants San Francisco to see stars, save energy

A former Google spokesman is pushing Lights Out San Francisco, a green campaign that encourages everyone to flip switches for an hour of darkness.

If Nate Tyler has his way, the glittering lights of San Francisco will disappear one evening next month.

A new energy-conservation group is asking San Francisco business and residents to turn their lights off between 8 and 9 p.m. Oct. 20 – a move designed to draw attention to how much energy is wasted on nonessential lighting.

Nate Tyler has a challenge for San Franciscans. 

San Francisco Examiner
Lights Out S.F. wants to occasionally darken city

An event is gathering steam in San Francisco that could mean lights out in The City, acoustic music in the clubs and romantic candlelit dinners at least for one hour.