Is It Lights Out in Los Angeles

Another meaningless but apparently emotionally satisfying greenie stunt:

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.

Led by Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, the proposed effort asks Angelenos to simultaneously go dark between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, as San Franciscans do the same. Local officials are expected to vote on the plan next week.

There are parts of Los Angeles that if you turn the lights off for any length of time, when they come back on either that part of the city will be stolen or on fire. They might want to rethink the whole thing.