CA - Pacific Palisades - 30,000 People Ordered to Evacuate From L.A. Wildfires

[iamshadow21]

Another short video about Pasadena Humane, mostly footage of animals, several injured, nothing graphic.

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

Displaced students will move to other schools in the neighbourhood, maintaining their class structure and teaching staff

Live updates: L.A. area wildfire threat persists as increasing winds expected this week

There have been at least 16 deaths and more than 10,000 structures damaged or destroyed in L.A. area fires. After a day of progress in containing the Eaton and Palisades fires, firefighters are bracing for several days of winds that could hamper efforts to contain the firestorm.

www.latimes.com

Evacuees missing their prescription medication can get help at LA shelters

LA's sports teams lead wildfires donation drive

The region remains on high alert as the latest wind event continues.

www.nbclosangeles.com

Man reunited with his beloved dog he thought lost in LA fires

Tearful reunion for man, pet dog following Palisades Fire evacuations

A man whose home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire had a tearful reunion with his beloved dog after it ran away amid evacuation orders.

www.nbclosangeles.com

One of the best 'side by side' comparisons I've seen of specific areas affected

Live: LA residents fear more strong winds as threat level remains 'critical'

Firefighters are working to make further progress against Los Angeles blazes that have killed at least 16 people as forecasters warn strong winds will return this week. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

 

[JennieM]

5m ago

Robert Mackey

Despite fears that high winds would make airborne firefighting impossible on Sunday, aircraft did continue to drop fire retardant and water throughout the day. At a news conference on the Palisades fire, California National Guard Maj. Gen. Matt Beevers said that the guard had contributed 11 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, carrying water buckets, and five C-130s equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, which allow them to drop retardant from an altitude of about 150 feet.

An air tanker flies over after dropping fire retardant at the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from Woodland Hills, neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, US, 11 January 11, 2025. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Reuters

Beevers said that another three C-130s will be deployed on Monday, and noted that “every MAFFS-equipped aircraft in the United States is currently in California supporting this emergency.”

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[LadyL]

In addition to the 30-days-free self-storage assistance program, U-Haul works directly with the American Red Cross, the military and local police and fire departments in their efforts to get much-needed relief supplies to areas affected "by natural disasters. Because the need is so great, this is where we have chosen to focus our corporate efforts.

Disaster relief | U-Haul

www.uhaul.com

 

[kuromiiiilove]

UPDATE: 29 youth part of incarcerated firefighting crews combatting L.A. fires

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

edsource.org

Twenty-nine young firefighters have traveled from the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp in Northern California’s Amador County to assist with the Eaton Fire in northeast Los Angeles County, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

 

[iamshadow21]

UPDATE: 29 youth part of incarcerated firefighting crews combatting L.A. fires

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

edsource.org

Twenty-nine young firefighters have traveled from the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp in Northern California’s Amador County to assist with the Eaton Fire in northeast Los Angeles County, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Thank you for linking this one, I don't think it's well known that it isn't just people in the adult system doing this work, it's people in the juvenile system, too. They're eighteen and over to qualify, but they're still under the jurisdiction of the juvenile structure.

MOO

 

[JennieM]

15m ago

LA fire evacuees told no chance of return until at least Thursday​

Tens of thousands of people forced from their homes by enormous fires raking Los Angeles will not be able to return for at least four days, officials said Sunday, as reported by Agence France-Presse.

Frustrated evacuees have formed lines at checkpoints hoping to get into evacuation zones created for the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire, whose massive blazes razed whole neighborhoods.

Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles, California, on 8 January, 2025. Photograph: Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty Images

Many are desperate to get back to homes they had to flee with just a few moments’ notice to pick up medicines or clothes they did not have a chance to grab.

Others simply want to find out if their houses have survived.

But Los Angeles county fire chief Anthony Marrone said Sunday that gusting winds forecast this week mean the fire emergency is far from over.

“They can’t go home, simply because it’s not safe,” he told a press conference.

“It’s our collective priority... to be able to get residents back in their homes just as quickly as possible.

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

1m ago

Water safety in the aftermath of the wildfires​

Mark Pestrella, director of the LA County Public Works, issued a warning about water safety on Sunday, where he was speaking at a news conference about the Eaton fire.

LA had suffered “a major impact” to its water system, he said, with agencies collaborating to restore safe water supplies.

“Currently all five water agencies are under a direct no use order, which means that no one in the burned area should be using the water,” he said, “That includes bathing and drinking.”

“The water is contaminated at this point and not being treated to state standards.”

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[charminglane]

Have mostly followed this on msm.
I didn't know you lived near there, @charminglane !
Please stay safe to you and yours.

@Chimera, thank you!
Maybe I am the unofficial self designated verified insider for Eaton Fire.
I have lived and worked in Arcadia, Pasadena, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, and Altadena for 49 years this month.
I have worked in Altadena for the past 18.
This is where I know everyone and spend my money, as I arrive early to work to beat traffic from all the schools that are located on my route up in the hills, and get home after dark.

 

[iamshadow21]

Live: LA residents fear more strong winds as threat level remains 'critical'

Firefighters are working to make further progress against Los Angeles blazes that have killed at least 24 people as forecasters warn strong winds will return this week. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

Death toll rises to 24

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/12/los-angeles-fires-california-updates-palisades-eaton/#link-UUPJA6T54VH7RL5P6QPPLBBWEA

Alan Cruz had been working at a construction site in the Pacific Palisades for the past 18 months, sending money home to his parents in Morelos, Mexico, until he watched fire consume his apartment building and car on Tuesday.

Live: LA residents fear more strong winds as threat level remains 'critical'

Firefighters are working to make further progress against Los Angeles blazes that have killed at least 24 people as forecasters warn strong winds will return this week. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

Founder of 'It's Bigger Than Us' charity Tyrone Nance is providing essentials and food to the LA community.

Live updates: Winds prolong fire risk as investigators probe electric tower as possible origin of Eaton fire

There have been at least 16 deaths and more than 10,000 structures damaged or destroyed in L.A. area fires. After a day of progress in containing the Eaton and Palisades fires, firefighters are bracing for several days of winds that could hamper efforts to contain the firestorm.

www.latimes.com

Nearly all LAUSD schools to open on Monday

 

[charminglane]

I was telling my aunt that this experience is like 9-11 but with a warning first.
There are people missing.
I've been sent photos to see if I know them, and have any contact info.
A few of our unhoused regulars have been seen in various places and we text each other that we have seen so and so here or there and everyone is really relieved.

 

[JennieM]

1 min ago

No information Palisades Fire connected to NYE blaze, LA Fire chief says​

From CNN's Susannah Cullinane

The Los Angeles Fire Department does not have any information that the Palisades Fire is linked to a fire that broke out nearby on New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles City Fire Chief Kristin Crowley told reporters today.

At a news conference on the fire Sunday afternoon, officials were asked if the earlier blaze, which was declared contained within a day, was being considered in the investigation.

LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell responded that the LA Fire Department, LA County Fire, LA Police Department, LA County Sheriff’s Department, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were “working together in taskforce configuration to try and find source and origin of this fire and all of the fires we’ve experienced.”

He said once the investigation was complete “you’ll be made aware.”

Crowley added: “We do not have any information that there’s any connections but that’s the good thing when we bring in an outside resource that is going to look into every single detail to make sure that Fire Service knows, the community knows, exactly where and how and when all of this occurred – and that’s across the region in regard to all the other fires that occurred, even outside of the Palisades.”

https://edition.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-12-25/index.html?t=1736732407372

 

[knla]

A small seafood restaurant turns into a national donation hub for LA fire victims

In response to the devastating fires raging in LA, a small restaurant in Surf City USA has become a channel for big help — from locals to people across the country — to support their neighbors up north.

www.wusf.org

This restaurant in Huntington Beach offered to serve as a center to collect supplies to send to the fire victims. They need socks, underwear, baby food, toys, coloring books, etc.

But people from all over the country, including Oregon, Tennessee and as far away as Florida and North Carolina, have chipped in, Lauren Gruel said. Many have been using Amazon and Wal-Mart to ship their donated purchases to the restaurant.

Calico Fish House
16600 Pacific Coast Highway, 92649

 

[JennieM]

3m ago

Robert Mackey
The Oregon State Fire Marshal, Mariana Ruiz-Temple, flatly denied on Sunday that any of the 75 engines the state dispatched to Los Angeles to help fight the wildfires this week had been held up in Sacramento for emissions testing.

“There is misinformation spreading on social media and from some news outlets claiming our equipment had to pass emissions tests and our equipment and firefighters were turned away or delayed. TO BE CLEAR: THIS IS FALSE,” the Oregon fire official wrote on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

On a website dedicated to knocking back viral misinformation about the fires, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office wrote that “out-of-state fire trucks take part in 15 minute safety & equipment inspection to ensure no issues with the vehicle.” When the rumor about emissions testing first surfaced in an unsourced post on X on Friday, the governor’s office noted, “the Oregon firefighting teams were already in the Los Angeles area battling the blazes.”

The false report had been amplified by the conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that was viewed more than 1 million times.

When D’Souza’s shared the false report, he commented, of a false report from the Santa Monica Observer, a site known for posting invented stories, “You can’t make this up!”

The Santa Monica Observer was previously in the news for falsely reporting, in 2022, that David DePape, the man who broke into Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband Paul with a hammer, was a male prostitute hired by Paul Pelosi. That false report went viral after being amplified by Musk.

Later on Sunday, the Observer removed the false report from its website, with an editor’s note explaining that a local official had complained, “we can’t have people like you posting misinformation during an emergency.”

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[tarabull]

FWIW, Jan 1st calls start 1/2 way down (page 8 currently)...

Alerts | Los Angeles Fire Department

lafd.org

 

[tarabull]

Firefighters holding Eaton, Palisades fires in check, but new wind event is on the way

Massive fires continue burning after igniting in the foothills of Pacific Palisades, and Altadena, forcing thousands to evacuate amid a life-threatening and destructive windstorm slamming Southern California.

abc7.com

 

[slowpoke]

15m ago

LA fire evacuees told no chance of return until at least Thursday​

Tens of thousands of people forced from their homes by enormous fires raking Los Angeles will not be able to return for at least four days, officials said Sunday, as reported by Agence France-Presse.

Frustrated evacuees have formed lines at checkpoints hoping to get into evacuation zones created for the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire, whose massive blazes razed whole neighborhoods.

Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles, California, on 8 January, 2025. Photograph: Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty Images

Many are desperate to get back to homes they had to flee with just a few moments’ notice to pick up medicines or clothes they did not have a chance to grab.

Others simply want to find out if their houses have survived.

But Los Angeles county fire chief Anthony Marrone said Sunday that gusting winds forecast this week mean the fire emergency is far from over.

“They can’t go home, simply because it’s not safe,” he told a press conference.

“It’s our collective priority... to be able to get residents back in their homes just as quickly as possible.

Investigators probe possible ignition sources in Californian blazes - as it happened

This blog has now closed but you can find all our coverage of the wildfires in California here.

www.theguardian.com

Further explanation of why it’s not yet safe for the evacuees to go back to their homes in the burned areas:

“Aside from flare-ups, downed utilities are creating hazardous conditions in fire-affected areas.

“I’m just going to say this – in driving around some of these areas, they literally look like war zones,” Luna said. “There are downed power poles, electric wires, there are still some smoldering fires … We do care, we want to get you back into your homes but we can’t allow that until it is safe for you to do so.”

Crowley echoed Luna’s warning of the downed utility poles and services.

“There’s no power, there’s no water, there’s broken gas lines and we have unstable structures,” she said.”

‘It's for your own good.' Why some fire-affected residents can't return home yet

Los Angeles County officials explain why fire-evacuated residents may not be cleared to return to their homes even if there is no fire in their neighborhoods.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[katydid23]

Lull in high winds not enough to help firefighters in Palisades​

David Willis
reporting from Los Angeles


In Altadena, they had been hoping for a break, provided by a lull in those very high winds.

That break only really exists until Monday night, when they're expected to return with a vengeance.

Within the last couple of hours, the biggest fire, which is in the Pacific Palisades, took a turn and is now heading towards the San Fernando valley and the densely populated cities of Encino and Tarzana.

It's also heading towards the upscale city of Brentwood, which is home to, amongst other people, US Vice President Kamala Harris.

That is a very bad sign if firefighters fail to get it under control. There was a lot of hope today that they would be able to do so and make use of this break in the weather, by virtue of the water-dropping planes that have been brought in.

We were counting on them being able to put the fire out in that area so we could get a good night's sleep after 3 days. But it is still burning.

It has clearly made something of a difference, but this was a crucial period and that turn of events isn't what the firefighters had been hoping for.

Behind me and the burnt out cars and homes are National Guard officers - hundreds of whom have been drafted in here over the course of the last 24 hours to protect sites such as this from looters.

It's extraordinary to think that given the heartbreak that some people here have experience, that they could then eventually return to their homes to find that some of their most valuable possessions that remain have been stolen.

More evacuation orders issued as largest LA wildfire bears down on new area

Many people in the wealthy neighbourhood of Brentwood have been told to leave, as the Palisades Fire spreads east.

www.bbc.co.uk

They cannot go back into those areas because that massive fire is still only 13% contained. It can reignite and explode in a moment's notice/

Arson charges filed over brush fire off Pacific Coast Highway near Ventura County line

A woman has been charged with arson in Wednesday's Freddy Fire, which broke out along PCH near the Ventura County line amid gusting Santa Ana winds.

www.vcstar.com

There were 4 incidents that I know of, involving arsonists---3 have been arrested, 1 got away.

I was wondering how the media are getting some of their aerial pictures. Are they putting aircraft up and/or drones? Hopefully they are observing the no-fly zones and just using long range lenses.

I think that mainstream media is allowed to register with Fire Dept authorities and can fly alongside that area in order to film but they are in radio contact and do not enter the red zone areas.

When KCAL and other media helicopters are streaming, they can be heard communicating with LAPD and LAFD pilots about changes in fly zone, etc.

 

[katydid23]

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-11-25#cm5t0rrn800003b6of1g30uf5

"It looks really good" - hopeful outlook for Palisades fire, after days of hard work largely keeps it within boundaries.

That's what I'm hanging my hat on----however, the Santa Ana winds are returning this afternoon, so it might be hard for the firefighters to keep the fire from crossing the fire line.

 

[katydid23]

Bless you! My son lives in Laurel Canyon and evacuated for a few days due to the Sunset fire but is back in his home. Today he is volunteering at a food and supply drive. He says the same thing, I don't want to be away from home too long. He has his to-go items right by the door but is afraid to be away and not be able to get back to get them. And he does not want to keep some of these items in the car for fear of theft. It is such an anxiety producing dilemma. I am glad he is volunteering at the supply drive, it is good for him to get out and feel he as some control of the situation and is doing something about it.

I hear ya. My daughter lives in Studio City, very near that recent popup fire there a few days ago. She evacuated for one night. But is back and like your son, she volunteered to help at a donation centre. She said it helped her focus on something besides fear and worry and felt productive and helpful. But the fires are still burning and the Santa Ana winds will be back today so we are not out of the woods yet.

We are just 4 miles away from the Tarzana evacuation zone---I hope it doesn't get to that.

 

[sunspun]

Looters dressed as firefighters arrested in LA​

At least 20 people have been arrested for looting evacuated homes in Los Angeles, including two people who posed as firefighters, a Los Angeles police captain says.

"Looting is an issue, the number of arrests is continuously growing," Capt Mike Lorenz of the Los Angeles Police Department told a community meeting in the Palisades yesterday evening.

He adds: "We even made arrests of two individuals that were actually posing as firefighters coming in and out of houses".

Fox News reports that some LA residents are hiring private security to help protect their home from looters. Sean Ben, founder of the security company Nastec, tells the network his company is providing round-the-clock security in some neighbourhoods.

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS
Image caption,
A "no looters" sign is placed on a road after residents fled from the Eaton Fire

LA braces for renewed high winds as three wildfires continue to burn

LA City mayor Karen Bass says "urgent preparations" are being made, with winds expected to peak on Tuesday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wow. Dressing up as firefighters to be able to loot! That's bold. Awful people.