SATURDAY EVENING UPDATE: L.A. City Provides Status Update on Wildfire Emergency Response

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LOS ANGELES - The City continues its urgent work today to contain fires with thousands of emergency responders on the ground and to provide resources for people impacted by the fires. Please visit lacity.govfor more information and resources on wildfire emergency response and recovery. The National Weather Services reports calm weather is expected through the weekend for the City of Los Angeles. Current forecasts predict Santa Ana winds and potentially dangerous fire conditions to return starting next week.

What You Need To Know:

• Palisades Fire Unified Incident Command announced limited re-entry to some evacuation zones for residents only - LAPD and LA Sheriff will allow re-entry for residents to certain neighborhoods under evacuation order including Encino and Brentwood. Curfews remain in effect in these areas and law enforcement will be checking proof of residency at checkpoints. For more information see the City of Los Angeles website. Regular updates and additional guidance for re-entry will be provided through lacity.gov.

• Find out if your home has been damaged with Damage Inspection Dashboard. The Dashboard is operated by L.A. County updated regularly and information may change.

• For residents who have not yet been able to return to evacuation areas, please know that emergency crews are responding and assessing burn areas

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began assessing impacted areas to address environmental hazards - As Los Angeles moves forward with recovery efforts, the EPA has begun assessing possible environmental hazards so that clean up can commence in impacted areas.

  • Urban Search and Rescue Teams, including K9 units, are actively searching the area for potential human remains to ensure no individuals are unaccounted for - Search efforts are thorough and deliberate, ensuring accuracy and sensitivity during recovery operations.

  • Firefighters continue to monitor the area to ensure that embers and sparks don't ignite new fires in the surrounding areas.

  • LADWP is working with Unified Command, fire safety and law enforcement leaders, to ensure it is safe to restore power to fire impacted customers. Once it is determined to be safe,LADWP will re-energize circuits to restore power to customers in the areas with residential re-entry.

• There are criteria for consideration prior to re-opening areas currently under mandatory evacuation order. To see the safety and environmental criteria that must be considered in order to allow for re-entry, please visit the LACity.gov.

Updated Re-Entry Information

• Earlier today, Unified Command announced additional re-entry and repopulation to certain zones, which can also be accessed on the LAFD website:

EVACUATION ORDERS REDUCED TO WARNINGS:

Los Angeles City Zones: LOS-Q0767-B, LOS-Q0767-C

RESIDENT-ONLY ACCESS REDUCED TO WARNING:

Los Angeles City Zones: LOS-Q0762-A, LOS-Q0767-B, LOS-Q0767-C

Los Angeles County Zones: MTN-U028-B, SDP-U029-B, RRC-U027-B, TOP-U004, TOP-U006, TOP-U007-B, TOP-U008-A, TOP-U009-B

EVACUATION ORDERS & WARNINGS REDUCED TO NORMAL:

Los Angeles City Zones: LOS-Q0406-A, LOS-Q0407, LOS-Q0762-B, LOS-Q0765, LOS-Q0778-A, LOS-Q0779, LOS-Q0780, LOS-Q0781-A, LOS-Q0782-A, LOS-Q0782-B, LOS-Q0782-C, LOS-Q0798, LOS-Q1115-A, LOS-Q1115-B, LOS-Q1118

Los Angeles County Zones:MCR-U021-C, DRY-U026-A, DRY-U026-C, RRC-U027-A, TOP-U001, TOP-U002, TOP-U003, TOP-U005

City of Calabasas Zones: CAL- C415

City of Santa Monica:SAN-Q1395-B, SAN-Q1396-B

Air Quality Guidance:

Residents are reminded that exposure to ash from the Palisades and Eaton wildfires remains a potential health concern and are reminded to take proper precautions to protect themselves. Windblown ash particles may be too large to be detected by air quality instrumentation and not reflected in the Air Quality Index (AQI) map. However, ash is typically visible to the naked eye either in the air or on outdoor surfaces. Although the AQI may show green, hazardous ash may be present in the air.

South Coast AQMD reminds residents to take precautions under any of the following conditions:

• AQI Levels are elevated.

• You smell smoke.

• You see ash.

Available Resources:

• Care Camp Available for Impacted Kids and Teens- The RAP Support Camps are dedicated to assisting families impacted by the Palisades fire at Oakwood Recreation Center in Venice and Mar Vista Recreation Center operating Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM, until Friday, January 31.

• City Disaster Recovery Center Open - This one-stop information and resource center located at the intersection of Westwood & Pico provided assistance to more than 1100 households impacted by the wildfires thus far today. More information on resources and support is available at lacity.gov.

  • The center is located at the UCLA Research Park, formerly known as the Westside Pavilion at 10850 Pico Blvd. It will operate from 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM, 7 days a week for the next several weeks.

• Help With Retrieving Pets From City Evacuation Areas- If you need help retrieving your pet from the evacuation area, call 213-270-8155. You will be prompted to answer key questions about your pet, its possible location and its needs.

As of 10:00 PM the following progress has been made on the fires affecting our region.

• Palisades Fire 49% Contained

  • The fire remains an active emergency, having spread more than 23,713 acres with 49% containment.

  • Evacuation orders remain in effect.

  • Thousands of firefighters are on scene deploying resources including heavy-duty trucks and equipment as well as air support.

  • The City continues to provide shelter and resources to impacted families. The evacuation zone map is available at fire.ca.gov.

• Eaton Fire 73% Contained

  • The Eaton fire affecting the communities of Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and La Cañada-Flintridge remains an active emergency, having spread more than 14,117 acres.

  • For the latest information regarding the Eaton Fire visit lacounty.gov/emergency.

Palisades Fire Evacuation Sites:

Evacuated Residents and Families and Small Animals Shelters:

• Stoner Recreation Center | 1835 Stoner Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025

• Westwood Recreation Center | 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

• Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Recreation Center | 14201 Huston St.,Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

• Ritchie Valens Recreation Center | 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Pacoima, CA 91331

Emergency Evacuation Shelter for Large Animals:

• Hansen Dam Horse Park | 11127 Orcas Ave, Hansen Dam, CA 91342

Accessibility at Emergency Support Centers:

The City of Los Angeles ensures that all emergency support centers are accessible to people with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication and equal access to its programs, services, and activities. Service animals are allowed at all emergency support centers. On-demand Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) for languages other than English, including American Sign Language, is available at all locations. For accessibility services, residents can contact [email protected], call 311, or notify any staff member on-site to make a request.

Restoring Power Outages:

Approximately 7,069 LADWP customers in parts of Brentwood, Bel-Air and Encino had their power restored as of Saturday morning. LADWP received clearance from Unified Command Friday afternoon, January 17, to restore power to additional power lines that were previously under fire hold for public safety in parts of Brentwood, Bel-Air and Encino. LADWP will continue working closely with Unified Command on restoring power to the remaining customers without power due to public safety concerns.

Customers with questions about the status of their service should call 1-800-DIAL-DWP and a customer service representative will provide you with the most up-to-date information, as it becomes available from Unified Command and our crews.

LADWP will provide further updates to the community as they receive them and encourage customers to follow them on Nextdoor, social media and visit their newsroom at www.ladwpnews.com.

Water Quality Updates and Notice:
LADWP appreciates all of their customers' patience and understanding as they refine resources to better communicate the boundary lines and information on the Do Not Drink notice for affected LADWP customers. This notice was issued out of an abundance of caution due to the operating conditions (water pressure), location of fire, and distribution system hydraulics. Customers can click HERE for information and a detailed map of the affected area posted in the LADWP newsroom.

Brentwood Neighbors:

• Please be advised that the Brentwood neighborhood is NOT under the current Do Not Drink notice.

• LADWP's Do Not Drink notice applies to the following areas within LADWP's service territory: 90272 zip code and the areas immediately south of the 90272 zip code that lie north of San Vicente Blvd, with a northeast boundary that skirts the area just south of Brentwood.

• LADWP tests water quality locations throughout the City on a daily basis, including weekends and holidays. The rigorous monitoring program includes collection of over 25,000 samples, and it is the basis for LADWP's operational assessments and regulatory reporting. Citywide water quality data remains within normal ranges and continues to meet all drinking water standards.

• Any LADWP customer with water quality concerns, can contact LADWP at 1-800-DIAL-DWP (1-800-342-5397). LADWP offers free technical assistance and water quality testing to any customer in their service territory, landlord or tenants.

• For the most recent information on the Bottled Water Distribution for LADWP customers, please visit ladwpnews.com/bottled-water-info/.

LA Strong - Return and Rebuild:

• Mayor Karen Bass announced yesterdaythe appointment of Steve Soboroff to serve as the Chief Recovery Officer for the City of Los Angeles to kick off the City's massive rebuild and recovery effort, which was initiated by her Emergency Executive Orderearlier this week.

• Working directly with her and with the assistance of the full breadth of her Administration and City Departments, he is charged with recommending a comprehensive City strategy for rebuilding and expediting the safe return of residents, workers, businesses, schools, nonprofits, libraries and parks in areas devastated by the fires that started last week.

• This effort's top priority is to clear the way for Los Angeles residents to rapidly rebuild the homes and community they lost.

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