Pasadena officials are asking homeowners to beginning preparing their property against potential mudslides fueled by forecasted weekend rain.
Pasadena and Sierra Madre residents can now use their taps after water quality officials lifted the do-not-drink notices Friday night.
The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it could also bring flash floods and mudslides. Although forecasts show that the risk is relatively low, local officials are taking the warnings seriously.
Three active fires in Los Angeles neared full containment Sunday, as the region receives much-needed rain that has produced flood and mudslide warnings lasting through Monday. Saturday, 4:00 p.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 87% containment, the Eaton Fire at 95% containment and the Hughes Fire at 92% containment.
Los Angeles, Pasadena and others are putting in extra work to make sure wildfire areas full of green waste debris get cleaned up before this rain.
Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy weather that allowed wildfires to thrive.
Bryan Strehl, 26, drove up to Upper Hastings Ranch to survey the familiar area. He was born and raised in Pasadena and teaches at Altadena elementary school, where, he said, six of his students and a colleague lost their homes in the Eaton fire.
Rain was falling across Southern California on Sunday, bringing some relief to thousands of firefighters who have been battling multiple major wildfires in the LA area.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a more than $2.5 billion package to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires