15m in the past
Woodley Hearth, new blaze, breaks out close to wildlife reserve
One other hearth has damaged out in Los Angeles. The Woodley Hearth began on Wednesday morning round 6 a.m. PST.
Maps from Cal Hearth present the hearth is on the border of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve and Woodley Park. The world runs alongside Interstate 405. Cal Hearth warned that the hearth is being pushed south by robust winds and poses a risk of crossing Burbank Boulevard.
The hearth has burned about 75 acres, Cal Hearth stated. Crews are working to comprise the blaze.
By Kerry Breen
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32m in the past
Fires “extremely uncommon” for January, L.A. official says
An official within the Los Angeles space described the wildfires as uncommon for California in January.
Lindsey Horvath, a Los Angeles County supervisor, recalled that file rainfall in February final yr triggered flooding and landslides.
“So that is extremely uncommon,” Horvath stated on “CBS Mornings.” “We all know that local weather change has impacted our area.”
Whereas acknowledging the difficulties of leaving their properties, Horvath requested folks to proceed to comply with evacuation orders, saying, “if we do not get folks safely evacuated, it is not solely a hazard to the people who find themselves residing in these communities but in addition for the people who find themselves on the frontlines.”
By Kelsie Hoffman
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60m in the past
Map reveals evacuation zones in Los Angeles
Maps from the California Division of Forestry and Hearth Safety, or Cal Hearth, present areas which can be beneath evacuation orders and warnings. Areas beneath obligatory evacuation orders are highlighted in purple, and warnings are in yellow.
Cal Hearth
Individuals in purple areas are required by regulation to depart, and people areas are closed to the general public.
There’s a potential risk to life and/or property in yellow zones. Individuals needing extra time to evacuate, and folks with pets and livestock, are additionally suggested to depart instantly if they’re in yellow zones, in accordance with Cal Hearth.
The newest Los Angeles Hearth Division updates about evacuation orders might be discovered right here. Cal Hearth has up to date details about evacuation orders and assets accessible for these affected.
By Kerry Breen
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8:26 AM
Hearth official warns of “ferocious winds” fueling fires
Sheila Kelliher, a Los Angeles County Hearth Division captain, referred to as the winds driving the wildfires “ferocious” and suggested individuals who stay within the areas round Los Angeles which can be impacted to stick to the evacuation warnings.
“It’s hurricane-force winds and you may think about attempting to battle hearth in these winds,” Kelliher stated on “CBS Mornings.” “It’s actually extremely difficult and risky and unpredictable.”
“Get out when these warnings come,” she suggested people who find themselves affected. “Pack up, get able to go. … Generally as you’ll be able to see the automobiles needed to be left behind and lots of instances simply even getting out on foot, you have to get going.”
A Firefighter watches the flames from the Palisades Hearth burning in entrance of the Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church throughout a strong windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles.
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She stated combating three fires concurrently is a “huge pressure and stretch of assets.”
“It takes a small village, a small metropolis truly, to run every one in all these fires,” she added.
By Kelsie Hoffman
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8:17 AM
Rose Bowl opens animal evacuation middle
Amid obligatory evacuation orders in Los Angeles, the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena is getting used as an evacuation middle for giant animals, officers stated on social media.
Small animals might be evacuated to the Pasadena Humane Society, in accordance with the put up.
The annual Rose Bowl was performed on the stadium simply final week, on New 12 months’s Day. The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Oregon Geese.
By Kerry Breen
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7:27 AM
Winds anticipated to peak this morning, forecasters say
Meteorologists on the Nationwide Climate Service Storm Prediction Service stated in a put up on X early Wednesday that, “Harmful hearth climate circumstances are ongoing in southern California with essentially the most excessive circumstances anticipated this morning.”
They added that, “Winds ought to step by step weaken considerably via the day, however vital hearth climate circumstances are anticipated to persist into Thursday.”
Firefighters had their arms full, with flames from three wildfires being fanned by these winds.
By Brian Dakss
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-fe703362
5:58 AM
SAG scraps stay award nominations announcement resulting from fires
The Display Actors Guild says it canceled its stay announcement of nominations for this yr’s SAG Awards “as a result of wildfires and adversarial wind circumstances in Los Angeles.”
The guild says it was observing “an abundance of warning for the protection of our presenters, friends, and employees.”
As an alternative, the guild says, “nominees might be unveiled tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7:30 a.m. PT by way of press launch and the SAG Awards web site.”
The awards, the guild’s thirty first annual, are scheduled to be handed out on Feb. 23.
By Brian Dakss
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-f51cec6c
5:32 AM
Residents evacuate, main horses by hand
Footage from the scene of the Eaton Hearth confirmed some householders operating via the streets whereas main horses by hand, with flames burning on the hillsides behind them.
An Eaton Canyon resident main horses by hand within the midst of evacuation orders brought on by the Eaton Hearth.
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One other video confirmed not less than one house with flames emitting from the roof. Firefighters say that it’s one in all a number of properties burning.
– Dean Fioresi, Matthew Rodriguez
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4:42 AM
Greater than 200,000 energy outages from the wildfires
The extraordinary Santa Ana winds and a trio of enormous wildfires triggered energy outages for greater than 200,000 properties and companies in Los Angeles County Tuesday night time and early Wedsnesday.
Forward of the robust storm, officers predicted this climate will “doubtless be essentially the most damaging windstorm seen since 2011.”
As of 12:30 a.m., the Los Angeles Division of Water and Energy had roughly 127,000 clients with out energy. Crews had restored utilities to 24,400 residents earlier within the day. For perspective, LADWP offers electrical energy to 1.5 million residences.
Southern California Edison, which offers electrical energy to LA County residents outdoors of metropolis limits, reported that greater than 52,000 clients with out energy as of midnight. The most important outage was centered in Duarte with 7,930 residents with out electrical energy at round 10 p.m.
Forward of the windstorm, SoCal Edison stated it was contemplating public security shutoff for roughly 409,000 Southern California residents, primarily in Riverside and Los Angeles counties. An estimated 123,400 and 113,735 clients had been anticipated to be affected within the respective areas.
By Matthew Rodriguez
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-094c7e40
3:53 AM
LAFD seeks assist from off-duty firefighters
Firefighting assets throughout the Los Angeles area have already been stretched so skinny that the L.A. Hearth Division requested all off-duty firefighters to name in to their supervisors to report on whether or not they’re accessible to help within the firefight.
LAFD firefighter Margaret Stewart stated it is the primary time in 19 years the division has accomplished that.
The robust winds compelled officers to floor all plane, together with water-dropping helicopters and flame-retardant planes.
However in an in a single day put up on X, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom stated the state “has deployed 1400+ firefighting personnel & tons of of prepositioned belongings to fight these unprecedented fires in LA. Emergency officers, firefighters, and first responders are all arms on deck via the night time to do every thing potential to guard lives.”
And CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO-TV experiences that officers with the Arizona Division of Forestry and Hearth Administration say the state despatched firefighting groups to Los Angeles to assist native firefighters.
California has secured help from the Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) via the Hearth Administration Help Grant for each the Palisades and Eaton Fires. The grants permit for native departments to use for as much as 75% reimbursement of bills incurred combating the flames.
– Dean Fioresi, Matthew Rodriguez, Brian Dakss
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2:32 AM
Third hearth breaks out in L.A. space — the Hurst Hearth
Firefighters are battling one more brush hearth — one which broke out in Sylmar, the northern-most neighborhood within the metropolis of Los Angeles. It has been dubbed the Hurst Hearth, CBS Los Angeles experiences.
It was first reported shortly after 10 p.m. native time behind the Olive View-UCLA Medical Middle, in accordance with the Los Angeles Hearth Division.
Crews stated the flames had been shifting quickly and shortly charred about 100 acres of brush. California Freeway Patrol officers on the scene stated a whole mountainside seemed to be burning.
Later, CalFire reported that it had unfold throughout 500 acres.
Some evacuation orders had been issued.
By Brian Dakss
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-0799180f
1:48 AM
Firefighter damage; burn victims stroll to eatery
A 25-year-old feminine firefighter battling the Palisades Hearth suffered a critical head damage at about 8:30 p.m. native time, in accordance with Capt. Erik Scott, a spokesperson for the L.A. Hearth Division. It wasn’t clear the way it occurred. She was handled on the scene, then delivered to a hospital for analysis, Scott stated.
A few half-hour later, Scott stated, “a number of burn victims had been reported strolling towards a close-by restaurant.” Medical personnel had been dispatched to deal with the victims on the scene.
By Brian Dakss
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-747b6a7d
12:41 AM
Harris points assertion on Los Angeles-area wildfires
In a press release late Tuesday night time, Vice President Kamala Harris, a California native, stated that her “coronary heart goes out to all these being impacted by the devasting wildfires in Southern California.”
Harris stated that “as a proud daughter of California, I do know the harm that wildfires have on our neighbors and communities. I additionally know that the impression is usually felt lengthy after the hearth is contained. As we reply and as Californians get well, I’ll be sure that our administration is in fixed contact with state and native officers.”
Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, have a house within the Westside Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, which is situated about 5 miles east of Pacific Palisades.
By Faris Tanyos
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12:02 AM
Wildfire forces residents of senior residing middle to evacuate to darkish parking zone
Dozens of seniors had been evacuated from a Pasadena assisted residing middle after the Eaton Hearth acquired inside a few block of their facility.
The residents of the Terraces at Park Marino, many in wheelchairs and on gurneys, had been huddled collectively at nighttime, windy parking zone of a 7-Eleven to flee the flames.
A supervisor instructed CBS Information that about 95 residents had been evacuated. It was unclear the place the seniors can be taken.
Assisted residing facility evacuated due to fast-moving brush hearth
05:12
By Faris Tanyos
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11:37 PM
Video signifies scope of devastation from Palisades Hearth
The precise extent of the devastation from the Palisades Hearth continues to be unknown, however footage from on the bottom offers an concept of its potential scope.
CBS Information correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti captured apocalyptic photographs from one Pacific Palisades neighborhood, the place house after house was engulfed in flames.
“The firefighters right here, they don’t seem to be attempting to avoid wasting these buildings, they’re attempting to forestall these flames from leaping to different neighborhoods,” Vigliotti reported Tuesday night time. “You see all these embers. In some circumstances, they’re being carried greater than a mile upfront of those supply flames, lighting different properties on hearth.”
Neighborhood after neighborhood… GONE. That is the center of the Palisades. pic.twitter.com/HPVvbyCKmT
— Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 (@JonVigliotti) January 8, 2025
By Faris Tanyos
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11:05 PM
Santa Monica points obligatory evacuation orders
Town of Santa Monica introduced obligatory evacuation orders Tuesday night time for an enormous swath of the town due to the Palisades Hearth.
“Metropolis of Santa Monica is issuing an Evacuation Order for all areas of the town north of San Vicente,” the town stated in a put up to social media. “Evacuation Order: Instant risk to life. It is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW. The world is closed to public entry.”
Metropolis of Santa Monica is issuing an Evacuation Order for all areas of the town north of San Vicente. Evacuation Order: Instant risk to life. It is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW. The world is closed to public entry.
Updates: https://t.co/BTF6UsEbYG
— Metropolis of Santa Monica (@santamonicacity) January 8, 2025
Santa Monica, a coastal metropolis with a inhabitants of about 90,000, is situated between Malibu and Los Angeles, and simply to the west of Pacific Palisades.
By Faris Tanyos
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10:39 PM
Second brush hearth threatens Altadena in L.A. County
Los Angeles County firefighters Tuesday night time had been battling a second brush hearth with a big potential for progress within the Eaton Canyon space close to Altadena.
The Eaton Hearth was first reported at round 6:40 p.m. Pacific Time within the space above Altadena. Evacuation orders had been issued for parts of Altadena and close by Pasadena.
Altadena is situated northwest of downtown Los Angeles, on the border of the Angeles Nationwide Forest. The hearth had scorched not less than 400 acres, the U.S. Forest Service reported. Later, the full had grown to 1,000 acres, CalFire stated.
Eaton Hearth grows to 400 acres as extra authorities situation extra evacuations
03:15
Firefighting assets throughout the area have already been stretched skinny to the purpose that the town of L.A. Hearth Division requested that every one off-duty firefighters name in to their supervisors to report in the event that they’re accessible to help within the firefight.
Learn extra right here.
By Dean Fioresi
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10:58 PM
Biden points assertion on Southern California wildfires
President Biden introduced Tuesday night time that’s monitoring the wildfire exercise in Southern California.
“I’m being ceaselessly briefed on the wildfires in west Los Angeles. My workforce and I are in contact with state and native officers, and I’ve provided any federal help that’s wanted to assist suppress the horrible Pacific Palisades hearth,” Mr. Biden stated in a press release.
The president added that FEMA accepted a “Hearth Administration Help Grant to assist areas which can be impacted and assist reimburse the state of California for the speedy firefighting prices. I urge the residents of the Pacific Palisades and the encompassing areas of Los Angeles to remain vigilant and take heed to native officers.”
Mr. Biden additionally urged “the residents of the Pacific Palisades and the encompassing areas of Los Angeles to remain vigilant and take heed to native officers.”
By Faris Tanyos
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-85a7515d
10:36 PM
Hanging photographs of Southern California wildfires
As harmful wildfires unfold quickly in Southern California, photographs of the blazes started to emerge.
A firefighter battles flames because the Palisades Hearth burns on the west facet of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025.
Reuters/Ringo Chiu
A wildfire burns within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025.
Reuters/Daniel Cole
A firefighter battles the Palisades Hearth throughout a windstorm on the west facet of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025.
Reuters/Ringo Chiu
Flames overtake the intersection of Temescal Canyon and Pacific Coast Freeway within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025.
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By Jordan Freiman
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10:11 PM
Evacuation orders increase for Palisades Hearth
Evacuation orders for the Palisades Hearth had been expanded Tuesday night time. The whole Pacific Palisades group was beneath an evacuation order, whereas Malibu and Calabasas had been beneath a mixture of obligatory and voluntary evacuations.
All areas south of the 101 Freeway between Malibu Canyon and Topanga Canyon roads had been both beneath obligatory or voluntary evacuation zones.
The newest evacuation map is right here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/california-windstorm-fuels-pacific-palisades-wildfire-as-residents-flee-live-updates/#post-update-dce6b7fc
10:19 PM
Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency amid “excessive hearth danger”
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency because the Pacific Palisades wildfire exploded in dimension, fueled by one of many strongest Santa Ana wind occasions to hit Southern California within the final decade.
Firefighters battle flames from the Palisades Hearth on Jan. 7, 2025 within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry circumstances in Southern California.
Eric Thayer / Getty Photos
“It is a extremely harmful windstorm that is creating excessive hearth danger — and we’re not out of the woods. We’re already seeing the damaging impacts with this hearth in Pacific Palisades that grew quickly in a matter of minutes,” Newsom stated in a press release Tuesday.
He urged Southern California residents to concentrate to native climate experiences and comply with steerage from emergency officers.
Learn extra right here.
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9:18 PM
Blaze destroys properties in Pacific Palisades
The variety of buildings broken or destroyed by the Palisades Hearth up to now was unclear.
Nevertheless, CBS Information correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reported that not less than six properties had been destroyed in a single neighborhood, as CBS Information captured footage of heavy flames, smoke and billowing ash.
CBS Information correspondent Carter Evans resides in a single neighborhood that was beneath risk.
“I am at the back of this house, attempting to assist the firefighters, in order that they requested me for assist, as a result of he could not recover from the gate,” Evans stated. “So I am attempting to get the flames out.”
Robust winds gas quickly increasing wildfires in Southern California
03:36
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9:27 PM
Drivers abandon automobiles as they flee blaze
Because the Pacific Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles shortly grew Tuesday afternoon amid a damaging windstorm, some fleeing residents caught in gridlock had been compelled to desert their automobiles as harmful flames approached.
Sundown Boulevard was jammed with automobiles as folks tried to evacuate. Resident Marsha Horowitz was strolling down Sundown along with her canine and stated the hearth division instructed folks to get out of their automobiles. “The hearth got here proper all the way down to the highway, and the hearth division got here up and stated ‘get out of your automobiles now,’ as a result of the hearth was proper up towards the automobiles,” she stated.
Police assist folks evacuate alongside Sundown Boulevard because the Palisades Hearth burns throughout a strong windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025, within the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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“We’re all freaked out in every single place, all shaking,” Pacific Palisades resident Sue instructed CBS Los Angeles. “The hearth division have been essentially the most superb people. They hugged us and stated don’t fret we’ll handle you. They’ve been superb.” She estimated winds earlier at 50 mph.
Learn extra right here.
By Julie Sharp
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9:32 PM
Iconic Getty Villa closes as wildfire grows
The well-known Getty Villa, a museum situated close to the Los Angeles coast in Pacific Palisades, introduced that it’s going to stay closed via not less than early subsequent week as a wildfire tears via the realm.
“We swiftly closed the Villa to non-emergency employees, and the location is closed to the general public on Tuesdays. The Getty Villa will stay closed not less than via Monday, January 13,” J. Paul Getty Belief President Katherine Fleming stated. “We, in fact, are very involved for our neighbors within the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and the encompassing areas.”
Smoke and flames encompass the Getty Museum alongside Pacific Coast Freeway amid the Palisades Hearth in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025
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Fleming stated the ability utilized its irrigation system all through the day and that the galleries and collections have measures to guard them from the smoke.
Learn extra right here.
By Matthew Rodriguez
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9:38 PM
What to know concerning the Southern California windstorm
The expansion of the comb hearth burning in Pacific Palisades has been aided by excessive winds that climate officers have referred to as “life-threatening and damaging,” with remoted wind gusts doubtlessly reaching as much as 100 miles per hour in some areas.
The Nationwide Climate Service issued a excessive wind warning via Wednesday night for a lot of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
The Santa Ana wind occasion is anticipated to be the worst the area has seen in greater than a decade, in accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service.
Learn extra right here.
By Chelsea Hylton
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