Entries from LAist tagged with 'mudslide'
May 23, 2008
A Los Angeles county crew shovels mud from a road, in Sierra Madre, Calif. Friday, May 23, 2008. A mudslide closed two roads in the foothill community of Sierra Madre as wet and windy weather bounced through Southern California for a second day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) After a fire ripped through the hills above Sierra Madre last month, rain caused a mudslide forcing the closure of two roads while officials urged voluntary evacuations that......
Continue Reading "Mudslides to Tornadoes to Snow, It's Practically Summer"January 27, 2008
LA's homeless population is filling up local shelters, with some trying to gain permission from officials to allow people to stay inside 24 hours a day. Extra cots have been set up, and shelters like the Union Rescue Mission are at capacity. Many Southern California Edison customers found themselves without power last night thanks to the weather. The primary concentration of outages was in the Lake Arrowhead area. Traffic woes: Roads through Griffith Park were......
Continue Reading "Sunday Morning Winter Storm Lowdown"January 25, 2008
We get to call it a "Winter Storm" because it's storming and it's January, and not to overstate the obvious, but it is Winter Storming like nobody's business out there. Although the rain may have tapered off somewhat in the overnight hours, the greater Los Angeles area is bracing for another onslaught of downpours, with more high winds, flood risks, and snow. Snow? What? Huh? Yes, Angelenos, we're talking the little white specs that......
Continue Reading "Winter Storm Watch: Little White Specs That Fall From the Sky and Rain, Rain, Rain"January 5, 2008
As the second wave of the massive storm system that wailed on the area last night approaches, here are some updates on conditions and storm-related happenings:We have the power: CBS2.com reports that "Power has been restored Saturday to 31,000 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers who lost service" due to the rainstorm. A quarter of the outages were located in the San Fernando valley. Some customers, including a few hundred in OC with......
Continue Reading "SoCal "Monster Storm" Update"January 5, 2008
As of 12:30 a.m. tonight, 10,300 LADWP customers went without power throughout the city, primarily due to downed wires from the weather, according to a press release from the city agency. Crews have been deployed to the scattered outages, affecting the following areas and number of customers: South LA 1,153 Cheviot Hills 1,442 Knollwood 151 Mid City 561 Granada Hills 12 Belair Estates 4 Country Club Park 29 Studio City 38 North Hollywood 3,257 Westchester......
Continue Reading "Storm Related Power Outages & Possible Valley Mudslide"September 22, 2007
Today at 12:43 p.m., a mud slide occurred at 6711 Forest Lawn Dr, just West of Barham Blvd., trapping 6 to 7 vehicles according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. No injuries are reported and Forest Lawn Drive is closed between Barham and Zoo Drive. It is unknown at this time if the cars were parked or driving. *Update, 1:43 p.m.: The mudslide is 1' deep x 300' long and spreads across all lanes.......
Continue Reading "Mudslide Traps Vehicles on Forest Lawn Drive*"