About 35,000 homes and businesses without electricity in Los Angeles – data
34,646 homes and businesses in Los Angeles now they are without electricity; according to Poweroutage.usfootball monitor that tracks blackouts across the US
Roughly 18,400 Southern California Edison customers remain without power, as well as about 16,100 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers, and about 100 with Pasadena Water and Power, according to the latest data.
This latest data showing the number of people without power in some other areas of California:
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San Bernardino: 8,333
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The river: 7, 152
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Saint Barbara: 2,081
The update was posted at 10 a few hours agoThe LA Department of Water & Power said they have restored power to over 355,000 customers since the fires started on Tuesday.
Key events
Newsom signs an executive order suspending landmark environmental laws to allow rebuilding
Governor Gavin Newsom will suspend various environmental laws to allow rebuilding throughout the South California in places destroyed by wild beasts.
In an announcement On Sunday, Newsom said that as part of the executive order, he would drop the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act.
Newsom said:
Once the fires are extinguished, victims who have lost their homes and businesses can rebuild quickly and without having to run. The executive order signed today will help cut permitting delays, a critical first step toward getting our communities back faster and stronger. I have also instructed our public agencies to identify additional ways to restore and recover.
In addition to the suspension review of CEQA and the California Coastal Act, the executive order will direct state agencies to identify additional permit requirements that can safely be suspended or streamlined to expedite the restoration process.
It will also extend protection against price gouging in building materials, storage services, construction and other essential goods and services until January 7, 2026. Los Angeles company
CEQA, signed into law by California, then president Ronald Reagan, in 1970, requires state and local agencies to disclose proposed environmental projects. Meanwhile, the California Coastal Act, passed in 1972, provides guidance on how coastal land across California can be developed or protected from development.
As Los Angeles burns, politicians are slanderous in the state of fire.
Edward Helmore reports to the Guardian:
Gavin Newsom, CaliforniaThe Democratic governor appeared to be briefly at odds with the long-term Donald Trump to a party on Friday, when he invited the president-elect Los Angeles survey population from wildfires and meet with first responders, firefighters and “Americans” affected.
“In the spirit of a great country, we must not publish a political human tragedy or be distorted by the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a letter to Trump on Friday. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans – uprooted from their homes and fearful for the future – deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to recover and rebuild quickly.
The d*it lasted less than 24 hours. On Saturday, Newsom, who became the leader of the Democratic party in the 2028 season, had returned to a more familiar opposition position.
In an interview with America’s Safe PodTrump rejected the claim that water is being withheld from Southern California to protect the endangered fish, smelling the delta, calling the president-elect’s news of the event “a joke” and part of “a constant mantra that has been going on by Trump for years and years; and it’s being reinforced again and again within the right wing… and it’s completely ignored “.
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Animal rescue center Pasadena Humane has taken in and helped dogs, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep and hundreds of other animals that have been put down by wild animals in Southern California;
At 4pm PToday, Eaton fire officials will host a community meeting to discuss the current fire situation and address questions and about recovery Los Angeles the county fire department said.
The assembly will be in-fused man and in-fused to live on YouTube. Viewers can submit their questions 2025.eaton@firenet.gov.
In an update earlier today, fire officials he said The Eton fire is 11% contained and the fire remains burning at 14,117 acres.
Here are some pictures via news reports coming out Los Angeles where many wildfires were still burning;
Speaking at a press conference, Anish Mahajan, chief deputy director of LA County Public Health, said, “The air quality is better as we have seen reduced smoke with better fire containment this season.“.
For he added:
County residents should continue to monitor air quality, index, and AQI levels, wherever they are, but we’ll see the AQI numbers improve, and so we’re alerting residents who are close to the fire, who smell or see smoke, who have. AQI levels in disease zones, use masks when outdoors.
In response to the question of whether there is concern about hostility coming from Donald Trump towards California and its efforts to fight wildfires; Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said:
Actually, I’m not worried. I say that I invite the president to come to Los Angeles. I joined with the supervisor and the president, and I spoke with the incoming administration just yesterday. I’m not worried about the famous name. There are also, as I said before, several former colleagues who are there for confirmation. I feel like I have good relationships. “
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she believes the city is prepared for the severe storms expected in the coming days.
When asked if the city was prepared in regards to fire hydrants and water pressure, Bass said he would take a few hours off from other city affairs and maintain confidence in the city’s preparedness.
More than 13,000 people have contributed over $6m to the California Community Foundation to support wildlife relief efforts; Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.
“People are coming from all over to help us and make sure we’re ready days before. So thank you to them,” Bass said.
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The Los Angeles The fire chief, Kristin Crowley, said at a press conference that the city’s police were united and focused on responding to the tragedy.
Last week, Crowley was vocal about how water supply issues and economy issues “failed” his firefighters Donald Trump and other Republicans, who seized on his comments as evidence that Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other officials were guilty of wrongdoing before and during the fires.
She did not address the controversy directly, but said her focus was on a forecast uptick in winds that threaten to spread the Palisades to a deadly fire;
I want to be very, very famous. The critical community understands that these events are coming to Los Angeles. I want to confirm you Major Bass; [police chief James] McDonnell and I are united and focused on exactly what needs to be done to prepare the city for these next strong winds that are coming.
Kathryn BargerThe chair of the LA County Council said he had written to invite Trump to the city so he could see “the desperate need, but also the incredible opportunity, hope and perseverance of our neighbors impacted.”
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said the arson is still in use Los Angeles Areas of the city where evacuation orders are still in place.
“The order will remain in place tonight, the curfew order is from 6pm to 6am, and unless you are a public health worker or a disaster relief worker, there is no reason to be in these areas,” he said.
Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna also warned against those who “think about scamming, take advantage of this situation of residents who have already suffered.“.
Luna said state and federal authorities are all “looking to prosecute anyone who preys on our residents at this very difficult time, whether it’s burglary or any type of white-collar crime on the bench or anything you’re thinking of doing.”