It’s the lack of communication. It was 0% contained by noon, according to ABC. Tanker aircraft dropping water and fire retardant were forced to divert from the area periodically because of turbulence, officials said. When the car comes closer to the location of the flash a small burning fire is seen. The library spans 243,000 square feet and was completed in 1991. WindAlert has the latest weather conditions, winds, forecasts, nearby currents, and alerts for the area! Richard Winton is an investigative crime writer for the Los Angeles Times and part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. Arson investigators are looking at the site of a burned homeless encampment near Easy St. and Madera Rd. Southern California Edison “is conducting a review into the circumstances surrounding the fire and will cooperate with all investigations into the origin and cause,” Villegas said. Gavin Newsom and top utility regulators have accused the company of mismanaging its power system and failing for decades to make the investments needed to ensure it's more durable. The grant assisted agencies responding to the blaze to apply for reimbursement for fire suppression costs. Watch Now. LeBron James sent taco trucks to feed firefighters battling the wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. Meanwhile 1.5million people suffered through another night without electricity on Wednesday, at least 1million of whom haven't had power for four days. See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for Simi Valley, CA. “When we ask you to leave, please leave immediately.”. But Angelo said she learned Tuesday that the outage was still in effect because of two damaged transmission lines dozens of miles away in Marin County. as firefighters try to keep the Easy fire from crossing the road into Thousand Oaks. A one-acre fire is being fought in Simi Valley on EB 118 near Yosemite Avenue. Coronavirus cases continue to decline in L.A. County; officials struggle with vaccine shortages. Neighbors say the Poulsons lived in the town of Coarsegold and the husband had retired just last year. About 600 Department of Water and Power customers in the fire area remained without power Tuesday. Their son reported them missing and their bashed vehicle was found on Monday. Wildfire victims have rejected PG&E's plan and back a competing proposal by a group of the company's bondholders. The size of the Getty fire's evacuation zone was reduced by roughly 3,000 homes on Tuesday but residents of about 7,000 dwellings remained displaced, fire officials said. She had left about 5:45 a.m. and saw no smoke or flames. A fire that started early Wednesday in the hills near the Reagan Library in Simi Valley grew quickly to 1,000 acres. Smoke from the Easy fire on Tierra Rejada Road between Simi Valley and Moorpark. Proof the Pfizer Covid vaccine works in the real world? Later that year, the destructive Woolsey Fire erupted near Simi Valley. In Mendocino County, officials say they are struggling to keep the public informed because they can’t trust the information they’re getting from PG&E. They had to evacuate. Also Tuesday, Edison announced in a quarterly earnings report that it was 'likely' its equipment caused last year's Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed hundreds of homes in a swatch stretching from north of Los Angeles south through Malibu to the sea. Times staff photographer Wally Skalij has covered many wildfires for the paper. California’s surge is receding, but officials still call for holiday caution, Meet 8 industry players behind Hollywood’s book adaptation boom, Novelists are writing for TV more than ever. For an … The Simi Valley 'Easy Fire' near Los Angeles is the latest fire which sparked Wednesday just before dawn and quickly spread to cover over  900 acres. He threw together some clothing, pet supplies for his cat, Shadow, and his chinchilla, Rocket, plus his Halloween costume, in case he couldn’t make it back home before his dress-up day at work Thursday. “You can see a lot of the water that’s coming from the ‘super scoopers’ is atomized because of the wind. Dean Cato and his son, Robert, arrive to help friend Billy Macfarlane save his family’s ranch on Tierra Rejada Road in Simi Valley. Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains and peaks in the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest, Phillips said. Gavin Newsom and top utility regulators have accused the company of mismanaging its power system and failing for decades to make the investments needed to ensure it’s more durable. SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – A fast-moving brush fire was spreading Wednesday in Simi Valley, prompting mandatory evacuations and threatening thousands of homes. The active fires include the Tick, Saddle Ridge, Getty and Palisades Fires and the latest Simi Valley 'Easy Fire' which broke out around 6.15am on Wednesday, Hours after the fire broke out smoke encircled the Ronald Reagan Presidential library, where both Ronald and Nancy Reagan are buried, Just before dawn on Wednesday a new wildfire erupted in Simi Valley, just 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles, Helicopter footage of the new wildfire in Simi Valley shows the smoldering mountains in Southern California, A firefighter pictured protecting the Reagan Library from the Easy fire in Simi Valley, California on Wednesday, Trinh Nguyen of the Camarillo Fire Dept pictured above monitoring the advance of the Easy Fire as a helicopter makes a water drop in Simi Valley on Wednesday, A firefighter pictured walking down from a burning hillside as the fast-moving Easy Fire burns in the background, Firefighter Kris McDonald keeps watch on the wildfire burning near a ranch in Simi Valley on Wednesday, A third fire spanning 100 acres called the Hill Fire broke out Jurupa Valley (left and right), according to Riverside County Fire Department. At a Glance. The fire is just 15 per cent contained, A firefighter looks at his phone while others talk in the parking lot of an evacuated shopping center while they await their next assignment in battling the Kincade Fire in Santa Rosa, Alex DeLeon with Engine 342 of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the US Forest Service watches the Kincade fire burn on a ridge between Lake and Sonoma Counties. Newsom had suggested $100 per household, or $250 per business. She also had little hope of getting a good night's sleep - there was no way to run the machine she relies on to counter her apnea. To the north, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Wednesday that it would begin restoring power to customers who were shut off this week in its latest bid to reduce wildfire risk. She is fluent in Spanish. Now as cases drop and vaccine supplies run low, these workers are unsure when they will get inoculated. Brush Fire Near Simi Valley Contained kvta.com | 08-11 (Photo courtesy Ventura County Fire PIO) Updated--Firefighters from Ventura and Los Angeles counties have fully contained a small brush fire that broke out late Tuesday morning just east of Simi Valley in the northwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley. Officials revealed Tuesday that the massive Getty Fire, which has burned through 745 acres of Los Angeles and threatens the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, was sparked by a tree branch that fell on top of power lines and ignited nearby brush. “I’ve never done this before, but it’s probably going to happen more often,” he said of the evacuations. No deaths were reported from the current fires but weekend gusts may have claimed three lives. 'This was, simply put in plain parlance, an act of God,' Mayor Eric Garcetti said during a news conference. The Easy Fire Map continues to burn today. This image shows the view of the fast approaching fire from the view inside the presidential library Wednesday, The 'Easy Fire', as it was named, came within 30 yards of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Strong gusting wind brought on by the weekend storm will continue to weaken Sunday night and in the next few days. Kaplan joined the exodus. 'We have agreed to move forward with a one-time bill credit for customers impacted by that event.'. “Be ready and prepared,” Lorenzen said. 'We are thankful to our federal, state and local partners for their extraordinary, collaborative response in this challenging time. An updated story is here. Published: 07:35 EST, 30 October 2019 | Updated: 00:18 EST, 31 October 2019. Flash flood warnings are in effect for much of the Central Coast including areas burned by the Dolan, Carmel and River fires. Sustained gusts between 20 and 30 mph threatened to fan the 118-square-mile blaze. Leila Miller is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. More than 370 personnel are fighting the fire and 11 structures have been lost. It definitely makes it challenging for us.”. 'What if we needed to evacuate and I had no gas in the car?' Around 5,000 years ago these tribes began processing acorns, and harvesting local marshland plants.Roughly 2,000 … She wound up driving to San Francisco, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away, before she found one. John Malta waters down mulch at his home while firefighters battle the Easy fire in Simi Valley. Absolutely public safety above all else, but there’s a big financial loss for my profession, having to throw away a lot of hard work,' Skye said. Rory Kaplan has lived on Roosevelt since the homes were built there in 2001. “I got the reverse 911 about 6:30 a.m.,” he said. The Easy Fire, estimated at about 1,600 acres, was reported Wednesday around 6 a.m. on a hillside between Simi Valley and Moorpark during extreme fire weather conditions. She joined the newspaper in 2013 as a reporter for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication. The dry and powerful Santa Ana 'Devil Winds', which are notorious for fanning wildfires, are expected to blast through Southern California Wednesday, whipping up new wildfires after a brief respite on Tuesday. Newsom had suggested $100 per household, or $250 per business. California Fire Threatens Reagan Library as Winds Make Containment Harder Easy Fire in Simi Valley quickly grows to 1,300 acres, as firefighters gain ground on Sonoma’s large Kincade Fire The brush blaze was dubbed the Easy Fire, and erupted in Simi Valley, just 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles, around 6.15am on Wednesday in the hills along Tierra Rejada Road, north of … The branch came from a tree 25 feet above the power line and 20 feet up a hill, LA Fire Department Arson Section conduct an investigation near a utility pole of a possible area of origin of the Getty fire along the 1700 block of N Sepulveda Blvd on Monday, The smokey view of a closed road between Avenida de los Arboles and LA Avenue pictured above covered in smoke from Easy Fire, Battling the Easy Fire: A resident watches as the side of the road as the Easy Fire quickly spreads in Simi Valley Wednesday morning. Deseire Quintero was identified as another victim of the blaze after she was crushed by a tree that fell in high winds around 9.40am on Sunday in Pogonip Park. Here’s a guide to the pipeline. About 80,000 homes are threatened in the blaze, leading officials to open 15 evacuation centers. Simi Valley, CA Local News, Information Articles, Stories & Announcements. Times staff writers Rong-Gong Lin II and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde contributed to this report. ', Oakland police officers in a cruiser stay alert in the Montclair shopping district during the PG&E power outage on October 10. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Starting March 15, people ages 16 to 64 who are disabled or at high risk for morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 will be eligible for vaccination. ‘The Bachelor’s’ first season with a Black lead is swept into a firestorm over race. Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft were also crucial, as they aided ground crews in keeping the fire skinny, Lorenzen said. Anger was mounting at Pacific Gas & Electric, the state's largest utility company, after it cut the supply Tuesday in order to stop branches being blown on to power lines, or lines being brought down on to tinder-dry ground, causing the blazes. A third fire spanning 100 acres called the Hill Fire broke out Jurupa Valley, according to Riverside County Fire Department. The Easy Fire was reported just before 6:10 a.m. Wednesday, south of the 118 Freeway near Madera and Easy streets in the city of Simi Valley. Fresno couple Edward and Iva Poulson were killed when a tree fell in vicious 30mph winds on their red Jeep in Bass Lake Monday night, leading their vehicle to veer off an embankment and hit more trees. Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said extremely high winds could also force water-dropping helicopters, a vital component of the firefighting arsenal, to be grounded. Five minutes after that fire ignited however, another brush fire started south of the 118 Freeway near the Rocky Peak Road in Simi Valley. President Ronald Reagan’s Air Force One sits on display at the Reagan Library as the Easy fire burns in the neighboring hills in Simi Valley. He and others have also complained that the utility has botched the outages by not keeping the public adequately informed. Shortly after 3 p.m., the fire jumped the 23 Freeway in the Moorpark area, where firefighters took a stand to prevent it from spreading west toward the Santa Rosa Valley. A major brush fire swept by gusts of Santa Ana winds up to 65 mph raced through Simi Valley hillsides toward neighborhoods Wednesday, threatening 7,000 homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee. The Woolsey Fire broke out near Simi Valley on November 8, and, over the next two weeks, it consumed an estimated 96,949 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Fire officials anticipated the containment figure would increase Thursday, as long as things remain under control. One semitruck tipped over on its side on the 118 Freeway in Simi Valley. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered after a brush fire erupted in Simi Valley Wednesday morning amid high winds and 'extreme red flag conditions.'. Any fire this year caused by PG&E that destroys more than 500 homes or commercial structures would trigger a clause in the financing agreement that would allow investors to back out. For the latest updates on COVID-19 visit the City Resources page. A 10-year-old boy was shot in Pasadena Sunday afternoon, suffering life-threatening injuries, police said. Ventura County officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for the area of the brush fire and at least 150 firefighters were working to extinguish the flames Wednesday morning, A rancher tries to put out a fire in a henhouse in a burning ranch as the Easy Fire spreads near Simi Valley, North of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Fabio Losurdo comforts his horse, Smarty, at a ranch in Simi Valley as the Easy Fire razes through the area, Ranchers evacuate horses in a burning ranch as the Easy Fire spreads near Simi Valley on Wednesday, A barn goes up in flames as the Easy fire rages Wednesday in Simi Valley, California, Harrowing images from the side of the 405 freeway north of Los Angeles, California shows the fury of the Getty Fire, As of Wednesday morning the Getty Fire had burned through over 650 acres and was just 15 percent contained. Easy Fire . The fire has destroyed 124 structures and more than 90,000 are threatened amid strong winds and dry weather, according to CalFire, California's fire-fighting agency. Jose Gutierrez evacuates horses in Simi Valley as the Easy fire burns Oct. 30 in Simi Valley. They haven’t been able to rent out a studio on their property, or even offer it to wildfire evacuees, because it has no power or water. Evacuation centers are being shared by the two fires at Borchard Community Center – 190 Reino Road. The fire started Wednesday on West Easy Street and West Los Angeles Avenue, Simi Valley. There was no containment of the fire as of Wednesday night. The Woolsey Fire is burning in Simi Valley spreading towards Oak Park today, while the Hill Fire is burning near Newbury Park, Cam Springs, and CSUCI. The branch came from a tree 25 feet above the power line and 20 feet up a hill, according to KABC-TV. “I’m right in the path,” she said. But Gov. That worries some in the hills above Santa Cruz. ', He followed up with another saying: 'My best wishes as well to the first responders. Three people have been killed in the devastating California wildfires this week. By 5pm about 435,000 customers — or nearly 1.1 million people — were without electricity as restorations were made from Sunday’s shut-off and new outages continued from Tuesday’s wind event, the utility said. But it ignited near a broken wire on a PG&E transmission tower, raising concerns that the equipment is to blame. The Fire Department released this photo believed to be that spoken branch, LAFD Arson investigators have determined the probable cause of the GettyFire was a tree branch that broke off during the high wind conditions and subsequently landed on nearby powerlines, which resulted in sparking and arcing that ignited nearby brush. Officials stressed the blaze was not the result of faulty equipment. He and others have also complained that the utility has botched the outages by not keeping the public adequately informed. 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