LADWP crews continue to work around the clock to restore power and support firefighting efforts.
Overnight, LADWP crews restored power to more than 24,000 more customers.
As of 10:30 am, 28,500 out of LADWP’s 1.5 million electric customers are without power—6,900 of those are customers located in the Palisades fire area.
As of 9 AM, crews have restored power to 341,794 customers since the start of the windstorm.
There are 118 crews working to restore power and PG&E mutual aid crews are supporting our efforts.
Our crews prioritize downed wire safety first – if you see a downed wire STAY AWAY and DIAL 911.
Our crews continue to focus on the longest-duration outages and ask for our customers’ patience as our crews work in hazardous conditions to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
The communities with the most impacted customers as of 7 am are Pacific Palisades, Brentwood and Los Feliz in the Metro area and North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, and Pacoima in the Valley.
It may take crews 48 hours to respond to an outage, with longer response times in some areas requiring complex repairs. Customers without power who are within or near fire impacted areas, may also experience extended outages of a longer duration due to damage to our equipment or the inability of crews to physically access the equipment or the area, to begin restoration.
BOIL WATER NOTICE FOR PALISADES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A “DO NOT DRINK” NOTICE IN EFFECT FOR ZIP CODE 90272 and ADJACENT AREA
A Do Not Drink Notice was issued Friday at noon for Pacific Palisades 90272 zip code and the area north of San Vicente Blvd under evacuation orders as required by state regulators for public health and safety.
People located in the 90272 Zip code and area north of San Vicente Boulevard should not drink or cook with the tap water until the notice is lifted. Residents are advised to limit the use of hot water and follow important instructions in the notice.
We will inform our customers when the water is safe to drink.
LADWP will be distributing bottled water to affected customers at two locations:
- Westwood Recreation Center (Open 24 hours)
- Adjacent to the Brentwood Country Club (Saturday, January 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, January 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
More info about DO NOT DRINK notice and important instructions at ladwp.com.
CORRECTING MISINFORMATION ABOUT LADWP’S WATER SYSTEM
Any assertion that fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades were broken before the Palisades fire is misleading and false. LADWP works with LAFD who is responsible for inspecting fire hydrants citywide. LADWP repaired every hydrant needing repairs as reported by LA Fire Department inspectors. LADWP’s fire hydrant repair list was current and updated, and all reported fire hydrants were fully operational in the Pacific Palisades and in L.A.’s Westside communities prior to the fire.
No power was lost to LADWP pump stations during the fire, and water supply remained strong to the area. Water pressure in the system was lost due to unprecedented and extreme water demand to fight the wildfire without aerial support. This impacted our ability to refill the three water tanks supplying the Palisades causing the loss of suction pressure. This impacted 20 percent of the hydrants in the area, mostly in the higher elevations. As soon as LADWP identified the risk of losing water in the tanks and water pressure in the system, we immediately deployed potable water tankers to sustain support for firefighting efforts.
LADWP was required to take the Santa Ynez Reservoir out of service to meet safe drinking water regulations. To commission the support and resources to implement repairs to Santa Ynez, LADWP is subject to the city charter’s competitive bidding process which requires time.
The water system serving the Pacific Palisades area and all of Los Angeles meets all federal and state fire codes for urban development and housing. LADWP built the Pacific Palisades water system beyond the requirements to support the community’s typical needs. As we face the impacts of climate change and build climate resilience, we welcome a review and update of these codes and requirements if city water systems will be used to fight extreme wildfires. LADWP is initiating our own investigation about water resiliency and how we can enhance our posture to respond to the impacts of climate change.
SUPPORTING FIRE RESPONSE
LADWP’s open-air reservoirs, including Hollywood Reservoir, Lower Stone Canyon and the Encino Reservoirs continue to be available to support CALFIRE and LAFD’s aerial firefighting efforts.
To support firefighting efforts, water crews are in the Pacific Palisades area shutting off water supply to leaking fire hydrants and customer connections that have been destroyed or unoccupied to help with maintaining water pressure.
Below is an update on our Windstorm Response as of Saturday, January 11, 9:00 a.m.
By City Council District (both single customer and area outages)
| District | Customers Out |
| 1 – Eunisses Hernandez | 1 |
| 2 – Adrin Nazarian | 3723 |
| 3 – Bob Blumenfield | 1300 |
| 4 – Nithya Raman | 2079 |
| 5 – Katy Young Yaroslavsky | 1923 |
| 6 – Imelda Padilla | 2435 |
| 7 – Monica Rodriguez | 4826 |
| 8 – Marqueece Harris-Dawson | 1 |
| 9 – Curren D. Price, Jr. | 2 |
| 11 – Traci Park | 12457 |
| 12 – John S. Lee | 122 |
| 13 – Hugo Soto-Martinez | 1 |
| 14 – Ysabel J.Jurado | 1 |
| 15 – Tim McOsker | 1 |
By Community (area outages only)
Metro
| Community | Customers Out |
| PACIFIC PALISADES | 6952 |
| BRENTWOOD | 6857 |
| LOS FELIZ | 499 |
| GRIFFITH PARK | 130 |
| BEVERLY CREST | 20 |
Valley
| Community | Customers Out |
| PACOIMA | 4658 |
| NORTH HOLLYWOOD | 2246 |
| SUN VALLEY | 1534 |
| SHERMAN OAKS | 1336 |
| BRENTWOOD | 1251 |
| SYLMAR | 944 |
| TARZANA | 736 |
| VALLEY GLEN | 467 |
| TOLUCA LAKE | 405 |
| VALLEY VILLAGE | 401 |
| WOODLAND HILLS | 379 |
| ENCINO | 367 |
| PANORAMA CITY | 317 |
| STUDIO CITY | 311 |
| LAKE VIEW TERRACE | 267 |
| WINNETKA | 222 |
| NORTHRIDGE | 111 |
| SHADOW HILLS | 91 |
| BEVERLY CREST | 78 |
| GRANADA HILLS | 8 |
| MISSION HILLS | 5 |
| BEL-AIR | 3 |
