As of 5 PM, approximately 18,500 customers remain without power, out of LADWP’s 1.5 million electric customers— most of whom are in the fire-affected areas of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood. Our crews are currently assessing the fire-affected areas and will begin restoration efforts when assessments have been completed.
Other communities still experiencing outages include Venice, Encino and Sunland.
Crews have restored power to more than 360,000 customers since the start of the windstorm.
We continue to ask customers to report any downed wire sightings by calling 911 and making sure not to make contact with any wires. ALWAYS ASSUME wires are live and stay away.
SUPPORTING THE FIRE RESPONSE
LADWP is taking every measure available to us to restore water pressure to the Palisades area portion of its water supply system, in advance of more high winds in the weather forecast.
Over 8.5 billion gallons of water are available in three, open-air LADWP reservoirs and are being actively used by CALFIRE and LAFD to support their aerial attack. They will remain a critical part of the firefight and are fully available. LADWP’s Hollywood Reservoir, Lower Stone Canyon and the Encino Reservoirs have been critical in protecting lives and property throughout the firefight.
LADWP is supporting firefighting efforts with nineteen water tankers, each holding 2,000 to 4,000 gallons, running continuously to supply water to firefighters. They’ll keep supplying water ahead of forecasted high winds and continue until the fires are fully contained.
UPDATE ON RESTORING WATER PRESSURE TO PALISADES AREA
Over 200 employees are working on this effort. They are working around the clock to shut off services that were destroyed by fire and taking the steps needed to restore system pressure by fixing customer and distribution system leaks and shut of all fire hydrants that were left open.
These measures will boost water pressure throughout the system, restoring flow to our three, one-million-gallon storage tanks at higher elevation and all neighborhood pipes in the Palisades area.
This process requires multiple steps at various elevations to charge the pipes with water, identify leaks, and then repair or cap services. Once enough repairs are made, pressure will be strong enough to refill the tanks, which takes between 8-12 hours. There is plenty of water available from LADWP and regional sources coming through our large pipes serving the area to refill the tanks.
As of 5 PM today, LADWP has shut off over 4,200 residential and commercial connections to homes and businesses.
A “DO NOT DRINK” NOTICE REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ZIP CODE 90272 AND ADJACENT AREA, REPLACING THE PREVIOUS BOIL WATER NOTICE FOR THE SAME 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
- Sunday, January 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- **NEW** Monday, January 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More information about the DO NOT DRINK notice and important instructions can be found at www.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.
By City Council District (both single customer and area outages)
| District | Customers Out |
| 1 – Eunisses Hernandez | 1 |
| 2 – Adrin Nazarian | 854 |
| 3 – Bob Blumenfield | 2 |
| 4 – Nithya Raman | 6 |
| 5 – Katy Young Yaroslavsky | 1620 |
| 6 – Imelda Padilla | 2 |
| 7 – Monica Rodriguez | 3 |
| 8 – Marqueece Harris-Dawson | 1 |
| 9 – Curren D. Price, Jr. | 3 |
| 10 – Heather Hutt | 0 |
| 11 – Traci Park | 13943 |
| 12 – John S. Lee | 28 |
| 13 – Hugo Soto-Martinez | 2 |
| 14 – Ysabel J.Jurado | 1 |
| 15- Tim McOsker | 0 |
| ## – Not Available | 2043 |
By Community (area outages only)
Metro
| Community | Customers Out |
| PACIFIC PALISADES | 8150 |
| BRENTWOOD | 7448 |
| SAN PEDRO | 38 |
| VENICE | 18 |
Valley
| Community | Customers Out |
| BRENTWOOD | 1251 |
| SUNLAND | 846 |
| ENCINO | 367 |
| SUN VALLEY | 19 |
| CHATSWORTH | 18 |
| GRANADA HILLS | 8 |
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