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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Firefighters struggling with a wind-driven brush fire that has forced thousands from their homes in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday were hoping that a bout of rain from a cold front moving across the state will help bolster their efforts.

The Cave fire broke out Monday afternoon near East Camino Cielo and Painted Cave Road in the Los Padres National Forest. The blaze ignited amid erratic sundowner winds that sent flames rushing downhill toward communities in Santa Barbara and Goleta, spurring evacuations.

Steep, rocky terrain and critically dry grass and brush have stymied firefighters efforts. The fire behavior overnight was so erratic that when the winds gusting up to 50 mph would let up, the blaze would change direction and race back uphill toward firefighters, Los Padres National Forest Fire Chief Jim Harris said.

The Cave fire is burning under some of the toughest firefighting conditions anywhere in the world, he said. Weve experienced several offshore wind events at this point, and that has just dried the fuel bed out to the point where were seeing the fire behavior we saw last night.

The blaze had swelled to 4,262 acres with no containment late Tuesday morning. About 600 firefighters were on scene, defending homes from the advancing flames. Ten fixed-wing tankers and nine helicopters were expected to arrive by midday to aid in the effort, said Santa Barbara County Fire Capt. Daniel Bertucelli.

As the fire grew late Monday, mutual aid started to arrive from neighboring counties to help the local and national forest firefighters. The Ventura County Fire Department sent two strike teams _ about 10 fire engines _ Monday evening, and the Los Angeles County Fire Department sent a Firehawk helicopter, which is capable of performing nighttime water drops.

Engine teams were embedded in neighborhoods to defend homes in the fires path, and bulldozers and hand crews were at work throughout the night digging into the dirt to create containment lines around the perimeter of the blaze.

The fire prompted Santa Barbara County officials to declare a local emergency and request that Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaim a state of emergency for the region. The fire is causing conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within Santa Barbara County, the county wrote.

About 2,400 homes bordered by East Camino Cielo, Ontare Road, Foothill Road/Cathedral Oaks Road and Fairview Avenue were placed under mandatory evacuation orders. An evacuation warning was issued for the area north of Foothill Road and from Ontare Road east to Gibraltar Road.

Shortly after noon, about 4,000 residents in the far eastern area of the evacuation zone the largest section of displaced homeowners were to be allowed to return. Officials, however, warned that many would be arriving to homes without electricity. Large swaths of Santa Barbara County, including unincorporated areas between Goleta and Santa Barbara, along Highway 154 through Mission Canyon and parts of Summerland and Carpinteria, are experiencing power outages because of the fire.

No injuries have been reported, and no homes have been destroyed, but one outbuilding was damaged, officials said. It was not clear how the blaze started.

Firefighters expect their efforts throughout the day will be made more difficult by significant southwest winds blowing through the region. The fire has chewed through dense, old brush in an area that hasnt burned since the Painted Cave fire in 1990. That fire, which authorities said was the result of arson, destroyed hundreds of homes in the area and caused $250 million in damage. Harris called the area around San Marcos Pass where the winds funnel through the hillsides a nightmare spot for a blaze.

Weve had a lot of fires in Santa Barbara County in the front country over the last 15 years or so, Harris said. This is one of the last slots of old vegetation. Its something weve all talked about for years and years.

Fire crews may be getting some help from Mother Nature by Tuesday evening, when a storm is expected to arrive in the area, Bertucelli said.

Whats working in our favor is were getting rain tonight, he said. Its definitely going to affect our fire behavior. ... Its going to diminish the fire.

The storm, which is expected to drop about an inch of precipitation on the fire area, brings its own challenges in the burn area in the form of possible debris flows. During an early morning briefing, fire officials warned crews to be cautious when the rain started and to have a plan in case roadways were washed out.

Bertucelli said officials were mostly concerned about small rock slides onto Highway 154.

The impending rainstorm was welcome news to residents near the fire.

People say, What about the mudslides? But I believe we need it, said Fred Cortez, standing in his socks on his ash-sprinkled porch in the Blue Skies Mobile Home Park on Tuesday. The night before, Cortez watched as car after car fled the mobile home park. The hillside glowed with a deep orange hue and ash fell like snow on neighborhoods as residents rushed to pack their belongings and leave their homes.

But Cortez decided to stay.

The community was not under a mandatory evacuation order, and Cortez figured that if he really had to leave, police would come into the neighborhood to alert residents. In the meantime, he re-positioned his car so he could leave quickly if needed and began packing some important paperwork and belongings.

Cortez watched the news on his computer until 4 a.m., keeping the window blinds up so he could spot the fire on the mountains outside.

It looked like it would calm down, he said, and then it would flare up again.

Stan Jeffries, 91, was at home with his wife in Santa Barbaras San Vicente Mobile Home Park on Monday afternoon when his daughter called to alert him to the fire. Jeffries walked out onto his street and could see plumes of smoke in the surrounding hillsides.

First we saw smoke, and it wasnt too alarming, he said. As it got darker, you could see the flames, and they began to blossom.

The fire didnt seem to be an immediate threat, but hours later, a neighbor from the mobile home communitys disaster preparedness committee knocked on their door and told them it was time to leave.

The couple left about 2:30 a.m. after packing some blankets and important paperwork. As he sat at the evacuation center early Tuesday, Jeffries said he still wasnt too worried about their home.

I think our committee was a little conservative, he said, but by the time we left, we could see the fire coming down the mountain.

Before the sun rose Tuesday, about 45 people who had evacuated were sleeping in the Goleta Valley Community Center, which had opened as a shelter for displaced residents hours earlier.

Among them was 90-year-old Irene Lamberti, who lives in an unincorporated area of Goleta a few miles from the fire. She first saw smoke when she was driving home from a swim aerobics class on Monday afternoon. She didnt think she would have to evacuate and settled down to watch Antiques Roadshow on television and eat dinner.

I didnt think it was going to affect us, she said.

At about 8 p.m., authorities knocked on the door and told her that people in her neighborhood were evacuating. Lamberti and her husband spent about half an hour grabbing items from around their home and placing them in a small suitcase. They forgot their toothbrushes and her husbands pajamas, she said, but the couple made sure to bring a Japanese embroidery of a geisha that Lamberti had been working on for months.

Our house is like a museum. You cant take everything, she said. I wasnt going to leave that.

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The following break-ins were reported Tuesday to the Robeson County Sheriffs Office:

Antonio McDowell, Hilly Branch Road, Lumberton; Long Leaf Mobile Home Communities, Odum Road, Lumberton; and Clayton Homes, Huggins Road, Lumberton.

The following thefts were reported Tuesday to the Robeson County Sheriffs Office:

Mickey Locklear, Suggs Road, Lumberton; Anita Locklear, N.C. 710 North, Pembroke; Kristie Goins, Path Road, Fairmont; and Timothy Huggins, Mac D Road, Orrum.

Justin Henke, an employee of The Repair Shop at 701 E. Second St. in Lumberton, reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that he saw someone break in to the business by entering the building through the roof. No items were reported damaged or stolen.

Junior Little, an employee at Littles Garage at 1101 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Lumberton, reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole tools valued at $3,000 from the business.

Jon Hunt, owner of Jon Wayne Home Sales at 3601 E. Elizabethtown Road in Lumberton, reported Tuesday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole $110 and an iPhone, valued at $600, from an employee. The iPhone was recovered by police.

Frankie Locklear, of Pearl Street in Lumberton, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone broke in to his residence through a bedroom window and stole a pair of Skechers steel-toe boots, valued at $50, and a phone charger, valued at $15.

Youn Sung Soon, an employee at Youngs Beauty Supply at 304 N. Pine St. in Lumberton, reported Monday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole a R&B virgin 360 Remy 28-inch wig, valued at $700, from the business.

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With prices climbing in Montreal and fewer homes on the market to choose from, buying a fix-and-flip or a handyman special may seem like a good strategy to get into the market. Although HGTV makes it all look so easy, the reality can be complicated, expensive and risky.

Here are five money-losing mistakes homeowners make when they renovate:

Even professional appraisers recognize that home renovations arent just about return on investment (ROI). According to the Appraisal Institute of Canada, renovations pay off in three ways:

Increasing the selling price of your home

Increasing your enjoyment of your home

Maintaining the worth of your property

If your goal is to increase the value of the home enough to make a profit on a quick flip, gutting the kitchen, building an addition or replacing all the floors may actually end up losing you money in the end.

Likewise, if youre renovating a house you intend to stay in, you may regret cheaping out or cutting corners on the finishing if it sours your enjoyment of your home.

How much should you spend? According to home stager Gabrielle Grawey, it depends on the overall value of the home and what is typical within your neighbourhood.

The budget of someones house dictates the value of the renovation, Grawey said. If youre gutting your kitchen or bath and replacing with luxury when the current value of house doesnt match that, you can expect you will lose a good part of that investment.

Its not an investment unless you can have a reasonable expectation of making a profit. Some upgrades are more likely than others to boost your selling price.

According to a homeowners guide produced by the appraisal institute, the renos with the best payoff for sellers are kitchen and bath upgrades, repainting, cosmetic updates to dated or worn finishings, and decluttering.

The association notes that the renos that bring more joy than ROI are things like finishing a basement, adding a garage, sunroom or deck, along with fencing and landscaping. Better not to sink your money into these upgrades unless youre planning to stay a while and enjoy them.

A rule of thumb: the longer you intend to stay in a home, the more reasonable it is to spend money renovating it. Even if the renos dont increase the value of the home by enough to cover what you spent, if you experience greater happiness while living in the home, that may be enough payoff to justify the cost.

According to Remodeling Magazines annual survey measuring return on investment on home renovations, pretty much every major reno will probably be a money-losing one. The U.S. magazine compares the average cost for 22 common remodelling projects with the typical return upon the sale of the home in 136 American markets. In the 2019 survey, the highest ROI was for a garage door replacement, which recouped 97.5 per cent of the investment on average in other words, losing only 2.5 per cent.

That doesnt mean theres no way to make money on a flip. If you do some of the work yourself, theres more room to profit. Local market conditions will also have an impact. In a hot housing market, a renovated house may sell more quickly or be more likely to get multiple offers, which could also boost ROI.

If your goal in renovating is to spruce up a home for sale, your best bet is to start with the essentials: take care of basic home maintenance, repair whats broken, get the house professionally cleaned, and give the house a fresh coat of paint in neutral colours. Leave major renovations to the next owner.

Weve all seen those older homes with vintage mid-century tiles in the bathroom (that now seem kind of awesome), different shades of cheap laminate in each bedroom, real hardwood in the hallway, carpet in one room and a brand-new IKEA kitchen. It makes you wonder, what is this houses identity, anyway?

When it comes time to sell, patchwork renovations can be worse than no upgrades at all, said Tanya Nouwens, a RE/MAX Royal Jordan realtor and home stager.

According to Nouwens, its crucial to keep renovations in context with the home and neighbourhood. If the whole home is in a 1980s time warp, upgrading only the kitchen or bathroom can make everything else seem shabbier.

If the whole house is dated, renovating the kitchen draws attention to other parts that are shabby, Nouwens said. If a home is in a time period, I leave it in that time period.

Its fun to go shopping for tile, upgrade kitchen countertops or pretty up your yard with new landscaping. Yet if you blow your budget on cosmetic upgrades and neglect essential repairs or maintenance, youll not only end up scaring away potential buyers, but you could potentially face frighteningly high repair bills later on.

When it comes to maintaining the worth of the property, replacing the roof, updating climate-control systems, replacing windows and doors, updating electrical systems and repairing structural defects are the most important priorities, according to the appraisers institute.

Make sure these unsexy but essential aspects of your home are in good order. Buyers will often be willing, even keen, to update an old kitchen or repaint rooms to suit their taste, but no homeowner looks forward to replacing shingles or shoring up a buckling foundation.

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The holiday cooking season has kicked off. According to the National Fire Prevention Association, Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, followed by Christmas Day and Christmas Eve.

Holiday meals are not the best time to try a recipe for the first time. Work a recipe in advance to find out how complicated it will be, time involved, cooking accouterments, and how it tastes.

Never walk away from an active stove.

Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, dont use the stove or stovetop.

Stay in the kitchen while frying, grilling, boiling or broiling food.

Check food regularly and use a timer.

Keep anything that can catch fire oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains away from your stovetop.

Vegetable oil by itself is not flammable. However, once it reaches a flashpoint around 600 degrees F, it releases vapors that can catch fire and burn intensely. Autoignition can occur when the oil reaches a temperature of about 700 degrees F.

Heat the oil slowly to the temperature you need for frying or sauting.

If you see wisps of smoke or the oil smells, immediately turn off the burner and carefully remove the pan. Smoke is a danger sign that the oil is too hot.

Add food gently to the pot or pan so the oil does not splatter.

Keep a lid nearby when youre cooking to smother small grease fires.

In Case of a Cooking Fire

Get out! Close the door behind you to help contain the fire.

Call 9-1-1 after you get outside to a safe area.

If you fight the fire, be sure others are getting out of the house and you have a clear way out. (See below regarding fire extinguishers.)

Smother the fire by sliding the lid over the pan and turn off the stovetop. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled. Do not remove the cover because the fire could start again. Let the pan completely cool.

For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed, If the fire does not go out or you dont want to fight it, get everyone out of the house. Call 9-1-1 when you are outside.

NEVER Use Water On a Grease Fire. Water contains a lot of oxygen. Instead of cooling down the fire, youll have powered it up.

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NEVER Attempt to Move The Burning Pot/Pan Outside. The burning oil could spill, burning you and other flammable objects.

Never Swat The Fire With A Towel or Apron

Youll be fanning and spreading the flame. The material could catch fire. Do not to place a wet cloth over a grease fire, it will only charge it.

Fire Extinguisher: Keep an extinguisher in the kitchen. Tom Louis (ret.), Green Valley Fire District Battalion Chief and now Business Development Analyst with Emergency Reporting, notes that is very important to look at the UL rating on the extinguisher. A and B ratings are for home use. The number that accompanies the letter is the expected square footage the fire can handle. For example, a 10B rated extinguisher can cover roughly 10 square feet.

Louis recommends Tundra Fire Extinguishing Spray. This is a great extinguisher for older homeowners because it is so light at easy to use.

Hood Canisters: Hood canisters will protect a stovetop from grease fires. The tuna can-sized canisters are magnetically attached under the hood or microwave and deploy automatically when the flames from a cooking fire make contact with the fuse on the underside of the canister. The canisters open and drop a fine, dry powder over the flames below, suppressing the fire. Canisters cost between $56 to $200 and can be found at the hardware store.

Cook Top Systems: Mounted under the hood, an alarm will sound when the heat gets too hot. If the heat is not reduced and fire erupts, the system will immediately deploy and, if it is connected to a security system, alert the fire department. City permits and inspection are required. Products and installation of the system generally run less than $2,000.

After a fire, hire a reputable appliance repair company to inspect the appliance to ensure it is safe to use.

For more do-it-yourself tips, go to rosieonthehouse.com. An Arizona home building and remodeling industry expert since 1988, Rosie Romero is the host of the syndicated Saturday morning Rosie on the House radio program, heard locally from 8 to 11 a.m. on KNST-AM (790) in Tucson and from 7 to 10 a.m. on KGVY-AM (1080) and -FM (100.7) in Green Valley. Call 888-767-4348.

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The Alton City Council will meet as a committee of the whole Monday night to discuss a new tax levy and continue its talks on how to address a damaged retaining wall on Riverview Drive discovered earlier this year. An engineering firm has provided three suggested options for the city, ranging in cost from $169,000 to more than $561,000.

The Alton City Council will meet as a committee of the whole Monday night to discuss a new tax levy and continue its talks on how to address a damaged retaining wall on Riverview Drive discovered earlier this

The Alton City Council will meet as a committee of the whole Monday night to discuss a new tax levy and continue its talks on how to address a damaged retaining wall on Riverview Drive discovered earlier this year. An engineering firm has provided three suggested options for the city, ranging in cost from $169,000 to more than $561,000.

The Alton City Council will meet as a committee of the whole Monday night to discuss a new tax levy and continue its talks on how to address a damaged retaining wall on Riverview Drive discovered earlier this

Alton to discuss tax levy, retaining wall on Monday

ALTON Several demolitions and an annual tax levy ordinance are among the listed agenda items for Altons aldermanic Committee of the Whole meeting planned for 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, inside city hall.

Resolutions to commence with three demolitions at 728 Alby St., 614 Ridge St. and 2510 Maxey Street are among those on the agenda, with bid reports for the demolition of seven other properties, including 1317 and 1321 Pearl St., 615 Sering Ave., 1720 Maupin St., 3410 California Ave., 616 Anderson St. and 928 Hawley Ave.

Another resolution, an ordinance for the annual property tax levy, is to be considered for fiscal year April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. An amount for the tax levy will be recommended by the city comptroller.

In other committee business, city aldermen will preliminarily vote on resolutions pertaining the disposal or scrapping of a 2006 trailer used by the public works department and the scheduling of a public hearing to allow comments and questions concerning the proposed Transition Plan drafted by the officials of the City of Alton, pursuant to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

Aldermen are also scheduled, again, to discuss the damaged retaining wall on Riverview Drive and modifications to the rules of the Civil Service Commission.

This spring, the Alton Public Works Department noticed cracks in the retaining wall after a series of heavy rains. The walls condition worsened after additional downpours in August and the area around it was closed to traffic.

Since then, an engineering assessment has been made by Sheppard Morgan and Schwaab Inc. with three options generated for the repair of the wall. The costs of the options range from $169,000 to more than $561,000.

The Committee of the Whole meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month in Alton City Hall.

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There has been much discussion with regards on what to do with the Bighill Furniture Store in Fairfax. Three firms have submitted bids to tear down and dispose of the building, but there is also hope that filmmakers for, Killers of the Flower Moon, might come in and refurbish the building. Joe and Carol Conner also say they have found citizens who are willing to help restore the building.

The balancing act that the Board of Osage County Commissioners face is that there is a retaining wall currently holding the building up. That retaining wall is only made to last for a few more weeks before it becomes structurally unsafe and the building could fall.

If the commissioners choose to tear the building down with one of the three firms that submitted a bid, they only have another two weeks to choose one of those firms before those bids become non void. Carol Conner said she doesn't expect to get any further information within the next month. District Three Commissioner Darren McKinney expressed his concern if the county were to get any bad weather this winter.

The commissioners took no action on the agenda item, but the bids will expire on Thursday, December 19th. If they haven't yet made a choice by then, the commissioners would have to go out for bid a second time and possibly see higher prices.

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MURRAY (ABC4 News) The most thankful person in Utah this Thanksgiving may be a Utah Highway Patrol trooper who has narrowly escaped death twice in the last five months.

Both timesTrooper Riley Rugg was outside of his patrol cruiserinvestigating an accident when it was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

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On Monday, Trooper Ruggs dashboard camera shows him assisting a driver who had spun out on I-15 near 7100 South in Midvale when he notices a speeding car start to slide.

He runs to leap over a retaining wall just before the car slams into the back of his UHP vehicle pushing it toward him.

His body camera also captured the terrifying moment from his perspective.What else was Trooper Rugg seeing?

A little bit maybe of my life flashing before my eyes, he told reporters.

It started veering towards my vehicle and kind of last minute I was able to run around the front of the persons car and jump over the wall before they impacted my carI was a little worried that he was going to maybe squeeze between my car and the wall and maybe hit me so I just tried to get over the wall so the concrete barrier could protect meI was lucky to get over the barrier in time and avoid getting hit by the car.

Holiday weeks seem to be a treacherous time for the 22-year-old husband and former Marine whos only been on the job for 14 months.

I had a pretty close call 4th of July Weekend this year, he said.

On July 7th he was working an accident along I-80 in Parleys Canyon and had just walked away from his patrol vehicle when a speeding Ford F-350 pickup rolled over the top of it.

That day the driver of the truck was ejected and flown to the hospital but Trooper Rugg and the driver in the original crash escaped unscathed.

Its a miracle that we werent hurt, he said afterward. Just a mile an hour or two difference in speed could have made the situation a lot different better or worse so Im just grateful how it happened that we werent injured.

Despite the two close calls, Trooper Rugg doesnt have any second thoughts about his career choice. Hell be out patrolling the highways this Thanksgiving weekend.

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Above left, a Pasadena firefighter surveys the Thanksgiving Day, 2018 big rig crash on the I-210 Freeway near San Gabriel Blvd. overpass which saw a truck slide on wet roads, crash through the Gold Line retaining wall and end up near the tracks. Image by RMG News. At right, a view of the Arroyo Seco channel with the Vista del Arroyo Federal Courthouse in the distance during heavy rain in 2017. Image: Karol Franks @okarol via Twitter.

Forecasters say there is 100% chance of rain for Thanksgiving Day in Pasadena, and possibly a thunderstorm, with a chilly high temperature of just 54 degrees predicted.

Officials are urging that drivers exercise caution on slick roads, hoping to avoid a repeat of accidents like the one on the I-210 last year at this time which saw a big rig crash through a retaining wall and damage the Gold Line tracks.

The National Weather Service said the storm could have major travel impacts including delays and potential road closures, mainly due to low-elevation snow or flooded roadways.

This storm will hit the entire state of California, even Death Valley, former Jet Propulsion Laboratory climatologist Bill Patzert told the Los Angeles Times.

The storm is expected as the result of a deep upper-level trough of low pressure developing over the West Coast and expected to bring cold and wet conditions through at least Friday, the NWS said. Rain amounts Thursday are expected to be between a quarter inch to as much as 1.5 inch, with the higher amounts in eastern L.A. County.

Here is the forecast for Pasadena:

Thanksgiving Day: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 54. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 39. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: A 10 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65.

City spokesperson Lisa Derderian reminded residents to visit http://www.cityofpasadena.net/disaster for emergency preparedness information. If you are not part of Pasadenas Local Emergency Alert System (PLEAS), sign up for the telephone notification system today by visiting http://www.cityofpasadena.net/Fire/PLEAS.

Pasadena residents and businesses with any power emergencies should call the Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) Department at (626) 744-4673 and for water-related emergencies call (626) 744-4138. PWP customers are also encouraged to sign up for specific emergency utility alerts by visiting http://www.cityofpasadena.net/waterandpower/oms/.

National Weather Service information for the Los Angeles area is online at http://www.weather.gov/losangeles.

The public is also reminded to:

Clear debris and overgrowth from drainage channels and rain gutters before it rains

Keep cars charged or with full gas tanks; power outages might shut down gas pumps or charging stations

Stay away from storm drain channels and do not attempt to cross flooded roads

Never touch any downed utility lines; call 9-1-1 to report

Keep your disaster kit updated with flashlight and extra batteries; portable battery-operated radio; first aid kit and manual; emergency food and water for your family and pets; non-electric can opener; essential medications; sturdy shoes, socks & gloves; essential paperwork & emergency cash, and comfort items for children

Make sure your vehicles are in good repair; especially windshield wipers

Slow down while driving in the rain; allow extra travel time and use caution while braking and turning as grease and oil have built up on roadways with lack of rain, making for slippery conditions in wet weather

Remember to turn off sprinklers, system controllers and timers as it is prohibited to irrigate landscaping during rainy periods

Use rain barrels to collect and reuse rain water

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