Neighborhoods Reopen as LADWP Works To Restore Power To Fire-Damaged Areas
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced that repopulation efforts will begin for communities impacted by the Palisades Fire starting at noon on Friday, January 17, 2025.
The areas now open to residents include portions of Topanga Canyon Boulevard from Viewridge to Grandview Drive, all neighborhoods off Old Topanga Canyon Road, Fernwood Pacific from Topanga Canyon to the intersection of Tuna Canyon and Saddle Peak Road, and unincorporated areas of Monte Nido and Las Virgenes Road between the 101 Freeway and Pacific Coast Highway.
The following zones are reopened to residents:
- MTN-U028-B: North of Piuma Road and south of Mulholland Highway
- SDP-U029-B: North of Mildas Dr./Loma Metisse Road and south of Baynes Road/Stunt Road
- RRC-U027-B: North of Topanga Ridge Motorway and south of Sylvan Glen Road
- TOP-U005: North of Old Topanga Canyon Road and south of Topanga Skyline Drive
- TOP-U008-A: North of W Hillcrest Drive and south of Hondo Canyon Road
- TOP-U009-B: North of Sischo Drive and south of Valley View Drive
- TOP-U007-B: North of S Topanga Canyon Boulevard/Summit Drive and south of N Topanga Canyon Boulevard
- TOP-U006: North of Robinson Road/N Topanga Canyon Boulevard/Harlan Motorway and south of Hillside Drive
- TOP-U003: North of Hillside Drive/N Topanga Canyon Boulevard/Greenleaf Canyon Road and south of Topanga Canyon Boulevard
- TOP-U004: North of Hillside Drive and south of Mendenhall Court/Santa Maria Road/Benkerdt Road
- DRY-U026C: North of Saddle Peak Trail and south of Mulholland Highway
All other road closures and evacuation orders related to the Palisades Fire remain in effect.
Residents seeking reentry can access the area through the intersections of Cold Canyon Road/Mulholland Highway, Old Topanga Canyon/Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road, and Topanga Canyon/Viewridge Drive.
As of 8:00 a.m. Friday, January 17, approximately 14,450 LADWP customers in the fire-damaged areas of Pacific Palisades and adjacent neighborhoods of Brentwood, Bel-Air, and Encino, remain without power. Fire holds on power lines are necessary to ensure the lines are safe before they are re-energized. LADWP cannot restore power to these lines serving our customers until authorized by Unified Command.
If you have returned home and see that a neighbor has their power restored but you do not, your home could be served by a different power line that remains on a fire hold for public safety reasons. Also, power lines in these neighborhoods often run north-south and through the hills, so it is possible that adjacent areas where fire holds have been lifted have power, while others nearby remain out.
For customers inquiring about whether their home is affected by the fire holds for public safety, please call LADWP’s customer service hotline at 1-800-DIAL-DWP (1-800-342-5397) and they will provide you with the most up-to-date information, as it becomes available from Unified Command and LADWP crews.
LADWP continues to remain in contact with Unified Command today on which additional power lines will be released from the fire holds. Once the fire holds are released, crews will begin restoration work for customers served by those particular power lines. This same process will continue until all affected lines that are on fire hold for safety review, are cleared for restoration.
Authorities encourage returning residents to remain cautious as fire crews continue operations in the affected areas.
