9 homes evacuated in Big Tujunga area due to rains (KNX 1070 news)

[Nikki Stone1]

http://www.knx1070.com/Evacuation-Centers/5837720


The rain is pouring down:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/officials-consider-foothill-evacuations-as-rains-bring-accidents-plunging-snow-levels.html

Officials consider foothill evacuations as rains bring accidents, plunging snow levels

California Highway Patrol officers have responded to three times as many crashes this morning as usual and county officials are poised to order mandatory evacuations of neighborhoods below wildfire-denuded foothills as rain continues to soak Los Angeles County.

L.A. County Fire Department Inspector Matt Levesque said the greatest area of concern for mudslides is La Canada Flintridge, along Ocean View Boulevard.

“There could be some mandatory evacuations in the next couple of hours,” Levesque said shortly after 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, snow level dropped dramatically both in Southern and Northern California. It was snowing on the Cajon Pass, and snow was also expected on the Grapevine. The hills in the Bay Area got a rare dusting of snow, as did Santiago Peak in Orange County.

Jamie Meier of the National Weather Service in Oxnard said temperatures are expected to get frigid Monday evening into early Tuesday morning, into the single digits in the mountain areas. That could drop snow levels down to 1,500 feet, she said. “It’s going to be really cold,” she said.....