As rain began to fall on Tuesday, the anxiety was palpable among property owners within the high-risk zones. The storm, which brought two inches of rain to the city, did not cause any significant erosion, however. Kevin Chun, director of administrative services for the city of La Cañada Flintridge, said the city monitored the situation throughout the week and that as of Wednesday hillsides remained stable.
“We are relying on information from the incident command center for potential mudflows,” Chun said. “As of so far, we have not gotten any information regarding volunteer evacuations or mandatory evacuations I think we are pretty fortunate that the storm was not as intense as some thought it would be.”
Earlier in the week the dark clouds put some local property owners on edge. Agnes Foos, who lives on Los Amigos Street, was at the parking lot on Foothill Boulevard across from City Hall on Tuesday filling sandbags with sand provided by the county. She said she and her neighbors are taking the county engineers’ advice and being proactive about protecting their homes. Some property owners have hired private contractors to build fencing to protect themselves, she added.
“There is an undeveloped hill a couple of blocks away from us that may go in the rain,” Foos said. “And so right now they are putting K-rails on my street. We are in the direct path. It is pretty steep up there. It isn’t as far up as Briggs [Avenue] or some of the other streets, but it is just as serious because of the potential for the landslides.”
