The gymnasium at La Cañada High School, 4463 Oak Grove Drive is serving as an American Red Cross evacuation center. Pets will be accepted and cared for by the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA.
Chun asked residents to check the city's website at www.lacanadaflintridge.com for regular updates. The site had not been update since Friday afternoon, but Chun anticipated new information going up by late morning Saturday.
Heavy rains that pounded La Cañada Flintridge in the early morning hours Saturday overwhelmed the Mullally Debris Basin in the Paradise Valley area, with the resulting mud and debris destroying homes on at least one street before flowing down Ocean View Boulevard and onto Foothill Boulevard.
The protective cement K-rails installed last fall by the county in the wake of the Station fire were no match for the debris flows. Many were pushed out of place and no longer provided protection for homes. Vehicles parked in the neighborhood also took a hit, with up to 40 picked up by the flow and carried to various sites along Ocean View.
No injuries have been reported, but Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel rescued at least one family, and search and rescue teams are on the scene to assist others who might need to be taken to safety.
At least four homes on Manistee Drive sustained such massive damage that they may no longer be inhabitable, and at least two dozen others in the neighborhood were impacted by mudflows.
“We know upper Ocean View and Manistee is pretty much a train wreck,” Mayor Laura Olhasso said Saturday morning. “Other areas of the city are not in great shape, but not bad.”
