{"id":2126,"date":"2025-10-13T19:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/2126\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:30:06","slug":"sandbags-available-as-la-county-prepares-for-intense-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/2126\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbags available as LA County prepares for intense rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 Rain is in the forecast for Los Angeles County beginning Monday evening, and officials are taking steps to make sure residents are prepared.<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s fire department took to social media Monday morning to provide forecast updates surrounding the intense rain, while also including online resources that can assist in readiness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peak rain intensities today (Monday) 5:00pm to Tuesday 3:00pm. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ready.lacounty.gov\/rain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ready.lacounty.gov\/rain<\/a> to prepare,&#8221; the department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LACoFDPIO\/status\/1977767028254802333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X post<\/a> read. &#8220;Assume that burn areas and canyon, hillside, mountain and other steep areas are more likely to have landslides and mudslides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LArain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LArain<\/a> is in the forecast<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPeak rain intensities today (Monday) 5:00pm to Tuesday 3:00pm.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVisit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q5eC1fRZMX\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q5eC1fRZMX<\/a> to prepare.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAssume that burn areas and canyon, hillside, mountain and other steep areas are more likely to have landslides and mudslides. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W9g9AoL8fH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/W9g9AoL8fH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 L.A. County Fire Department (@LACoFDPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACoFDPIO\/status\/1977767028254802333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 13, 2025<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Information about free sandbags at LA County fire stations can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pw.lacounty.gov\/dsg\/sandbags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the LA City Fire Department is also providing sandbags. For more info, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lafd.org\/news\/lafd-provides-sandbags-homeowners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And given that Rancho Palos Verdes has fallen victim to landslides of late, the city is providing sandbags to residents. They&#8217;re located at the City Hall info desk and are available during regular business hours. For sandbag placement tips, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpvca.gov\/DocumentCenter\/View\/6221\/sandbag-placement?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Pasadena has sandbags available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire Stations 37, at 3430 E. Foothill Blvd., and 38, at 1150 Linda Vista Ave.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 Rain is in the forecast for Los Angeles County beginning Monday evening, and officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2997,2999,7,9,8,1492,2998,19],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-weather","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-public-safety","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}