Daily Wildfire Updates: Jan. 21, 2025

A person wearing light brown overalls and a blue Los Angeles baseball cap carries a crate of bottled water and walks towards a white car with the trunk open as it waits in line to receive
donations at a donation site.

Residents look through clothes at the mutual aid distribution center at the Arco on Fair Oaks and Woodbury, inside the evacuation zone near Altadena on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters

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Hey there and welcome to the daily public media wildfires update.

For the first time in ages, there’s rain in the forecast for next weekend. But we have to get through the rest of this week, with high winds still predicted and variable air quality reports around the area.

In today’s newsletter, get your dose of cuteness from a fifth grader interviewing his firefighter dad, pay attention to tips on driving when the wind picks up, and hear Madeleine Brand’s interview with LA City Councilmember Traci Park about the fire cleanup timeline.

Stay safe.

The Latest

Don’t drive if you don’t have to, but if you do, here’s your guide to driving in high winds and fire risk (LAist)
Musicians take stock of what they’ve lost in the fires (KCRW)
LA City Councilmember Traci Park on fire cleanup timeline (KCRW)

Looking Ahead

Leaders of Altadena’s first mosque focus on rebuilding (LAist)
The Pasadena Chorale is already rehearsing for its next performance (LAist)
One survivor’s tips for what to do if a wildfire has destroyed your home (NPR)

Fact Check

LA officials face questions over firefighting strategy (PBS News Hour)
Prepping for the next potential disaster: mudslides (LAist)
What is a PDS warning? (LAist)

Resources & Ways to Help

Reading Rhythms is helping Angelenos who lost books repopulate their home libraries (Reading Rhythms)
How you can get a free air purifier if you’re in Boyle Heights or East LA (Boyle Heights Beat)
Your house is still standing. Now what? (AfroLA)

Moment of Zen/Mental Health

Life Examined: In the aftermath of the LA wildfires we talk with experts to gain a better and more nuanced understanding of big trauma, resilience — and how humans naturally cope. (KCRW)
A California fifth grader interviews his firefighter dad (NPR)

Elsewhere on the Internet

A look at the women on the frontlines of the LA wildfires (Marie Claire)

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