Los Angeles County's first significant storm in more than eight months has already forced the closure of the 5 freeway at the Grapevine, unleashed mud on roadways, and triggered the closure of Malibu's public schools Monday due to dangerous road conditions.

Some schools in the Pasadena area are reopening on Monday following the Eaton Fire, as other schools in the Malibu area close down due to dangerous weather and road conditions. The Pasadena Unified School District announced that campuses will reopen for: The district says all sites were cleaned and sanitized by a specialized contractor and masks will be distributed

The return of the rain in Los Angeles has triggered Flash Flood Warnings, mudslides and debris flows in burn-scar areas, forcing officials to close roads and schools in the region.

All public Malibu schools will be closed Monday due to the storm causing dangerous road conditions and bringing challenges with accessing the schools, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced.

Officials are warning that mudslides could hit the areas affected by the fires as a rainy end to the weekend is expected.

Ever since the Palisades Fire tore through her Malibu community on Jan. 7, Jessica Davis’s cellphone has been ringing nonstop with calls to search for pets that might have survived.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch effective from 4 p.m. Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday for areas in or near burn scars created by the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hughes Fire and Bridge Fire, the latter blaze of which burned 56,000 acres last fall.

Several local eateries were wiped out entirely by the Eaton and Palisades fires while others have seen a dramatic fall in business.

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles has issued a flash flood warning for the Franklin burn scar and the western portion of the Palisades burn scar, west of Los Flores Canyon until 11 p.m.

He’s here at sunrise, for the 10th morning in a row, to get the latest updates on the fire and to assign his crew tasks for the day. When the Woolsey Fire tore through our hometown in 2019, it devastated our community and claimed over 1,

Administration officials with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced the closure of four campuses Monday due to dangerous road conditions and challenges with accessing the

Four schools in Malibu were supposed to start in-person learning again Tuesday morning for the first time since the Palisades fire began. However, three of those schools are staying closed and will be doing distance learning due to power outages .