In January, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) responded quickly to support the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) for saving numerous lives from the wild fire.
Since early January 2025, two devastating wind-fed fires have killed at least 16 people and swept through 37,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area, destroying entire communities and more than 12,000 structures. Crews are also making progress on containing two smaller fires in the region. At least 13 people are missing, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Evacuation orders for the largest blaze, the Palisades Fire, have expanded as it sweeps east and threatens Brentwood and Encino. It is 11% contained. At least 153,000 L.A. residents were under evacuation orders overnight.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir. Los Angeles County declared a public health emergency, warning that smoke and particulate matter could pose immediate and long-term threats.
Almost 35,000 homes and businesses in Los Angeles are currently without electricity, according to Power Outage, a website which monitors outages.
The latest data shows around 18,400 Southern California Edison customers remain without power, as well as about 16,100 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers, and about 100 with Pasadena Water and Power.
GPA volunteers worked on spreading out the words, raising funds, preparing Thank-You cards, and reaching out for community’s support to LAFD (1/12, 1 hr for all): Zichen Ling, Kathie Wang, Erick Yan, Xing Liao, Jennie Han, Henderson Han, Kristine Wang, Kevin He, Tom Cui
