Snapped electrical poles/lines may have contributed to the 2025 Palisades fire. This was taken on the Via de las Olas bluffs on January 9..
After residents captured photos/videos of sparking/arcing or electrical wires and electrical poles during the Palisades Fire, one way to prevent future fires might be to underground the wires.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has said they will underground electrical wires in Pacific Palisades. So far, no significant plans, about where, costs or next steps have been presented to the community.
At the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, they will present plans.
The PPCC infrastructure committee is asking the community to submit questions for LADWP prior to the meeting.
The committee writes “To help us organize, please submit your questions via this LADWP Undergrounding Community Q&A Submission Form. We will collate these questions in advance and respond during or after the meeting to the best of our ability. Please share this information with your mailing lists and social media channels so we can capture as much community feedback as possible.
All questions must be submitted by Monday, March 23, at 11 p.m.
A question that this editor would like asked, is “why are there high voltage powerline on poles above Palisades High School at Temescal Canyon Road and Sunset Boulevard.” It seems that all high voltage power lines should be buried, especially since these high voltage lines on the pole-top distribution station may have contributed to the fires in the Via las bluffs.
Where and when were the pictures of the poles arcing and sparking? I still had power on Via de las Olas at 7:15 pm. The power went down at 7;20 but by then the entire neighborhood was on fire…every 5th house burning, either fully engulfed or just starting. And the cops and jakes just sitting in their vehicles with their flashing lights on, doing nothing.