LA COUNTY TROPICAL STORM WARNING AS OF 8/19/2023 12:01AM........Details Below

 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2023 

VOLUME 17 NO. 33VOLUME 17 NO. 33

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HURRICANE HILARY 

CREATES RARE TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH FOR 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Storm will be the first tropical 
storm to hit the area in 84 years.

SIERRA MADRE COUNCIL TO 
VOTE ON JOINING MULTIPLE 
CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS

SOCIAL MEDIA LAWSUIT

On Tuesday, August 22nd, the Sierra Madre City Council will bring before 
the public it’s decision to participate in the pending litigation against Meta 
(formerly “Facebook”), TikTok, Snap, YouTube as well as other social media 
companies through the joining of a mass action lawsuit commenced by 
Frantz Law Group, APLC. The matter was discussed in closed session on 
July 11, 2023 and approved by the council.

 The lawsuit will allege that these companies knowingly and purposefully 
caused a mental health crisis among children and teenagers that is marked 
by higher proportions of anxiety, depression, and thoughts of self-harm, all 
of which severely affect their quality of life and ability to succeed in school. 
The goal of the litigation is to hold these companies accountable for the 
harm imposed on children and teenagers and to obtain the necessary funding 
for prevention education and mental health services. This mass action 
includes several other cities and school districts as plaintiffs. 

FOREVER CHEMICAL CLASS ACTION

At that meeting, staff will also recommend that the council enter into an 
agreement with outside attorneys to facilitate the initiation of litigation and 
2)authorize the City Attorney and City Manager to take any necessary
next steps to initiate litigation. The City believes there is a high likelihood 
that several toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) have contaminated 
the City’s groundwater wells and/or surface water sources. The 
engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of systems to treat 
contamination in the affected wells and/or surface water sources will result 
in significant financial costs to the City. On July 11, 2023, the City Council 
approved in closed session the initiation of litigation against chemical companies 
that have polluted City water systems with PFAS, to recover costs for 
PFAS treatment without passing that expense onto its ratepayers. 

City Manager Jose Garcia noted that “there are currently no industrial pollution 
in out aquifer” but warned of the potential exposure to such chemicals 
in the new joint well that the city is developing with the City of Arcadia.

The council will meet in chambers on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 5:30 pm.

No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California 
since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National 
Weather Service. Strong, tropical-storm-force winds 
will be possible Sunday through Monday, strongest over 
the mountains, valleys, and foothills of Los Angeles and 
Ventura Counties.

Major League Baseball rescheduled three Sunday games 
in Southern California, moving them to Saturday as 
part of split-doubleheaders. The National Park Service 
closed Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National 
Preserve to keep people from becoming stranded amid 
flooding. Cities across the region, including in Arizona, 
were offering sandbags to safeguard properties against 
floodwaters.

It is also recommended that residents should prepare 
for life-threatening rainfall flooding having possible 
extensive impacts across Los Angeles and Ventura 
Counties, and possibly Santa Barbara County. Potential 
impacts include: - Major rainfall flooding may prompt 
many evacuations and rescues. - Small streams, creeks, 
canals, arroyos, and ditches may become dangerous 
rivers. Destructive runoff may rage down mountain 
valleys while increasing susceptibility to rockslides, 
mudslides, and debris flows. Flood control systems and 
barriers may become stressed. - Streets and parking 
lots become rivers of moving water with underpasses 
submerged. Driving conditions become dangerous. 
Many road and bridge closures with some weakened or 
washed out.

WIND: Prepare for hazardous wind having possible 
limited to significant impacts across Los Angeles and 
Ventura Counties, with greatest impacts over Catalina 
Island and Santa Barbara Island, as well as the mountains 
of Los Angeles County. Potential impacts in this 
area include: - Damage to porches, awnings, carports, 
sheds, and unanchored mobile homes. Unsecured 
lightweight objects blown about. - Many large tree 
limbs broken off. A few trees uprooted, but with greater 
numbers in places where trees are shallow rooted. Some 
fences and roadway signs blown over. - A few roads 
impassable from debris, particularly within urban or 
heavily wooded places. Hazardous driving conditions 
on bridges and other elevated roadways. - Scattered 
power and communications outages.

Stay Informed: Local emergency notifications

In Los Angeles County, the system — Alert LA County 
— sends out messages via text, phone call or email 
when residents need to evacuate immediately, to prepare 
to evacuate, or to shelter in place. In other words, 
it’s for really serious stuff.

The notifications are free, but you have to sign up for 
them. To do so, visit the “Stay Informed” page on the 
Ready LA County site.


INSIDE THIS WEEK

SIERRA MADRE NEWS ...................Pgs 1,3

CALENDAR.....................................Page 4

PASADENA NEWS..........................Page 5

ALTADENA/SAN MARINO.............Page 6

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY....Page 8

EDUCATION & YOUTH....................Page 9

BEST FRIENDS..................................Page 10

THE GOOD LIFE..............................Page 11

OPINION........................................Page 12

LEGAL NOTICES.............................Page 16

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