Los Angeles Wildfires Day 3: Palisades and Eaton Fires Remain at 0% Containment, 2,000 Structures Destroyed

180,000 locals are under evacuation orders as the county’s critical wind event comes to an end with nearly 30,000 acres burned

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 8: Flames from the Palisades Fire burns homes at Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in Malibu (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

JD Knapp and

Ross A. Lincoln

January 9, 2025 @ 7:14 AM

UPDATE, 6:00 p.m.:

At a press conference Thursday night that featured Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles County Sherriff Robert Luna, Senator Adam Schiff and other state, city and county officials, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho confirmed that all LAUSD schools will remain closed on Friday.

He added that decisions about next week’s classes will depend on weather, pollution and fire conditions, as well as time needed to clean schools of debris and ash and replace air filters. Those factors will be assessed over the weekend, but the implication is that schools will likely remain closed at least at the beginning of the week.

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