Numerous Riverside County homes destroyed by fire; SoCal Edison cuts power to thousands
LA TimesResident Adilene Cardenas, right, waits for word on the whereabouts of her two dogs after a fire swept through her backyard and destroyed her garage on Palm Lane in Fontana. As a precaution for the conditions, Southern California Edison cut power to nearly 13,000 customers in parts of San Bernardino, Ventura, Kern and Los Angeles counties Thursday as firefighters battled the Sandalwood fire and other growing blazes fueled by the winds. Here are the communities covered by the current round of shut-offs: Tehachapi Bird Springs Horse Canyon Loraine Sand Canyon Twin Oaks Palmdale Agua Dulce and Acton Boiling Point White Heather Fontana Rancho Cucamonga Rialto San Bernardino Lytle Creek Muscoy, Devore, Glen Helen Regional Park Etiwanda, Grapevine Canyon, San Sevaine Flats Devil’s Canyon, Serrano Village, Kendall Fern Ann Falls, Twin Lakes, Deer Lake Highlands, Chatsworth Lake Manor Fillmore Simi Valley Santa Susana Edison cut power to 65 customers in unincorporated Kern County on Wednesday afternoon as winds gained strength. Edison outages may occur in the following areas: Los Angeles County Lancaster Palmdale La Cañada Flintridge Malibu Pasadena Chatsworth San Fernando Santa Clarita Unincorporated areas including Acton, Agua Dulce, Boiling Point, White Heather, Sunland, Tujunga, La Crescenta, Montrose, Wildwood, Canyon Country, Newhall, Forest Park, Sleepy Valley, Del Valle, Leona Valley, Plum Canyon, Alpine, Merrie Dell, Indian Springs, Juniper Hills, Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Mt. Wilson, Valyermo, Paradise Springs, Humphreys, Placerita Canyon State Park, Littlerock, Pearblossom, Quartz Hill, Lake Hughes, Green Valley, Elizabeth Lake, Sylmar, Portal Ridge, Three Points, Upper Big Tujunga Canyon, and near Antelope Valley and areas of Chatsworth and Sylmar San Bernardino County Big Bear Calimesa Fontana Hesperia Rancho Cucamonga Rialto San Bernardino Yucaipa Yucca Valley Unincorporated areas including the communities of Doble and Upper Holcomb Valley, Cajon Pass, Devore, Etiwanda, Lucerne Valley, Lytle Creek, Running Springs, Lake Arrowhead, Cedar Pines Park, Valley of Enchantment, Crestline, Valley View Park, Joshua Tree, Homestead Valley, Oak Hills, Muscoy, Green Valley Lake, Morongo Valley and areas near Yucca Valley Ventura County Fillmore Camarillo Simi Valley Santa Rosa Valley Ventura Unincorporated areas including Sespe, Oak Village, north of Moorpark, Piru, Elkins Ranch Golf Course, Leesdale, north Fillmore, Santa Susana, Stauffer, Sycamore Canyon, Solromar, areas near Piru and communities along Telegraph Road in the Ventura-Santa Paula area Riverside County Banning Beaumont Calimesa Hemet San Jacinto Menifee Moreno Valley Perris Unincorporated Riverside County, including the communities of Whitewater and Bonnie Bell, Banning Pass, Cabazon, Owl, portions of Desert Hills Outlet Mall, North Palm Springs, Gilman Hot Springs, Lakeview, Nuevo, Mons, Mead Valley, Eden Hot Springs, Mountain Center, Good Hope and near Beaumont and Banning Orange County Rancho Santa Margarita Orange Unincorporated areas including North Tustin Kern County Tehachapi Unincorporated areas including Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Pine Mountain Club, Bodfish, Kernville, Wofford Heights, Lake Isabella, Camp Owens, Lebec, Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs, Keene, Golden Hills, Sand Canyon, Alpine Forest, Manolith, Weldon, Bella Vista, Monolith, Onyx, Canebrake and areas of Walker Basin and Kernville Mono County Mammoth Lakes Unincorporated areas near Bishop, including the community of Paradise and portions of Swall Meadows, Sunny Slopes, Mammoth Lakes, June Lake Village, Loop, Crestview, Mono Lake, Mono City, North Conway, Willow Springs, Bridgeport, Old Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes Basin, Lee Vining, Lee Vining Canyon, Falls Creek Tract and Bridgeport Valley to Twin Lakes Inyo County Unincorporated areas near Bishop, including Aspendell and Round Valley Tulare County Unincorporated areas including Fairview and Johnsondale Times staff writers Leila Miller and Richard Winton contributed to this report.