Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California

[Mark Sedenquist]

Work continues at both places


This is going to be emptied pretty darn soon. April 30th at 10:49 am PDT

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Getting to be tight squeeze for trucks and tractors at the Sierra Madre Dam!


Also April 30th at about 10:50 am PDT

[Mark Sedenquist]

All ready to go start truckin' again on Monday morning.


May 4th -- 7:45 am PDT (Mud level was at the dam height when they started digging out)


May 4th also at 7:45 am PDT (For perspective, after the mud flows, the mud level reached nearly to the bottom of the spill way opening--water was free flowing at that height into the channel--at the right-hand side of this photo)

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And work continues on May 5th

May 5th at 1:05 pm PDT

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May 8th update:


Bailey Canyon -- much progress. May 8th at 11:11 am PDT

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May 9th update:

Look how they have reached the new floor of the basin now!


May 9th at 9:15 am PDT

And later the same day (May 9th) at 11:30 am PDT:


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And look at how many trucks and heavy equipment are working in this tiny space today:


May 9th, Sierra Madre Canyon, @ 11 am PDT

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And to contrast with how it looked just a few weeks ago:


(February 14th)



This was taken on January 29th and before the rains came it was about 50 feet deeper!
Photo courtesy of PasadenaNow.com and Jules Hotz for CalMatters

[Mark Sedenquist]

Another week of heavy truck traffic draws nigh.


May 11th at 4 pm PDT -- Ready for more trucks in the morning.

--> Sierra Madre Canyon

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This work was essentially finished on Friday afternoon by about 4 pm PDT at the Bailey Canyon Debris Basin