Evacuation orders lifted, no major problems reported from latest Calif. storm

All Southern Calif. evacuation orders lifted

LOS ANGELES — All evacuation orders have been lifted and flash flood warnings canceled in wildfire-stripped sections of Los Angeles County as a winter storm passed through without major incident.

The Sheriff’s Department said that the last of 178 homes evacuated for fear of possible mudslides in Tujunga, La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta were called off shortly after sundown Saturday night.

One last round of rain is expected late Saturday but it is not thought to be serious enough to keep homes evacuated.

County officials say only about 20 percent of people contacted actually left their homes. The areas northeast of Los Angeles have been evacuated at least a half-dozen times this winter because of storm concerns, and a mudslide earlier this month damaged 43 homes in La Canada Flintridge.