Daily Brief
August 12, 2026
No watches, warnings or advisories are in effect for the Western San Fernando Valley this morning, and LADWP is reporting no active water outages and no power outages within the West Valley communities. The Caltrans lane-closure feed lists no work zones inside Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, West Hills or Chatsworth, and LADOT's traffic-closures page currently carries no itemized local closures. The LAUSD meeting feed shows no board or committee actions dated on or near today.
Weather Alerts
The National Weather Service lists no active watches, warnings or advisories for the Western San Fernando Valley forecast zone (CAZ372) as of the 12:45 p.m. UTC update on August 12, 2026. The alert feed for the zone returned zero entries.
Sources: NWS active alerts — Western San Fernando Valley (CAZ372), NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard
State Highway Lane Closures
The Caltrans lane closure system feed, last updated 5:44 a.m. on August 12, 2026, lists no lane closures or full closures within Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, West Hills or Chatsworth. The nearest entries in the feed for the broader region include shoulder work on Route 118 between Grimes Canyon Road and Los Angeles Avenue in Ventura County (2 of 3 lanes closed, scheduled to end 5:59 a.m. August 12) and a westbound Route 134 lane closure between Route 5 and Victory Boulevard/Riverside Drive due to emergency work, with no estimated reopening time. Caltrans publishes closure data continuously on QuickMap.
Sources: Caltrans QuickMap — lane closures
City Street Closures
LADOT's TRAFFIC Closures page does not currently list any individual street closures. The page directs readers to the LADOT News blog for the updated list of major road closures within the City of Los Angeles, and to Caltrans QuickMap for state highway closures including Pacific Coast Highway and State Route 27 (Topanga Canyon).
Sources: LADOT — TRAFFIC Closures, LADOT News Blog
Power Outages
LADWP's outage feed lists one active outage in the San Fernando Valley, in Sherman Oaks, affecting 313 customers with a status of "crews working" and an estimated restoration time of 2:00 a.m. on August 12, 2026. No active power outages are listed in Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, West Hills or Chatsworth.
Sources: LADWP outage information
Water Outages
No active water outages are reported. LADWP's water outage feed returned no entries today.
Sources: LADWP outage information
School District Actions
The LAUSD Legistar meeting feed shows no Board of Education or committee meetings, agendas or actions dated on or near today. The most recent published agenda in the feed is for the Greening Schools and Climate Resilience Committee meeting of May 27, 2026, posted June 4, 2026. Individual agenda item records were not returned with this pull, so no votes or actions can be summarized.