Daily Brief
August 14, 2026
No weather alerts are in effect for the Western San Fernando Valley today, and LADWP is reporting no active power or water outages. Caltrans District 7's closure feed lists no lane or road closures inside Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, West Hills or Chatsworth, though overnight paving work on the 405 through the Sepulveda Pass was scheduled to clear by early this morning. LADOT's closure page continues to direct residents to its news blog and to Caltrans QuickMap rather than publishing a structured list, and the LAUSD meeting feed shows no new board actions, with the next Board of Education meeting set for Aug. 25.
Weather: No Active Alerts
The National Weather Service lists no active watches, warnings or advisories for the Western San Fernando Valley forecast zone (CAZ372) as of the 5:19 a.m. update today. The alert feed returned zero active products for the zone.
Sources: NWS active alerts — Western San Fernando Valley (CAZ372)
Highways and Lane Closures
Caltrans' statewide lane closure feed, last updated 5:26 a.m. today, lists no lane closures, full closures or one-way traffic operations on state routes within Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, West Hills or Chatsworth. The closest entries to the West Valley are overnight paving closures on northbound I-405 — between Wilshire Boulevard and Skirball Center Drive/Mulholland Drive, between Skirball Center Drive and Sepulveda Boulevard, and between Sepulveda Boulevard and Victory Boulevard — all listed with an expected end time of 5:59 a.m. Aug. 14. Caltrans also lists a lane closure on westbound SR-134 from I-5 to Victory Boulevard/Riverside Drive due to emergency work, with no estimated reopening time.
Sources: Caltrans QuickMap lane closure feed (District 7 pull, 08/14/2026 5:26 a.m.)
City Street Closures — Limited Data
LADOT's "Traffic Closures" page did not return a structured list of street closures today. The page itself states that for an updated list of major road closures within the City of Los Angeles, readers should visit ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews, and that state highway closures — including Pacific Coast Highway and State Route 27/Topanga Canyon — are posted on Caltrans QuickMap. No West Valley street closures were listed on the page at the time of retrieval.
Sources: LADOT — Traffic Closures, LADOT News Blog
Power and Water Utilities
No active power outages are reported today. The LADWP electric outage feed returned zero records. No active water outages or service interruptions are reported either; the LADWP water outage feed also returned zero records.
Sources: LADWP outage information
Schools: No New Board Actions
The LAUSD board meeting feed returned no new board actions today. The most recent records in the feed are historical meetings, and the next Board of Education meeting listed is scheduled for Aug. 25, 2026, at 10 a.m. in the Board Room; no agenda file has been published for that meeting in the feed yet.
Sources: LAUSD Board of Education — meeting record (Aug. 25, 2026), LAUSD Legistar calendar
Citywide Notice Posted by LADOT
An alert banner carried on LADOT's website points readers to information and recovery resources following the Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, hosted by the Los Angeles Emergency Management Department. The notice is citywide and does not reference the West Valley.
Sources: LADOT site alert banner, LA Emergency Management Department — Boyle Heights Recovery