Mudslide Forces Hollywood Hills Evacuation

HOLLYWOOD, CA — A Hollywood Hills neighborhood has to be evacuated Thursday morning amid the threat of mudslides. The hillside near a home under construction shifted, forcing several workers at the site to flee for safety while 21 neighboring homes had to be evacuated.

Firefighters were called to the scene in the 1800 block of North Stanley Avenue about 9:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

"A visible, unknown amount of soil has moved from beneath a large hillside home under construction," said Brian Humphrey of the LAFD. "Though the situation is described as static -- and Department of Building and Safety (personnel are) en route, a precautionary local evacuation is underway."

No injuries have been reported.

Some residences also were affected on Nichols Canyon Road north of Courtney Avenue.

City News Service contributed to this report. Photo: Department of Water and Power employees work in the pouring rain to clear a fallen tree from a road in the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The latest in a series of Pacific Ocean storms pounded California with rain and snow Thursday, prompting officials to put communities on alert for mudslides and flooding and making travel treacherous. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)