KTLA Team Coverage: Storm brings rain, hail and snow

As residents throughout the Los Angeles area deal with the unfathomable disaster that remains after the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, a new threat is looming.

Carlos Saucedo, Angeli Kakade and Weatherman Kaj Goldberg report Jan. 26, 2025.

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[Slonge]

I’m a 68 year LA native who lives in the Hollywood Hills. I just wanted to point out how comforting, even in a small way, it is to see KTLA reporting during hard times in our city, county, and surrounding areas. I remember adjusting the rabbit ears on our portable B&W TV, as a kid in the 1960s, to get a sharper picture of Hal Fishman, Larry McCormick, and Stan Chambers on Channel 5.

We are facing big challenges in order to recover in LA county, but sometimes it’s the little things like a local news station from Hollywood that bring us closer to home and remind us we can do it.

Thanks for still being here KTLA 5.

[Debbie-yt]

Rain is needed but the truly sad thing is that the Mayor hasn't allowed a large number of people to return to their burned homes so they could gather what may still be salvageable. Now with the rain things that were still there could now be completely ruined. Or lost in mud slides. The Mayor needs to be recalled, this has been a nightmare, much of which could have been avoided. 😢

[d-v-cez]

Hallelujah! Let it rain, let it rain, Lord have mercy, let it rain! 👍🏻😊🙏🏻🌧☔️

[mariaelenadeleon]

Thanks the LORD for that blessed of the rain 🌧 I was praying to him for the rain 🌧 for the wildfire 🔥 in California. We need to say thanks to God for his mercy's

[Pencil-op]

The rain is so helpful for the rampant wildfires. God have show mercy. Amen.

[oneWolf]

This exact thing happened in San Diego County 20 years ago, no changes in the state’s approach and the are @shocked” that this could happen.

[patrickoguinn]

Watch out for that toxic sludge. We’re here to help.

[barbarajones]

Here come the mud slides...God have mercy

[DesiannToussaint]

Even the wind respect god and the rain❤

[xpdncu]

This is so sad. Hope things settle soon.

[huthutchinson]

G'day. There is a difference between a Bulldozer and a Front-End Loader. 3:42 and 3:56

[SaintMartins]

The weather this winter in L.A. is crazy. It reminds me of that song by James Taylor "Fire And Rain" 🎵"'I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end; I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, But I always thought that I'd see you again..."🎵

[robertmaybeth]

I hope everybody has a way to protect their cars from the hail! The damage even small hail can do to a car's bodywork is horrifying and to avoided of course, in other states people actually buy purpose-made anti-hail car covers to protect from hail. But here in southern calif is the last place i ever thought I'd need one of those.
In a pinch I'd cut some large cardboard boxes apart, (if you can find any dry ones!), place them in trash bags to water-proof them, put them on the top surfaces of my car, then cover it with the car cover I already own; and hope for the best -

[shadynumbers]

From fighting fires one week, to fighting rain the next
You cannot make this up

[largestudent]

weeks later, while driving at 30mph around the curve of a mountainroad, the road which existed yesterday has already slid away. LAPD won't drive for you.

[elycastro]

Mil gracias padre por toda su información! Tremenda enseñanza nos acaba de dar!!! Le cuento padre, aquí en CA, no importa a qué parroquia vaya, los sacerdotes nunca hablan del pecado, más bien, en muy raras ocasiones. Pareciera que todo marchara perfectamente bien allá afuera! NUNCA JAMÁS SE TOCA ESTE ADOCTRINAMIENTO WOK!! Tiene usted tanta razón cuando dice que las piedras hablan por medio de estos políticos. Estamos aprendiendo mas de ellos que de nuestra madre Iglesia! Le doy gracias por toda su información y que Diosito me lo siga bendiciendo 🙏🙏🙏

[youtubemademecreateanewcha]

Terrible. If you put the camera lower the flooding looks worse.

[MeMeVoyageOf]

We had SLEET but not hail. Sleet is frozen raindrops. Hail is much larger.

[snahg]

When we were younger, like 40 yrs ago, our greatest fear for Cali was the earthquakes. We were told in School that Cali would slide off into the ocean. We never dreamed it would be from wildfires first, then massive rain after that that would cause it to slide into the ocean. We pray for you all that this won't happen but after your Golden Globe jokes and your ingratitude to God for years I don't know if it's possible to save you. All you can do is pray and if you won't do Run.

[jamesrondeau]

PREPOSITIONED!!!! What a concept. LA is SO