View of Porter Ranch Mountains Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 5pm with smoke from the Aqua Dulce Fire

Los Angeles Firefighters responded to a fire in the LA County Fire District at the top of Oat Mountain in Porter Ranch before 6am Sunday, October 21, 2007. The fire was small and quickly contained. By 8am no smoke could be seen coming from the fire by residents near Sesnon. The cause of fire is under investigation, but is believed to be triggered by equipment on the Getty Oil Land. Thank you for a job well done!

The winds also have downed a number of trees in Porter Ranch. Monday morning an engine from Fire Station #8 was on hand in front of Castlebay Lane Elementary to deal with 2 Crape Myrtle trees that had fallen and were blocking school traffic. Three trees were also down on Killoch Way. One of them crushed the back end of a black SUV.

Brush Clearance: The City of Los Angeles Sanitation Department of Public Works provides for "one time brush collection/year" which you can use to get brush that was blown down in the winds removed. Residences can go to the City site and fill out a refuse service request form which is submitted electronically to the department. You can also contact them at 800-773-2489. Residences requiring this service should select their trash collection day as the pick up day. Special trucks will be routed to our area based the the requests that have been received therefore, you are urged to completed this form as far in advance of your pick up day as possible.

"Please Note: Brush Items must be tied in bundles or placed in bags. Each bundle or bag must weigh no more than 30 pounds and must be tied securely and be 4 feet or less in length.

Brush Item Pick-Ups are limited to one pick-up per year for each household (year is designated as a 12-month period from the last pick-up requested)."