Evacuations begin in La Crescenta and Glendale areas, foothill residents pack up before a storm hits burnt hillsides.
[caption id="attachment_9784" align="alignnone" width="666" caption="On a foggy and rainy morning, Terry Dorwart prepares to evacuate his home on Manzanita Lane and Irving Avenue in La Crescenta on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9785" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="Glendale police officer Larry Ballesteros leaves an evacuation note on a home on the 5300 block of Quail Canyon in La Crescenta on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9786" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="Kelly Cowan reassures her sister's dog, Gilligan, as she helps her mother Judy Moore, right, evacuate from her Irving Avenue home in La Crescenta on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9787" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="American Red Cross volunteers Betty Finch, left, and Mike Barnes put up evacuation signs at the Glendale Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9788" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="A debris basin looked full at 2700 Star Fall Drive in La Crescenta on Wednesday morning, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9790" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="Park Cockerill sets up sandbags in front of his home on the 3400 block of Markridge, below Dunsmore Debris Basin in La Crescenta on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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[caption id="attachment_9791" align="alignnone" width="720" caption="A soggy coyote makes his way into the Dunsmore Debris Basin in La Crescenta on Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"]

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