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Los Angeles fires, wind cancel high school sporting events; evacuations, tactical alert issued

The Pacific Palisades brush fire, combined with high winds from what the national weather service has called a 'windstorm' has put Los Angeles County in 'Tactical Alert'.

Tarek Fattal

A fire in Pacific Palisades has created chaos in Los Angeles, Calif. forcing residents to evacuate the area while heavy winds blow.
A fire in Pacific Palisades has created chaos in Los Angeles, Calif. forcing residents to evacuate the area while heavy winds blow. / Channel2Now

More than 770 acres have burned due to a brush fire in Pacific Palisades, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles County that's just a few miles from the California coast.

The fire and wind have caused high schools to cancel sporting events Tuesday, mostly basketball and soccer games.

The national weather service said to anticipate winds as high as 50-80 miles per hour. The City of Los Angeles is on Tactical Alert, according to LAPD Central Division's post on X/Twitter.

Windward was set to host Campbell Hall in a Gold Coast League boys basketball showdown, but Windward coach DJ Gay told High School on SI the game will not be played due to the nearby fire and traffic. Gay said they'll hope to play the game Wednesday night.

Crossroads and Brentwood High Schools also canceled their games against Viewpoint.

Brentwood girls basketball coach Charles Solomon posted a photo of smoke from the Palisades fire from the school campus.

The fire has forced residents to evacuate their homes. The smoke from the fire can be seen from the north side of the San Fernando Valley and beyond. The high winds throughout Southern California aren't helping, either. The national weather service issued a warning to Los Angeles residents that a windstorm was expected to hit SoCal on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Palisades High School, a Los Angeles Unified School located in Pacific Palisades is threatened by the flames just across the street from the campus.

Simi Valley High canceled its basketball and soccer games against Oak Park due to the concern over high winds on the road.

"Our district does not want people traveling in the wind," Simi Valley athletic director Joelle Cardona said.

Moorpark has canceled its boys and girls soccer matches against Camarillo.

Thousand Oaks has canceled their boys hoops and soccer games at home against Oaks Christian.

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TAREK FATTAL

Tarek Fattal has been covering high school sports since 2015 in Southern California and primarily in Los Angeles, covering notable athletes such as Bronny James, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Alyssa Thompson. He was with the LA Daily News for eight years, which included being the beat reporter for the UCLA men's basketball team. Tarek can be seen on TV regularly on CBS/KCAL as a sports analyst with Jim Hill.

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