Fire Prevention Cleanup Scheduled For Saturday At Griffith Park

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Want to do something to give back to the community this weekend? A community clean up will take place Saturday morning in Griffith Park to bring some beauty to the community and help prevent wildfires. The cleanup will start at 9 a.m. and last until 12 p.m.

Community members can head to the L.A. Zoo Parking Lot at 5333 Zoo Drive for the cleanup. Participants are encouraged to wear jeans they don't mind getting dirty

Volunteers will also receive cleaning supplies, snacks and lunch. The cleanup is sponsored by Hollywood Village, a partnership between the The Way to Happiness Foundation, the Church of Scientology, and the Los Angeles Police Department.

Attendees can RSVP at vickiejenkins@celebritycentre.org.

In the wake of the Palisades Fire, officials are especially concerned of a particularly damaging fire season in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Terrazas said the power of the Palisades Fire amid relatively favorable conditions could be an eerie precursor of what's to come.

"[Sunday] when I woke up, it was raining out here," Terrazas said at the time of the fire. "And the fire is still burning. That's unusual fire behavior. Our relative humidity was 60%, our wind speed was under 10 mph, but we still had an active fire. That tells you that the drought, the years that have gone by since the last fire, have changed the equation. We have to all work together."

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