The City of Laguna Beach is expected to be impacted by a strong storm Wednesday evening through Friday which will bring intermittent periods of heavy rain and potential flooding. Downtown business owners and residents should put flood gates into place Wednesday night and Thursday as a precautionary measure to protect property and inventory.

The City of Laguna Beach is providing pre-filled sandbags to residents and business owners from two locations. Limit 10 bags per household. These sandbags are not for contractors.

• Act V parking lot – 1900 Laguna Canyon Road
• Aliso Beach East (inland) parking lot – 31118 Coast Highway

Sandbags are also available at Laguna Beach’s four fire stations. They are free, however you must provide your own sand. It is not permitted to fill them with sand from Laguna’s beaches or playgrounds. For local locations of where you can purchase sand please visit our website https://www.lagunabeachcity.net/live-here/emergency-management/prepare-for-an-emergency/sandbags

Be sure to sign up for Nixle notifications and AlertOC to keep informed about required actions or critical updates from the City. To sign up for Nixle text 92651 to 888-777 and visit www.alertoc.com.

Please visit https://www.lagunabeachcity.net/live-here/emergency-management for further information about Emergency Preparedness and for video footage from past Laguna Beach disasters.

For further information, please contact Brendan Manning, Emergency Operations Coordinator, at (949) 497-0350 or bmanning@lagunabeachcity.net.