Moving mainland

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L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. Sgt. Pete Cacheiro said hundreds of people were being evacuated from Catalina on Catalina Express ferries. One carrying about 180 people had already arrived at San Pedro harbor, with another carrying about 380 soon to arrive at Long Beach Harbor. Other ferries were being loaded in Avalon Harbor.

Cacheiro said those who came in on the boats would be taken to two locations: Cesar Chavez Park at 401 Golden Ave in Long Beach and San Pedro High School, 1001 W. 15th Street in San Pedro. Both were being staffed by the Red Cross, he said.

Cacheiro spoke from the county’s emergency operations center in East Los Angeles, which was activated late Thursday afternoon in response to the fire.

-Rebecca Trounson