"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood Recreation Center in West Los Angeles.

An alert to evacuate from the Los Angeles County Fire department Thursday afternoon appeared to have been sent in error.

An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent out to cellphones across most of Los Angeles County Thursday afternoon, but the alert was issued in error.

I have been informed the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error,” Supervisor Janice Hahn said.