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"content": "\u003cp>Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles, while new evacuation warnings left more homeowners on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fierce battle against the flames was underway in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities not far from the Pacific coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill. Firefighters on the ground used hoses in an attempt to beat back leaping flames as thick smoke blanketed the chaparral-covered hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a briefing, CalFire Operations Chief Christian Litz said a main focus Saturday would be the Palisades Fire burning in the canyon area, not far from the UCLA campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be aggressive out there,” Litz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said the L.A. area “had another night of unimaginable terror and heartbreak, and even more Angelenos evacuated due to the northeast expansion of the Palisades Fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only light breezes were fanning the flames, but the National Weather Service warned that locally strong Santa Ana winds — the nemesis of firefighters — could soon return. Those winds have been blamed for turning wildfires into infernos that leveled entire \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">neighborhoods\u003c/a> in the L.A. area, where there has been no significant rainfall in more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">eight months.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire also was threatening to jump over Interstate 405, a main traffic artery through the area, which could become a gateway to densely populated areas in the Hollywood Hills and San Fernando Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917.jpg\" alt=\"A city with smoke in the nearby hills.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Palisades Fire rises over the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, on Jan. 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods Jan. 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">The search for bodies continues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even as the fires spread, the grim work of sifting through the devastation continued Saturday, with teams conducting systematic grid searches with cadaver dogs, said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. A family assistance center also was being set up in Pasadena, said Luna, who urged residents to abide by curfews.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021661,news_12021440,news_12021203\"]“We have people driving up and around trying to get in just to look. Stay away,” he said. “We understand that this is extremely stressful and absolutely challenging, but we appreciate the public’s cooperation as we work together to get through this crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires have consumed about 56 square miles — an area larger than San Francisco. Tens of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and new evacuations were ordered Friday evening in an area that includes part of Interstate 405 after a flare up on the eastern side of the Palisades Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fires first began popping up around a densely populated, 25-mile expanse north of downtown L.A., they have burned more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfire-structure-damage-3f319dfaa36e583c06c8d49bd835084e\">12,000 structures\u003c/a>, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> has been identified yet for the largest fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires are still burning but early estimates indicate the losses so far could make the wildfires the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">costliest ever\u003c/a>. A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses so far between $135 billion and $150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021699\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of mountains near a city with smoke billowing out of a valley.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-800x485.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helicopter aerial view of the Palisades fire burning in the Mountain Gate Country\u003cbr>Club area with smoke visible from the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Survivors return to the wreckage of their homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, many residents returned in a state of shock. For some, it was a first look at the stark reality of what was lost as the region of 13 million people grapples with the ominous challenge of overcoming the disaster and rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridget Berg, who was at work when she watched television coverage of her house in Altadena erupt in flames, came back for the first time with her family two days later “just to make it real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their feet crunched across the broken bits of what had been their home for 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her kids sifted through debris on the sidewalk, finding a clay pot and a few keepsakes as they searched for Japanese wood prints they hoped to recover. Her husband pulled his hand out of rubble near the still-standing fireplace, holding up a piece of petrified wood handed down by his grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094.jpg\" alt=\"Two people seen from behind hug as they stand amid the ruins of a destroyed and burnt out former house.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of burned houses at Malibu Beach that burned during Palisades wildfire in Malibu, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s OK. It’s OK,” Berg said as much to herself as others as she took stock of the destruction, remembering the deck and pool from which her family watched fireworks. “It’s not like we just lost our house — everybody lost their house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some residents sifted through rubble for keepsakes, officials urged them not to, warning that the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re kicking that stuff up, you’re breathing it in,” said Chris Thomas, a spokesman for the unified incident command at the Palisades Fire. “All of that stuff is toxic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents will be allowed to return — with protective gear — after damage teams have evaluated their properties, Thomas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">City leadership accused of skimping on firefighting funds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Allegations of leadership failures and political blame have begun and so have investigations. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered state officials to determine why a 117 million-gallon reservoir was out of service and some hydrants had run dry. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said city leadership failed her department by not providing enough money for firefighting. She also criticized the lack of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there’s going to be water,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 11 people have been killed, five in the Palisades Fire and six in the Eaton Fire, according to the L.A. County medical examiner’s office. Officials said they expected that number to rise as cadaver dogs search leveled neighborhoods and crews assess the devastation, and on Friday authorities established a center where people could report the missing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162.jpg\" alt=\"A room with a man and a woman and a screen with three people on it.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden (right) and Vice President Kamala Harris listen during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell (top left), California Governor Gavin Newsom (top right) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appear virtually in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The disaster took homes from everyone — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">from waiters to movie stars\u003c/a>. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage, but private firms have estimated it will climb into the tens of billions. The Walt Disney Co. announced Friday it will donate $15 million to respond to the fires and help rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flames hit schools, churches, a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-destroyed-churches-synagogue-mosque-eba09c35bd7c851c57574171aa4ed34d\">synagogue\u003c/a>, libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> including the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and a Queen Anne-style mansion in Altadena that was commissioned by wealthy mapmaker Andrew McNally and had stood since 1887.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Progress made on fighting the Eaton fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firefighters for the first time made progress Friday afternoon on the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, which has burned more than 7,000 structures. Officials said most evacuation orders for the area had been lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Mayor Karen Bass, who \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mayor-karen-bass-la-fires-leadership-99e52cf69cc656ee7e0328c6b609be74\">faces a critical test of her leadership\u003c/a> as her city endures its greatest crisis in decades, said several smaller fires also were stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews earlier Friday had been gaining ground on the Palisades Fire, which burned 5,300 structures and is the most destructive in L.A.’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021705\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242.jpg\" alt=\"An armored vehicle in the middle of a street with a national guardsman next to it, in a residential street.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California National Guard secure the Eaton fire evacuation zone in Altadena on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 to secure the area from looting. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California National Guard troops arrived on the streets of Altadena before dawn to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone, and evening curfews were in effect to prevent looting after several earlier arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-f473e0423125c92c693b9c368ca20532\">level of devastation is jarring\u003c/a> even in a state that regularly confronts massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Meghan and Harry visit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan visited the Pasadena Convention Center to help hand out food to evacuees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live about 90 miles north of the Los Angeles area, also listed organizations supporting fire victims on their website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three people talking amid ruins.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex (right) speaks with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo (center) and Doug Goodwin, whose home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, LA County, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Associated Press writer Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles, while new evacuation warnings left more homeowners on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fierce battle against the flames was underway in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities not far from the Pacific coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill. Firefighters on the ground used hoses in an attempt to beat back leaping flames as thick smoke blanketed the chaparral-covered hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a briefing, CalFire Operations Chief Christian Litz said a main focus Saturday would be the Palisades Fire burning in the canyon area, not far from the UCLA campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be aggressive out there,” Litz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said the L.A. area “had another night of unimaginable terror and heartbreak, and even more Angelenos evacuated due to the northeast expansion of the Palisades Fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only light breezes were fanning the flames, but the National Weather Service warned that locally strong Santa Ana winds — the nemesis of firefighters — could soon return. Those winds have been blamed for turning wildfires into infernos that leveled entire \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">neighborhoods\u003c/a> in the L.A. area, where there has been no significant rainfall in more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">eight months.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire also was threatening to jump over Interstate 405, a main traffic artery through the area, which could become a gateway to densely populated areas in the Hollywood Hills and San Fernando Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917.jpg\" alt=\"A city with smoke in the nearby hills.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192816917-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Palisades Fire rises over the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, on Jan. 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods Jan. 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">The search for bodies continues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even as the fires spread, the grim work of sifting through the devastation continued Saturday, with teams conducting systematic grid searches with cadaver dogs, said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. A family assistance center also was being set up in Pasadena, said Luna, who urged residents to abide by curfews.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We have people driving up and around trying to get in just to look. Stay away,” he said. “We understand that this is extremely stressful and absolutely challenging, but we appreciate the public’s cooperation as we work together to get through this crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires have consumed about 56 square miles — an area larger than San Francisco. Tens of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and new evacuations were ordered Friday evening in an area that includes part of Interstate 405 after a flare up on the eastern side of the Palisades Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fires first began popping up around a densely populated, 25-mile expanse north of downtown L.A., they have burned more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfire-structure-damage-3f319dfaa36e583c06c8d49bd835084e\">12,000 structures\u003c/a>, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> has been identified yet for the largest fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires are still burning but early estimates indicate the losses so far could make the wildfires the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">costliest ever\u003c/a>. A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses so far between $135 billion and $150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021699\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of mountains near a city with smoke billowing out of a valley.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-800x485.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192770618-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helicopter aerial view of the Palisades fire burning in the Mountain Gate Country\u003cbr>Club area with smoke visible from the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Survivors return to the wreckage of their homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, many residents returned in a state of shock. For some, it was a first look at the stark reality of what was lost as the region of 13 million people grapples with the ominous challenge of overcoming the disaster and rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridget Berg, who was at work when she watched television coverage of her house in Altadena erupt in flames, came back for the first time with her family two days later “just to make it real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their feet crunched across the broken bits of what had been their home for 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her kids sifted through debris on the sidewalk, finding a clay pot and a few keepsakes as they searched for Japanese wood prints they hoped to recover. Her husband pulled his hand out of rubble near the still-standing fireplace, holding up a piece of petrified wood handed down by his grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094.jpg\" alt=\"Two people seen from behind hug as they stand amid the ruins of a destroyed and burnt out former house.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192691094-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of burned houses at Malibu Beach that burned during Palisades wildfire in Malibu, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s OK. It’s OK,” Berg said as much to herself as others as she took stock of the destruction, remembering the deck and pool from which her family watched fireworks. “It’s not like we just lost our house — everybody lost their house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some residents sifted through rubble for keepsakes, officials urged them not to, warning that the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re kicking that stuff up, you’re breathing it in,” said Chris Thomas, a spokesman for the unified incident command at the Palisades Fire. “All of that stuff is toxic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents will be allowed to return — with protective gear — after damage teams have evaluated their properties, Thomas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">City leadership accused of skimping on firefighting funds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Allegations of leadership failures and political blame have begun and so have investigations. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered state officials to determine why a 117 million-gallon reservoir was out of service and some hydrants had run dry. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said city leadership failed her department by not providing enough money for firefighting. She also criticized the lack of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there’s going to be water,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 11 people have been killed, five in the Palisades Fire and six in the Eaton Fire, according to the L.A. County medical examiner’s office. Officials said they expected that number to rise as cadaver dogs search leveled neighborhoods and crews assess the devastation, and on Friday authorities established a center where people could report the missing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162.jpg\" alt=\"A room with a man and a woman and a screen with three people on it.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192594162-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden (right) and Vice President Kamala Harris listen during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell (top left), California Governor Gavin Newsom (top right) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appear virtually in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The disaster took homes from everyone — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">from waiters to movie stars\u003c/a>. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage, but private firms have estimated it will climb into the tens of billions. The Walt Disney Co. announced Friday it will donate $15 million to respond to the fires and help rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flames hit schools, churches, a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-destroyed-churches-synagogue-mosque-eba09c35bd7c851c57574171aa4ed34d\">synagogue\u003c/a>, libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> including the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and a Queen Anne-style mansion in Altadena that was commissioned by wealthy mapmaker Andrew McNally and had stood since 1887.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Progress made on fighting the Eaton fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Firefighters for the first time made progress Friday afternoon on the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, which has burned more than 7,000 structures. Officials said most evacuation orders for the area had been lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Mayor Karen Bass, who \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mayor-karen-bass-la-fires-leadership-99e52cf69cc656ee7e0328c6b609be74\">faces a critical test of her leadership\u003c/a> as her city endures its greatest crisis in decades, said several smaller fires also were stopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews earlier Friday had been gaining ground on the Palisades Fire, which burned 5,300 structures and is the most destructive in L.A.’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021705\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242.jpg\" alt=\"An armored vehicle in the middle of a street with a national guardsman next to it, in a residential street.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192826242-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California National Guard secure the Eaton fire evacuation zone in Altadena on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 to secure the area from looting. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California National Guard troops arrived on the streets of Altadena before dawn to help protect property in the fire evacuation zone, and evening curfews were in effect to prevent looting after several earlier arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-f473e0423125c92c693b9c368ca20532\">level of devastation is jarring\u003c/a> even in a state that regularly confronts massive wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Meghan and Harry visit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan visited the Pasadena Convention Center to help hand out food to evacuees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live about 90 miles north of the Los Angeles area, also listed organizations supporting fire victims on their website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three people talking amid ruins.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011067373673-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex (right) speaks with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo (center) and Doug Goodwin, whose home was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, LA County, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. 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"content": "\u003cp>Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around Los Angeles as firefighters attempt to limit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/01/07/g-s1-41483/palisades-fire-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">the devastation from multiple wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Images of vivid red clouds enveloping trees and scrubland prompt two questions: What is it, and what’s in it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s primarily a product called Phos-Chek LC95, which is sold by a company called \u003ca href=\"https://www.perimeter-solutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PC-LC95-PCC-2019042-6.pdf\">Perimeter,\u003c/a>” Daniel McCurry, an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California, tells NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been used for decades by the Forest Service,” he says. “It’s one of maybe only two products currently approved for aerial use by the Forest Service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air tankers and chemical fire retardants have been used since the 1950s, allowing firefighters to reach difficult spots. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024-AerialFireRetardant-ROD-Signed.pdf\">U.S. Forest Service says\u003c/a> retardants are used to “slow the rate of spread by cooling and coating fuels, depleting the fire of oxygen, and slowing the rate of fuel combustion as the retardant’s inorganic salts change how fuels burn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So, what’s in Phos-Chek?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically a mixture of water, fertilizer, and then the red color that you see is just rust,” McCurry says. In the wild, the color fades over time with exposure to sunlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You might see a gum or thickening agent just to change the viscosity, how sticky this stuff is,” McCurry says. Thickeners also keep the material from drifting off-target, he adds, “But the business end of it really is ammonium phosphate fertilizer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For anyone who’s heard of fertilizer being used in explosives: That’s ammonium nitrate. Phos-Chek commonly contains two types of salt: diammonium phosphate ([NH4]2HPO4) and ammonium polyphosphate ((NH4PO3)n).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with its use as a fertilizer (providing nitrogen and phosphorous to plants), you often see ammonium phosphate in \u003ca href=\"https://www.smithsonianstore.com/smithsonian-electronic-crystal-growing-kit-68679/?srsltid=AfmBOoruJs08ZsBaPiYe9iYnMqMMokWeta_WD8yTOUQtvv23puIQlhG5\">crystal-making kits\u003c/a> that are popular with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So, how does Phos-Chek stop fires from spreading?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under normal conditions, cellulose in plant matter decomposes as it’s heated, producing flammable compounds. Phos-Chek’s maker says the reaction between the retardant and cellulose consumes heat energy from the approaching fire and produces non-flammable carbon material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal is to slow or stop the fire’s spread, especially if the area includes homes or other structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t tend to drop [retardant] directly in the center of an ongoing fire,” McCurry says. “They tend to drop kind of at the barrier of it because they’re trying to prevent it from spreading. And the reason that these products are kind of useful for that potentially is that the active ingredient is not water. Right? It’s the fertilizer. So even after the water evaporates, you still have that red stripe there for days or weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big air tankers can drop up to 9,400 gallons of Phos-Chek onto trees and other potential fuels. The massive quantities have spurred McCurry and other researchers to consider potential harms from the material. But McCurry says people in a fire zone likely have more pressing worries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of immediate concern, the main thing I’d be worried about, regardless of whether there’s fire retardant used or not, is just air pollution — like particulate matter,” he says. “If you’re walking around in an area that’s been burned, it’s probably still very smoky. So it’d be a good idea to wear a respirator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11053461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is Phos-Chek safe?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Due to environmental concerns, the Forest Service has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024-AerialFireRetardant-ROD-Signed.pdf\">mandatory ban\u003c/a> on aerial retardant drops in sensitive areas such as waterways and endangered species habitats (\u003ca href=\"https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=53c2f30ed89f429b93f2e09dc3336ad0\">map\u003c/a>). That ban is in effect “except when human life or public safety are threatened.” Using retardants in restricted areas must be reported for possible remediation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phos-Chek doesn’t include any substances flagged by California’s Proposition 65 list of materials that are known to cause cancer and other harms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/products/msds/retard/phoschek/SDS_PC_LC95A-R.pdf\">according to its maker\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forest Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/5100-304d_LTR_Final_010720_with%20Amendment%201.pdf\">specifications for wildfire retardants\u003c/a> ban PFAS, known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106863211/the-dangers-of-forever-chemicals\">forever chemicals\u003c/a>,” along with other unacceptable compounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='wildfire' label='More Wildfire Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, McCurry and his colleagues \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00727\">published a study\u003c/a> suggesting some fire suppression products, including Phos-Chek, can contain toxic heavy metals such as cadmium and chromium. The Forest Service says heavy metals aren’t added to fire retardants, “But may be present as naturally occurring impurities in the retarding salts (which come from the same source as crop fertilizers),” \u003ca href=\"https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2024-11-13/wildfires-retardant-forest-service-heavy-metals-chromium-cadmium\">Boise State Public Radio reported\u003c/a> last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the air tankers’ operations over smoldering hillsides, the most immediate danger would seem to be to the aviators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really heroic job,” McCurry says of the pilots — many of them former military, he says — who guide massive planes through low-altitude drops over challenging terrain. “You know, some of those guys die every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2000–2013, there were 78 aviation deaths related to fighting wildfires, according to a 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6429a4.htm\">report\u003c/a> by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The California Newsroom is following the extreme weather from across the region. Click through to \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/\">LAist’s coverage\u003c/a> for the latest.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The devastation brought on by the wildfires blazing through Los Angeles — ash-covered rubble, the air clouded in a smoky haze — is a scene that’s all too familiar to Jeff Okrepkie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the 2017 Tubbs Fire first spread into his community of Coffey Park in Santa Rosa, “an ember roughly the size of a golf ball hit the ground and rolled in front of my house, setting off other embers,” Okrepkie said. “And that’s when I was like, ‘All right, time to get out.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tubbs Fire is considered one of the most \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top20_destruction.pdf?rev=8d25d868e50f40aea60833642d65b449&hash=1DBAA251C9CC52EDC5AAEA2358158664\">destructive\u003c/a> wildfires in California history, destroying 5,600 structures, including around 5% of Santa Rosa’s housing stock. (The most destructive fire remains the 2018 Camp Fire that devastated the town of Paradise.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where the fires in Los Angeles fit in this grim record will likely take a while to work out. Multiple fires have burned over 35,000 acres, as of Friday morning, and have destroyed thousands of structures across several neighborhoods. At least 10 people have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021672\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 528px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12021672\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/06WUNfLv-e1736558884543.jpg\" alt=\"A middle aged white male with graying hair and goatee beard smiles at the camera standing in a park on a sunny day, crossing his arms, and wearing a light blue and gray suit and an open button shirt with no tie.\" width=\"528\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/06WUNfLv-e1736558884543.jpg 528w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/06WUNfLv-e1736558884543-160x208.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Okrepkie. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jeff Okrepkie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many caught up in this disaster, they’re beginning to process the reality that they’ve lost their entire homes — an experience Okrepkie shares, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that I always hated to hear was, ‘Well, it’s just stuff. And you have your lives, right?’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course, having that is paramount to anything else. But it’s not just the physical object. It’s the memories that come with those — whether it be Christmas ornaments or baby pictures. “It is a long and difficult process and it is extremely emotional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other Bay Area residents, like Crystal Johnson, the fires can serve as a reminder of how vulnerable Californians are to the threat of climate disasters. She’s originally from Redondo Beach and has been checking in with family and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t wait. Get your important papers together, medications, you know, important contacts, information, all that kind of stuff. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">Have it ready to go so that if something happens\u003c/a>. Have a plan in place,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the long term, given the scale of destruction in Los Angeles, the road to recovery could take years. Okrepkie, who started a nonprofit to rebuild his community of Coffey Park in Santa Rosa, offered the following advice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Do not go through it alone’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A wildfire can be a life-threatening event, taking a toll on people’s physical and emotional health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1487\">study\u003c/a> by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, “climate trauma” led to increased instances of chronic mental health problems, like post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you know someone who needs help coping in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, here’s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1928658/wildfires-reignite-old-trauma-for-survivors-of-last-octobers-devastation\">list\u003c/a> of what you can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Okrepkie, he said one of the most helpful approaches was to seek support among others who’ve gone through a similar experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s method of going through this and coping with it is going to be different,” he said. “But I will say: Do not go through it alone. Find a group that you can go through this together with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okrepkie said he’s seen the difference that a community working together can have, after seeing his nonprofit help to raise $1 million to rebuild Coffey Park. He said he was inspired to do this after seeing misinformation on social media about rebuilding — a dynamic that he sees similarly playing out with the Los Angeles fires currently.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘It takes patience’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The long-term financial impacts of major wildfires can take years to resolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The responses that are needed — whether it be more firefighting resources to information to funds for those that have lost everything — never ceases,” said Okrepkie. “So it’s not just helping them in the first couple of days after. It’s going to be an ongoing thing for weeks, months and likely years.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021019,news_12021150,news_12021308\"]Damage from the Tubbs Fires is estimated at over $10 billion, according to one consulting \u003ca href=\"https://vertexeng.com/insights/economic-fallout-of-tubbs-wildfire-santa-rosa/\">group\u003c/a> involved in California wildfire response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okrepkie, an insurance agent, said the best thing to do is be patient. He moved back into his new rebuilt home in 2020, around three years after Tubbs Fire burned down his home. He said he’s happy his family is cared for and back in their home neighborhood of Coffey Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that there is a natural urge to get back into your home and want to do it as quickly as possible. But it’s going to take patience because everybody is going to be learning for the first time — or relearning — things,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Where to begin with the insurance claims?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Okrepkie himself said he had no fewer than nine insurance adjusters to sort out all his claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has the following advice to get started:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Document everything. “Do not agree to anything over the phone,” he said.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Follow up phone conversations over email to confirm the verbal exchange.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Accept that the process is complex. Disaster adjusters, typically working out of state, may be reassigned throughout the process — and an adjustor is assigned to a specific line of coverage, from property to additional living expenses. “In case adjuster A leaves and an adjuster B comes in and it’s not documented on their end, you can show them ‘This is what was discussed and this is what was agreed to.’”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>An additional complication is that in recent years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">insurance companies have pulled back from homeowner policies in California\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Damage from the Tubbs Fires is estimated at over $10 billion, according to one consulting \u003ca href=\"https://vertexeng.com/insights/economic-fallout-of-tubbs-wildfire-santa-rosa/\">group\u003c/a> involved in California wildfire response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okrepkie, an insurance agent, said the best thing to do is be patient. He moved back into his new rebuilt home in 2020, around three years after Tubbs Fire burned down his home. He said he’s happy his family is cared for and back in their home neighborhood of Coffey Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that there is a natural urge to get back into your home and want to do it as quickly as possible. But it’s going to take patience because everybody is going to be learning for the first time — or relearning — things,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Where to begin with the insurance claims?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Okrepkie himself said he had no fewer than nine insurance adjusters to sort out all his claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has the following advice to get started:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Document everything. “Do not agree to anything over the phone,” he said.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Follow up phone conversations over email to confirm the verbal exchange.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Accept that the process is complex. Disaster adjusters, typically working out of state, may be reassigned throughout the process — and an adjustor is assigned to a specific line of coverage, from property to additional living expenses. “In case adjuster A leaves and an adjuster B comes in and it’s not documented on their end, you can show them ‘This is what was discussed and this is what was agreed to.’”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>An additional complication is that in recent years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">insurance companies have pulled back from homeowner policies in California\u003c/a>. As for the fires in Los Angeles, there are concerns that the damage could \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021019/la-fires-threaten-california-insurance-market-stability-housing-costs\">overextend\u003c/a> the state’s FAIR Plan — the state’s insurer of last resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find more details on navigating insurance claims and wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/cheat-sheet-what-to-do-if-you-need-to-make-a-fire-insurance-claim\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Farida Jhabvala Romero and Brian Watt contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Gavin Newsom said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations are sourced from \u003ca href=\"//www.fire.ca.gov/%E2%80%9D\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and perimeter data is from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/\">National Interagency Fire Center\u003c/a>. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. Click on layers button (top left) to see current evacuation areas (via LA County). If map is not loading correctly, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"//kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112%E2%80%9D\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Palisades virtual community meeting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A virtual community meeting for people impacted by the Palisades Fire has been scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3J4k_ml1No\">You can participate by clicking here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our neighbors want to know where to go for immediate help, how to get information about their home when they can return, and what long term resources are available,” L.A. County Board Supervisor Kathryn Barger said at a press conference Friday afternoon, adding residents questions about power and gas shutoffs and when people will be able to access their homes again will all be addressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/kathrynbarger/status/1877804174051602846\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Red flag warning set to expire temporarily\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said the current red flag warning will expire at 6 p.m. Friday, but a new warning is expected to be issued Monday, when windy conditions in the Los Angeles area are forecast to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“L.A. County will be prepared,” Marrone said at a press conference at 1 p.m. Friday. “Please, rest assured that we will not stop until the fires are fully contained and we can and we will continue to be here for you as we plan for the repopulation recovery and rebuilding that will be occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire said more than 8,000 personnel, including firefighters, law enforcement and others doing emergency support have responded the wildfires, including crews from Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marrone thanked the hard work of all those who have saved lives and protected what property they could, including the historic The Mount Wilson Observatory and its telescope, which Marrone said “are undamaged thanks to the efforts of our firefighters and observatory staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New evacuation order issued\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Fire Department issued an evacuation order on Friday due to a brush fire in the Granada Hills area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is just west of the Hurst Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Margaret Stewart, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said firefighters on the ground and in the air were able to tackle the Archer Fire quickly and that the evacuation order is expected to be downgraded soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have some winds and that’s why we have not yet lifted the evacuation order,” Stewart told KTLA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brush fire sparked in the Granada Hills area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://lacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=695f0c805ba046b28c84da79bbf252dc\">Click here to view the latest areas impacted by evacuations via the County of Los Angeles Emergency Map.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Curfew in effect as arrests made\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Capt. Myron Johnson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said a curfew remains in effect for the mandatory evacuation zones of the Palisades and Eaton fire areas, effective from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This curfew will be strictly enforced and is being taken to enhance public safety, protect property and prevent looting in areas where residents have been evacuated,” Johnson said. “We ask that all individuals comply with the curfew and stay clear of the impacted areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said the National Guard was called in Thursday evening to assist law enforcement. Since the evacuations began, authorities have arrested 18 people — 15 in the Eaton Fire area and three in Palisades — on suspicion of possession of drugs, burglary tools, burglary, identity theft and looting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Strong winds start the day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Metropolitan L.A. and its 13 million residents, who \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">haven’t seen rain in more than eight months\u003c/a>, woke up Friday to another day of strong winds and the threat of new flareups. The gusts were expected to diminish by evening, however, and already have died down from earlier in the week, when hurricane-force winds \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-flee-evacuation-wind-palisades-f302b4cd347f9a4f4fe707fa0a717aca\">blew embers\u003c/a> that ignited hillsides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But meteorologist Rich Thompson warned the break could be short-lived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking for a little respite on Friday and Saturday from the Santa Ana winds but then they’re going to pick up again Sunday through most of next week,” he said Thursday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said Friday morning that firefighters had contained several smaller fires in the past 24 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1877767248292827515\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday afternoon, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/southern-california-wildfires-la-6d3c56318841ecbb97f9514f65fbf89b\">the Kenneth Fire started\u003c/a> in the San Fernando Valley near a school serving as a shelter for evacuees from another fire. It moved into neighboring Ventura County, but a large and aggressive response by firefighters stopped the flames from spreading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-f473e0423125c92c693b9c368ca20532\">level of devastation is jarring\u003c/a> even in a state that has grown used to massive wildfires. Dozens of blocks of scenic Pacific Palisades were flattened to smoldering rubble. In neighboring Malibu, where oceanfront homes once stood, all that was left above the debris were blackened palm strands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena, next to Pasadena, on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe with a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> has been identified for the largest fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='wildfire' label='More Wildfire Coverage']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A firefighting plane had to be grounded Thursday after it was struck by a drone flown by a civilian, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Nobody was injured. It’s a federal crime to fly a drone during firefighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters for the first time have made progress containing the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, officials said Friday. It started Tuesday night and has burned more than 5,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the west, the fire in Pacific Palisades, the largest burning in the L.A. area, has destroyed over 5,300 structures. The blaze is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries have been burned. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, local landmarks dating to the 1920s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage. AccuWeather, a private company that provides data on weather and its impact, on Thursday increased its estimate of the damage and economic loss to $135-$150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1877812811411419595\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Returning to what’s left\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bridget Berg, who watched her home in Altadena erupt in flames live on TV while she was at work, came back with her family on Thursday “just to make it real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They searched through charred debris of the house they bought 16 years ago, finding pieces of pottery, petrified wood and Japanese wood block prints handed down by a grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like we just lost our house,” she said. “Everybody lost their house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021450\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192923196-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch the smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Jan. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The enormity of the destruction emerges\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Right now, it’s impossible to quantify the extent of the destruction other than “total devastation and loss,” said Barbara Bruderlin, head of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are areas where everything is gone, there isn’t even a stick of wood left, it’s just dirt,” Bruderlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 10 deaths so far, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley confirmed two were in the Palisades Fire. County officials said the Eaton Fire had killed five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of the dead were Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy. They were waiting for an ambulance to come and did not make it to safety when the flames roared through, Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, told The Washington Post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shari Shaw told KTLA that she tried to get her 66-year-old brother, Victor Shaw, to evacuate Tuesday night but he wanted to stay and fight the fire. Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/Cal_OES/status/1877801004865056803\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California is seeing a longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s wildfire season is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data. Several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday that the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-warming-hot-record-2024-disasters-12f899f071fcdbd051ad49a872611e92\">Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire says the recent wildfires serve as an important reminder for all Californians to take steps to prevent sparking a wildfire and having an evacuation plan, a supply kit, and important paperwork ready should you ever have to evacuate your home due to wildfire danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evacuations, school closures and arrests\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Roughly 100,000 people remained under evacuation orders as of early Friday afternoon, and the fires have consumed about 56 square miles, larger than the size of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest, will be closed again Friday because of the heavy smoke wafting over the city and ash raining down in parts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Biden administration is working with Trump’s team on the fires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“They know every single thing we’re doing about this response,” President Joe Biden said on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Biden took a shot at President-elect Donald Trump, who he referred to as “someone from the other team,” by mocking his call to sweep the forest floors to reduce fire dangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“C’mon man,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden said it would be a better idea to bury electricity transmission wires, which would be “a hell of a lot safer” but would cost “a hell of a lot of money” to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press’ Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson and John Seewer contributed to this report, along with KQED’s Brian Krans. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But that season has grown longer as human-caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">climate change is making landscapes hotter and drier\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924234/why-suppressing-wildfires-may-be-making-the-western-fire-crisis-worse\">a century’s worth of fire suppression\u003c/a> has built up fuel and primed forests to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, enormous wildfires like those wreaking havoc in Southern California are far from the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Large fires in January are exceedingly rare because the region nearly always receives a fire-season-ending rainfall event by the end of the year,” said Crystal Kolden, a fire scientist at UC Merced. “This is a very novel event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several factors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">set the stage for the deadly wildfires\u003c/a> in Southern California: massive vegetation growth from past wet winters that dried out in the blazing summer, a winter where the rains have yet to come, and extreme Santa Ana winds reaching 100 mph in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-051-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign from the Lincoln Avenue Water Company reminds all to conserve water in downtown Altadena after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, people don’t tend to think of winter as fire season, but in California, fire season is any time it is dry enough, and there is fuel,” Kolden said. “The Santa Ana event just provided the blowtorch that makes the fires uncontrollable, and unfortunately, we will not see containment until after the winds die down later this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires in densely populated areas like those burning in Los Angeles can and have occurred in the Bay Area. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Tunnel Fire\u003c/a> in the Oakland and Berkeley hills killed 25 people and destroyed nearly 3,500 structures, and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa left 22 dead and obliterated almost 6,000 structures. Both of those fires ignited in October, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is naturally adapted to fire, and it’s a part of our natural ecosystem,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021536 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfireLACountyAP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the conditions fueling Southern California fires are a perfect storm of dry fuels, warm weather and high winds, Gollner said all of those factors are a part of Northern California’s climatology, too, and they “can and will line up someday up here again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Abatzoglou, a climatology professor at UC Merced, said it’s likely more common for those conditions to come together in Southern California than in the northern part of the state, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">the rainy season\u003c/a> typically starts quite a bit earlier than in Southern California. 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"content": "\u003cp>When the Palisades Fire exploded, people rushed to their cars to evacuate, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">found the roads clogged with traffic\u003c/a>. As the flames approached, police officers told drivers to flee on foot. The abandoned cars were later cleared with a bulldozer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene echoed evacuations from other recent wildfires, ones with far deadlier results. In both California’s Camp Fire in 2018 and in Lahaina, Maui in 2023, residents died in their cars or fleeing on foot when the streets were blocked with standstill traffic and they were overtaken by the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With wildfires spreading faster as the climate gets hotter, evacuation is becoming even more critical. In high winds, like those Los Angeles saw this week, firefighters have little chance of slowing or stopping the blaze. Getting people out is the only option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many communities are lagging on evacuation planning, studies have found. And many face similar chokepoints, with narrow, winding roads making it difficult for residents to get safely out of neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are hundreds, if not thousands of communities like this, even just in the U.S. West, let alone worldwide,” says Tom Cova, a professor of geography at the University of Utah who studies evacuation. “We need to do everything we can to make this go smoothly. The worse the egress and the greater the fire risk, the more there’s a need for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some communities, local residents have helped lead wildfires preparation efforts, creating all-volunteer fire councils that help identify evacuation routes and assist homeowners in making their houses more resistant to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our fire-prone areas are also beautiful areas, but we’ve realized that with that opportunity to live in a place like that comes a responsibility,” says Ryan Ulyate, resident of Topanga Canyon and co-president of the Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council. “And that means you’ve got to do more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Communities unprepared for large-scale evacuations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">powerful Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> topping 60 miles per hour, the fires in Los Angeles grew explosively within hours of starting. In those conditions, firefighters had little hope of containing the spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has some of the largest numbers and best trained firefighters probably in the world,” says Michele Steinberg, wildfire division director at the National Fire Protection Association. “Even with that, there simply are not enough people and resources to attack all these fires simultaneously and to deal with the fact that the wind is pushing them that fast. That is the reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people in the Pacific Palisades got an alert to evacuate, they found many roads with standstill traffic. Tucked away in the hills, the neighborhood has few main roads going in and out. As the wildfire advanced, police told drivers to get out and continue on foot. Sitting in traffic is perilous during an extreme fire. In both the Camp Fire and Lahaina Fire, people died in their cars or on the street as they fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steep terrain and winding roads made both firefighting and evacuation difficult in the first hours of the fast-moving Palisades Fire. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evacuation planning is largely done by local governments, but the level of preparation varies greatly. In a review of 11 wildfires in California, \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5w85z07g/qt5w85z07g.pdf?t=q7c4sj\">one study found\u003c/a> that some local governments were not prepared, and “nearly all agencies do not have the public resources to adequately and swiftly evacuate all populations in danger.” Other studies have found many communities around the country \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">lack adequate routes for evacuation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What communities can do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Technology is coming to the aid of some communities. For those that can afford commissioning studies, computer simulations can show how long it will take to evacuate neighborhoods and where the critical bottlenecks are. Some systems are being used by fire departments during wildfires to make evacuations more efficient. If there’s time, evacuating people by zones sequentially can help traffic flow, since it prevents too many cars leaving at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communications are critical during wildfires, especially to alert people when it’s time to leave. Many communities use \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\">Wireless Emergency Alerts\u003c/a>, which sends text messages to everyone within specific geographic locations. But cell service \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245396324/maui-fire-report-communications-breakdown\">often goes down during wildfires\u003c/a>, so having alternate ways of getting the message out is key. Some communities have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194505306/3-strategies-maui-can-adopt-from-other-states-to-help-prevent-dangerous-wildfire\">installed sirens that can play messages\u003c/a>, giving detailed directions about what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in extreme fires, even the best evacuation plans may fall short. Many communities have grown substantially, allowing building over decades without adequate evacuation planning, especially given a dire need for housing in places like California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the stage is set over a long period of time, decades of development of certain types of homes that are in flammable regions with no egress,” Cova says. “And then you have first responders and emergency managers that are charged with dealing with it and it’s a losing proposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One solution is building new evacuation routes, but that’s a challenging prospect in heavily developed areas. After their devastating fires, both Paradise and Lahaina \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5055856/maui-wildfires-anniversary-lahaina-evacuation-roads\">saw an opportunity to improve roads\u003c/a> and connect neighborhoods with limited egress. But building new roads or expanding existing ones often requires going through private property. A major road project in Paradise is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5055856/maui-wildfires-anniversary-lahaina-evacuation-roads\">costing hundreds of millions of dollars\u003c/a>, far exceeding what the city can pay for on its own after being hit with a disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community groups stepping in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As Ryan Ulyate prepared to evacuate his Topanga Canyon home, he stayed surprisingly calm. The Palisades Fire was encroaching on the area, but he had spent years helping prepare his community for wildfires. He already had a checklist about what to take ahead of time and quickly packed his car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the evacuation order was given, I got in the car and said goodbye to my house,” he says. “And I’m hoping that when I return there will be a house there.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021125,science_1995420,news_12020988\"]Ulyate helped create the Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council in 2010, after he felt there weren’t enough discussions about the wildfire risk. Topanga Canyon has one road leading in and out, \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/topanga-canyon-wildfire-risk\">making it extremely vulnerable to fast-moving fires\u003c/a>. The council helped lead a project with authorities to clear the flammable vegetation along the road, in order to make it safer during an evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His group also helps educate homeowners about how to make their houses more resistant to wildfire. Wildfires are largely spread through embers that are driven far from the fire itself, which can ignite trees, roof shingles or even dried leaves sitting in gutters. Clearing flammable brush and vegetation, especially in the area directly around the house, is a key, as well as using fire-resistant siding and roofs when home upgrades are done. Studies show some of these improvements \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/nx-s1-5100886/lahaina-wildfire-maui-building-defensible-space\">have saved houses in previous fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are receptive, but we still have a long way to go,” he says. “It’s not something that everybody knows about. We’ve educated a certain amount of people, but in order for this to really be successful, entire communities need to do these kinds of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the country, more local volunteers are creating fire councils and participating in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa\">Firewise USA program\u003c/a>, run by the National Fire Protection Association. It gives communities guidance and checklists on how to improve their fire safety. It often creates a pathway for citizens to work with local officials and help spur key discussions about evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key thing, Steinberg says, is not to assume the preparation has already been done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bigger the problem, the less the concern,” Steinberg says. “It’s a well-studied phenomenon apparently that the bigger and scarier the problem, the more likely people are to think that someone else is taking care of it. 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The worse the egress and the greater the fire risk, the more there’s a need for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some communities, local residents have helped lead wildfires preparation efforts, creating all-volunteer fire councils that help identify evacuation routes and assist homeowners in making their houses more resistant to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our fire-prone areas are also beautiful areas, but we’ve realized that with that opportunity to live in a place like that comes a responsibility,” says Ryan Ulyate, resident of Topanga Canyon and co-president of the Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council. “And that means you’ve got to do more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Communities unprepared for large-scale evacuations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\">powerful Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> topping 60 miles per hour, the fires in Los Angeles grew explosively within hours of starting. In those conditions, firefighters had little hope of containing the spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has some of the largest numbers and best trained firefighters probably in the world,” says Michele Steinberg, wildfire division director at the National Fire Protection Association. “Even with that, there simply are not enough people and resources to attack all these fires simultaneously and to deal with the fact that the wind is pushing them that fast. That is the reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people in the Pacific Palisades got an alert to evacuate, they found many roads with standstill traffic. Tucked away in the hills, the neighborhood has few main roads going in and out. As the wildfire advanced, police told drivers to get out and continue on foot. Sitting in traffic is perilous during an extreme fire. In both the Camp Fire and Lahaina Fire, people died in their cars or on the street as they fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steep terrain and winding roads made both firefighting and evacuation difficult in the first hours of the fast-moving Palisades Fire. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evacuation planning is largely done by local governments, but the level of preparation varies greatly. In a review of 11 wildfires in California, \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5w85z07g/qt5w85z07g.pdf?t=q7c4sj\">one study found\u003c/a> that some local governments were not prepared, and “nearly all agencies do not have the public resources to adequately and swiftly evacuate all populations in danger.” Other studies have found many communities around the country \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes\">lack adequate routes for evacuation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What communities can do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Technology is coming to the aid of some communities. For those that can afford commissioning studies, computer simulations can show how long it will take to evacuate neighborhoods and where the critical bottlenecks are. Some systems are being used by fire departments during wildfires to make evacuations more efficient. If there’s time, evacuating people by zones sequentially can help traffic flow, since it prevents too many cars leaving at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communications are critical during wildfires, especially to alert people when it’s time to leave. Many communities use \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\">Wireless Emergency Alerts\u003c/a>, which sends text messages to everyone within specific geographic locations. But cell service \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245396324/maui-fire-report-communications-breakdown\">often goes down during wildfires\u003c/a>, so having alternate ways of getting the message out is key. Some communities have \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/1194505306/3-strategies-maui-can-adopt-from-other-states-to-help-prevent-dangerous-wildfire\">installed sirens that can play messages\u003c/a>, giving detailed directions about what to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in extreme fires, even the best evacuation plans may fall short. Many communities have grown substantially, allowing building over decades without adequate evacuation planning, especially given a dire need for housing in places like California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the stage is set over a long period of time, decades of development of certain types of homes that are in flammable regions with no egress,” Cova says. “And then you have first responders and emergency managers that are charged with dealing with it and it’s a losing proposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One solution is building new evacuation routes, but that’s a challenging prospect in heavily developed areas. After their devastating fires, both Paradise and Lahaina \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5055856/maui-wildfires-anniversary-lahaina-evacuation-roads\">saw an opportunity to improve roads\u003c/a> and connect neighborhoods with limited egress. But building new roads or expanding existing ones often requires going through private property. A major road project in Paradise is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5055856/maui-wildfires-anniversary-lahaina-evacuation-roads\">costing hundreds of millions of dollars\u003c/a>, far exceeding what the city can pay for on its own after being hit with a disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community groups stepping in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As Ryan Ulyate prepared to evacuate his Topanga Canyon home, he stayed surprisingly calm. The Palisades Fire was encroaching on the area, but he had spent years helping prepare his community for wildfires. 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The pause occurred during the crucial fall window for controlled burns, raising concerns that it could increase long-term fire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story has been circulating on the internet this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles have been politicized online as people search for politicians and policies to blame — and for evidence to reinforce personal beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the U.S. Forest Service had continued to allow burning, it would not have prevented this week’s devastation from deadly fires that have destroyed thousands of homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">fires we’re seeing\u003c/a> are primarily spreading through urban neighborhoods, with the possible exception of the Eaton Fire, which is burning, in part, on federal forest lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the wind, weather and location of the fires, it’s unlikely a controlled burn would have stopped the disaster. The houses and surrounding vegetation are fuels in communities that were not designed for fire resilience when they were planned decades ago.[aside postID=science_1965575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s vegetation all around homes and trees overlapping, and [residents] love the beauty and the look of that,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley. “But when a fire comes through, it has a clear path to just keep propagating through the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would have helped? Living in communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1965575/and-now-fire-season-heres-how-to-prepare\">prepared for fire\u003c/a>. How to prepare isn’t a mystery. It just takes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887158/in-california-restoring-our-relationship-with-fire-is-possible\">convincing residents\u003c/a> to get their communities involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that emerging from this [disaster] can be a much more serious conversation around fuels and community design,” said Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and the federal government have poured a lot of money into fire resilience, but there is room for much more, Wara said. For example, the state has taken steps to ramp up prescribed fire, but there have not been many burns next to communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been more investment in fuels management crews, but less investment in enforcing tough, defensible space codes, like having a five-foot buffer of non-combustible material around a house, what experts call “Zone 0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an area rebuilds after a fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/building-standards/state-housing-law/wildland-urban-interface/docs/2010-part-2-cbc-ch7a.pdf\">adopting stringent requirements \u003c/a>— such as using fire-resistant materials and requiring 30 feet between buildings — helps neighborhoods prepare for the next fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s needed is community support for fire resilience. Some communities oppose vegetation removal or defensible space inspections or prescribed fire near homes. 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The couple was on vacation in Hawaii when the fire broke out, so they were not able to retrieve any belongings. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While adopting new fire safety codes can be expensive and inconvenient, according to Gollner, he hopes the impacted Los Angeles communities will embrace them “so that if there’s a future fire in this area, we no longer would see such a destructive event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re going to have available, affordable insurance in California — not just now, but in 10 years as climate change gets worse — we need to do that stuff now,” Wara said, adding that there is only so much politicians can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t blame the politicians for that at all. It is about the people in communities,” he continued. “It is about community consensus and community solidarity, people taking responsibility for doing the work and for helping their neighbors to do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires that ignited in the San Bernardino National Forest last year were successfully fought, in part, because of prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service. The Line Fire threatened the Angelus Oaks community in early September 2024, but it slowed, and firefighters were able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/flame-without-fuel\">control and redirect\u003c/a> it when it entered a burn scar from the previous June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They saved that community using prescribed fire,” Wara said. “We need more of that. 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To the west in Pacific Palisades, the largest of the fires burning in the LA area has destroyed over 5,300 structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile band north of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kenneth blaze ignited less than 2 miles away from the El Camino Real Charter High School, where people are sheltering from the fire in Palisades. The two fires are about 10 miles apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of blocks were flattened to smoldering rubble in scenic Pacific Palisades. Only the outlines of homes and their chimneys remained. In Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries were lost. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> dating to the 1920s. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage or specifics about how many structures burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather, a private company that provides data on weather and its impact, on Thursday increased its estimate of the damage and economic loss to $135 billion–$150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders were encouraged Thursday after firefighters made significant gains at slowing the spread of the two biggest fires that had ignited block after block from \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> to inland Altadena, a community near Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews also knocked down a blaze \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">in the Hollywood Hills\u003c/a>, allowing an evacuation to be lifted Thursday. The fire that sparked up late Wednesday near the heart of the entertainment industry came perilously close to igniting the famed Hollywood Bowl outdoor concert venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are still facing significant threats, I am hopeful that the tide is turning,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Much of the widespread destruction occurred Tuesday after those aircraft were grounded due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations and perimeters are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. If map is not loading correctly on your device, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts were expected to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning, with another round of strong winds expected early next week, raising concerns that the conditions could worsen, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Thursday’s daytime forecast provided a window for firefighters — including crews pouring in from neighboring states and Canada — to make progress in reining in blazes that have killed at least five people and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said firefighters were able to keep the Hollywood Hills blaze in check because “we hit it hard and fast and Mother Nature was a little nicer to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials said Thursday that they don’t yet know the cause of the fires but are actively investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Wind fuels the fires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the week, hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 80 mph \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-flee-evacuation-wind-palisades-f302b4cd347f9a4f4fe707fa0a717aca\">blew embers,\u003c/a> igniting the Southern California hillsides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, it’s impossible to quantify the extent of the destruction other than “total devastation and loss,” said Barbara Bruderlin, head of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are areas where everything is gone, there isn’t even a stick of wood left, it’s just dirt,” Bruderlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five deaths recorded so far were from those two fires. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley confirmed two of the deaths were in Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moonstones burned in the Palisades fire on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cadaver dogs and search crews are searching through rubble and the death toll is expected to rise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy, were waiting for an ambulance to come, but they did not make it out, Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, told The Washington Post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shari Shaw told \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/eaton-fire-victim-dies-holding-a-hose-defending-home/\">KTLA\u003c/a> that she tried to get her 66-year-old brother, Victor Shaw, to evacuate Tuesday night but he wanted to stay and fight the fire. Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, recovery crews pulled a body from rubble of what was a beachfront residence in Malibu on the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. A charred washer and dryer were among the few things that remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the two main fires were no longer spreading significantly, both remained at 0% containment, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">180,000 people are ordered to evacuate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, and the fires have consumed about 45 square miles — roughly the size of San Francisco. The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20 arrests have been made for looting, and the city of Santa Monica declared a curfew Wednesday night because of the lawlessness, officials said. Luna said to protect properties national guard troops would be stationed near the areas ravaged by fire and a curfew was expected to go into effect from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., starting as soon as Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Actors lost homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames destroyed the homes of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">several celebrities\u003c/a>, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Lee Curtis pledged $1 million to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the fires that touched all economic levels from the city’s wealthy to its working class.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">A longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">California’s wildfire season\u003c/a> is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Picking up the pieces with nowhere to go\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe containing a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021295\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks through a community destroyed in the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio and Watson from San Diego. Associated Press journalists Manuel Valdes, Eugene Garcia and Krysta Fauria, Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles; Ethan Swope in Pasadena, California; Hallie Golden in Seattle; Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska; Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Janie Har in San Francisco; Brian Melley in London; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Sarah Brumfield in Cockeysville, Maryland; and Tammy Webber in Detroit contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile band north of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kenneth blaze ignited less than 2 miles away from the El Camino Real Charter High School, where people are sheltering from the fire in Palisades. The two fires are about 10 miles apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of blocks were flattened to smoldering rubble in scenic Pacific Palisades. Only the outlines of homes and their chimneys remained. In Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries were lost. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> dating to the 1920s. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage or specifics about how many structures burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather, a private company that provides data on weather and its impact, on Thursday increased its estimate of the damage and economic loss to $135 billion–$150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders were encouraged Thursday after firefighters made significant gains at slowing the spread of the two biggest fires that had ignited block after block from \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> to inland Altadena, a community near Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews also knocked down a blaze \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">in the Hollywood Hills\u003c/a>, allowing an evacuation to be lifted Thursday. The fire that sparked up late Wednesday near the heart of the entertainment industry came perilously close to igniting the famed Hollywood Bowl outdoor concert venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are still facing significant threats, I am hopeful that the tide is turning,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Much of the widespread destruction occurred Tuesday after those aircraft were grounded due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations and perimeters are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. If map is not loading correctly on your device, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts were expected to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning, with another round of strong winds expected early next week, raising concerns that the conditions could worsen, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Thursday’s daytime forecast provided a window for firefighters — including crews pouring in from neighboring states and Canada — to make progress in reining in blazes that have killed at least five people and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said firefighters were able to keep the Hollywood Hills blaze in check because “we hit it hard and fast and Mother Nature was a little nicer to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials said Thursday that they don’t yet know the cause of the fires but are actively investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Wind fuels the fires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the week, hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 80 mph \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-flee-evacuation-wind-palisades-f302b4cd347f9a4f4fe707fa0a717aca\">blew embers,\u003c/a> igniting the Southern California hillsides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, it’s impossible to quantify the extent of the destruction other than “total devastation and loss,” said Barbara Bruderlin, head of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are areas where everything is gone, there isn’t even a stick of wood left, it’s just dirt,” Bruderlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five deaths recorded so far were from those two fires. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley confirmed two of the deaths were in Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moonstones burned in the Palisades fire on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cadaver dogs and search crews are searching through rubble and the death toll is expected to rise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy, were waiting for an ambulance to come, but they did not make it out, Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, told The Washington Post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shari Shaw told \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/eaton-fire-victim-dies-holding-a-hose-defending-home/\">KTLA\u003c/a> that she tried to get her 66-year-old brother, Victor Shaw, to evacuate Tuesday night but he wanted to stay and fight the fire. Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, recovery crews pulled a body from rubble of what was a beachfront residence in Malibu on the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. A charred washer and dryer were among the few things that remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the two main fires were no longer spreading significantly, both remained at 0% containment, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">180,000 people are ordered to evacuate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, and the fires have consumed about 45 square miles — roughly the size of San Francisco. The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20 arrests have been made for looting, and the city of Santa Monica declared a curfew Wednesday night because of the lawlessness, officials said. Luna said to protect properties national guard troops would be stationed near the areas ravaged by fire and a curfew was expected to go into effect from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., starting as soon as Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Actors lost homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames destroyed the homes of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">several celebrities\u003c/a>, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Lee Curtis pledged $1 million to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the fires that touched all economic levels from the city’s wealthy to its working class.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">A longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">California’s wildfire season\u003c/a> is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Picking up the pieces with nowhere to go\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe containing a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021295\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks through a community destroyed in the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio and Watson from San Diego. Associated Press journalists Manuel Valdes, Eugene Garcia and Krysta Fauria, Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles; Ethan Swope in Pasadena, California; Hallie Golden in Seattle; Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska; Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Janie Har in San Francisco; Brian Melley in London; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Sarah Brumfield in Cockeysville, Maryland; and Tammy Webber in Detroit contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is fighting multiple major wildfires, exacerbated by hurricane-strength winds that have resulted in red flag warnings and evacuation orders in multiple zones. The current fires are the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades, the Eaton Fire, the Hurst Fire in the Sylmar area and the Tyler Fire in Riverside County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These offshoots of Los Angeles are home to many cultural institutions renowned for everything from iconic Hollywood nightlife to groundbreaking scientific research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/xse37/13/?initialWidth=953&childId=responsive-embed-xse37&parentTitle=How%20the%20Los%20Angeles%20fires%20are%20affecting%20several%20major%20landmarks%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F08%2Fnx-s1-5252587%2Flos-angeles-fires-landmarks-culture-arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s where several of them stand as of Wednesday afternoon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Rogers State Historic Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former home\u003c/a> of actor, radio personality and humorist Will Rogers, a 186-acre ranch that was on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was gutted by the Palisades fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People on social media posted photos and videos of the site, which showed only chimneys poking up through rubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The estate and historic park were home to many Western artifacts, as well as objects from Will Rogers’ daily life. In the 1930s, he was Hollywood’s highest-paid film star. His widow, Betty Rogers, had donated the house and stables to Californian in 1944.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the California State Parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website\u003c/a>, horses and some of the cultural artifacts at the Will Rogers State Historic Park were safely evacuated ahead of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Topanga State Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of the Topanga State Park — a national park located within the city of Los Angeles that is known for its scenic hiking and mountain bike trails — were also devastated by the Palisades fire. The historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topanga Ranch Motel\u003c/a>, which was once owned by newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst, was destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunset Boulevard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Hollywood strip, known for its nightlife and restaurant scene, was gridlocked Tuesday by Los Angeles residents fleeing the Palisades area. Officials told those on Sunset Boulevard to abandon their cars and walk to safety. The Los Angeles Fire Department later moved the abandoned vehicles to make way for firefighters. The stretch of Sunset Boulevard between San Vicente and Crescent Heights remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25.jpg\" alt=\"Cars jammed on a road with smoke all around.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People evacuate on Sunset Boulevard from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Getty Villa and Getty Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some trees and vegetation were burned on the site of the Getty Villa, a Greco-Roman art museum on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades. The museum \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEi-ISkvlta/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> that collections and staff were so far unharmed and that fire and smoke mitigation plans were in place. Both the Getty Villa and the Getty Center, which is not in the current fire zone, will remain closed until at least Monday, Jan. 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021219\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Orange smoky glowing sky above and behind an estate, with a stone sign outside that says 'The Getty Villa'\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames from the Palisades Fire reach the grounds of the Getty Villa Museum on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Palisades Charter High School\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A filming location for popular shows and films such as \u003cem>Teen Wolf, Carrie, \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Freaky Friday\u003c/em>, Palisades Charter High School has been severely damaged by the Palisades fire. Students and faculty are still on winter break, scheduled through Jan. 10. According to the high school’s website, they will provide updates for students and families prior to the start of the spring semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a research hub for robotic space exploration, is included in the areas with \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-07/eaton-fire-evacuations-pasadena-altadena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evacuation orders\u003c/a> due to the Eaton fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Universal Studios and CityWalk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not under mandatory evacuation, the Universal Studios theme park and the attached dining, shopping and entertainment plaza, Universal CityWalk, are closed Wednesday “as a result of the extreme winds and fire conditions,” the studios \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/UniStudios/status/1876995419240030363\">announced\u003c/a> Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Hammer Museum at UCLA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hammer Museum at UCLA, a contemporary art museum, is \u003ca href=\"https://hammer.ucla.edu/visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also closed\u003c/a> due to the nearby fires and severe weather warnings. The \u003ca href=\"https://bso.ucla.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California, Los Angeles\u003c/a> campus, where the museum is located, has canceled classes for undergraduates and moved graduate classes online as of Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Rose Bowl\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday morning, the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena is not considered at high risk of being impacted by the fires. The stadium is being used as a large animal evacuation center, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LHSLASD/status/1876923497609363573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial image shows smoke covering the hillsides behind the Rose Bowl stadium from wildfires, including the Eaton Fire, at sunset over Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extensive collections in the library, museum, and gardens in San Marino, known as “\u003ca href=\"https://huntington.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The H\u003c/a>,” remain safe as of early Thursday morning. The campus remains closed at least through Friday, Jan. 10. A few trees were lost and uprooted in the area due to high winds and the property sustained minor damage from falling debris, the Huntington \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEllwbDsY-a/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on Instagram\u003c/a> on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eames House\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, the architectural landmark, famously made with experimental industrial materials, is at risk in the Palisades fire. The property, also known as Case Study House No. 8, posted an update to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stories/eameshouse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram stories\u003c/a> on Wednesday morning that the house remained unharmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Warner Bros.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, which offers tours — including backlots and sets from beloved television shows — is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbstudiotour.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed Wednesday\u003c/a> due to the fire conditions and strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, located in Griffith Park, closed to the public \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LAZoo/status/1876685554424688818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Tuesday\u003c/a> and remains \u003ca href=\"https://lazoo.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed\u003c/a> Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Griffith Observatory\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The popular scientific observatory and planetarium located at the top of the Hollywood Hills is \u003ca href=\"https://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed Wednesday\u003c/a> due to the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1061\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from wildfires hangs in the sky over Griffith Observatory on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Andy Bao/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Empire Polo Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home to the annual Coachella Music Festival, the Empire Polo Club in Indio has not reported any closures. The club is about seven miles away from the Tyler fire’s starting point.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Landmarks\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Sign\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in the Hollywood Hills, the iconic Hollywood sign \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkmN7NP4n0/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains closed\u003c/a> as of Thursday morning, along with all of Griffith Park. The Hollywood Sign Trust’s official Instagram account posted an update to their stories on Wednesday night, saying that the sign was not on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Bowl\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Host to many live music performances since it opened in 1922, the amphitheater received evacuation orders on Wednesday night. According to a post on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DElzAs1pc3r/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a>, all staff has evacuated the premises safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TCL Chinese Theatre and Dolby Theatre \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The TCL Chinese Theatre, a movie palace more popularly called Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, has hosted premiers and film festivals since it opened in 1927. The landmark was included in an evacuation zone on Wednesday. The Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held, was also in that zone. Both theaters closed Wednesday night. There have been no reports of damage and the evacuation orders have been lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The California Newsroom is following the extreme weather from across the region. Click through to \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>LAist’s coverage\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> for the latest. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Jennifer Vanasco edited this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The current fires are the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades, the Eaton Fire, the Hurst Fire in the Sylmar area and the Tyler Fire in Riverside County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These offshoots of Los Angeles are home to many cultural institutions renowned for everything from iconic Hollywood nightlife to groundbreaking scientific research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://apps.npr.org/datawrapper/xse37/13/?initialWidth=953&childId=responsive-embed-xse37&parentTitle=How%20the%20Los%20Angeles%20fires%20are%20affecting%20several%20major%20landmarks%20%3A%20NPR&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F08%2Fnx-s1-5252587%2Flos-angeles-fires-landmarks-culture-arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s where several of them stand as of Wednesday afternoon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Rogers State Historic Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former home\u003c/a> of actor, radio personality and humorist Will Rogers, a 186-acre ranch that was on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was gutted by the Palisades fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People on social media posted photos and videos of the site, which showed only chimneys poking up through rubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The estate and historic park were home to many Western artifacts, as well as objects from Will Rogers’ daily life. In the 1930s, he was Hollywood’s highest-paid film star. His widow, Betty Rogers, had donated the house and stables to Californian in 1944.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the California State Parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website\u003c/a>, horses and some of the cultural artifacts at the Will Rogers State Historic Park were safely evacuated ahead of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Topanga State Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of the Topanga State Park — a national park located within the city of Los Angeles that is known for its scenic hiking and mountain bike trails — were also devastated by the Palisades fire. The historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topanga Ranch Motel\u003c/a>, which was once owned by newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst, was destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunset Boulevard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Hollywood strip, known for its nightlife and restaurant scene, was gridlocked Tuesday by Los Angeles residents fleeing the Palisades area. Officials told those on Sunset Boulevard to abandon their cars and walk to safety. The Los Angeles Fire Department later moved the abandoned vehicles to make way for firefighters. The stretch of Sunset Boulevard between San Vicente and Crescent Heights remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25.jpg\" alt=\"Cars jammed on a road with smoke all around.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People evacuate on Sunset Boulevard from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Getty Villa and Getty Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some trees and vegetation were burned on the site of the Getty Villa, a Greco-Roman art museum on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades. The museum \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEi-ISkvlta/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> that collections and staff were so far unharmed and that fire and smoke mitigation plans were in place. Both the Getty Villa and the Getty Center, which is not in the current fire zone, will remain closed until at least Monday, Jan. 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021219\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Orange smoky glowing sky above and behind an estate, with a stone sign outside that says 'The Getty Villa'\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames from the Palisades Fire reach the grounds of the Getty Villa Museum on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Palisades Charter High School\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A filming location for popular shows and films such as \u003cem>Teen Wolf, Carrie, \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Freaky Friday\u003c/em>, Palisades Charter High School has been severely damaged by the Palisades fire. Students and faculty are still on winter break, scheduled through Jan. 10. According to the high school’s website, they will provide updates for students and families prior to the start of the spring semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a research hub for robotic space exploration, is included in the areas with \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-07/eaton-fire-evacuations-pasadena-altadena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evacuation orders\u003c/a> due to the Eaton fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The \u003ca href=\"https://bso.ucla.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California, Los Angeles\u003c/a> campus, where the museum is located, has canceled classes for undergraduates and moved graduate classes online as of Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Rose Bowl\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday morning, the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena is not considered at high risk of being impacted by the fires. The stadium is being used as a large animal evacuation center, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LHSLASD/status/1876923497609363573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial image shows smoke covering the hillsides behind the Rose Bowl stadium from wildfires, including the Eaton Fire, at sunset over Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extensive collections in the library, museum, and gardens in San Marino, known as “\u003ca href=\"https://huntington.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The H\u003c/a>,” remain safe as of early Thursday morning. The campus remains closed at least through Friday, Jan. 10. A few trees were lost and uprooted in the area due to high winds and the property sustained minor damage from falling debris, the Huntington \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEllwbDsY-a/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on Instagram\u003c/a> on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eames House\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, the architectural landmark, famously made with experimental industrial materials, is at risk in the Palisades fire. The property, also known as Case Study House No. 8, posted an update to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stories/eameshouse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram stories\u003c/a> on Wednesday morning that the house remained unharmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Warner Bros.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Warner Bros. Studio in Hollywood, which offers tours — including backlots and sets from beloved television shows — is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbstudiotour.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed Wednesday\u003c/a> due to the fire conditions and strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, located in Griffith Park, closed to the public \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LAZoo/status/1876685554424688818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Tuesday\u003c/a> and remains \u003ca href=\"https://lazoo.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed\u003c/a> Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Griffith Observatory\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The popular scientific observatory and planetarium located at the top of the Hollywood Hills is \u003ca href=\"https://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed Wednesday\u003c/a> due to the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1061\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from wildfires hangs in the sky over Griffith Observatory on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Andy Bao/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Empire Polo Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home to the annual Coachella Music Festival, the Empire Polo Club in Indio has not reported any closures. The club is about seven miles away from the Tyler fire’s starting point.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Landmarks\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Sign\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in the Hollywood Hills, the iconic Hollywood sign \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DEkmN7NP4n0/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains closed\u003c/a> as of Thursday morning, along with all of Griffith Park. The Hollywood Sign Trust’s official Instagram account posted an update to their stories on Wednesday night, saying that the sign was not on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hollywood Bowl\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Host to many live music performances since it opened in 1922, the amphitheater received evacuation orders on Wednesday night. According to a post on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DElzAs1pc3r/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram\u003c/a>, all staff has evacuated the premises safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>TCL Chinese Theatre and Dolby Theatre \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The TCL Chinese Theatre, a movie palace more popularly called Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, has hosted premiers and film festivals since it opened in 1927. The landmark was included in an evacuation zone on Wednesday. The Dolby Theatre, where the Academy Awards are held, was also in that zone. Both theaters closed Wednesday night. There have been no reports of damage and the evacuation orders have been lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The California Newsroom is following the extreme weather from across the region. 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