Firefighters say that L.A.’s hellacious firestorm started at 10:30 Tuesday morning in Topanga Canyon. This paradise is — was? — filled with bespoke homes and came with built-in privacy — a rare commodity. People have been uprooted, their family memories are in ashes, and they have to find a place to sleep tonight. Evacuated entertainment stars such as James Woods, Ben Affleck, Eugene Levy, and more likely haven’t had a chance to ask this secondary question: What started this fire?
I just left the hellscape formerly know as Pacific Palisades where I’ve lived for 26 years. I’m mad at what I saw. Our politicians have failed us. Unprepared, unimaginative, understaffed, now overwhelmed. Heads must roll for this disaster. I personally saw 100+ homes fully… pic.twitter.com/8txvSJEZXd
— Wes Nichols (@wesnichols) January 8, 2025
Here is my dad's burger place, The Beachside Cafe, down the street from our home in Pacific Palisades
Words cannot describe what I feel. How many times as a kid did I break a sandy tourist’s $100 for chili cheese fries and a hamburger?
This is our entire neighborhood just… pic.twitter.com/MhnyGbGpmf
— Jennifer Begakis (@jenbegakis) January 8, 2025
The images coming out of Pacific Palisades are horrible. How can the state of California’s lack of forest management continue? Gavin Newsom should be ashamed of himself.
pic.twitter.com/kvZ6C4kufu— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) January 8, 2025
