My CA nephew texted me that there were more evacuations

[Marthe48]

from Pacific Palisades. He said that he has acquaintances who have lost everything. I saw the Palisades fire flared up in the night.

Stay safe as you can wherever you are.

[Mike 03]

1. KNX reported that there is also concern about the Palisades

fire expanding into Encino, after days where Brentwood was a concern.

I'm going to livestream one of the local stations to try to get a clearer picture of what is happening. KNX spent way too much time on the politics--the tension between the fire chief and the mayor, and allegedly celebrities "cutting in line" to get police escorts to their homes (Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow were singled out). I wish KNX would stick to conveying crucial information.

[Marthe48]

3. The media is complicit in politicizing the fire disaster

I read that Kevin Kline told people who were leaving their cars parked on the road and walking to evacuate to leave the keys so the fire fighters could move the cars if they were in the way. Taylor Swift donated $10 million and Travis Kelse donated $1 million to help victims.

But you'll hear about things as you mentioned, and instead of reporting what is in front of their faces, news and updates people need to hear, you'll get backyard petty backstabbing. Just keep the gd pot boiling.

Compare the coverage of these life altering life threatening, fires to the coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The resilient isolated mountain folk and the city slickers. The fact that a lot of the people who lost everything as ordinary people who happen to live near Los Angeles is lost on the media. Not every person in LA is a celebrity, but you can bet no matter what status the survivors are assigned, they are all in the same dire straits and they are helping each other.

[Cattledog]

2. 180,000 is the latest estimate.

[Renew Deal]

4. Wind is supposed to be bad today.

Some evacuation zones were added last night and wind is supposed to be bad today. From what I saw yesterday, they were successful at keeping the fires away from structures other than power lines. We’ll see how today goes. They need to find ways to not criticize each other in public and hopefully they can keep up with people and water.