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Mike 03

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4. I lived in Pasadena and Monrovia for nearly 15 years

Reply to LauraInLA (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 06:21 PM

Jan 8

My heart breaks for everyone impacted by these fires. There are a number of livestreams of local Los Angeles news. The one I've been watching is ABC7 Eyewitness News on YouTube. After dark, I can receive KNX 1070 all-news radio, which has a strong signal that should reach a long distance after sunset.

I worked just off N. Lake Avenue at a film production company (that thankfully moved to Burbank some years ago). My then-fiancé and I lived near the intersection of N. Hill and Orange Grove. Some of the best times of my life I associate with that area. Every street has a memory.

I hope the Palisades fire doesn't spill into Brentwood (if it hasn't already). It seems like it is into Malibu.

If the Altadena/Pasadena fire has also burnt parts of Hastings Ranch, that sounds like it is quite far east now. That is also a beautiful area--Arcadia, Monrovia...

I'm following this story very closely. I'll check this thread periodically to see what our SoCal DUers are seeing, experiencing and thinking.

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How is everyone in SoCal doing? I'm hoping maybe we can use this as a substitute pinned thread for connection. [View all] LauraInLA Jan 8 OP

So far OK in Santa Clarita. Chalco Jan 8 #1

So glad you're hanging in there. I hope they can get the Hurst fire under control. LauraInLA Jan 8 #2

"...away from the hillsides would be safer." JoseBalow Jan 8 #3

I was here for that one Unwind Your Mind Jan 8 #9

Hope you all are still hanging in there! LauraInLA Jan 9 #10

Thinking about you during today's new fire. Hope you're doing okay. LauraInLA Jan 22 #22

I lived in Pasadena and Monrovia for nearly 15 years Mike 03 Jan 8 #4

The whole "Eaton" area is very close to my heart -- I taught at the Pasadena Temple school which burned. LauraInLA Jan 8 #6

Oh no, I'm so sorry. I heard reporting about the destruction of the Mike 03 Jan 11 #12

It destroyed so many homes, 8 don't even know where to start ;(. Blocks and blocks with only LauraInLA Jan 12 #16

San Fernando Valley here. Skies are grey, probably from the Altadena fires. IcyPeas Jan 8 #5

So glad you're safe and the Sepulveda Dam fire was knocked down quickly! LauraInLA Jan 8 #7

I'm so sorry ailsagirl Jan 17 #21

From the NYTimes live updates page LauraInLA Jan 8 #8

All of these bogus evacuation alerts are very unsettling Beaverhausen Jan 10 #11

Some random updates for Saturday afternoon Mike 03 Jan 11 #13

KNX News Radio (L.A.): Eaton fire is now 27% contained -- 6:12 California Time Mike 03 Jan 12 #14

Two looters disguised as firefighters were arrested overnight--KNX NT Mike 03 Jan 12 #15

I hadn't heard that! I wonder where. They stopped two men dressed in black at Kamala's house but released them LauraInLA Jan 12 #17

That could be it. A lot of what I know comes from KNX news radio Mike 03 Jan 12 #18

I agree! And I came here to tell you I just heard the sheriff say one guy arrested in the Palisades was LauraInLA Jan 12 #19

Here in Costa Mesa we are well away from normal fire danger. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 13 #20