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My message to any of these towns is, don’t let anybody tell you you can’t come back, because we are proof you can come back. There is light at the end of the tunnel,
We are not out of the woods yet.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged caution, stating I urge everyone to stay alert. The combination of low humidity and strong winds has further dried out the brush, increasing the risk of fire,
Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said at a Wednesday press briefing It was like driving through a video game,
Marcy Harbut, a senior technical writer for the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, told the network For children who lost homes and also lost their school, it's absolutely devastating. And the way that I can help and the way that I can give back is to make sure that those children have a place to go. And even though we lost the physical building, we still have our community,
Palisades Charter Elementary Principal Juliet Herman said We did everything in our capability to surge where we could,
We want to reiterate the particularly dangerous situation today. Get ready now and be prepared to leave,
County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath told a press conference on Wednesday I call it 'feeling the force,'
said pilot Diego Calderoni, from a New Mexico-based contractor, referring to a mystical energy in the Star Wars films Good news: We are expecting a much-needed break from the fire weather concerns to close this week,
the National Weather Service said Wednesday As families mourn, the last thing they need is greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain,
We are seeing conditions rapidly weaken. We are still in Santa Ana conditions right now, so the wind is still blowing, and it's very dry, but after 6 o'clock today, we will see much lighter winds."
NWS San Diego meteorologist Alex Tardy told Newsweek The weather plays a driving factor in all this because they've been in critical fire behavior for so long,
said Joe Ten Eyck, the wildfire/urban-interface fire programs coordinator for the International Association of Fire Fighters Today's efforts are focused on mop up and reinforcing containment lines to ensure perimeter control. Hazard trees along roadways are being mitigated to protect both firefighters and the public, ... The fire is expected to remain within its current footprint, with aircraft continuing to support firefighters with retardant drops in inaccessible terrain."
said Cal Fire in an update, ... adding that We need Mother Nature to give us a break,
Deputy Chief Brice Bennett of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) told CNN Sunday To have community members offer support and tell us 'thank you' when they're the ones who lost their house is incredible,
We all got into this as a service, to make somebody's day better at the worst time,
We have a good group of guys,
Wilmoth said, and Macias nodded We all rely on each other and kind of lift each other up emotionally,
Some members in our force had family members' houses burn down in that area,
said firefighter Cory Vaughn It was so exciting and motivating and encouraging to see them just get out there and get after it like they've done it a thousand times before,
