In a furious assault, a wind-and-wildfire monster attacked a metropolis of 4,753 miles and nearly 10 million people, whipping up flames that tore through communities of every status.
attacked a metropolis of 4,753 miles and nearly 10 million people, whipping up flames that tore through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe.
“The only thing I can think of that would compare with this would be a massive earthquake,” said Zev Yaroslavsky, 76, who served for decades in Los Angeles as a City Council member and county supervisor. “Except that earthquakes have an epicenter.” The Palisades has a median household income of $US155,433, nearly double that of Los Angeles County, according to city and census data that includes nearby Brentwood. The house where the first flames were reported has an estimated value — midrange for the community — of about $US4.5 million. Far pricier properties, famously, rise into the hillsides, owned by family-friendly moguls including Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Sugar Ray Leonard’s estate is on the market for just under $40 million.
“This is my fourth fire and the only time we’ve ever left,” said Muffie Alejandro, 74, the owner of a manufacturing company who has lived near Eaton Canyon since 1989.
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