BELLFLOWER
BEGAN as a DUTCH-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT,
w/
LOTS OF DAIRY FARMS OWNED BY
IMMIGRANTS from
the NETHERLANDS but you won't find any farms or windmills or large tulip patches here today



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Sunday, January 12, 2025

NPR dutifully goes to work defending the Lefty politicians "Why Los Angeles, America's most fire-ready city, became overwhelmed by flames "

"Wildfires can destroy water lines, leaving hydrants dry. How you can help firefighters " | LAist

"What to do — and not do — when you get home after a fire evacuation" | LAist

Believe it or not. "Fact check: What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants? |" LAist

The Getty may face the ultimate test 🔥

"Braced with fire defenses, Getty art center faces LA flames "

https://www.yahoo.com/news/braced-fire-defenses-getty-art-184226452.html 


"We are really built like a beautiful fortress, and everything inside is quite safe," she told AFP at the time ..."

Will they survive ?"8 CELEBRITY HOMES IN PALISADES BRENTWOOD FIRE ZONE. https://t.co/aDTpgpJVKu" / X

( used to study there ) palisades branch library destroyed by fire

"LA fires live updates: Winds to strengthen amid struggle to contain Palisades and Eaton fires'' - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/12/los-angeles-fires-california-updates-palisades-eaton/ 


"Four active fires in the Los Angeles region have burned over 40,000 acres — an area bigger than San Francisco — according to Cal Fire, with flames claiming more than 12,000 structures and displacing tens of thousands. The causes of all four blazes remain under investigation..."

no water or no electric ? " Biden lets slip real reason LA fire hydrants were dry when flames began as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass cling to their jobs "

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14268623/biden-reveals-reason-la-fire-hydrants-dry-gavin-newsom-karen-bass-criticism.html 


no water or no electric ? " Biden lets slip real reason LA fire hydrants were dry when flames began as Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass cling to their jobs "

" Mayor Bass took 15 trips to Cuba in her youth, trained as radical | "

Thursday, January 9, 2025

"Hollywood Boulevard is evacuated as wildfires erupt in celebrity epicentre: Another 100,000 told to escape NOW as horror images show LA neighborhoods reduced to ashes and death toll rises"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14265161/la-iconic-hollywood-boulevard-evacuated-fire-california.html



"Hollywood Boulevard is evacuated as wildfires erupt in celebrity epicentre: Another 100,000 told to escape NOW as horror images show LA neighborhoods reduced to ashes and death toll rises" 

I spent a few hours at the Altadena Library on New Year's Eve day. Very sad ☹️ ALTADENA LIBRARY — DESTROYED and GONE,”



https://edition.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk/index.html 



I spent a few hours at the 
Altadena Library on
 New Year's Eve day. 
Very sad ☹️
"Mariposa Junction, which had so many thriving small businesses — gone. Institutions like the ALTADENA LIBRARY and the Altadena Community Church — DESTROYED and GONE," 


Incidents | CAL FIRE

"LA County sends evacuation order by mistake, causing panic, confusion among enraged residents"

"Pacific Palisades fire is worst ever to hit Los Angeles as 'hurricane of flames' rages on " | Daily Mail Online

Vikings vs Rams moved to State Farm Stadium in AZ due to L.A. fires

"Famous Spots Devastated By California Fires, Including the School From 'Freaky Friday' and Will Rogers' Ranch House"

"Vital LA Firefighting Equipment Was Handed To Ukraine, Reports Show, As Americans Now Caught In Raging Inferno"