Far from wildfire flames, residents of sunny Los Angeles go about their lives in disquiet and fear
Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Pedestrians shuffled by the famed Chateau Marmont hotel, customers queued up at Starbucks on Sunset Boulevard and car horns bleated at gridlocked intersections. “It is otherworldly,” said Lydia Thelwell, a bartender visiting a hair salon where wildfire smoke could be seen from the front window. There’s no controlling what’s happening,” said Teddy Leonard, who with her husband Andy owns the landmark Reel Inn in Malibu, which was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire. Another loss: popular film spot Palisades Charter High School, where the list of credits includes Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of “Carrie.” In the hazy morning light at Runyon Canyon Park, scorched hillsides could be seen through the steel gates that mark the trailhead of the popular hiking spot. “All the sudden, instantly, it happened.” Klay didn’t think the fire could reach his apartment, but the traffic, panic and congestion of evacuating residents in his neighborhood “stressed me more.” “There was so much chaos,” he said.
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