Fires tear through Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar
LA TimesHere’s what you need to know to start your day. The Palisades fire The blaze started around 10:30 a.m near homes in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood. “And the Southern California landscape — ripe for wildfire and never far from chronic water shortages — is paying the price.” The windy week will bring more hazards UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain noted that this windstorm is unlike a Santa Ana wind event that affects mountain areas the most. For the first time in 200 years it’s great to be a beaver in California, writes Leila Philip, author of “Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America.” This morning’s must reads Dozens of people seeking asylum are detained by border patrol after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Today’s great photo is from Frank Damon of Pacific Palisades: a snapshot of the “magnificent landscape and sunsets of Mammoth Lakes” during the winter holidays.