Inside the Urgent and Chaotic Flight from Pacific Palisades: ‘You Will Die if You Go Any Further’
A dry wind was already stirring when the sun rose over Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, fitful gusts whipping palm fronds seaward and making eucalyptus limbs creek and groan. The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn’t seen rain for eight months. Fires were predicted all over Southern California. The air…
