Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000 ordered to evacuate; at least 5 dead

Tyronn Luecoach

Family, friends and loved ones, you definitely have to take care of home,

Clippers head coach Ty Lue told reporters Wednesday

We were all thinking 2025 is going to be the year insurers regain their appetite for the market in California, but having this catastrophe hit us right out of the gate is really unfortunate,

said Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, a California-based nonprofit consumer group

Up until this latest disaster, ... we thought we might be turning a corner.”

she said

I'm... looking up at Sierra Madre where I live, or used to, and it doesn't look good."

In the video, a man can be heard saying

Winds of 20 to 40 mph, with stronger winds in the terrain, low relative humidity, and dry fuels have contributed to the dangerous conditions,

the NWS said

PalisadesFire growing exponentially with this wind. Almost knocked all 210lbs of me over multiple times. Scary s***."

In a post on his Instagram account, where Mayer shared the same clip, he wrote

Extreme fire behavior, short & long-range spotting, continues to challenge firefighting efforts for the Palisades fire. Winds gusts up to 60 MPH are expected to continue through Thursday,

the post said

Climate change has already made fire weather more extreme nearly everywhere around the world and especially so in the western USA. This means longer and more extreme fire seasons,

Stefan Doerr, director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, told Newsweek

A prolonged period of unusually low rainfall, coupled with the arid Santa Ana winds blowing in from inland areas, has created the perfect conditions for disaster: bone-dry vegetation that ignites easily in the parched, low-humidity environment, fueling rapidly spreading wildfires,

Kimberley Simpson, a fellow in nature-based climate solutions at the University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences, said in a statement

If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior, including long range spotting, which would threaten life and property,

the NWS said in a statement

One day, it's just gonna be the right wind and fire's gonna start in the right place and it's gonna burn through LA all the way to the ocean and there's not a f***ing thing we can do about it

Speaking to guest and fellow comedian Sam Morril in the July 2024 episode, Rogan recounted ... He said

If the wind hits the wrong way, it's just going to burn through LA,

he said

We are heartbroken of course, but with the love of children and friends we will get through this,

they said

It was raining ash. You would go outside and ash would slam into your face, your eyes, and your mouth. It's hard to breathe, you're coughing,

he added

I told him from the first day we met that he must 'clean' his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him,

Trump posted

One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground, ... It’s

he wrote on its social media platform Truth Social, adding

I have yet to talk to any of the crews that actually did not have water but the crews I talked to last night were very hopeful with what they found,

Pascua said

As so many have been displaced by the fires, if you find yourself displaced and in need of a meal, please join us, compliments,

Bar Etoile, a restaurant in L.A.'s East Hollywood neighborhood, wrote on Instagram last night

Due to the Sunset Fire, we have received evacuation orders and all Hollywood Bowl staff have safely evacuated the premises,

the historic concert venue announced in a statement on Facebook

State Parks was able to evacuate the horses and some of the cultural and historical artifacts, including artwork, at Will Rogers SHP ahead of the fire,

the service added