Stunned and tearful, Angelenos return to find their homes are gone

Getty staff, the art collections and buildings remain safe from the Palisades Fire

The museum has said in statements

We put in an application at a house... that was listed at $17,000 a month, and they told us if we didn't pay $30,000, we weren't going to get it,

Lieberman said

The price gouging is going haywire, it's obscene,

the 50-year-old stylist told AFP

Alex Smithtv producer

I have friends who booked a hotel outside Los Angeles, and when they arrived there, they were asked for a higher price,

said TV producer Alex Smith, who has been forced to leave his home

Price gouging is illegal. We will not stand for it. We will hold you accountable. We will prosecute,

he told reporters, ... adding those

If those algorithms lead to prices higher after the declaration of emergency than before, by more than 10 percent, you're violating the law,

he said

I'm back on the market with tens of thousands of people,

he said

There was a visibility when I first got here, a little bit of blue sky, and it has unfolded to absolutely ugliness,

she told the publication

If you're kicking that stuff up, you´re breathing it in,

said Chris Thomas, a spokesman for the unified incident command at the Palisades Fire

On Tuesday, we woke up to this big plume of smoke, and then that was a really exciting day,

he continued

It’s OK. It’s OK,

Berg said as much to herself as others as she took stock of the destruction, remembering the deck and pool from which her family watched fireworks

We just had just had Christmas morning right over here, right in front of that chimney. And this is what’s left,

he said, pointing to the blackened rubble that was once his living room

When a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there’s going to be water,

she said

The porch is still there and it’s to me, it’s a sign to rebuild and not leave,

she said

You build a world for yourself and your family, and you feel safe in that world and things like this happen that you cannot control,

she said

We're obviously devastated, but grateful to have each other,

McGeagh said

This is where I live."

En route to see the charred plot of land where her home once stood, Johnson, sitting in the passenger seat of a car, pointed ahead of her and told a Reuters reporter

I lost my house."

After greeting the man and giving him a hug, Johnson, 61, said

Nothing prepares you for this amount of destruction,

she said, her eyes welling with tears

Insurance companies for a while have been trying to drop coverage for people like us, who live near natural habitat,

he said, referring to the nearby Eaton Canyon area