Posted in Forest Fire on Aug 27th, 2008 7 Comments »
Not that I’m one to call people names. Some people are referring to him as a transient. Some call him homeless. Me, I like how Councilman Tom LaBonge describes our Griffith Park visitors with poor money management skills:
“As we all look around at each other here..and down at our shoes and socks… we’re living a […]
Posted in People who don't know any better, Meetings as Theatre, Forest Fire on Aug 19th, 2008 5 Comments »
There were tv crews and everything at the meeting on arsonists tonight. Carolyn Ramsay, of Councilman Tom LaBonge’s office, was at the door handing out important pieces of paper. I reached for one, and she said the agenda was on the seats. There weren’t any seats left, so I held my hand out to her […]
Posted in Forest Fire on Aug 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
This is the 3rd fire in Griffith Park near the zoo, in a month. And now arson is suspected, writes Channel2. There is nothing in the LAFD blog yet about it.
Firefighters say they have detected as many as five separate ignition points as they battle a series of brush fires in Griffith Park Saturday, the […]
Posted in Forest Fire on Aug 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
LA Observed found a fascinating article in the Ventura County Star today.
Firefighters are monitoring a patch of land north of Fillmore where the ground climbed to 812 degrees on Friday for unknown reasons.
Possible theories include that natural hydrocarbons such as oil or gas are burning deep in the earth. But nobody knows for sure what […]
Posted in Silver Lake, Forest Fire, Everyone's a Photographer on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
I went to hear a panel of journalists talking about blogs and investigative journalism last week, and I realized, Hey! That’s me! I was so furious about the fire in Griffith Park a year ago that took FOUR DAYS to put out, that I started this blog. If you were around then, you remember the […]
Posted in Forest Fire on Oct 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Sometimes I write a post, but I don’t publish it. I guess I’m not a run-to-win blogger.
I’ve had a lot of new visitors lately, looking for news about fires in general, or maybe confusing Griffith Park with San Diego. (And in spite of the fact that I seem to have disappeared from Technorati. Thanks, guys. […]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
An urban forest was on fire; an urban lake put it out. Griffith Park and Silver Lake in Los Angeles.
