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Yeah, I started working at AP when I was in college, actually at USC. And, uh, our, uh, professor was looking for like, uh, the an editor at AP reached out to the USC professors and asked if somebody wanted to help, uh, with, uh, working as an editorial assistant, sort of essentially writing college basketball game summaries and working on, like Thursday and Saturday nights. And so I raised my hand and started working there when I was, I think, a sophomore at USC. And then, um, just kind of stuck with them. I got an internship after college and then started out in on the tech side and covering breaking news, wildfires and court cases and, um, all kinds of stuff. And, uh, then, uh, we started I worked with a, a division that was called ASAP. That was focused on sort of doing alternative storytelling. For a while, I worked as an overnight editor. Um, I worked as night shift editor. And then, uh, maybe about 15 years ago, I got into covering entertainment for our video side and, uh, did, uh, red carpets and movie junkets and covering Comic-Con, going to film festivals, go to Sundance every year. Um, and, uh, now I sort of manage that team have for the past five years. Um, what's a favorite story? Um, I enjoy sort of blending, um, a little bit of, uh, like sort of showing the intersection between sort of pop culture and politics a little bit. And so, uh, I had done a story, um, when, uh, let's see, when was this? Um, do you guys know who Sarah Palin is? Um, there was a I interviewed Matt Damon, and, uh, he had been sort of active politically, and he kind of went on a big rant about Sarah Palin. And that was a that was a fun one back in the day. And it became like a big sort of flashpoint of, uh, sort of celebrities talking about politics and whether they should be allowed to sort of weigh in on such things or not. But he had a kind of smart take on her, which was fun. Um, at the time, I was very excited to interview Kanye. Um, this was this was like 15 years ago, and, uh, he, I interviewed Kanye on a music video set where he was, like, dressed up as an old man and had, like, old man makeup on. And I was very excited about that at the time. Uh, I moved here for college, so I came in 1998 and before that lived in Iowa, before that, lived in Maryland, and before that lived in Kansas City, Missouri. Um, after college, I've been mostly in LA the whole time. I lived in Vegas for a little while. I lived in Carson City, Nevada for a little while and San Diego for a little while, and then came back to LA and was working in the LA Bureau for AP. Uh, Pretty much since maybe a year or two after college. Bought our first house with my wife, um, 14 years ago, um, in, uh, 13 years ago in Highland Park. And then, um, we sold that house and moved into to a slightly bigger house in Altadena, uh, eight years ago, eight and a half years ago, uh, with our daughter, who's now 14. The day before I was out covering, I helped cover the Palisades Fire and went out there and was talking to people who were evacuating, and, um, was just using my iPhone for video coverage and sort of submitting it for a team. And then, um, came, uh, home and, uh, was saw the sort of a glow in the smoke in the dark as I sort of entered Altadena that night and, um, we, uh. Well, I won't get into the whole story because I think. Are you guys focused specifically on housing in this one or what? Uh, is there a all okay, okay, I'll do whatever. Um, and so we, uh, I went over to check on the fire, uh, put on my ski goggles and a mask and watch the flames on the hillside, uh, from, uh, Altadena Drive and Lake and, uh, saw fire trucks heading towards it and sheriff's vehicles, and, um, went back home and, uh, we packed up our two cats and, uh, and spent like, an hour, uh, packing up a couple suitcases. And, um, as we were leaving, our neighbors were also leaving. Our next door neighbors were also leaving, and, uh, we, uh, you know, when you evacuate, you sort of Don't totally think you sort of have to plan for the possibility of everything being gone, but also you don't really think that's going to happen. And so when we were leaving, like we have two cars and my wife was like, should we take both cars? And our our neighbors did not. They took one car and they left the other car at their house. And I was like, yeah, we should take two cars just in case. And uh, so, um, we went and stayed at a friend's house and then, uh, that night was watching TV, and I saw my, um, doctor's office that just started down the street and Altadena burning on TV. And then the next morning, I went over there at about 5 a.m. and, uh, just driving on the freeway could see, like, the big plumes of dark smoke. And, um, got off on Woodberry, uh, and was starting to head towards my house, but also sort of ready to help report on the story for AP. And, uh, there were houses on fire on Woodbury, which is at least a mile south of my house down the mountain. And so, um, when I saw that, I kind of knew, uh, that my house was probably gone because if the fire had spread all the way down there, then it must have, you know, and so, uh, I wanted to get to my house, but I also wanted to, like, not to help report as quickly as possible. And so, um, got my, uh, we have an app on our phone that kind of lets us kind of go live, uh, with just like an app on the iPhone. And so I got that, and I met up with one of my colleagues, and we, uh, shot video of some of the houses that were on fire and the people who were watching them and the firefighters that did sort of the house would be on fire for like five minutes, and then a fire truck would pull up and sort of start to try to, like, put it out and um, by, uh, after covering that for a while. I tried to go up to my house and got to a point. Around where the cemetery is that there was, you know, black smoke everywhere and couldn't sort of it wasn't safe to go any further at that time. And, uh, so turned around and then we went down to the evacuation center, which is at the Pasadena Convention Center and, uh, sort of watched that, uh, sort of come to life, which was, uh, kind of an amazing experience. Uh, sort of when we first got there, it was just essentially just like a convention center opens its doors and says, anybody that needs to need, you know, needs to get out of the area, can come here. And then eventually, you know, the World Central Kitchen came, and then the Red cross came. And then other sort of volunteer groups came throughout the day, and people were being wheeled in from sort of nursing homes and retirement centers in Altadena and like on the sort of beds and stuff. And, um, so we interviewed, uh, me and my colleague interviewed people there, and then, um, By like 130 or so. I was able to break away and went drove up to my house and was like, there were like, uh, light posts and, um, utility poles that were like on fire and sort of like still burning. Uh, so and, um, electrical lines were sort of down. So it was kind of a dodgy drive up, but was able to see it and um, in, uh, I guess for me in the moment, because I was sort of in my journalism mode, I didn't I can't say that I was like, I was like, okay, there it is. And, uh, you know, you don't take the full time to digest it in the moment. But I as I sort of, I think, turned around and sort of started driving back down. And I did sort of cry then, but, um, yeah. And then, uh, then we got out of town for the next, uh, I don't know, five, six days and we're down in Orange County, and which was nice to be out of the sort of smoke and sort of area for a little while. Um, just asking them, uh, where they were specifically and sort of trying to get sort of the geography down and, and they would sort of describe, you know, sort of we're in a cluster of 30 houses that are at the base of this, you know, uh, kind of valley or canyon, um, and, uh, asking them what they grabbed and, um, and where they were going. Um, and it was a lot of people who were sort of on their way out and stopping sort of where I was, which was off the main, um, on a sort of quiet residential street, but had a kind of view of the flames kind of over the hill there. Um, and so we were all sort of marveling at the flames together in a way, and then, uh, and then able to and then everybody just kind of sharing what what they're seeing and what they just what just happened and what their plans are and that sort of thing. Yeah, absolutely. Having covered fires before, uh, I would always, um, marvel that people wanted to talk to me in these sort of intense, uh, traumatic moments of their lives, like I would. I have interviewed people who were, like, literally standing outside their burned out, their sort of burned down home in sort of more rural, uh, parts of like, Southern California and would kind of just be saying, you know, hey, you know, what was it like? What did you see? Um, you know, what are you what are you missing? And people would always, like, open up, like, tremendously and share their story. And I would always be kind of like, why do they want to talk to me? And like, I, you learn to sort of think of yourself as a little bit of a therapist and um, and for sure, like since the fire, like whenever I'll have friends who will be like, well, I know you're probably sick of talking about this. And I'm like, no, I'm not sick of talking about it. It's all fine because it feels good. And so it helps to kind of talk it out every time. I think so, yeah. Yes. So I would say, uh, yeah. Having now sort of seeing the other side of it, you definitely I realize now why everybody always is willing to talk for the most part. And I, uh, you know, it's not always true, but it's surprisingly true as a journalist that, um, in moments of trauma that people are often, um, as long as it's not like a pack journalism situation where you're like, there's like ten people around you and you're like being accosted by everybody trying to get information. Um, but when it's a one on one conversation, people are often way more willing to talk than you'd think. That was when I came back the day after. Or that was probably a week after the fire. Yeah, about a week after the fire. Um, the video was and that when I the first time I came back, I don't think I even took any pictures the day of because it felt so it felt dangerous. Like I felt like I was worried that at any point one of these, you know, poles could fall on my car. So I didn't stick around long enough to even take a picture. So yeah, yeah. But the video that I did was, um, came about because a couple days after the fire, I woke up in the morning at my, uh, mother in law's house, uh, and, uh, just wrote out my story of sort of our time in Altadena and sort of reflecting on it and, um, sort of shared that on, uh, Facebook and Instagram and then, uh, and then eventually shared it with my company and they were like, oh, yeah, well, we want to run this, but we need some video and photos. And I was like, oh, I don't know about giving you video photos. And so, uh, but they were like, yeah, you need to go back to the house and like, take a picture with the house or, and we can send a photographer and they can take pictures of you or whatever. And I was like, ah, I don't want to do that. And, um, but it ended up being kind of good because it was a way to sort of go back and have some have something to do when I went back to the house and so um, so I just went with my own, uh, iPhone and, uh, tripod and did my own video and photos because I didn't want to bother anybody else, uh, the company, because we were still busy covering, you know, more important stories about the fire than my story. So. Yeah. Um, and, uh, so, yeah, that's how that came about. Uh, first that it was crazy quiet. Um, there were just there were, like, a couple birds and that was about it. And, um, when I first got there, I was like, oh, shoot, I don't have like a mic. I usually have these, like little DJ, DJI mics or, um, a rode for my iPhone and I didn't have one. And so then, um, I was like, I think it'll be okay, actually, because, um, it's so quiet out. Um, and then the, you know, the dominant thing in the neighborhood is all the sort of chimneys and fireplaces. And so you kind of seeing, seeing those, seeing hours and seeing everybody else's around is that sort of one thing that's left standing among all the sort of wreckage is always kind of was striking for quite a while after the fires. And there were and we didn't use our fireplace. We had, we had my wife had done like a set of candles and stuff in the fireplace that was kind of like a decor thing. Um, and uh, but it was a the home was built in 1958, and the brick was kind of had this cool. Uh, we had painted the brick white on the fireplace and, um, so, yeah, that was kind of striking. And then you sort of walk up to it and. Well, and then our, um, uh, the a sort of like, um, elliptical machine and a peloton in the, we're in the garage, which was sort of like converted to like a man cave kind of thing. And those had both been sort of turned into these kind of weird sculptural, uh, metal arrangements. Uh, so I remember kind of being like, wow, that looks cool a little bit. And, uh, you know, it was a process of kind of looking for things that had survived sort of starts right away where you're seeing like little there were pots that had survived that sort of somehow had been, you know, below the fire and, uh, and remained unaffected. And then, um, and then the thing that sort of also stood out for us was our backyard, um, was unaffected by the fire. And, uh, there's a ping pong table back there, um, that we had got, uh, I guess during Covid and, uh, was, um, in great shape. We had a cover on it and like, a couple, um, embers had dropped on it, but it hadn't covered survived. And the ping pong table was totally, uh, alive. And along with sort of the hedge in the back and some, uh, trees in the back. So, um, that kind of made me laugh right away. Sort of this sense of like, oh, something, something survived. Uh, and and then. Yeah, and then I kind of walked around the house and, uh, seeing the, you know, the, my daughter's room and sort of like imagining her in there and then seeing it just sort of this open, uh, space now was, uh, very striking and emotional. Yeah. Uh, she was away on a trip to the, um, I think at that time, she was maybe in Atlanta, uh, with her school. And, um, we once we, we kind of thought we sort of started a plan to, like, tell her as soon as we thought it might be true. And then we once we sort of got, uh. Once we sort of confirmed it, um, we talked with her school teachers who were on the trip with her and said, we want, you know, this is what happened. We want to figure out a way to, uh, tell her. And so they sort of called her and one of her classmates who thought maybe she had lost her home but wasn't sure yet. And, um, in and we did a phone call with her and, uh, told her and she asked what we had gotten out of hers and, uh, was but was overall a little bit kind of, uh, you know, it's it's so far removed. She, the classmates were all kind of worried about it because of the sunset fire. The fire. And most many of her classmates were, um, lived more in the sort of Hollywood area. And so they had been concerned, but, um, they, uh, but none of them ended up being affected. Um, and she has done much better than most kids and, uh, Because both not being there for the when it happened and her school was unaffected. And we when we moved and found a new apartment. We're living next door to our old next door neighbors who have two daughters who are her like sisters, basically. And so they, um, so she kept her sort of like next door neighbors as well. Um, and she's doing okay. She likes her. She she told us that she likes her new room more than her old room. So we're kind of like, okay. Um, and, uh, so, um, she's not, uh, feeling as traumatized as I think we would have expected. Um, she was, uh, she is upset with us every once in a while for not getting out certain stuffed animals that she had and stuff, but, um, or her, uh, Nintendo that, uh, I could have easily grabbed but didn't. Um, so. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I think we've done a great job. Um, and, uh, my team was out there working on it, and then, um, for as sort of like, focus on breaking news as the AP is, I think we've done a pretty good job of kind of following up with different threads, kind of post-fire. Um, and sometimes I'll kind of suggest things. We have a slack channel and I'll sort of throw a sort of like, oh, one of my neighbors, um, had two older dogs, and they both, uh, died in the sort of, uh, months after the fires. And she's like, it's like too stressful on them, like moving and just sort of like being in a new place. And so I'll kind of throw that idea into our slack channel and say, hey, you know, pets, pets after the fires could be a story. And so people somebody was like, oh, yeah, I was kind of working on a story about that. And let me, you know, let me follow up and, um, but yeah, I think we've done a pretty solid job overall. Um, and, uh, You know. But, you know, we as a breaking news agency, we also kind of move on to the next big thing. And that is sort of understandable. Um, yeah. Overall, I think LA times has done a great job of following up on our specific neighborhood in the west of Lake Altadena area. And, uh, they've sort of not let anybody beat them on that story, which has been great of the sort of fact that we didn't get evacuation order until 330 in the morning, and they just did a story a few days ago about, you know, how few, uh, county fire trucks were in, uh, stopped at all in the west of Lake, uh, neighborhood. And, um, they did that through a public records request, which was good, solid journalism that takes effort and thought. And so, um, yeah, I think, uh, I think the media has been doing overall solid job on it. I mean, there's more there's definitely accountability that needs to happen. But I think, uh, the times has done a solid job of trying to hold people accountable. Yeah. That's good. I hope that the community can retain its character as, uh, much as possible. Part of what, um, was, uh, that what what drew us to Altadena was sort of the the diversity of people, the diversity of the sort of, uh, homes and the greenery and trees and quiet and sort of, uh, feeling like it's a little bit of a retreat from LA in a way, even though it's all very close to everything. Um, and, uh, I'm a little bit concerned that sort of with all new homes and sort of new sets of people moving in and potentially people who are not who are, you know, building in order to just make, make profits or either whether it be renting out stuff or whatever. Um, that'll it'll shift the, the character of the community and, um, hoping. But I'm also hopeful because I've been sort of joining with this community group that formed called All Together that is essentially sort of breaking Altadena into these little micro zones and helping us kind of connect with neighbors and, uh, have sort of met and connected with a bunch of neighbors on my street that I didn't even we didn't even know beforehand, um, before the fires. And so that's been, uh, very hopeful and, uh, uh, good kind of place to put, um, what the future looks like is like, we're already we're already connecting, and we're meeting in person, and we're meeting on zoom. And, um, what happens next? 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