Blackened Skies and Celebrities on the Run as Trio of Wildfires Sweep Southern California

Wildfires in multiple locations were burning out of control well into Wednesday, with firefighters overwhelmed and Governor Newsom coming under a different kind of fire.

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A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure at the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, January 7, 2025. AP/Ethan Swope

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, California — The winds that swept over this Air Force base in the western reaches of Riverside County on Tuesday did not portend good things for Wednesday. Southern Californians generally are inured to the dry gusts of the Santa Ana winds, but these were clocking at 65 to 75 miles per hour, almost knocking my young nephew to the ground as we were visiting the March Field Air Museum at about the same time the Pacific Palisades started to go up in flames.

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