<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg" width="4240" height="2832" data-attrs="{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":2832,"width":4240,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2753228,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/jpeg","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a5a8d9b-eb8e-47f1-8689-6f609683309a_4240x2832.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">My brother-in-law Eddie’s backyard</figcaption></figure></div><p>We still don’t know what started the fires in the Pacific Palisades. Theories abound. One speculates that an inadequately extinguished brush fire ignited by New Years fireworks smoldered underground for a week before reigniting. Another <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-14/he-posted-palisades-fire-start-now-the-internet-blames-him">blames</a> (without evidence) a glamping entrepreneur and his trail-running friends who …</p>
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My brother-in-law Eddie’s backyardWe still don’t know what started the fires in the Pacific Palisades. Theories abound. One speculates that an inadequately extinguished brush fire ignited by New Years fireworks smoldered underground for a week before reigniting. Another blames (without evidence) a glamping entrepreneur and his trail-running friends who … Read more

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