{"id":58347,"date":"2025-01-11T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58347"},"modified":"2026-01-11T02:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:14:19","slug":"the-effects-of-the-california-fires-on-the-famous-beaches-of-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/01\/11\/the-effects-of-the-california-fires-on-the-famous-beaches-of-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"The effects of the California fires on the famous beaches of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 7, a series of wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in southwestern California.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/10\/31\/the-cold-drop-disaster-in-valencia-seen-from-space-by-the-landsat-8-satellite\/\">The cold drop disaster in Valencia seen from space by the Landsat 8 satellite<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/10\/05\/the-brutal-devastation-that-hurricane-helene-left-in-the-beautiful-town-of-chimney-rock\/\">The brutal devastation that Hurricane Helene left in the beautiful town of Chimney Rock<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WXFatalities\/status\/1878112163082178734\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The two largest fires are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2025\/1\/7\/palisades-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palisades<\/a> fire (with 5 deaths and 9,170 hectares burned) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2025\/1\/7\/eaton-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eaton<\/a> fire (with 6 deaths and 5,712 hectares burned). So far, <strong>more than 13,400 homes, buildings and other structures have been damaged or destroyed<\/strong>. Some 180,000 people have had to be evacuated from the affected area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Terrifying Footage Shows California Wildfire Ripping Through Los Angeles\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tpi7irFNnos?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>These fires got out of control due to a dangerous cocktail of drought and strong winds<\/strong>, with speeds of between 130 and 160 km\/h. This disaster is attracting the attention of media around the world, since <strong>Los Angeles is the second most populated city in the United States<\/strong> and has places that are part of popular culture on an international scale. Among those places are its beaches.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California fires aerial view shows wildfire damage in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and Malibu\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_WWrUIDtBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Above we can see <strong>a video showing the damage caused by the Palisades fire along the entire coastline of Pacific Palisades and Malibu<\/strong>, two coastal neighborhoods known for their luxury homes, many of which have been razed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260801959_ac415fc72f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to television, <strong>the idyllic image that many of us have of these beaches is the one we can see in these two photos<\/strong> from the Lifeguard Division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, with <strong>the lifeguard huts that became world famous thanks to the 1989 television series \"Baywatch\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260801979_0d520fe028_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, January 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LACoLifeguards\/posts\/pfbid05fEymEBCuaLRWtFFjUjxnHfCtwxzPsoCm8Xx8or6aZHPruroXiecidgCAAB6xNZfl?__cft__[0]=AZVcKGaMxKa6zvH30xlNDVWJn3vtCRQdDEQVG2wspujmRoZwKZiTXOMvcCVb41af2NhDB_4CpWai6HK1exgfKCh85wpF9JoYp3R7RtGBe9J8GJDK3Y-gQAjTGRVsGrR8r8eWJILP02gpSyZz9rmMnz5WJzegpXe_0FvpPvRe4rlYB3Y3LzyQB0DOk4-MNOvpg8w&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Lifeguard Division released this photo<\/a> <strong>of the Palisades Fire moving toward the beaches<\/strong>, noting that areas of Rustic Canyon and Topanga Canyon were being evacuated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260570256_2b79799db4_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LACoLifeguards\/posts\/pfbid02hD22GAvEAcTCm1EzYzcFD4RP2BuhY3EGZgWHiN3zqdTRywUxsDaR694FTNgkNmvnl?__cft__[0]=AZXyTvGoq49Rmscn6iQ3D5qQfu2AoRV-FZvMfv87g0T2VUw_nAC7FQpgEZREfvS8KDtvJmR1NrieTm5ckew3osX7n7xqUNI60br3C-qddoCb4XIljqCmGGzkpocPFMJmjRgwLzRBbnmHylAz2Ur_fmH1zotvevz4Y3G2KRkWYh3oMMnGqNRAshurgrKjm2ZTqVI&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Lifeguard Division published these two photos<\/a> in which we see the fires seen from the coast:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260585301_39e869176b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54261010055_9f644bda2f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEk2aCGyiL9\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Six12media posted this photo<\/a> showing <strong>a lifeguard hut burning on the beaches of Pacific Palisades:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260567776_b8bdfd830c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of this Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LACoLifeguards\/posts\/pfbid026ZmfRVJe2J67bM4wE2wLGJp8N1wdWfiKRMGLTc9j6qvoRMs9qi5GYXn2EDmkVyTMl?__cft__[0]=AZUAK-A6hrYqTZKlG4029EW5e8pxlLV7EgR4ZFkE2HcHBmf2v8CF42v4ELqKIZo3S_G3lqcDKXD7gz9K4AF293iSVV3E8wgBcu4hjMSCaq-ByJ88fNAxBsVYx1xWuTHz1I7CFR8mnPjbMeEVH-_GkIH3UDomnIlvbLMQ8i-H2FDgNZujeC6ih-QNauhHnVFhMVU&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Lifeguard Division published this series of photos<\/a> showing <strong>the beach area of Los Angeles County scorched by fire<\/strong>It's like we're looking at a war zone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54259678042_d9a554a2c6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260991710_92e84b4881_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260991740_6108c99296_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54259678027_33f5380875_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260567826_2248c683bd_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260567861_fbe9ff91b7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260793058_1c1da59200_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260793108_48aee1852b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260802069_9f42ff2aff_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54260793088_e4d8f4471f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>My prayers are with the deceased and their families,<\/strong> and I wish that the injured recover quickly and that those who have lost their homes can rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LACoLifeguards\/posts\/pfbid02hD22GAvEAcTCm1EzYzcFD4RP2BuhY3EGZgWHiN3zqdTRywUxsDaR694FTNgkNmvnl?__cft__[0]=AZXyTvGoq49Rmscn6iQ3D5qQfu2AoRV-FZvMfv87g0T2VUw_nAC7FQpgEZREfvS8KDtvJmR1NrieTm5ckew3osX7n7xqUNI60br3C-qddoCb4XIljqCmGGzkpocPFMJmjRgwLzRBbnmHylAz2Ur_fmH1zotvevz4Y3G2KRkWYh3oMMnGqNRAshurgrKjm2ZTqVI&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County Fire Department, Lifeguard Division<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 7, a series of wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in southwestern California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,16884],"tags":[2421,16991,1161,23540,23539,10431],"class_list":["post-58347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-seas-and-coasts","tag-california","tag-forest-fires","tag-los-angeles","tag-malibu","tag-pacific-palisades","tag-united-states"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:18:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}