The La Canada Flintridge fire, along with the other fires consuming California, has been devastating.  Here are some pictures I took yesterday along CA-2. (more…)

With all the news about Ted Kennedy’s passing, I had no idea that we were starting another wildfire season, until I stepped outside to water the garden.  As it turns out, 600 acres of the Angeles National Forest are consumed with flames. And then I smelled it, that sick scent of embers mixed with dust. [...]