EDIT: the animals weren't evacuated from the zoo but some of the staff left.
if you want to read about the fire click here in case any of you LA people haven't heard yet because you're in Europe or NorCal or anything, there is a massive massive brush fire in the Hollywood Hills/Griffith Park because it was in the high 80s/low 90s today with low humidity. parts of the park have been evacuated. the fire started earlier today and it's still blazing. there are 2000 people in the area who don't have power and the DWP doesn't know when it's going to turn back on. i saw a huge billow of smoke in Culver City this afternoon and thought something was going on there, but it must be really bad if i can see it all the way from West LA. there is a suspect being held for arson.
do we know anyone who lives over there?