Well, this is a little too close for comfort: apparently there was a brush fire early this morning near the Getty Center that closed the 405 for a few hours and burned 100 acres.  Luckily,  there weren’t any injuries or damage to property, and firefighters eventually put the fire out, but it is still scary that the fire was so close.   The fire hopefully will serve as a reminder that even people who live in the city need to be prepared for wild fire emergencies.

I couldn’t find any word on how the fire started, so in the interest of added safety, I will just remind everyone to use caution even when doing seemingly harmless things like cooking on the backyard grill.  All it takes is one little spark in windy, dry weather like we have been having to set off a wild fire.