NEW CALIFORNIA FIRE ERUPTS! Studio City Now on Fire, Several Structures Engulfed (VIDEO)

NEW CALIFORNIA FIRE ERUPTS! Studio City Now on Fire, Several Structures Engulfed (VIDEO)

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NEW CALIFORNIA FIRE ERUPTS! Studio City Now on Fire, Several Structures Engulfed (VIDEO)
January 9, 2025

Structure fire in Studio City

Eco-terrorism?

A new fire in Los Angeles erupted late Wednesday night shortly after a fire exploded in the Hollywood Hills.

Several structures are on fire in Studio City.

A spox for the LAFD told KTLA the Hollywood Hills fire and Studio City fire are not connected.

KTLA reported:

A four-story structure fire in Studio City erupted and quickly spread to nearby hillside homes on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles Fire Department reported the fire on the 3000 block of North Sunswept Drive at 8:52 p.m., saying the residence was “well involved in fire with exposures and vegetation.”

The four-story home collapsed from the flames and the wind picked up the embers to nearby brush, according to officials.

“We did just have the winds pick up again so we are seeing some ember casting from that four-story structure,” Adam Vangerpen, a spokesperson with LAFD, told KTLA around 9:30 p.m. “Our hope is to hit it hard, and we’re trying to keep it out of the brush right now.”

Vangerpen said this fire was not connected to the Sunset Fire currently burning in the Hollywood Hills.

A massive fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon and the “Hollywood” sign Wednesday night.

The new fire dubbed “The Sunset Fire” came out of nowhere and exploded.

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Author: Cristina Laila

JUST THREE MONTHS AGO: Trump Talked About California’s Water Problem and Wildfires on the Joe Rogan Podcast (VIDEO)

JUST THREE MONTHS AGO: Trump Talked About California’s Water Problem and Wildfires on the Joe Rogan Podcast (VIDEO)

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JUST THREE MONTHS AGO: Trump Talked About California’s Water Problem and Wildfires on the Joe Rogan Podcast (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025

Add this story to the ‘Trump was right again’ pile.

Just three months ago, when Trump appeared on the Joe Rogan Podcast, he talked to Joe about the ongoing issue of water dispersal in California and about how the state could stop wildfires by clearing dead trees from forests.

He suggested that the state actually has more than enough water to deal with these and other issues such as farming, but progressive environmental policies are standing in the way.

Transcript via the American Presidency Project:

TRUMP:—Los Angeles, you can’t get proper amounts of water and it’s unbelievably expensive, and you might have a house in Beverly Hills, and they’re actually thinking about rationing water. Can you believe it?

ROGAN: I could believe it. I used to live there.

TRUMP: I was, I was in the farm country with some of the congressmen. We’re driving up a highway and I say, “How come all this land is so barren?” It’s farmland and it looked terrible. It was just brown and bad. I said, “But there’s always that little corner that’s so green and beautiful.” They said, “We have no water.” I said, “Do you have a drought?” “No, we don’t have a drought.” I said, “Why don’t you have no water?” Because the water isn’t allowed to flow down. It’s got a natural flow from Canada all the way up north of water, more water than they could ever use. And in order to protect a tiny little fish, the water up north gets routed into the Pacific Ocean. Millions and millions of gallons of water gets poured…

TRUMP: You could have all of the water you need, all of that land would have more water. The whole thing could be like that little patch. Literally, literally I’d say—I was with Devin Nunes, a congressman and other congressmen, we were going up. I was visiting them because they asked me to go up and visit their territory and I did. But I kept saying, “Look at this land. It’s beautiful, but it’s so dry.” And I thought they were going through like a desert like a drought. They said, “No, we have water, but it gets—” So I looked into it.

ROGAN: What is the fish?

TRUMP: And I got it done. I got it done. I could have water for all of that land, water for your forests. you know, Your forests are dry as a bone, okay?

ROGAN: Yeah. Dangerous.

TRUMP: That water could be routed. you know, You could have everything. Not only dangerous, billions of dollars a year they spend on forest fires. And you know, there’s a case with the environment. They’re not allowed to rake their forests because you’re not allowed to touch it. When a tree falls down, after 18 months it becomes very dry. It’s like you know, real firewood. It’s bad.

Here’s the clip:

Trump was right, but the usual suspects couldn’t allow Trump to be right.

And now we see the real impact of all of this as California is battling the worst fires in a generation and their fire hydrants are empty. It’s madness.

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MADDENING: Watch Adam Carolla Explain How He Applied to be a Los Angeles Firefighter But Was Turned Away for Being a White Male (VIDEO)

MADDENING: Watch Adam Carolla Explain How He Applied to be a Los Angeles Firefighter But Was Turned Away for Being a White Male (VIDEO)

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MADDENING: Watch Adam Carolla Explain How He Applied to be a Los Angeles Firefighter But Was Turned Away for Being a White Male (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025

There has been a lot of criticism of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies recently but this has been going on for years.

Several years ago, comedian Adam Carolla told a story under testimony that he once applied to become a firefighter in Los Angeles but was told he would have to wait years to even take the test because he is a white male.

This is a perfect example of how these policies are destructive. These areas in California are complaining that they don’t have enough firefighters. Is there any wonder why?

OutKick has details:

Adam Carolla Says He Was Rejected From LA Fire Department Because Of His Race

Most reasonable people would also assume that for something as important as fighting fires, politics would take a backseat to creating the most prepared, efficient, effective force possible. But reasonable people generally don’t exist in Los Angeles government.

One such tragically hilarious example came 8 years ago in Congressional testimony from comedian and podcast host Adam Carolla. Carolla explained that he applied to be a firefighter for Los Angeles earlier in his life and was told he had to wait 7 years to return to take the examination because he wasn’t a member of a racial or gender minority.

“Geez. I want to talk about my white privilege so badly,” he said. “I graduated North Hollywood High with a 1.7 GPA and could not find a job. I walked to a fire station. I was 19 and living in the garage of my family home and my mom was on welfare and food stamps. I said, ‘Can I get a job as a fireman?’ and they said, ‘No, because you’re not black, Hispanic or a woman and we’ll see you in about 7 years.’”…

“I had a young woman of color standing behind me in line, and I said to her, ‘Just out of curiosity, when did you sign up to become a fire man?’ … she said, ‘Wednesday.’ That is an example of my white privilege.”

Watch the video below:

It’s just maddening. These fires represent the failure of these destructive policies.

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Author: Mike LaChance

BREAKING: New Fire EXPLODES “Out of Nowhere” in the Hollywood Hills Near the “Hollywood” Sign – Evacuations Underway (VIDEO)

BREAKING: New Fire EXPLODES “Out of Nowhere” in the Hollywood Hills Near the “Hollywood” Sign – Evacuations Underway (VIDEO)

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BREAKING: New Fire EXPLODES “Out of Nowhere” in the Hollywood Hills Near the “Hollywood” Sign – Evacuations Underway (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025

Fire explodes in Hollywood Hills, California

Eco-terrorism?

A new fire erupted in the Hollywood Hills near the “Hollywood” sign Wednesday evening.

There is a mandatory evacuation for Runyon Canyon and the Hollywood Hills.

The new fire dubbed “The Sunset Fire” came out of nowhere and exploded.

Aerial view of the new Hollywood Hills brushfire:

Runyon Canyon is on fire.

Numerous fires have been burning in the greater Los Angeles area since Tuesday and are still at zero percent containment.

Thanks to Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom and LA’s Democrat Mayor Karen Bass, the fire hydrants are dry.

Karen Bass slashed fire department funding by $17.6 million a few months before the fires.

Governor Newsom and the state’s Democrat legislators do not allow for proper forest management so years of dry brush build up and fires explode with the gusty Santa Ana winds.

As President Trump previously pointed out, Newsom also refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water to flow through the state.

The result?

California looks like a Martian wasteland.

DEVELOPING…

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Author: Cristina Laila

L.A. Officials Complain There Aren’t Enough Firefighters – After Firing Hundreds Who Refused to Take COVID Vaccine

L.A. Officials Complain There Aren’t Enough Firefighters – After Firing Hundreds Who Refused to Take COVID Vaccine

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L.A. Officials Complain There Aren’t Enough Firefighters – After Firing Hundreds Who Refused to Take COVID Vaccine
January 8, 2025

As fires rage across Los Angeles, city officials are complaining there are not enough firefighters to manage the situation.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said that the department was incapable of managing such a massive natural disaster.

“There are not enough firefighters in all of Los Angeles County to address four separate fires of this magnitude,” he said.

“The LA County Fire Department was prepared for one or two major wildfires, but not the four. This is not a normal red flag alert.”

While their lack of manpower is completely understandable given the incredible ferocity of the fires, it is worth noting that many firefighters were fired for their refusal to take the COVID vaccine.

As pointed out by the popular End Wokeness account X, local news media even ran reports back in 2021 about how firefighters had their employment terminated after refusing to provide proof of vaccination or requesting an exemption.

In fact, a group of hundreds of the city’s firefighters even filed a lawsuit against the city for violating their constitutional rights.

Among them was Brian Knox, who had worked as a firefighter for 21 years only to have his career ended by the cruel diktats of Democratic Party bureaucrats.

“Over the past 22 months, without that shot, we’ve been here helping the public,” Knox said at the time.

”There has never been an issue until the city put this mandate out. Until the city turned us from heroes to criminals. We continued to come out and serve the public.”

WOW: 871 Los Angeles Firefighters to File $1.7 Billion Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandate (VIDEO)

As readers will know, the so-called COVID vaccine turned out to be neither safe nor particularly effective.

In many cases, people suffered severe side effects that severely compromised their health and, in some cases, resulted in their deaths.

One of the main vaccine manufacturers, AstraZeneca, has since pulled their COVID vaccine worldwide.

While those mandates are now history, things could have been very different.

Without the reporting of outlets like The Gateway Pundit and the pushback of millions of hardworking Americans, those mandates could still be in place today.

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Author: Ben Kew