A couple from Point Loma, San Diego, shares their anxieties about their LA-based family in the face of devastating wildfires that have ravaged the region. They describe the fear and uncertainty during the early hours of the fires, relying on limited information and desperate calls. The couple highlights the close-knit community feel between Pasadena and Altadena, emphasizing the widespread destruction and loss experienced by their loved ones and friends.
Just 120 miles separate San Diego from Los Angeles , and many San Diegans have strong connections to the people there. KPBS reporter John Carroll spoke with a Point Loma couple, whose family in the LA area has left them in a constant state of worry this week.
“I’m from South Pasadena, which is more south, but anyone from the area knows that South Pasadena, Pasadena, Altadena, I feel like we’re really just from one community," Rusch said. In the early hours of the fires, reliable information was hard to come by. Dread and worry filled the vacuum.His grandparents sent him a video showing only the chimney still standing."The rest, it was all just leveled, and a majority of my friend’s houses burned down too," he said."I think only one of my friends’ houses survived, and every one … all those that lived up there, there’s just nothing left.
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