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Pacific Palisades Is Gone. Up Close and on the Ground It’s Even Worse

The Wrap
Story by Sharon Waxman
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Once-idyllic Pacific Palisades now a ghost town, as wildfires rage and deserted streets echo with haunting evacuation warnings
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  • Residents fled the Palisades area in droves as wildfires encroached, leaving a surreal scene of abandoned buildings and equipment scattered across the eerie, desolate landscape
  • The repeated evacuation alerts playing over loudspeakers in the empty village underscore the very real danger that forced this once-thriving community to be abruptly abandoned
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