The new year started off with a depressive beginning when we entered  2025 with a change in Washington. But in Los Angeles, we weren’t expecting to add to that depression with the ravages of an angry environment. As the fires flattened the Palisades and then Altadena and other parts of Los Angeles, we wept for the losses of friends

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