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300 Herondo St. & Hermosa Av.
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Here are 15 fundraisers at L.A. bars and restaurants to support first-responders and neighbors affected by the tragic fires via eating and drinking, including pizza pop-ups, oyster festivals, and superhero tacos.
Gracias Señor's customers in Pacific Palisades were 70% locals, including many students from the local high school that burned down. On the day the fire started, taquero Rudy Barrientos barely made it out in time to not have to abandon his popular food truck. Through World Central Kitchen, he's been serving the first responders who are working the graveyard shift breakfast burritos. As for the future, he doesn't know where he will set up next.
“Although it certainly offers a dramatic visual, seeing partially burnt pages from books and newspapers fall from this sky is an all-to-familiar experience for anyone who has experienced a major fire that destroyed numerous structures,” climate scientist Daniel Swain told L.A. TACO.
A West L.A.-raised photographer looks back at his sacred place in high school, turning his lens on the ruins that remain.
“We need to support each other. If we don’t do it, nobody’s going to do it,” one of the volunteers said through his N-95 mask.