The cold storage warehouse fire in Los Angeles

 https://www.kcra.com/article/cold-storage-warehouse-fire-los-angeles/71669472 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-boyle-heights.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-expainer 

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/cold-storage-warehouse-fire-los-angeles-134113422 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lineage-contributes-2-million-for-boyle-heights-fire-assistance/3907268/ 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2026-06-22/what-to-know-about-a-cold-storage-warehouse-fire-in-los-angeles

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/us/la-warehouse-fire-explainer 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/1400+Los+Palos+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1ucxyx6/cause_of_boyle_heights_warehouse_fire_believed_to/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1uc9a6s/aerial_shots_of_the_building_fire_taken_just_now/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents  

While its big enough to be a major concern, its nothing like what was depicted in the City+on+Fire movie. 

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/flies-rats-vermin-boyle-heights-who-is-handling-pest-control

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boyle+Heights

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+cold+storage+warehouse+fire+in+Los+Angeles

Here's What Los Angeles Looked Like In The 1980s

 https://laist.com/news/entertainment/los-angeles-1980s

https://www.laexplained.com/post/embracing-the-sun-kissed-joys-los-angeles-in-the-1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_and_Die_in_L.A._(1986_Wang_Chung_song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4x36XKhsM

Wang Chung - To Live And Die In L.A. - 7/6/1986 - Ritz NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PT77LraDcA&t=39s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Boomtown (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wvwuHUMCw Welcome To The Boomtown · David & David https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3st4AD69-0

https://www.britannica.com/topic/rock-Los-Angeles-1980s-overview-1371305 There was a certain sound and feel during the 80s, but it was all part of the larger diversity and energy that is L.A.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-31-me-333-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics

https://www.laconservancy.org/1980-1990-los-angeles-confirmed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venues_of_the_1984_Summer_Olympics

https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/welcome-to-the-valley-how-youth-culture-of-the-80s-spread-from-los-angeles-and-into-the-mainstream

https://www.huckmag.com/article/a-portrait-of-los-angeles-at-the-turn-of-the-1980s

https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/reel/C7fOJkoSPVM L.A. in the 1970s.

The Los Angeles County wildfires, so far

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-area-wildfires-60-minutes-transcript/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-wildfire-evacuees-price-gouging-predatory-businesses-landlords/?intcid=CNR-01-0623

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/death-toll-from-eaton-and-palisades-fires-climbs-to-24-officials-say/

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-12-25/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/los-angeles-calfire-firefighters.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Authorities warn of extensive damage as LA fires rages

 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires

People will use almost anything they can to try to put out a fire.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/southern-california-wildfires-by-the-numbers

While a bucket or a bag of water, or a garden hose can work on extinguishing a very small fire, only professionally grade firefighting equipment is best against any major fire.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/altadena-left-devastated-by-deadly-eaton-fire-everything-is-gone/

https://internewscast.com/entertainment/firefighters-are-not-using-handbags-to-fight-wildfires-in-los-angeles-as-shown-in-a-video/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/09/california-wildfires-destruction-los-angeles

https://deadline.com/2025/01/hacks-altadena-mansion-destroyed-la-fires-hollywood-locations-1236252254/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-wildfire-victim-dead-b2676480.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-actors-guide-how-not-to-pack-your-wildfire-go-bag/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Sunset Strip in Los Angeles is a shadow of its former self

 https://nypost.com/2026/06/21/us-news/los-angeles-sunset-strip-is-now-on-struggle-street-the-post-walked-it-for-a-week-heres-what-we-found/  

https://www.victimslawyer.com/blog/most-dangerous-streets-in-los-angeles 

https://amberstudent.com/blog/post/most-dangerous-areas-in-los-angeles

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLosAngeles/comments/1c9cfj5/what_is_the_worst_street_in_los_angeles/

https://www.esfandilawfirm.com/most-dangerous-areas-in-los-angeles-california 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles Decades in the making.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles#1970s_containment_zone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles#2000s_patient_dumping 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

City on Fire (1979 film)

City_on_Fire is about an out of control oil refinery conflagration that's not necessarily set in the Greater Houston Area or in L.A. County. It's set in a generic North American metropolis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)#Plot

https://www.morrowsheppard.com/blog/worst-refinery-explosions-in-us-history

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/deadliest-fires-or-explosions-in-the-world

While most of LA isn't on fire, some key parts of the county are.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-mapped-kenneth-fire-palisades-eaton-altadena-b2677045.html

https://www.california.com/the-4-coolest-national-forests-in-socal

https://wildfiretaskforce.org/southern-california-regional-profile

LA and Los_Angeles_County is a much larger area than Greater Houston. Some parts of Los_Angeles_County still have a wilderness feel and some parts still have heavily wooded sections or even forest_areas.

https://learncalifornia.org/southern-california-forests/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/la-county-wildfires-structures-destroyed-damage/3600667/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fire-maps-palisades-eaton-hurst-2025

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hollywood-hills-burn-la-engulfed-by-the-big-one-2025-01-09/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control and destroy homes across the Los Angeles area

Multiple massive wildfires are tearing across the Los Angeles area with devastating force

 https://www.kvoa.com/news/thousands-flee-as-wildfires-burn-out-of-control-and-destroy-homes-across-the-los-angeles/article_3d4523f3-408b-57b9-ae99-f60bb054859e.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Palisades Fire torches 1,000 structures, most destructive in Los Angeles history

 https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-fire-wednesday-live-updates/

The Greater Los+Angeles Area should have been much better prepared by now.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/more-than-7500-firefighting-emergency-personnel-deployed-to-fight-unprecedented-los-angeles-fires/

https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Los Angeles curfew to continue for 'couple more days'

A nightly curfew in Los Angeles will continue for "a couple more days," Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday, the ninth day of protests that have seen US President Donald Trump launch a military-backed crackdown https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250616-los-angeles-curfew-to-continue-for-couple-more-days-mayor

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Bakersfield, rattles Southern California

 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-06/california-earthquake-near-bakersfield

Fortunately, LA hasn't had anything as rough as the earthquake that was depicted in the movie Earthquake_in_1974 or the 2015 movie San_Andreas. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/07/california-earthquake-bakersfield-lamont/74699447007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/preliminary-5-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-bakersfield-shakes-all-the-way-to-la-county/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-earthquake-magnitude-aftershocks-los-angeles-b2592426.html

https://deadline.com/2024/08/earthquake-strikes-north-of-los-angeles-bakersfield-1236033403/

https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/california-earthquake-risk/california-earthquake-history-timeline

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/us/southern-california-earthquake-tuesday/index.html

https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

https://earthquake.lacity.gov/

San Andreas Fault: When the Big One Hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGTv4XdZhko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_(1974_film)#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_(film)#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Earthquakes+around+Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

Smart LA 2028: Technology for a better Los Angeles?

 https://www.itskrs.its.dot.gov/node/212391

All this surveillance and coordination technology can help any city to be more efficient.

https://ita.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1626/files/2021-05/SmartLA2028%20-%20Smart%20City%20Strategy.pdf

However, if ever totally run by AI and not humans, a totalitarian situation could emerge producing inhumane results.

https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/la28-2028-olympics-autodesk-technology-bim-retrofitting

https://dot.la/smart-la-2028-2659008086.html No matter how much high-technology can be applied, if there aren't enough emergency water tanks to fight fires, its pointless!

Technology is a series of tools, but such tools should never be used to turn L.A. or the world into a series of Black+Mirror episodes.

https://ita.lacity.gov/smartla2028 , https://la28.org/en.html

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2021/07/how-los-angeles-plans-become-smarter-city-2028-olympics People might say that its too expensive to have a series of above and underground water reseevours to fight fires with. Now look at what has happened to the unprepared Greater LA Area. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Black+Mirror

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alphaville

L.A. Still Under Curfew Amid Mass Protests?

 https://time.com/7293512/la-curfew-parameters-locations-what-to-know

Plenty of law enforcement, some helicopters and drones.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew-guidance-for-downtown-l-a-ahead-of-the-weekend/

Fortunately, LARGE humanoid robots haven't been despatched. 

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/los-angeles-protests-downtown-life/

LARGE humanoid law enforcement androids might still seems seem like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, but the tech has been around for a while.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/downtown-l-a-curfew-bars-restaurants-breweries

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-03-15/westworld-hbo-los-angeles-blade-runner

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests

Did Joe Rogan Predict these Historic Los Angeles Wildfires?

 https://www.latintimes.com/joe-rogan-predicted-historic-los-angeles-wildfires-resurfaced-clip-its-gonna-burn-through-la-571683

The strain on the Greater L.A. Area will be felt for quite a while.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Mass exodus from Los Angeles revealed in shocking new figures

 https://nypost.com/2026/03/30/us-news/los-angeles-suffered-a-massive-population-drop-last-year/  

People will always want to live there just to avoid the 32F or 0C winters elsewhere. 

https://lamag.com/news/people-are-leaving-los-angeles-what-does-it-means-for-the-citys-future/ 

Several places don't even get to 23F or -5C during the winter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1s7w3lz/los_angeles_county_sees_largest_population/ 

Unfortunately, big and dynamic L.A. keeps getting more expensive. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California

Another earthquake rocks Los Angeles

 https://deadline.com/2024/08/earthquake-los-angeles-4-7-pasadena-1236038205/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_earthquake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California#Notable_earthquakes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Earthquakes+around+Los+Angeles

Fire at abandoned Studio City property creates another Raman-Bass clash

 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-28/fire-at-abandoned-la-property-sparks-another-raman-bass-clash 

Tempers flare as city leaders respond to criticism over dangerous abandoned Studio City properties https://ktla.com/news/local-news/studio-city-abandoned-property-safety-issues-bass-raman/ 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/studio-city-abandoned-lot-karen-bass-nithya-raman/3934979/ 

 Studio City encampment fire sparks political clash https://www.foxla.com/news/studio-city-encampment-fire-bass-raman-dispute 

https://studiocitync.org/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_City,_Los_Angeles

https://geohub.lacity.org/datasets/la-neighborhoods-percent-of-population-below-poverty/explore?location=34.035367%2C-118.372869%2C1 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ls-newest-tourist-attraction-abandoned-high-rises-covered-graffiti-rcna138907

https://bestneighborhood.org/household-income-los-angeles-ca/ 

https://eig.org/neighborhood-poverty-project/los-angeles-ca/ 

https://propertyclub.nyc/article/poorest-neighborhoods-in-los-angeles  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=abandoned+Studio+City+property

L.A.

Newsom eases building restrictions as theories grow of how fires were ignited

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/newsom-marshall-plan-wildfire-theories

Building it all back better?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/dealbook/rebuilding-los-angeles-olympics-2028.html

How and when and for who?

https://fortune.com/2025/01/12/gavin-newsom-marshall-plan-suspension-environmental-laws-rebuild-la-wildfires/

https://www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom-reimagining-los-angeles-post-wildfire-marshall-plan-rebuild-2025-1

https://globalagents.ca/evergreen/los-angeles-2-0-fact-sheet-california

Water Wasted | What happened to all the water from California's historic winter? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5fJJUJMitY

Drones, military aircraft deployed for Los Angeles protests

 https://ktla.com/news/local-news/drones-military-aircraft-deployed-for-los-angeles-protests-404-media

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drones

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=drones

Los Angeles disaster preparedness?

 https://lafd.org/disaster-preparedness

The Greater L.A. Area really should already have had a series of above and underground water tanks and reservoirs, just in case another big fire broke out.

https://readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire , https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1346

https://bof.fire.ca.gov/media/4z1o4fhb/rpc-2-b-ii-city-of-los-angeles-draft-safety-element.pdf

https://www.thebigredguide.com/insights/lafd-exemplifies-drones-firefighting-co-3388-ga-co-5241-ga-co-5261-ga.1561714827.html

https://fire.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ready-set-go_04292021-High-Quality-B.pdf

https://planning.lacity.gov/odocument/c2e048eb-817c-4e9d-a550-57e33444621a/Safety_Element_CityofLosAngeles_SeptDraft.pdf

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.1191.pdf  1191

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

The Battle of Los Angeles in 1942

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

The Alien Threat Behind the Battle of LA | History's Greatest Mysteries (S5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbBCIrorYY

How a UFO Caused the Battle of Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAH59Wh-Ymo

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html