There are no fires burning in Malibu along the beach. Not anymore. But the pristine blue ocean and golden hues of sunset can’t mask the utter devastation along the shore. What astonishes about Malibu today is knowing that so much violence, destruction of hearth and home could happen so quickly.
The Palisades Fire tore through a strangely contained beachfront corridor of Malibu last Tuesday night. Some people went out to dinner in Beverly Hills or went for drinks at the Malibu Country Mart and could never go home again. From Carbon Canyon Road down to Topanga Canyon Road, it’s a mile-plus of utter devastation with a few odd exceptions.