As the West Coast suffered through a record-setting holiday weekend heatwave, industry insiders worried that sweltering conditions inThe threat of rolling electrical outages and brownouts would be a greater danger to the entertainment industry if it were not already largely shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Headlines about record-shattering temperatures on Sunday of 120 degrees and above in spots like Woodland Hills and Chatsworth and 110 degrees and above in Burbank, Pasadena and even central California spots like San Luis Obispo sent industryites to social media to comment on the soaring mercury. The National Weather Service projected Los Angeles County highs in the 100 to 119-degree range on Monday, or what it called a “sizzling and kiln-like September day.
That also means tinderbox conditions across the state. A wildfire that has consumed more than 7,000 acres in the Yucaipa area of San Bernardino County was sparked Saturday morning by a pyrotechnic device used as part of a couple’s baby gender reveal party, according to a report from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Forest Service closed Sequoia National Forest, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest and Cleveland National Forest to visitors due to heat and fire danger. Trails in the Santa Monica Mountains were closed midday Sunday throughout the holiday weekend after a hiker died in Malibu Sunday.
“It’s hot,” wrote filmmaker Julia Hart on Twitter just after midnight L.A. time on Monday. The simple statement from the “Miss Stevens” helmer elicited a response tweet from musician David Crosby.
PamplinFilmCo Hollywood will never reopen. I keep trying to tell you all this. Hollywood is dead. Not only do their politics alienate 75% of America, but they are so in bed with China, that when Trump is re-elected, China will be completely removed from this country permanently. So then what?
Governor Newsome & California leadership failing to do their job! Clean the forest! Let water come into the state! Clean up your homeless camps! Quit giving money to illegal immigrants! Quit giving money to criminals! & quit putting money into the train to no where!
It won't open until next year