Fire Lies 1: A Flashback to the Spark That Destroyed Pacific Palisades and Trust in Leadership

<![CDATA[Minutes after midnight one year ago, federal prosecutors allege, a man-child preacher's kid, with anger issues and a fixation for setting his Bible on fire, took the long barbecue-type lighter he had in his car and set the blaze that later would incinerate more than half of the Pacific Palisades. Six days later, a Santa Ana wind — the Devil's Winds — would spark the fire back into existence to kill twelve people and destroy 6,800 homes. More than half the homes in Pacific Palisades would be burned along with billions in possessions, lost art, real estate, and mementos belonging to the people who called that wealthy Los Angeles neighborhood home.]]>