[one-half-first]We could see the fire from the aeroplane as we flew above Los Angeles on our way to LAX, and woke up the next morning breathing the smoke from all the way [/one-half-first]
[one-half]on the other side of town. We were jet-lagged so got up early and drove up to Laurel Canyon, my first home in Los Angeles, to see how bad it looked. [/one-half]