Cat Chen

2 months ago | alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle |Leonora Epstein |Cat Chen

On Tuesday night, after an especially blustery day in LA, the Eaton Fire broke out in the canyon foothills three miles north of my apartment. All day I had been following stories about the ultra-destructive Palisades Fire on the west side, watching Tiktoks of bulldozers pushing abandoned cars on Sunset Boulevard out of the way, and wondering if the Eames House would survive the blaze from the safety of my sofa while I kept one eye on the winds out my window.