JUST IN: Owner of the LA Times condemns LA Mayor Bass for reports of empty fire hydrants leaving firefighters helpless to fight fires, and for cutting the LA Fire Departments budget by $23M.

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The Dallas Police Department sadly announced the off-duty death of Police Officer Gabriel Bixby.

Texas: An Off Duty Dallas Police Officer was tragically killed in a vehicle crash on State Highway 276  Farm Market Road 1565 in Hunt County's Union Valley area on Tuesday evening.

"Officer Gabriel "Rush Hour" Bixby, a 29-year-old Northeast Patrol Officer with the Dallas Police Department, will be deeply missed."

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Rest Easy Brother. Prayers for his family of blue and blood. 🙏🏻

Happening Now: Palisades High School 👀

⚠️ Reports of traffic lights being out at several intersections throughout the City of LA due to power outages. As a reminder, if you approach an intersection with traffic lights that are out, slow down and treat it as a 4-Way Stop. Please be safe and stay off the roads if possible.

LAPD HQ

JUST IN: Sunset Blvd Pacific Palisades. 👀

⚠️ We are asking for everyone in the Altadena area to please stay out of this location, effective immediately. There are many closures throughout the city and we want everyone to be safe. Please remember to stay alert, stay prepared, and take care of one another.

CHP Altadena

No water in the fire hydrants, DEI fire chief, and a communist mayor MIA in Ghana...

And LA County Fire Department donating "surplus supplies" to Ukraine.

You have got to be kidding me!!

Actor James Woods breaks down in tears as he describes the fires in Los Angeles:

"One day you're swimming in the pool and the next day it's all gone...I'm sorry, I'm usually....I thought I'd be stronger than this."

God bless American patriot, James Woods.

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Happening Now: Fire crews continue to work PCH here in Malibu.

Rosenthal winery. Cholada Thai. Topanga Motel. Reel Inn restaurant. Moonshadows and so many coastal homes are gone…

Oregon: Members of a MultCo Task Force headed south to the Palisades Fire.

22 members of PF&R, Gresham Fire, and the Port of Portland Fire at the request of the OSFM to assist in the large fire currently impacting many homes and individuals.

Portland Fire & Rescue

Authorities said that a former high school teacher who allegedly sold vape cartridges containing THC and nicotine to students is now facing several charges.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/teacher-in-virginia-arrested-for-selling-thc-vape-cartridges-to-youth-students

The Altadena Senior Center is burning to the ground. Firefighters say the fire hydrants up here are dry and they have to keep driving elsewhere to refill their tanks and come back up to continue the fire fight. The famous Christmas Tree Lane also on fire.

John Schreiber

Looking at Pacific Palisades from Elysian Park. Fires have spread nonstop for the past 24 hours. Winds are still going strong. Sun completely covered by smoke.

BREAKING UPDATE! The Palisades Fire is now 15,832 acres, it’s burning around 9-10 acres a minute on average since start.

JUST IN: Corpus Christi Church in the Palisades is destroyed.

Los Angeles Scanner

Texas: Fire crews were called to the facility on Post Oak Road in WIlmer, near I-45, on Wednesday afternoon.

Dallas Fire-Rescue says the initial report was for a vehicle fire, but it now appears to be a pallet fire.

Smoke could be seen from miles away. Some tractor-trailers were seen in the area. A few were burned in the flames.

At this point, we do not know how the fire started.

More from Sunset Blvd., West of Chautauqua in Pacific Palisades.