Some woman on KABC TV was just talking about the museum-level quality collection that burned this morning. It included million-dollar Venetian chandeliers, Elvis Presley furniture, personal notes from Ronald Reagan, Nixon, Princess Di, etc. More structures are on fire all over Malibu.
From channel 2 ....First Tanker now just arriving.....Airtankers out of Hemet...I think I heard....
Geez, I hope they got at least some of the stuff out of there!
That is tragic.
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What terrible losses... I had no idea...:(
Sad to think that the Malibu Presbyterian congregation stood helplessly by as their church burned, how sad.
As long as people don’t lose lives...that’s what is important.
I was in the castle several times in the late 70s thru the mid-1980s when the original owner and builder lived there (Tom Hodges and his wife were friends of the family). The furniture and fixtures were exquisite. The bathrooms were done built around antique basins, the stones outside imported from England. He spent over 3 years building it and more years finishing the inside.
While magnificient, it also had a very cold feeling inside. The views were fantastic though.