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   https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/armed-homeowners-patrolling-burnt-   
   out-la-neighborhoods-in-defiance-of-local-officials/   
      
   Armed residents of wildfire ravaged communities in Los Angeles county have   
   reportedly taken to guarding their homes in defiance of government-   
   mandated evacuation orders.   
      
   A contingent of homeowners in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades have been   
   on a desperate neighborhood watch amid the ongoing blazes that have   
   wrought destruction and resulted in looters attempting to take advantage   
   of tragic circumstances, the Wall Street Journal reported.   
      
   Some of those residents patrolling their beleaguered streets are even   
   toting firearms for fear of their safety and lawless looters.   
      
   “I have no patience for any of them,” Ross Gerber, president of a wealth-   
   management firm, reportedly said of the LAPD, which has set up a stringent   
   border around fire-torn neighborhoods.   
      
   “After you survive this, you don’t care what they say,” said Gerber.   
      
   The 53-year-old carried a firearm twice when checking on his house on   
   Thursday and Friday last week, according to the report.   
      
   Gerber and his family evacuated from their Pacific Palisades home and are   
   staying at the Ritz Carlton in Marina del Rey — but the homeowner has been   
   proactive about protecting his property.   
      
   Last week, Gerber, who was armed at the time, traversed his block with   
   friends, questioning anyone they didn’t recognize.   
      
   “The whole neighborhood banded together,” he told the WSJ.   
      
   Along with several neighbors, Gerber organized for a private water truck   
   and driver to sit by their empty homes in case another fire breaks out.   
      
   The water truck was initially blocked from entering the ritzy area — but a   
   call to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office slicked the wheels.   
      
   “So we called somebody who was very important who called Gavin Newsom and   
   told him to let our water truck into our neighborhood,” Gerber told the   
   Journal.   
      
   Gerber’s house survived the fires and other locals are similarly keen on   
   remaining in their standing homes to protect their belongings.   
      
   “We do feel like we’re in the Wild West,” Aaron Lubeley, an unarmed,   
   Dodger-cap wearing lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.   
      
   Lubeley, 53, returned to his Altadena home after he, his wife, and 26-   
   year-old son were initially evacuated — retrieving passports, purses, and   
   personal items.   
      
   When he stepped foot on his property all that remained of his $1.8 million   
   home was the chimney which Lubeley had built “by hand.”   
      
   Lubeley’s neighbors’ homes, however, remained intact.   
      
   Lubeley said his wife is begging him to end his vigil but he remains in   
   the same set of clothes every night, sleeping in his SUV.   
      
   “I could be having a Manhattan and a steak but I couldn’t live with myself   
   if I did that and my neighbor’s house goes up,” he told the Journal.   
      
   LAPD and LAFD officials say they are keeping residents from returning to   
   burned neighborhoods because of hazardous conditions like downed power-   
   lines and fire-weakened trees.   
      
   In some areas in the Pacific Palisades, police have escorted residents to   
   their properties, the Wall Street Journal reports.   
      
   “People are saying: ‘I just want to go to my house and see what’s left,’”   
   Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Monday at a news conference,   
   “We know that, but we have people literally looking for the remains of   
   your neighbors.”   
      
   Converstion   
      
   Chuck Lunchblow   
   3 hours ago   
      
   Patrolled my neighborhood after it was flooded during Sandy. Our south   
   shore town was 90% deserted for weeks. We had an effective perimeter   
   established by law enforcement, where proof of residence was needed to   
   enter. Cops said nothing about us being armed, which was appreciated....   
      
   Joe Costa   
   2 hours ago   
      
   Cali is different. They will lock up the homeowner if they defend   
   themselves. It's happened there recently. Democrats gave more rights to   
   criminals in cali   
      
   moomoo   
   1 hour ago   
      
   Same with Charlestion after hurricane Hugo, effective law enforcement and   
   the guarantee that looting would be met with lead. Florida uses the same   
   protocols and they are very effective.   
      
   Wise Man   
   4 hours ago   
      
   California "Leadership" fails to protect taxpayers from devastating   
   wildfires and violent crime, but will prosecute anyone who protects   
   themselves and their property.   
      
      
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