View of the #TickFire from the 14 and Placerita Canyon. Huge plume of smoke. @ABC7
As firefighters race to put out fires in Castatic and Canyon Countey, LASD deputies are doing what they can to help. Some neighborhoods are safe because of these diligent first responders! @ABC7
At least one home on Husk Ave & Baker Canyon Road is completely engulfed in flames. Someone on the property let a horse run into the canyon to get them out of immediate danger. @ABC7#TickFire
Shot this about an hour ago on Husk Ave. Another home burned up in that neighborhood. The winds have calmed down but the #TickFire has burned 5000 acres. @ABC7
#TickFire: A house on Melia Way in Canyon Country went back up in flames after firefighters put it out earlier today. The wind is picking back up again. We’re not out of the woods just yet. @ABC7
#TickFire: Some evacuees are going home tonight. Those who live East of Sand Canyon, South of Sierra Hwy at Linda Vista under still under mandatory evacuation orders.
Where we are it’s quiet but SoCalGas is fixing a gas line in front of a burned home in Canyon Country. @ABC7
How would YOU react if you had seconds to escape a wildfire?? Tense moments as this family escaped the #TickFire@ABC7 Credit Ben Ibarra.
#DEVELOPING: Human remains have been found in a 'burnt area' near Tick Fire in Santa Clarita, authorities say. Homicide detectives now investigating bit.ly/33Znfj4@ABC7
#UPDATE: LASD tells me human remains discovered in the #TickFire burn area may have been hidden in brush for about a year. Not related to the fire but was exposed because of the fire.
The skeleton was found off Sand Canyon Road near Thompson Ranch Dr in Santa Clarita.
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#NEW: As of today in LA County, if paramedics/EMTs can’t get a patient’s heart beating again on scene, they will no longer transport that patient to the hospital.
That way, doctors in overrun ERs can provide care for patients who are viable. New directive below.
Medical director Dr. Marc Eckstein of @LAFD tells me wait times are dangerously long.
During Christmas week, one hospital had 19 ambulances waiting to offload at the same time.
People going to ERs without life-threatening problems, are waiting 12-18 hours just to get seen.
Why not take patients to other counties?
He says, “the reality is the entire region is severely impacted right now. So there's really nowhere to go. Orange County and Ventura County, they're all experiencing the same surge right now... this is not overstating the situation.”
Here’s a breakdown of the President’s tax returns obtained by the New York Times and #WhyItMatters.
The @nytimes obtained 18 years of President Trump’s tax returns. Sources gave access to three NYT reporters to examine his tax records which have not been made public.
KEY POINTs
📉He paid $750/yr in federal income tax in 2016 (year he became president) and in 2017 (his first year in office).
📉11 out of 18 yrs the Times reviewed, Mr. Trump reported he lost more than he made, so he paid no income tax.
📉Over 18 years of returns the Times reviewed, he paid $95 Million in taxes BUT got $72.9 Million of that back in federal tax refunds.
📉He has $421 Million in loans and debt that will have to be paid back in coming years.
#UPDATE: Here is a still of the shooter from the ambush of LASD deputies in Compton tonight. LASD says two of their deputies were shot in the head. @abc7leanne has the full video.