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In reply to BearlySane88 • 6:23p, 10/15/26
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oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.


I drove up there over the weekend and went on a hike. I am miles away now, and the folks I know that lived there now live in Calabasas or L.A.'s westside. Yes, certainly hope the fire is contained.
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In reply to oski003 • 6:28p, 10/15/26
oski003 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.


I drove up there over the weekend and went on a hike. I am miles away now, and the folks I know that lived there now live in Calabasas or L.A.'s westside. Yes, certainly hope the fire is contained.


Good to hear. Fingers crossed those winds aren't too strong.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 6:51p, 10/15/26
Red flag warning till Saturday night.
This is a sparsely populated area in the canyons.
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 7:21p, 10/15/26
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!
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In reply to Cal88 • 7:54p, 10/15/26
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!


That's not good. The Palisades fire?
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 8:08p, 10/15/26
BearlySane88 said:
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!


That's not good. The Palisades fire?


Yes, this was his last day posting:

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/125429/replies/2452854
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In reply to Cal88 • 8:21p, 10/15/26
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!


That's not good. The Palisades fire?


Yes, this was his last day posting:

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/125429/replies/2452854


Looks like he had evacuated from a previous post so hopefully he is okay.

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/125429/replies/2452830
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 11:40p, 10/15/26
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Thank goodness the bystander took action. Some friends in Bend said they'd never heard so many sirens in their lives.


Something is weird about this, I mean I'm glad there was an armed civy there to stop it, but in Central Oregon people aren't just walking around strapped. I don't think I've ever seen somebody open carry here that wasn't law enforcement. Strange set of occurrence for a guy to just happened to be walking by there and armed. Terrible loss of young lives, and it could have been worse.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 4:25a, 10/16/26
MinotStateBeav said:
BearlySane88 said:
Thank goodness the bystander took action. Some friends in Bend said they'd never heard so many sirens in their lives.


Something is weird about this, I mean I'm glad there was an armed civy there to stop it, but in Central Oregon people aren't just walking around strapped. I don't think I've ever seen somebody open carry here that wasn't law enforcement. Strange set of occurrence for a guy to just happened to be walking by there and armed. Terrible loss of young lives, and it could have been worse.

I can't vouch for the trustworthiness of this website, but here's a Go Fund Me like account that's been set up for the family that lost their 5 year old boy in the school shooting. So far it's raised almost $13,000 of the $20,000 goal. People have also signed up to bring them meals most days for the next month.

https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/42e92m


The guy in this video had his truck shot numerous times by the shooter. He's lucky to be alive.


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10:22a, 10/16/26
Judge threatens Donald Trump with sanctions.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett in Miami issued a warning threatening to sanction Donald Trump for failing to sit for a mandatory deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC.

The Context: The judge noted that Trump failed to participate as ordered, stating that future non-compliance will trigger formal sanctions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-16/judge-threatens-trump-with-sanctions-to-testify-in-bbc-lawsuit
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In reply to DiabloWags • 10:27a, 10/16/26
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Judge threatens Donald Trump with sanctions.

amazing if a judge could do that, and make it stick, or that our savior for life King Donald would let the slight pass.
# craazy times
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2:22p, 10/17/26
Nothing says we want better textbooks than burning down a historic building

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3:31p, 10/17/26
Golden State Valkyries take Game #1 from Atlanta.

68 - 64

Gabby Williams leading the way . . . even with an apparent knee injury.

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In reply to BearlySane88 • 3:31p, 10/17/26
Very sad to see these old historical buildings being erased by these ignorant (word I can't use here)
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In reply to DiabloWags • 4:34p, 10/17/26
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Golden State Valkyries take Game #1 from Atlanta.

68 - 64

Gabby Williams leading the way . . . even with an apparent knee injury.


This Valkyries team is gritty as hell.
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In reply to sycasey • 5:55p, 10/17/26
They are fun to watch!
Very patient, methodical, composed, and gritty.

Only their second year as a franchise and are in the FINALS!
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In reply to Cal88 • 7:52p, 10/17/26
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!


That's not good. The Palisades fire?


Yes, this was his last day posting:

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/125429/replies/2452854


Twelve people died in the fire, which destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings and injured four people, including one firefighter. More than 23,000 acres were burned.

Yes. The Palisades Fire ultimately killed 12 people. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's records identify them as:

Victim Age Where
Charles Mortimer 84 Pacific Palisades / hospital
Randall Miod 55 Malibu
Annette Rossilli 85 Pacific Palisades
Betty O'Meara 94 Malibu
Arthur Simoneau 69 Topanga
Mark Shterenberg 80 Pacific Palisades
Jeffrey Takeyama 69 Malibu
Rory Sykes 32 Malibu
Marilyn Hamilton 71 Pacific Palisades
Diana Webb 82 Malibu
Elizabeth Morgan 79 Pacific Palisades
Hak Wong 69 Hospital

One correction to the information you quoted: the final death toll was 12 in the Palisades Fire, not 9. The overall January 2025 L.A. fire disaster eventually reached 30 direct deaths12 in the Palisades Fire and 18 in the Eaton Fire.

A few of these people had particularly notable stories. Rory Sykes, 32, was a former British child actor who had cerebral palsy and was blind. Mark Shterenberg was a former NASA/JPL engineer. Arthur Simoneau was a longtime hang-glider pilot. Randall Miod was a well-known Malibu surfer/community figure.

And Marilyn Hamilton is the name that is easy to miss in lists compiled early in the disaster: her remains were found in Pacific Palisades, and she was later identified as the 71-year-old victim associated with case 2025-00923.
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7:53p, 10/17/26
Except, I recall he was in the Altadena Fire area. So I'll look that up



Yes. I checked the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's records because the 19th victim was discovered much later.

The 19 people who died in the Eaton Fire were:

# Victim Age
1 Victor Shaw 66
2 Rodney Nickerson 82
3 Anthony Mitchell Sr. 68
4 Erliene Louise Kelley 83
5 Evelyn McClendon 59
6 Zhi Feng Zhao 84
7 Justin Mitchell 40
8 Carolyn Burns 56
9 Dalyce Curry 95
10 Edwin Cridland 94
11 Oswald Altmetz 75
12 Kimberly (Kim) Winiecki 77
13 Miva Wheatley Friedli 86
14 Patricia McKenna 77
15 Stacey Darden 54
16 Lora Swayne 71
17 Barbara Lewis 84
18 Kevin Devine 54
19 Unidentified Doe #431

The Medical Examiner's official list confirms the first 18 names and identifies the 19th as Unidentified Doe #431, case 2025-11669.

The unusual 19th case

This is particularly interesting. The remains of Doe #431 were found July 21, 2025, more than six months after the fire, at the 10 block of La Venezia Court. The county still had not publicly identified the person when it announced the discovery.

There was a 74-year-old man named Juan Francisco Espinoza who neighbors said lived alone with his dogs on that block and had been missing since the fire. The L.A. Times reported the apparent connection, but officials did not confirm that the remains were Espinoza's, so I would not count him as identified.

And as of August 2026, the county still describes the Eaton Fire as having 19 fatalities.

If you'd like, I can also give you a short story about each of the 19 peoplewho they were, where they lived, and what is known about how each died.
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1:29a, 10/18/26
Some kind of explosion at Canadian Military base in Wainwright, Alberta Canada.
Not a lot of information available but multiple casualties. Seems like a LOT of casualties though but a lot of information is being hidden. One of the guests on this video said that the RCMP investigating may suggest it may not be an accident.

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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 11:27a, 10/18/26
Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 11:42a, 10/18/26
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Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.


Crazy story and the lack of information is troubling.
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11:42a, 10/18/26
In France, someone broke into an online network and turned supermarket refrigeration units up to 50 degrees Celcius, ruining millions of dollars worth of food. Probably an agitated student. s/

Does France burning boost Le Pen higher in the polls?
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 11:45a, 10/18/26
MinotStateBeav said:
Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.

I Googled this and immediately saw stories from the CBC, ABC News, Politico, the New York Post, NPR, and the AP. What about it is not being covered?
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In reply to sycasey • 12:05p, 10/18/26
sycasey said:
MinotStateBeav said:
Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.

I Googled this and immediately saw stories from the CBC, ABC News, Politico, the New York Post, NPR, and the AP. What about it is not being covered?

You googled, thanks for your hard work.
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In reply to movielover • 12:35p, 10/18/26
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In France, someone broke into an online network and turned supermarket refrigeration units up to 50 degrees Celcius, ruining millions of dollars worth of food. Probably an agitated student. s/

Does France burning boost Le Pen higher in the polls?

The refrigeration caper was probably to protest the lack of food for poorer folks. s/

Yes on Le Pen's standing.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 12:36p, 10/18/26
MinotStateBeav said:
sycasey said:
MinotStateBeav said:
Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.

I Googled this and immediately saw stories from the CBC, ABC News, Politico, the New York Post, NPR, and the AP. What about it is not being covered?

You googled, thanks for your hard work.

So how is this not being covered?
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3:19p, 10/18/26
Pretty sus...

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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 3:23p, 10/18/26
MinotStateBeav said:
Wow, the media is hardly covering this explosion story at all. Despite all the deaths and injuries that have occurred...I've never seen anything like it.


You're insinuating that it's some kind of a terror plot. In fact it has not been covered that much because it was a Canadian military drill gone wrong.

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3:38p, 10/18/26
Artists and engineers salvaging the Repulique square in Paris, breaking off cement and stones for attacks. "Destroy everything."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DenHIPUMp0H/?obrf=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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In reply to concordtom • 3:39p, 10/18/26
concordtom said:
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
Cal88 said:
BearlySane88 said:
oski003 said:
45 acre Malibu fire

https://ktla.com/news/wildfire-erupts-in-malibu-amid-red-flag-warnings/amp/


Hope you're safe and all other SoCal Bears are safe.



We still haven't heard from frequent poster Dimitrig since the late stages of the LA fire, his house was in an area affected by the LA fire. Hope he's OK!


That's not good. The Palisades fire?


Yes, this was his last day posting:

https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/125429/replies/2452854


Twelve people died in the fire, which destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings and injured four people, including one firefighter. More than 23,000 acres were burned.

Yes. The Palisades Fire ultimately killed 12 people. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's records identify them as:

Victim Age Where
Charles Mortimer 84 Pacific Palisades / hospital
Randall Miod 55 Malibu
Annette Rossilli 85 Pacific Palisades
Betty O'Meara 94 Malibu
Arthur Simoneau 69 Topanga
Mark Shterenberg 80 Pacific Palisades
Jeffrey Takeyama 69 Malibu
Rory Sykes 32 Malibu
Marilyn Hamilton 71 Pacific Palisades
Diana Webb 82 Malibu
Elizabeth Morgan 79 Pacific Palisades
Hak Wong 69 Hospital

One correction to the information you quoted: the final death toll was 12 in the Palisades Fire, not 9. The overall January 2025 L.A. fire disaster eventually reached 30 direct deaths12 in the Palisades Fire and 18 in the Eaton Fire.

A few of these people had particularly notable stories. Rory Sykes, 32, was a former British child actor who had cerebral palsy and was blind. Mark Shterenberg was a former NASA/JPL engineer. Arthur Simoneau was a longtime hang-glider pilot. Randall Miod was a well-known Malibu surfer/community figure.

And Marilyn Hamilton is the name that is easy to miss in lists compiled early in the disaster: her remains were found in Pacific Palisades, and she was later identified as the 71-year-old victim associated with case 2025-00923.


It's very highly unlikely that Dimitrig was one of the LA fire victims, but also likely that his house burned down, which is a very traumatic, life-altering event. Hope he is OK and that he will chime in sometime down the road.
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In reply to Cal88 • 3:45p, 10/18/26
Cal88 said:
Pretty sus...


No it's not, teams that need a TD and a FG do this all the time to preserve time on the clock. Their chances are slim either way, but they take the points now and then hope to get the onside kick.
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In reply to sycasey • 4:04p, 10/18/26
sycasey said:
Cal88 said:
Pretty sus...


No it's not, teams that need a TD and a FG do this all the time to preserve time on the clock. Their chances are slim either way, but they take the points now and then hope to get the onside kick.

OK, that makes sense.
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In reply to movielover • 4:18p, 10/18/26
movielover said:
In France, someone broke into an online network and turned supermarket refrigeration units up to 50 degrees Celcius, ruining millions of dollars worth of food. Probably an agitated student. s/

Does France burning boost Le Pen higher in the polls?

Supermarket refrigeration units can be turned up to 122 degrees?
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In reply to movielover • 4:48p, 10/18/26
movielover said:
In France, someone broke into an online network and turned supermarket refrigeration units up to 50 degrees Celcius, ruining millions of dollars worth of food. Probably an agitated student. s/

Does France burning boost Le Pen higher in the polls?


It does boost Marine le Pen up a bit, but she is going to finish in the top 2 anyway and make the 2nd runoff stage regardless. The Macron establishment nightmare though is that leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon gets to 2nd place behind her and ends up as the other candidate in the upcoming presidential election 2 way runoff.

In the past few presidential elections, le Pen has comfortably won the first round, only to keep losing by a wide margin in the 2nd round, that is why the establishment loves her.

A lot of the violence in the protests is not organic, meant to scare the voter base away from Melenchon, for the benefit of the 3 establishment candidates, socialist Glucksman, former Macron prime minister Edouard Philippe and milquetoast center right candidate Bruno Retailleau. All three of these candidates are Macron clones. There certainly are a lot of out of control violence and looting by young 1st or 2nd generation African immigrants, but also many shenanigans by covert agitators working with the riot police:



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5:29p, 10/18/26
Someone online claimed 55 Leftist organizations funding the mayhem, violence, and arson.
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