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‘Everything we built – gone’: how the wildfires decimated LA’s music scene
January’s blazes in California have devastated the livelihoods of performers, technicians and other music industry pros. They reveal what they lost – and how they’re rebuilding
From the coastal oasis of Malibu to the villas of the Pacific Palisades, fierce Santa Ana winds combined with tinderbox dry conditions saw blazes roar through multiple neighbourhoods. A family business, the shop was run by Chukwurah – himself a rapper and designer – with his musician father, Onochie, who settled in LA after visiting the city on tour with Fela Kuti in 1969. To stay means navigating the administrative toll of recovery: insurance and legal claims; government fund and grant applications; securing architects, materials, labour.
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