HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — With wildfires ripping by way of Southern California in January, Hollywood’s greatest night time confronted a terrifying risk.
The Dolby Theatre, residence to the Oscars since 2002, was lower than a mile away from the flames of a speedy rising hearth.
As Pacific Palisades and Altadena burned in January, one other blaze, the Sundown Hearth, began ripping a path by way of the Hollywood Hills simply above the Dolby Theatre.
It unfold shortly in Runyon Canyon, prompting evacuations in Hollywood, together with the theatre.
“What occurred right here must be addressed,” mentioned Conan O’Brien, the Oscars host this 12 months.
With the Oscars simply days away, O’brien made it a degree to acknowledge all of the folks of Southern California who’ve misplaced properties, companies and generally much more.
“The Oscars, in the identical vein, ought to mirror some sense of lifting folks up and optimism that this city will get again to work,” mentioned O’brien.
One well-liked viewing celebration takes place yearly on the coast. The Malibu Movie Society selected to host its bash at Ollo Restaurant this 12 months.
The restaurant made it by way of the wildfires, however the household that owns it nonetheless paid a steep worth.
“The house owners are amongst those that misplaced their properties. Our native companies have actually been decimated by what occurred through the fires and so they proceed to have issues,” mentioned Scott Tallal with the Malibu Movie Society.
Regardless of the unhappy scenario surrounding the occasion, the Malibu Movie Society remains to be wanting ahead to a profitable Oscar exhibiting.
“Yearly since we began, one in all our Q and A company went on to win his first Oscar. And yearly since then, it has been an unbroken streak,” mentioned Tallal.
This 12 months, proceeds from their Oscars celebration will go to wildfire restoration efforts.
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