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For my family, today marks a certain return to normalcy: It’s the first day my kids were able to return to their school following two weeks of fire-related closure (which immediately followed winter break — so they’d effectively been out since mid-December).

On Friday, my parents were also able to return to their home, which still stands entirely thanks to a massive coordinated firefighting effort. When my parents got back in, they found a Cal Fire team still stationed in their backyard (during a 72-hour-on shift!), and they stayed clear through the weekend on alert for embers and wind danger. How to thank these guys enough? They are true heroes. My 82-year-old mom made them a hot meal, and I think very much enjoyed taking photos with them, too.

Yesterday, in celebration of MLK Jr. Day, my friends and I arranged to go for a hike. I drove 30 miles to get there, as all of our go-to hiking trails to the west, east, and north are all burned; the geographic scale of it is staggering. But friends and nature are both healing.

So that’s where we are here. We acknowledge we are the lucky ones and continue to grieve and organize for our fellow Angelenos wherever we can. To that end, this PSA:

Please keep events, meetings, productions, etc. in Los Angeles. Cancelling them is not a service to a wounded city, but a further punishment to a population already devastated by tragedy. Your continued business is essential to the recovery — to the survival of working servers, electricians, rigging crews, valets, chefs, lighting designers (shout out to my husband’s business, Kinetic Lighting)… and on and on.

So be sensitive in your language, sure. Add a relief fundraising component — even better. But most of all know that bringing event event business to LA is actually a deeply meaningful act of service right now.

On with the show.

Mom in the backyard with the Cal Fire guys

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