The third weekend of the month is the book-sale room at the University Heights Public Library. The place is on the same street as yesterday’s fire and about two blocks walk away. My wife and I had to see the aftermath.
Annie saw the signs first, as my eyes were drawn to charring along the building’s right front section. As you can see from the Featured Image and companions, some neighbors are quite displeased with what, reportedly, is a recent series of incidents occurring on the property—and this most recent fire not the first.
Homeless squatters are what I understand to be the problem. I don’t know if someone cooked food or drugs, but the result is nevertheless the same: Fire.
I left my camera home because of the book sale; these three photos come from Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Vitals, first: f/1.7, ISO 80, 1/1600 sec, 23mm (film equivalent); 9:38 a.m. PDT. Second and third are the same but 1/2000 sec.