Getty
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The blaze was reported around 4:30 p.m. and appeared to have ignited near the Getty Center parking lot at 1200 Getty Center Drive, according to the Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The brush fire, dubbed the Getty fire, had grown to 20 acres by about 5:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A brush fire erupted Wednesday afternoon along the 405 Freeway, threatening homes, a university and the Getty Center, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
“But to be here in the Getty with my photographs, I don’t think he could grasp that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
She found more photographs—the Getty had one, MoMA had three; a few articles analyzing her work; an obituary from the New York Times.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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