It was only three days after Thanksgiving. The Ana winds had returned to Los Angeles for weekend. Fire crews were on the alert throughout county, ready for more fires. Just a month , 20 fires had occurred throughout four southern California . Almost half of them were the result of or human carelessness. Officials hoped that this weekend be uneventful.
Near the end of the road goes into Coral Canyon, which is only a miles from the Pacific Ocean and Malibu, is small park. That park is a popular weekend place. People party there until early morning hours. people do not live in Coral Canyon. They outsiders. They do not pay any attention to rules about hours (the park closes at dusk), (no fires of any kind are permitted), or . But because of a constant lack of funds, park rangers are ever available to enforce these .
Early Sunday morning, Jimi Hendrix, a resident of Canyon, heard loud rock music as a car down out of the park. That car was by another vehicle, also playing music loudly. “For out loud,” Jimi muttered, “it’s 3:00 a.m. Do jerks have any consideration for others?” He tried go back to sleep. Ten minutes later, his Bill Gahr called.