Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Enrique Chiabra was anchoring coverage of the Los Angeles fires for Telemundo’s KVEA-TV (Channel 52) on Wednesday night when a new blaze erupted in Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon.
As he announced evacuation orders on air, he realized his house was inside the zone. “He literally walked off, went off set and drove home,” said KNBC/KVEA president and general manager Todd Mokhtari. “I knew our employees were going to get calls to evacuate.
You want to tell them to go, even if it’s your anchor on the air.” It’s been a demanding and emotional week for Los Angeles’ local TV stations, which went wall-to-wall with non-stop, commercial-free news coverage starting Tuesday afternoon and continuing through Friday.
As the Palisades and Eaton fires caused mass destruction, thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed and at least 10 are confirmed dead.
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