Snap CEO Evan Spiegel penned a heartfelt note to his hometown of Los Angeles and employees following the Palisades Fire, which he revealed destroyed his father’s home — the original headquarters for Snapchat (see photo above).
The social media app co-founder also pledged $5 million and counting toward wildfire relief efforts. “Dear Los Angeles, I love you,” the statement began, in part a love letter to the affluent oceanside neighborhood in which he was raised. “I grew up in Pacific Palisades.
I covered street after street on my Razor scooter. I knew the tall, old trees by heart and had my favorites. My Mom lived on Alma Real, my Dad on Toyopa.
Mom’s house is miraculously still there, covered in ash. Dad’s is gone, burned to the ground on live TV. And we were the lucky ones.
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