John Schreiber

Emmy Award-Winning Photojournalist at CBS Los Angeles / KCAL News (@kcalnews). News helicopter camera operator in SkyCal 🚁. Commercial Drone Pilot. Mizzou alum

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Probably won’t be posting here much going forward. The fires in LA really proved to me how unhelpful Twitter has become after once being a vital source of info. Find me at https://t.co/Eu2aQOLOYR or https://t.co/6Fqt7n3aI6 (photo from Mountain Fire in Camarillo)

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@DavidBegnaud At least they answered… I called 911 once to report a fire starting up and all I got was a busy signal. Never got through to them.

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For reference here is the other one I saw survived the fires https://t.co/HP5RQJntro

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Not sure what it is about vintage blue #Volkswagen vans but this is the second one I have seen survive the fires in Los Angeles. Every single thing around them burned… but the blue Volkswagens survived. #EatonFire

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While at the fires, I try to check on as many homes as I can when asked but I can’t do them all. But, Using our helicopter with map overlay is a great way for people to see if their home is ok. I know @kcalnews will do more of these videos in coming days. https://t.co/TRQQdBJPnO

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@anthonycabassa @WinstonSyme4 My last response but you 100% were breaking the law and putting flight operations at risk. You are completely ignorant of the law and should probably have a lawyer ready for when the FAA comes knocking.

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The owners of this home on McNally Ave in #Altadena told us they had 23 motorcycles inside that all burned… including some rare Ducatis. All you can see now are the charred tail pipes. #EatonFire #Ducati

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You can count how many homes burned by counting the chimneys… they are all that remain standing. Six homes are in this one video at the corner of N Marengo Ave & Altadena Dr. #Altadena #eatonfire

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Block after block after block of utter destruction here in #Altadena from the #EatonFire. I just can’t process yet how destructive this fire was. Neighborhoods are a monochromatic hell scape. Some of the only color I could find were the citrus trees with fruit still hanging on.

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@rite1consulting @kcalnews Yes the whole property seems to have burned down

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The Altadena Community Church steeple has just crumbled to the ground. What’s worse is the Chevron station next door can’t shut off its pumps with 15,000 gallons of fuel in the tanks. St Marks Episcopal has also burned to the ground #EatonFire @kcalnews

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@Wallyrus51 @kcalnews Many of the trees did burn as did homes along there. But many trees also survived from what I could see around 1pm

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@SoCalOSINT @BHScanner Company policy says 40 knots on the ground. It was well over that at Van Nuys last night. At higher altitudes where we would sit it was 70 knots or more

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@burgiemike @kcalnews @JohnSchrieber It burned and is pretty much destroyed. It didn’t catch the pumps on fire and the canopy and mini mart are still standing but very burned.

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@SoCalOSINT @BHScanner Even us media were given clearance by secret service to fly in the outer ring yesterday but it was incredibly unsafe to do so and we were grounded for the whole night

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@BHScanner This isn’t true… firefighting aircraft were grounded because the winds were 70, 80, 90 mph. Also, the TFR language exempts law enforcement, fire and other emergency aircraft. This airspace restriction follows any president anywhere in the country regardless of political party.

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The Bank of America in #Altadena on Lake Ave also now burning to the ground. It looked ok earlier today and now it’s fully engulfed. #EatonFire @kcalnews

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The Altadena Senior Center is burning to the ground. Firefighters say the fire hydrants up here are dry and they have to keep driving elsewhere to refill their tanks and come back up to continue the fire fight. The famous Christmas Tree Lane also on fire. #EatonFire #Altadena