Kent Speakman said he knew it was time to leave when he could see the fire from Runyon Canyon from his balcony. “It was burning and spreading super fast,” said Speakman, a Calgary native who has lived in Los Angeles for over a decade,

The NBA postponed the Los Angeles Lakers’ home game against the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. It is the second straight day a game slated to be played in downtown Los Angeles has been postponed.

"Obviously the game is secondary to that and to many things in life. Perspective is important," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of the fires.