Former tennis star Pam Shriver revealed on Saturday that she received Grand Slam awards and her car was stolen after she evacuated her home due to the forest fires that broke out in the country. Devastated Los Angeles.
Shriver said Fox 11 Los Angeles She was evacuated from Brentwood to a hotel in Marina del Rey as the Palisades Fire raged nearly two weeks ago. She offered a bleak view of how she feels about the city in the wake of all the chaos that has unfolded.
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Pam Shriver, present as coach for Donna Vekic, on day nine of a tournament at the All England Tennis and Croquet Club in London, July 9, 2024. (Susan Mullan – USA Today Sports)
“Right now, in Los Angeles, it's hard to feel safe because of natural disasters, fires and crime,” she said. “I spent my first 38 years in Baltimore. Since then, I've spent 30 years here. I'm thinking about my next community where I'll feel safe.”
Shriver explained to KTLA on Friday that she was trying to get back to a “normal routine” when she noticed her Dodge Durango was missing.
She said the trophies were in the back of the SUV.
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Pam Shriver during the 1981 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City, September 10, 1982. (Lou Capozzola-USA Today Network)
“For people who do this, come on, man,” she said He told the station. “We have to come together. We have to do things like the way you see people donating, the way you see first responders, how they get through this. Let's all feel a sense of community and help the people of Altadena and Pacific Palisades. Come on, let's do the right thing.”
“This is not the time to give people more stress or more anxiety and more distrust.”
Looting has been a major issue as firefighters work to contain the inferno. The authorities arrested at least ten people in connection with the incident Looting and burning.
California Governor Gavin Newsom He called for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after prosecutors in Southern California urged him to issue harsher penalties, Fox News Digital previously reported.
“Preying on the most vulnerable is despicable, and these criminals are among the worst kind,” Newsom said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital Thursday afternoon.
The devastation left by the Palisades Fire is seen at sunset in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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Newsom said that “looting has never been legal here” and that it “will not be tolerated” as the state continues to battle the frenzied inferno that broke out on January 7.
Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
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