Ready for the next course

Some in Pacific Palisades were unsure this year's Turkey Trot would happen. But the community showed up, on a different route.

- CERYS DAVIES

Photographs by CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times DAMON LINDELOF, left, and his son Van warm up Thursday for the Pacific Palisades Turkey Trot.

Residents of Pacific Palisades have had little chance to congregate since the Palisades fire ripped through their community in January.

But bright and early on Thanksgiving morning, runners could be seen stretching their limbs in front of hollowed-out buildings, while attendees in turkey costumes walked along charred streets, ready for the 11th annual Pacific Palisades Turkey Trot.

"It's heartwarming to see so many people back here supporting the community after everything that we've lost and suffered through this year," said lifelong Pacific Palisades resident Brian Garrett, whose home burned. "It gives us hope that we can build our town back and get back here."

The Palisades fire broke out Jan. 7 and wasn't fully extinguished until the end of the month. It is considered the by the third-most-destructive wildfire in California history-6,800 buildings were destroyed flames, 36.5 square miles of the Santa Monica Mountains were scorched and 12 people were killed.

CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times "IT'S HEARTWARMING to see so many people back here supporting the community," one resident said.