Sitting at the red stop light at the corner of Pacific and Martin, many cars waiting to move, turn. The blast of a siren and horn as a fire truck barrels down the road right through the red light. What courage to go through the red light in the middle of traffic.

One man, cell phone to his ear was annoyed that he could not turn on his green light. The rest of us looked up the hill to see if it was our house on fire. Couldn't see smoke from my side of the hill so I went on Whole Foods to shop.