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Swiss actor Carlos Leal lives in Los Angeles near the fires. With his camera, he goes every day to burning areas.
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January 10, 2025 – 5:28 p.m.
(Keystone-ATS) “I want to document these events. For two or three years, I have been covering the homeless situation in Skid Row, in downtown Los Angeles, noted Carlos Leal on Friday in the columns of TagesAnzeiger. As an actor who lives the Hollywood dream, but also sees the harsh reality of the streets of this city, I find it outrageous that Los Angeles allows such situations. Before, I was a rapper and there too, I always addressed social and political themes. »
“It is difficult to get to these burning areas because the streets are blocked by police and firefighters,” said the 55-year-old actor, known for his role as a casino manager in a James Bond film. But the chaos was such with cars abandoned on the road that “no one stopped me”.
The former Sens Unik rapper was scared “especially on Thursday. There were times when I didn’t know if I would be able to leave a burning area. The heat was extreme, the smoke toxic.”
A mixture of sadness and horror hangs in the air in Los Angeles, he says. However, he believes that “anger will soon be expressed, as many people will blame the authorities for not having done enough to avoid such disasters. »
