As Los Angeles burns, the view from the top of the hill, with Upfront Ventures’ Mark Suster

the frame of a garage and a car burnt by fire (Credit: Mark Suster)

In Pacific Palisades, a hollow car seared with smoke is hanging off a cliff, surrounded by the blackened shell of a garage. 

Mark Suster, managing partner at Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures, texted me the picture as we talked Friday. That car and home are in his Palisades neighborhood, Castellammare, which he and his family fled last week.