Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva discusses the 'devastating' local response to the California wildfires on 'The Big Money Show'.
As raging wildfires ravage California, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, wealthy businessmen Elon Musk Announced that SpaceX will provide free Starlink terminals to affected areas of Los Angeles.
He made the announcement while retweeting footage of a reporter crediting Starlink internet service with the connectivity.
The reporter said Starlink is “the only reason we're able to hear and communicate with you right now because there's absolutely no cell service in this whole area.”
California wildfires ravage Los Angeles County, 5 dead and thousands of homes threatened
A firefighter battles the Palisades fire as homes burned along Pacific Coast Highway during a powerful storm on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
representative Eric SwalwellD-Calif., asked Musk to use his money and social media platform X to help poor families whose homes and businesses were destroyed in the devastating wildfires.
Swalwell commented After Musk shared a video, which he said was taken by a friend in Los Angeles, it contained footage of some of the destruction.
“This is very sad. Elon, I believe you want to help as much as I do. I will use my post on the Homeland Security Committee to keep an open mind: concerns about the cause/response to the fire,” Swalwell said in response to the video Musk shared.
“Can you use this platform and your money to help poor families who have lost their homes/jobs?” the congressman asked.
Swalwell was slammed on social media for questioning how Trump would lower grocery prices
Left: Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, DC on Feb. 28, 2024; Right: Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump addresses a House Republican conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. (Left: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Right: Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
Musk claimed the fires in the Golden State could have been prevented, but regulations stood in the way of taking action to prevent the inferno.
“These wildfires are easily avoidable, but California's frivolous regulations prevent action, so year after year homes burn and more people die,” Musk declared in a post on X.
“My friend texted me that his house burned down again. His old house also burned down in an uncontrolled wildfire several years ago. California could have easily stopped this massive wildfire, but refused to allow fires on bogus environmental grounds,” he said in a separate post. .
California wildfires sweep across Los Angeles County, forcing thousands to flee their homes
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at the America PAC Town Hall on Oct. 26, 2024 in Lancaster, Pa. (Samuel Coram/Getty Images)
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In another post, he asserted that “insane environmental regulations prevent fires near homes and clearing brush,” which “allows massive fires.”