Although the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles have not hit Brentwood — a wealthy enclave a few miles east of the Palisades that is home to A-list celebrities such as Tom Brady, Travis Scott and LeBron James — the security checkpoint at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Kenter Avenue, on the eastern edge of the evacuation zone, was especially tight Tuesday afternoon. Journalists who ordinarily have access to pass through were told by National Guard officers they would have to head to the next checkpoint. Members of the Los Angeles Police Department, who often allow residents to return home and retrieve clothing and food, were telling people they would have to come back another day. The reason for this was not officially stated, but that didn’t stop people from speculating, because a few blocks north of the checkpoint, just inside the evacuation zone, stood a four-bedroom house owned by Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.
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