Salvador Salcedo grew up in a rancho, in rural northern Mexico.

In a beautiful ranch.

When he was a teenager, his family moved to the L.A. area, a far cry from ranch life.

But Sal took to his new home and found his life's work.

I worked on some of the best salons in LA as an assistant. And then I got my own chair.

And I decided to open up my own space at age 28. And my salon is about to be seven years old.

And it's a novel art salon. And I love it. It's a safe space

where everyone's welcome where people can come in and make the dreams come reality.

Sal also moved to a neighborhood that he really loved. Altadina, it's the most, in my opinion,

the most communal, beautiful place. Two weeks ago, Sal took a vacation in Baja, his former hometown.

And as he drove back to his home in Altadena, to his family, his partner called him.

She said, be really careful.

The wind's getting crazier.

Getting close, maybe like about an hour away from Altadena, and I call another friend of mine who lives really close to the mountain.

I said, Jess, how are you?

She says, dude, look at this.

And the fire is like right outside her house.

And she's like, we're grabbing everything.

Where are you?

And I just start really just feeling, you know, like, oh my goodness, I start speeding up.

I start driving faster and faster, skipping trees and branches.

And all I see is lines of cars getting out of Altadena.

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