Similar scenes have been unfolding across other Los Angeles hotels as the fires ... describing the eerily empty beaches and the hotel lobby packed with crying children, families, dogs and suitcases.

A long stretch of ocean water along Los Angeles County coastline will be indefinitely ... contact with water and sand from Las Flores State Beach in Malibu to Santa Monica State Beach.

From the iconic Santa Monica pier and Venice Beach to the Getty Museum and Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles is packed with some of the best things to experience in Southern California.

Stars, including Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal, and Milo Ventimiglia were mourning the loss of their homes and possessions in LA's devastating fires.