Television

Brian Williams gets overexcited

On tonight's NBC Nightly News, my ears perked up when anchor Brian Williams introduced a story by saying a world-famous museum came "dangerously close" to being burned by fire today. Turns out he meant the Getty, which was not seriously threatened by the fire that burned up and over a few ridges in Sepulveda Pass this morning. The fire started about two miles from the museum, closer to the Mountain Gate development. The museum stayed shut because of the street closures.


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