From a trail in the Santa Monica mountains just above Pacific Palisades I captured this satellite pass. The marine layer is beginning to burn off a little earlier in the day. What used to be a charred landscape just a few months earlier is now mostly covered with some plant life. Fresh growth is emerging from the base of many shrubs (chamise, laurel sumac, elderberry) as the roots are still very much alive. Coastal morning glory climb up burnt skeletons. Many bees take sips from large-flowered phacelia.

Meanwhile a "No Kings" demonstration in Santa Monica attracted thousands of peaceful protesters.