Over thirty years ago, author Pico Iyer was displaced from his Santa Barbara home by a wildfire. Looking for a temporary shelter and a place to retreat for a while, Iyer fled north to Big Sur. There ...
PASADENA, Calif. -- On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high.