MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Patty Checa says just days after spending the holidays with family in California, she got word of the raging wildfires and immediately began to worry about her family there.
“All of my family is in California. I’m the only one here in Milwaukee,” she said. Patty’s mom lives near the border of Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades.
“My mom was like it’s so bad and that she could see if from her house,” Patty said. Thankfully Patty’s mom is okay, and her home was not damaged, but she did have to evacuate the area for a few days…