Former tennis star Pam Shriver revealed on Saturday that she had Grand Slam trophies and her vehicle stolen after she evacuated her home due to the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles.
Shriver told FOX 11 Los Angeles that she evacuated from Brentwood to a hotel in Marina Del Ray when the Palisades fire broke out nearly two weeks ago. She gave a somber view of how she feels about the city in the wake of all the chaos that has broken out.
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Pam Shriver, in attendance as coach of Donna Vekic, on day nine of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Championships in London, July 9, 2024. (Susan Mullane-USA Today Sports)
“Right now in LA, it’s hard to feel safe based on natural disasters, fires, crime,” she said. “I spent the first 38 years in Baltimore. Since then I’ve spent 30 years here. I’m thinking about what’s my next community where I want to feel safe.”
Shriver explained to KTLA on Friday that she was trying to get back into a “normal routine” when she noticed her Dodge Durango was missing.
She said the trophies happened to be in the back of the SUV.
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Pam Shriver during the 1981 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City, September 10, 1982. (Lou Capozzola-USA Today Network)
“For people who do this, like come on man,” she told the station. “We have to come together. We have to do things like the way you see people donating, the way you see the first responders, how they push through this. Let’s all feel a sense of community and help the people of Altadena and Pacific Palisades Come on, let’s do the right thing.
“This is not the time to give people even more stress or more worry and more lack of confidence.”
Looting has been a major problem as firefighters work to contain the inferno. The authorities have arrested at least a dozen people in connection with looting and arson.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after Southern California prosecutors urged him to issue harsher penalties, Pakinomist Digital previously reported.
“Preying on people when they are most vulnerable is abhorrent, these criminals are among the worst kind,” Newsom said in a statement to Pakinomist Digital on Thursday afternoon.
The destruction of the Palisades Fire is seen at sunset in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Newsom said “looting has never been legal here” and that “it will not be tolerated” as the state continues to battle the raging inferno that erupted on Jan. 7.
