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In the mad rush to flee the flames, droves of residents had abandoned their cars in an immovable traffic jam on Palisades Drive.

The fires that tore through Altadena and Pacific Palisades have created a mad rush for a place to live, as thousands of newly homeless families enter what was already a housing market in crisis.

A white-haired lady wanders Richard Neutra’s landmark midcentury house in Silver Lake at night, when she suddenly encounters a mountain lion calmly purring — and a grand piano in the room begins to play, on its own, Philip Glass’ “Mad Rush.”

He had Steinway program a player piano to perform “Mad Rush” with Glass pounding playing style, and he had his roaming camera observe the big cat’s response to the music.

In case you’ve blocked it out of your memory, the game is as it sounds: a mad rush to dodge a rubber ball being hurled at you by a member of the opposing team.