LeBron James is getting fully initiated to life on the west coast.
A wildfire west of Los Angeles forced the Los Angeles Fire Department to mandate evacuations for about 10,000 buildings, it announced Monday morning. That area included thousands of California residents, including newly minted Angeleno LeBron James, who tweeted that he and his family had evacuated.
James later tweeted that he'd found a "place to accommodate us," and that he was praying for families and first responders dealing with the fires.
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