An advocate for homeless youth is now without her own home after a fire ravaged her Spring Valley house.
Even after eight days, seeing the remains of her home has not gotten any easier for KishaLynn Elliott.
"It was shocking, and it was devastating,” Elliott said.
That Sunday night, she and her family—including her wife and 5-year-old son—were at a holiday event in Del Mar getting ready to go snow tubing when they got a call from their neighbor. Their rented home in Spring Valley was on fire.
Elliott raced home, where fire crews had put out the flames.
“When I got to the door here, I almost fainted,” she said. Inside, she discovered a heavily damaged interior. Nearly all of her possessions were gone and her family was suddenly without a home.
“I was, and I am still grappling with some grief,” Elliott said.