PHOTOS: New role for movie ranch
A film crew passes destroyed buildings at Singing Springs in the Angeles National Forest, which was used for movie shoots and music videos until Aug. 20, when the Station fire swept across the family retreat-turned-movie-ranch. The fire wiped out all 11 buildings on the 16 1/2-acre site along Angeles Forest Highway, destroying props, tools, keepsakes and furnishings. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A film crew works into the evening at Singing Springs. One of the first films to be shot there since the Station fire is “Meteor Apocalypse,” which is scheduled for release in February. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Barbara Webb stands among the ruins of her family’s property, which her father bought in 1947. The Station fire leveled a barn that doubled as the gatekeeper’s home, burned down cabins, scorched the meadow, killed scores of trees and clogged with ash the streams and a swimming hole where trout had hidden. It also took out electrical, water and telephone lines. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A generator-powered motor home at the top of the driveway serves as temporary quarters for Barbara Webb, 72, and her boyfriend, Oscar Spear, 73, when they come from their Topanga Canyon home to work on the property or oversee movie shoots. It also becomes a location office and dressing room when productions are underway. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
