LA prop houses prepare for the return of production after dual Hollywood strikes
LOS ANGELES — Three days after the actors’ strike was declared over, a mile-long section of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles shut down due to a devastating fire.
The skeleton staff of Omega Cinema Props, which is located right next to that portion of the road, instantly began to fret over how their entertainment-industry clients — who had only just started to trickle back in — would be able to travel to their massive warehouse amid the closure.
Two days later, the power went out in several areas of the building that require electrical tools and machinery to function. The scattered blackouts persisted for nearly the entire work week.
“You just kind of think, are locusts next?” said Beauchamp Fontaine, former set decorator and chief operating officer of Omega Cinema Props.
“How could we have gone through the strike, and
