bore down

By midmorning, the San Fernando Valley sun bore down on the crew as their assignment ended.

As the blaze bore down on her campus, Lam initially tried to save a few pairs of ears, but she ultimately set them aside in order to hold the hands of her most frightened students, some frozen in fear, as they evacuated the school.

Anthony Ruffin and his wife, Jonni Miller, had no choice but to flee their west Altadena home as the wind-driven Eaton fire bore down on them, and they managed to herd their dog, Nan, and their one-eyed cat, Maple, out the door.

Jackie, who turns 13 this spring, puffed up her feathers, drooped her wings, bore down and released her latest egg, according to the group.

Not much later, the flames leapt Highway 101 and its six lanes and bore down on Coffey Park.