Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient communities.

California should, then, follow a University of Chicago conclusion: “Wildfire emissions need to be a key part of climate policy if California is going to meet its emission reduction goals.” Instead, Newsom and company use climate change as an excuse, suggesting in essence that their hands are tied until we reverse the Earth’s climate trajectory.

The city's artists and art collectors are mourning what could amount to billions of dollars in irreplaceable art that went up in flames.