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Journalist Warns: California Fires Reflect Climate Change Crisis

1/10/2026

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Jacob Soboroff, a journalist, reflects one year after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires in his book Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age.
The fires destroyed over 16,000 structures and killed more than 30 people.
Soboroff cites misinformation and infrastructure failures as factors that worsened the disaster.
He calls the event a "fire of the future" shaped by climate change and political dynamics.

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Story summary

Jacob Soboroff, a journalist, reflects one year after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires in his book Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age.
The fires destroyed over 16,000 structures and killed more than 30 people.
Soboroff cites misinformation and infrastructure failures as factors that worsened the disaster.
He calls the event a "fire of the future" shaped by climate change and political dynamics.