When Lies Spread Like Wildfire
Journalists remember covering the 2025 LA wildfires and what they revealed about preparedness, cleanup, and who gets left behind.
Question Everything · Brian Reed
January 8, 202640m 24s
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Show Notes
<p dir="ltr">At a bar that survived the destruction, a group of reporters get together a year later to talk about the personal impact the LA wildfires had on them. And some of the harrowing – and surprising – requests they got from people to check if their homes were still standing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks to Good Neighbor Bar and West Altadena Wine & Spirits for hosting us.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Guests: </p>
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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/people/tony-briscoe">Tony Briscoe</a>, environmental reporter, Los Angeles Times</p>
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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.jacobsoboroff.com/">Jacob Soboroff</a>, senior political and national correspondent, MSNOW and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Firestorm-Great-Angeles-Americas-Disaster/dp/0063467968/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1338106215353335&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IaJWUtzzsqCKnZWUayowzrXnRwOiJhMs_PwLfLIHMKq4cUVswA9gImPw5MwiNAX_.i2nWWtcYYXClBGa2hdMylzvJd_KMdOEK6M-DDGMIF-o&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83631878381315&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=51636&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83631983395927%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=20561_13322678&keywords=jacob+soboroff+book&mcid=c796f8ad825d34bba4fa2a243fe3a56a&qid=1767387207&sr=8-1">“Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster”</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://abc7.com/about/newsteam/leanne-suter/">Leanne Suter</a>, reporter, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles </p>
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<p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.calonews.com/users/profile/michelle/">Michelle Zacarias</a>, reporter, CALÓ News</p>
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<li>Randy Clement, co-owner, <a href="https://www.goodneighborbar.com/">Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, California</a></li>
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