LA fires latest: 10 dead and 10,000 buildings destroyed

[@Nettsinthewoods]

I’m not American, I don’t know what this part of the world looked like, but I’m shocked beyond words, it’s astonishing to see and I’m very sad for for all those people who have lost their homes. Stuff is stuff, but a home is home.

[@awwpaw4797]

Here is the most expensive home area in USA and maybe in the whole world- they were supermansions.

[@ripcity1017]

@@awwpaw4797 simply untrue, lots are normal sized family homes, businesses, apartment complexes

[@saifislam861]

yes we are sorry for loss a lot gaza people lost them home

[@ripcity1017]

@@saifislam861 both things can be true

[@kay6257]

ten thousand homes is unimaginable, what a loss, may the souls of the dead rest in peace

[@TallRedTX]

CA needs an investigation on where ALL the money is that should have been spent on infrastructure

[@christineatieno614]

10,000 buildings??? My goodness I pray for all those who lost their homes, jobs and businesses, may God comfort and restore you x10.

[@RandyVictory420]

I was an Arizona State Parks ranger for 15 years and sadly, have seen my fair share of fires. Born in California, I've mountain biked since before they were called mountain bikes. Since I haven't owned a car for years & years & years and have to ride through ALL weather conditions day after day, I can finally say at age 65 and having been a member of most American political parties, WITH AUTHORITY: 1) US - It is not the politicians. IT'S US! WE are the ones who can't relax our grip on a convenient lifestyle, NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE COST, and we'll vote for ANYONE who tells us they'll fix it. 2) PHYSICS - Until you've attempted to extinguish a wildfire yourself, or tried administering a "controlled burn", you do not even possess a FAINT notion of the power of high winds.... or ANY wind. Add to that the sheer PHYSICS of trying to move that much water uphill during multiple simultaneous catastrophic events which require shutting off power to pumps even as water lines are being severed in the destruction and, well if that needs explanation, you're just exposing your own stupidity. sorry. 3) GETTING HOTTER - I don't really care who you vote for or actually, ANYTHING about you. I keep to myself. I'm that old guy you've seen riding a mountain bike down the street since you were a kid. Call it "climate change", or a "hoax", or whatever you want... don't matter - IT'S GETTING HOTTER. In my racing days, training for the Leadville 100 & the Pikes Peak hillclimb, I can remember the thermometer hitting 97 degrees! It was Denver's hottest day in 1997 and it made the news! Last year here in Denver, CO, we had SIX DAYS that were 100° or hotter. IT'S GETTING HOTTER. Just this once, believe what the old man keeps telling you... GETTING HOTTER

[@kea5763]

TLDR

[@heypistolero]

So, don't blame the politicians, it's climate change and OUR fault? That's exactly what the politicians want. You should run for office.

[@Rick-dzm]

It's arson you old coot.

[@Liberty6010and9]

Well I think you need to read the Bible sir! The climate is goingto change no matter what any of US do! WE are not in charge! The Earth is not Finite! It will pass away some day, the Sun will swallow it and the entire universe it is in. Until ppl understand we are NOT God, the stupidity will continue! The UN is not going to stop God's plan. Men at the UN are not God!

[@josefsampson7398]

The people of California voted and paid for everything! Unfortunately,it didn't turn out like they wanted

[@NataszaWaters]

70% of the homes dropped by their insurance company a few months ago, and now a fire destroys the area. I'm suspicious. I feel terrible for these poor people.

[@ConnieWong-xu4kk]

I don't.

[@MrMaher2008]

A fire that burns everything except trees ?!?!? me too suspicious....

[@heypistolero]

It's not a conspiracy. We've known how terrible California does with fires, who is in charge, and they refuse to take any preventative measures, and actually, takes measures that will make them worse. If we the people can see it, you know darn well the insurance companies see it.

[@connieleigh9047]

Not suitable for living there anymore, sad.

[@TrixiLovesYou]

What are you suspicious of? The crazies that are more than not responsible for setting these fires?

[@micka_5]

Please let Ukraine and Israel know Californians need their help .

[@brianrigsby7900]

0:47 this must me so sickening to the firefighters stomachs…unable to do anything but watch as home after home, building after building, gets incinerated…

[@cicek-kedı]

"If it was my dog, or erm my wife" got his priorities right 😂

[@magzb2642]

Once dined at that ocean front restaurant and touched the Pacific Ocean. as the Pelicans wafted by. Sad to see the destruction .

[@DELL.ACNT.]

That’s possibly the most expensive disaster in the nations history. It hit some of, if not the most expensive real estate in America.

[@westho7314]

those are not mansions they are merely expensive shacks built many decades ago along the beach side of PCH in Malibu, The houses were worth very little compared to the land they sit on, which will eventually be swallowed up by sea rise or landslides from the cliffs above. Bulldoze and return that land back into a public owned natural area instead of a gated community for elitist actors and wall street thugs.

[@kerryhughes3407]

And to think other countries are dealing with this due to fire-power. And can't escape..

[@MohammedShafiq2021]

Rip to those who have lost their lives but I can't understand why the buildings are all made fron wood but worth millions.

[@reggie933]

Location, location, location.

[@MaggieLippert-h5i]

Nothing survives the blast furnace of a wildfire not even steel and concrete because the high gusts just blow everything down and the fire disintegrates it. I have witnessed it first hand.

[@RabbitWatchShop]

Our American homes are made of cardboard and mud putty. Welcome to the 'greatest country in the world' lol.

[@paultidwell8799]

@@reggie933 Yeah, a lot of people are bewildered by California but the reason housing cost in Hollywood are completely out of control is almost self explanatory. Hollywood and Silicon Valley. IT means effectively you've got a lot of IT savvy citizens and then you have Actors, Actresses, Directors, etc all converging in a single state, and the countless jobs that exist to service both of those fields and the workers in them and-yeah. You've got a recipe for unaffordable housing and The local van life community.

[@johnchoice1371]

I thought the same thing. These fires have been happening in that region for decades.

[@Krispy1011]

California's new State motto - "The Charcoal State"

[@KrisJovi-vj3vd]

😄

[@kevinwilliams1768]

just utter devastation . Condolences to the families who lost loved ones

[@hichamsalama2431]

Reminder of what is happening in Gaza.

[@user-Kova15]

Meanwhile in myanmarr and Ukraine gaza isn’t special

[@Liberty6010and9]

Why are ppl in this Country being made to be responsible for what Israel is doing to Gaza? We are not Israel!

[@octoberemacs9761]

a society of terrorists finally being knocked down? this is a bad thing?

[@dawns.6022]

@ hichamasalama Great point

[@LSX427-b3n]

And a reminder of why. Both Hollywood and Gaza hate Israel. Now God is taking away their utopia.

[@Krispy1011]

LA is the new Gaza

[@chrysalis4126]

Not really, they are not being shot at by troops. They are not being prevented from escaping over the border.

[@rojomcdonald5057]

Running out of water's is unimaginable right next to the pacific ocean, need engineers that can build better infrastructure to access this supply quickly and efficiently, it can and must be done to ensure your survival.

[@graciekitty6213]

class action law suit for not having basic water rights denied from negligent management

[@alfredgeorge3186]

Huh?

[@BurroGirl]

Water rights? The tanks were full. Nobody wants to admit that NOTHING could put these fires out especially when the winds prevented air attacks. Next people will blame the government for not stopping hurricanes and tornadoes. There are natural disasters that humans cannot stop. 100mph wind gusts in dry vegetation is one of them.

[@marleyofficialmedia]

So sad. 💔

[@brianrigsby7900]

8:25 that’s disgusting…only thinking about money…not people’s lives and property!!! I would be absolutely livid if I had fire insurance yanked by my provider and had my place incinerated later!!!

[@ghazalabibi9570]

Breaking News: 🇮🇱 refuses to send any funded aid to 🇺🇸

[@JamesWhite-sl2sb]

WELL SAID !!! ( I got the point.😉

[@JamesWhite-sl2sb]

" WELL SAID !!! ( I got it 😉 ).

[@mytrahana]

The Fire claimed there was a command and control centre and tunels under the civilian houses. Thats justtified in other Parts of the world.

[@SCOHEN250K]

I wonder what was going through their heads when the Maui fires occured.

[@cazrealist1]

Four people have been arrested for arson , people filmed the idiots rather than stopping them 🤦‍♂️

[@blow0me]

Well hopefully the film can be used as evidence to convict them for the many deaths they caused.

[@jacquib256]

Sounds suss to me

[@_Stin_]

Tbh, everything sounds sus to everybody nowadays.

[@sararichardson737]

Really?

[@cazrealist1]

The footage is on you tube, search for it

[@felycacal3882]

What else can we do but to rebuild the infrastructures of California.Improve the management of water. California’s main problem is the water because it doesn’t rain that much not like before in the 70’s ,80’s and 90’s. Plus the population increased which means the supply of water keeps decreasing.

[@changelocation]

Sounds like it was waiting to happen 😮poor planning,not enough resources.prayers to all.❤.

[@ShogunHull]

No it wasn't. This was intentionally manmade. Period. Don't kid yourself anymore.

[@changelocation]

@ShogunHull More conspiracy. 😷

[@dtrahn1218]

It was waiting to happen. But all the planning in the world won't prepare us for the next 50 years. Ever watch transportation engineers at work? They plan and build more lanes and bypasses to alleviate increasing traffic but even before they finish the road improves it passe bec the congestion and roadside development outpaces the improvements. That is how it's going to be over the next 50 to 100 years. What Mother Nature is about to throw at us will always outpace our catch-up planning efforts bec we didn't stop the cycle when we could.

[@summer-j6r]

Housing crisis awaits! Rental prices will go through the roof

[@kamrannia5859]

This is WHERE the government should take care of this nonsense and greed! This entire nation is built on greed!

[@blongshanks77]

One day, as a nation, we’re going to start taking climate change more serious. I live on the East Coast, and we still have about 8 inches of snow on our yard from the snowstorm we got Monday, and we’re getting more snow again later on tonight. Southern California keeps getting wildfires, Florida keeps getting massive hurricanes. North Carolina still hasn’t recovered from their last hurricane, and tornadoes continue to terrorize the southwest. What more proof do these politicians need to start taking climate change more serious.

[@daz3434b]

Unfortunately it will never happen, the world is on its knees begging please stop hurting me. "Greed" does not care, *AI* is the next culprit destroying fragile planet Earth further. It is sad beyond belief.

[@dtrahn1218]

They know. That's why they spend so much time and effort trying to divert the public into believing this was a "lack of water storage" problem and other lies like, "well, the earth was hotter for most its history and there was life." Yeah, just not human life or any of the species that we rely on but whatever.

[@joshyc2006]

Maybe Arson should be taken more seriously, a lot of these events have been routed in Arson, and it seems so is this one with a homeless dude rocking around on a bike with a blowtorch Maybe going back to backburning sections of dense, dead shrubs/wildlife and actually not re-routing funding from the fire departments to the growing homeless problem they seem unable to fix would have helped as well, it's a bitter irony a homeless person seems to have started at least a great swathe of this

[@KevinTalbotTV]

you believe anything. maybe if millions of gallons of water wasnt dumped into the ocean they would of had enough to put it out, and maybe if they listened to trump and cleared dead leaves and trees the fire wouldn't have spread.

[@Bea2u]

Ongoing blamefests will not minimize the chances of this happening again. These people need compassion, assistance and ways to plan what to do next. Lots of work will hopefully go into determining better ways to construct buildings, ways to place buildings, barriers, ways to increase access to emergency water. National and local current leaders have been working really hard, and demonizing anyone before an investigation is unhelpful and distracting from the important work.

[@shawnybee1]

Horrific so heartbreaking years of your life gone it's just unfathomable what each person feels. On a whole it just horrific. Prayers for peace of mind are all there is left.

[@marchesa2u]

Joe's Freudian slips impecable timing. Is it a top of mind thing? Or the "required informed consent" ? Words like"Fire away", during a very destructive and ongoing fire. "Lazer focused", after the Paradise fires. "Bullseye", before someone took a shot. And the many I've missed. Is this a joke? Perhaps he's not as feable as he portrays/we were "programmed" to believe. 🤔 His illness protects him from the liability of stupidity. "The world is a stage", and the 'leaders/performers" have the power to influence, program and control the unsuspecting minds. 🧐

[@ADayWithFrank]

A Man and his daughter are standing together with a attitude that most people try to fake. Stuff can be replaced but family cant.

[@michellemcgarr1709]

😢heartbreaking to witness, my deepest sympathy goes to everyone affected by this tragedy. Personal items can be replaced only people and animals. Matter 😢

[@eddieconnor101]

Your mayor was not on a business trip.... Same old B.S.

[@mindfulmaximalism]

Sorry, no money for cleanup. We sent it all to "Our Nation's Greatest Ally."

[@olliegoria]

The government is footing the bill for six months.

[@heypistolero]

It's more important to make sure they don't have any fires, than it is to stop our own

[@Liberty6010and9]

Ha Ally my butt!

[@dawns.6022]

An ally that is making another land look just like this 😶

[@wa1ufo]

Yes, a terrible crime!

[@carpo719]

"I could have lost my dog or...or... wife" :D priceless, that guy cracked me up at 4:25

[@daz3434b]

and... She looked like she come directly from her skiing vacation on the other side of USA.

[@Cydroid8]

Greetings from Argentina love yall

[@jalapenopepper3282]

Bruh 😂

[@Cydroid8]

@jalapenopepper3282 I know this is out of topic but I love culture music etc from UK, and his people

[@viciousv9671]

@@Cydroid8this is not the UK 😒

[@ML44lakes]

I thought schools where closed .prayers for those who lost their family's

[@KM-kp1dz]

If Californians allow Newsom and Bass to remain in office after this, then they deserve what they are getting. It is because of Newsom's / Bass' terrible policies and completely ignoring the need to protect people and property first that is directly and 100% responsible for the devastation of this tragedy. How much did Newsom spend on that electric train? And how much did he spend on fire preparedness and sensible forest management? How much did he spend on basic infrastructure so the hydrants wouldn't be dry? How many gallons of water did he divert to the ocean? How many damns did he destroy completely ignoring any kind of water shedding? How much did he spend on homelessness that still isn't accounted for? How much money did Bass defund from the fire department? There's no more excuses to keep these 2 incompetent people in office. If they are so narcissistic, they won't resign, recall them now. Or face the same devastation with the next emergency.

[@ShogunHull]

Rrrright.

[@Kacee2]

Even if they don't they will just vote in another incompetent democrat . This was all predictable. Trump warned Newsom.

[@RandyVictory420]

I was an Arizona State Parks ranger for 15 years and sadly, have seen my fair share of fires. I have also been a serious mountain biker since before they were called mountain bikes. Since I haven't owned a car for years & years & years and have to ride through ALL weather conditions day after day, I can finally say at age 65 and having been a member of most major political parties, WITH AUTHORITY: 1) US - It is not the politicians. IT'S US! WE are the ones who can't relax our grip on a convenient lifestyle, NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE COST, and we'll vote for ANYONE who tells us they'll fix it. 2) PHYSICS - Until you've attempted to extinguish a wildfire yourself, or tried administering a "controlled burn", you do not even possess a FAINT notion of the power of high winds.... or ANY wind. Add to that the sheer PHYSICS of trying to move that much water uphill during multiple simultaneous catastrophic events which require shutting off power to pumps even as water lines are being severed in the destruction and, well if that needs explanation, you're just exposing your own stupidity. sorry 3) GETTING HOTTER - I don't really care who you vote for or actually, ANYTHING about you. I keep to myself. I'm that old guy you've seen riding a mountain bike down the street since you were a kid. Call it "climate change", or a "hoax", or whatever you want... don't matter - IT'S GETTING HOTTER. Back in my racing days, training for Leadville & the Pikes Peak hillclimb, I can remember the thermometer hitting 97 degrees! It was the hottest day in 1997 and it made the news! Last year, we had SIX DAYS that were 100° or hotter.

[@johnchoice1371]

Classic mismanagement by those politicians. They have their agendas, but their agendas are rubbish.

[@DanielFinholm-CDOT]

Go back to Cali Randy you elitist. People from Cali ruining are state and are mountain towns Leadville. Hopefully people are waking up and we can get back to a red state.

[@johnchoice1371]

These fires have been going on in that region for decades. Why don't they construct homes with fire resistant materials??

[@whatmatters683]

Cos people didn't pay for that

[@RandomPlayIist]

Fire resistant or not they will burn. Hurricane force winds burning that hot coming from forest is going to burn right through it. I don't think people realise how hot and intense wildfires are.

[@ML44lakes]

It will still burn

[@eduardomaldonado1647]

@@ML44lakes They can build with materials like Metal Roofs, Concrete, Stone, Some materials don't burn.

[@heartnhoopla1097]

i live in Australia in a major city and each year we have to put up with controlled back burning.. to avoid what we see here.. Do they not do this type of thing there?

[@anetaslow621]

Reminds me of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

[@reggie933]

Why was you there?

[@SamWilkinsonn]

karma took a while

[@CYRUS313]

All eyes on Palestine 🇵🇸

[@jonjan566]

@@SamWilkinsonn u do know that japanese attacked first right?

[@BeEb-q7p]

For me..GAZA

[@jacquib256]

Another random fire starting really…?

[@doodle8]

Why is this British news better reporting than US news?

[@joselin2466]

Because they are British.

[@whatmatters683]

Duhh if you don't know the answer

[@SeventhAnubis071]

Why are the homes of US news media and entertainment industry, biggest supporters of the party in charge of California and the Federal Government, on fire?

[@UberDurable]

They have no water??? They are right next to the PACIFIC OCEAN!

[@ellislegg3937]

This is saline

[@Rare-Jewels99]

@@ellislegg3937so? A fire doesn’t care its a saline does it

[@Cosmic_Mike-2024]

Salt water is unusable. It's corrosive to the equipment among other things.

[@westho7314]

yeah mega billionaire Musk and the rest of the obesely wealthy ilk who made their vast googleplex of fortunes in California along with their gluttonous windfalls & government sustaining monies should have initiated & financed at least 3 major desalinization plants and sufficient storage for water in LA, San Diego & San Francisco. which should be used for agriculture, industry & commercial purposes while saving the aquafirs and stores of fresh groundwater & snowmelt water for human consumption instead of being used for washing their cars and watering their lawns and hosing down dirty sidewalks.

[@bajwakanjar7184]

Let's see who gets the land now

[@suzyhorrigan1544]

On point! They will reveal themselves very soon.

[@heatherbeth4249]

10. Dead yeah just like there was only 99 in Lahaina. There were thousands they lie.

[@nomadlebowski]

Same in the Carolinas and then Spain.....now California. Who is going to be next?

[@dawns.6022]

They are definitely lying about the number of casualties here

[@SuperLonerunner]

"Newsom should explain where the money went. That 3 billion he was talking about while the fire department was DEFUNDED. For the meantime, he should RESIGN while Californians file a CLASS ACTION against the government and governor of California. "

[@alfredgeorge3186]

The fire department was not "defunded". In the meantime...you suggest California taxpayers sue California taxpayers for a natural disaster? Seriously?

[@PenjaminFranklyn]

*Karen Bass* cut 17 million from the LAFD a week prior to the tragedy, increased budget my behind!

[@alfredgeorge3186]

Salaries

[@PenjaminFranklyn]

@alfredgeorge3186 Same difference

[@treasurethetime2463]

Yeah .. That's like a couple percent of the budget. Don't let the media take you for a fool. These people have been dropping the ball for decades.

[@candyhui4730]

All because of the stupidity of newsxm

[@mrmagoo8510]

Make sure no one mentions that the fossil fuel industry has been on a billion dollar misinformation campaign for decades. They knew these events would happen, but their suicidal loyalty to greed has brought us to the beginning of the end.

[@dtrahn1218]

It's amazing how quickly the misinformation campaign began. The City's storage tanks had water in them. The hydrants weren't "dry." The whole system was just not designed for extreme circumstances like this. It's just a blame game so the repubs can still deny big changes are needed to our energy and air pollution policies. Deny and delay as long as their petro-overlords keep the bribes coming.

[@gimmeshelter1969]

It's criminal that the US MSM has failed to mention the central role that the fossil fuel industry has played in this catastrophic disaster in Los Angeles. But it will likely come out in the terrible aftermath that climate change is the ultimate cause of this horrific wildfire that ambushed LA. 😎

[@momotruth300]

Nothing is as sad as watching what the residents of LA are going through with these fires. It is tragic. I know that there is hope, but in the early days, it is very hard times.

[@t.4325]

People should calm their nerves over the loss of water and watch the 1961 LA documentary covering Los Angeles Disaster to understand the scientific explanation for water loss. This disaster is nothing new but with the congestion of people and massive expensive property loss it is dramatic for sure.

[@dtrahn1218]

It's a little hard to do when you have one party fueling the flames (sry for the pun) by making garbage claims about the local response so that they can continue to deny climate change.

[@abelramirez7320]

10,000 buildings... Wow.

[@treasurethetime2463]

Being ultra conservative in estimates, at 1 million per structure that is 10 billion.

[@jacquib256]

Too suss regarding insurances randomly cancelled one year ago 🤫

[@Liberty6010and9]

Not even a year ago. 3 months ago!

[@rickhalverson2252]

I wrote Gavin newsom 5 years ago. Told him as a contractor. I want to give you some advice. No charge. Explain to him that you cannot be putting asphalt shingles on roofs. It's like putting gas on your roof. It's a crude oil product. I told him you cannot be putting vinyl siding on your buildings. It's a crude oil product. It's like putting gas on your buildings. I explained to him the benefits such as steel siding. How embers that fly for miles will not ignite it. I explained to him the different styles of roofs. Steel roofs etc. He did not even take the time to write back. 3 weeks later I carbon copied it and sent it to him again. He should be serving life in prison. I already told him this. Me and hundreds of other building contractors have told him this.

[@Notturnoir]

Contractors can do it, it’s not up to Newsome

[@VColossalV]

Pretty sure those buildings were built before he was in charge, so desperate to blame anything besides climate change

[@christinegivens9048]

@@Notturnoirhas to apply to all as code. One house standing amongst 100s poorly built is pointless.

[@jacquib256]

Newsome is complicit

[@cherrytomato6139]

Heartbreaking. US must hold the official inquiry into what or who started the fires and why there were no adequate resources to fight it.

[@jackdublin7029]

Spoiler alert. It was Gavin Newsom.

[@janklaas6885]

​@@jackdublin7029was not

[@dtrahn1218]

@@jackdublin7029 Spoiler alert. That's childish.

[@johnringoo756]

The mayor and governor should resign yesterday !!! Absolutely pathetic . very thorough excellent report 👍

[@jacquib256]

They should be prosecuted

[@dtrahn1218]

Why?

[@roberthboyd6073]

The pacific coast highway is PCH ?

[@ShogunHull]

Yes

[@tomjohnson8379]

The Mayor Karen Bass reduced fire department funding by $17.6 million months before the wildfires. Despite being aware of the firefighters' need for this funding, she chose not to prioritize it. Now, California is facing severe destruction, and this decision is being scrutinized. This is being attributed to her appointment based on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria. DEI failed California.

[@johnchoice1371]

They fund other countries with money which is needed in their own,

[@alfredgeorge3186]

Are you sure that money wasn't intended for salary increases?

[@DarkLordJabba]

I wager you have a shot at the olympics with that level of mental gymnastics

[@mildemtaysel1234]

Is Gavin Newsom also a DEI hire, Mr. Copy and Paste guy?

[@dianasummers6075]

"...and this guy wants to politicize it," says the one guy who is deflecting accountability for responsibly taking care of this once beautiful and successful state.

[@maryannmcrae5392]

Thank God you are alive. Praying for ALL GOD BLESS everyone

[@jackdublin7029]

It's only 10 innocent dead people. Gavin Newsom thinks that's acceptable and wants everyone to stop criticizing his neglect, negligence, and incompetence.

[@alfredgeorge3186]

Whereas...Donald Trump remains responsible for some 1.2 million Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19.

[@kamrannia5859]

You couldn't do any better dude. It isn't on the government 100% it is on the people and the insurance company! It's their house not the governments.

[@andrewweber2010]

@@kamrannia5859 You're hopelessly adrift. Sad there are thoughts like yours.

[@joshyc2006]

@@kamrannia5859 So it WASN'T the government who cut the fire department funding to throw more money away into the homeless problem, it wasn't the government who mandated back-burning of dead woodland/plants had to stop for environmental reasons and wasn't the governments fault the underfunded fire department couldn't battle the fires because the fire hydrants are empty! It's because of them the insurance companies cut cover from fire BECAUSE of the massive risks (They actually do risk reports because they need to know what the biggest risks are) and the mandates from government Lest we forget it seems at least a large swathe of fires was started from a homeless dude on a bike with a blowtorch!

[@dtrahn1218]

Trump fails to get an infrastructure package passed in 2018 (despite it being "infrastructure week" every week), denies climate change, takes bribes from Big Oil, pulls out of the Paris Agreement, makes asinine comments about raking forests and it's the guy who doubled the state's forest management budget, entered into multiple water management deals over the years, acknowledges climate change and budgets money to combat it that's the issue? That's rich. Laughable but rich. Also, firefighting, disaster response and municipal infrastructure are first and foremost a local government issue. I'd say, "nice try," but it was just lame.

[@Aboveandbeyondscotland]

Something does not add up about this. It's all very suspicious 👀

[@BurroGirl]

How about people stop building houses and businesses in the wilderness?! Stay out!

[@JuliusGalacki]

Altadena was lower middle class / middle class small city. The winds carried the embers far, far from the canyon and burned teachers and gardeners' homes to the ground and many, many mom and pop businesses. This isn't just rich people living in the Pacific Palisades.

[@ChrisK-l8n]

Thank you for your fact checking!

[@user-dv1fp1gj7v]

They should cap the value of houses at 1.5 million. Build more expensive homes than that at your own financial risk.

[@Rorchak_B60]

Housing costs are dictated by labor and material cost as well a a meriad of other factors. You cant cap housing prices without capping the economy as a whole. Its been tried and always fails as it creates a casade of issues. Even straight up communist economies like China cant reign in their housing costs. What i'd prefer seen done is they should prevent or heavily penalize private equity (Blackrock etc) from buying up all the single family homes and pricing consumers out to creating a renters market.

[@marygib2939]

I cannot understand how it got so out of control. This is not normal.

[@22mac22]

dew dew dew, da da da is all i have to say to you!

[@chrismacdonald3681]

Great reporting on the fire in California.

[@GANGSTER-TRUMP2024]

How can the Democrat LA Mayor stay on her Vacation in Ghana, instead of beinging in California providing leadership & making sure the firemen don't keep running out of Water?

[@chrysalis4126]

I can't believe there are people looting, taking advantage of others misfortune.

[@dominique4788]

Newsome and his administration need to be held accountable for their mismanagement of our states and cities. The leadership in California is so beholden to an ideology that they cannot see the forest for the trees.

[@OSinghGyallll]

They are saying it was arson and worsened by the wind 🌬️ so sad.

[@nuraygurleyik1738]

LOOKS LİKE GAZA!!!??!!

[@Elly-o4t]

Justice for kids 👧 in Gaza But 65000 killed in 10 dead 💀 in LA destroyed their homes and schools and hospitals and shops and roads and many others with American BOMBS and F16 and F Only 10 dead in LA Now America 🇺🇸 may understand a bit better Justice and Justice

[@viabaking7626]

Reminder that nothing is permanent....the guy with the hat has managad to exercise the art of detachment

[@JM-lu8nn]

Why no boat with pump to suck the water from the sea ?

[@alexgordonepic]

exactly

[@JOHNTHEWHISK]

These celebs who lost their one property do not know what hardship is. Most just move to one of their other properties.

[@fullshotmediaug]

Why are the buildings only wood and timber??

[@Jake-ig2kf]

Logistics of building material and cost.

[@gaylegeren3992]

Earthquakes. Masonry homes will crush inhabitants if they fall in an earthquake. That’s just my best guess.

[@olliegoria]

BREAKING NEWS: Sidewalks found to be made of concrete

[@daviddalby9699]

It's a land gradd

[@Liberty6010and9]

The Stars and Stripes will survive!!!!

[@thomaskipkemeituitoek949]

Prayers from Kenya 🇰🇪 😢😢😢

[@roberthenderson4466]

OBAMA IS FROM KENYA...........

[@638g]

No, he isnt. WTF is your point, other than showing your heartlessness😢​@roberthenderson4466

[@CYRUS313]

Obama's husband also...​@@roberthenderson4466

[@MaegoTargaryen]

Stop having sympathy for gen side supporter's 😒

[@jamescail1611]

☝🏽😡🪶 STOP 🛑 BEING SUCH SELLOUTS AFRICAN PEOPLE.☝🏽😡🪶

[@Rare-Jewels99]

My condolences to the families of those who have lost their loved ones and prayers for those that have lost their homes Reminds me of Hollywood move LAST ACTION HERO…Hollywood being burnt to ashes as if it’s a Hollywood movie.

[@Knosferatu]

That's why it looks so familiar!

[@flatulent954]

Trump is truly the fool on the hill.

[@EkimDyslexia]

Okay gay childless white person..move along to the diversity only hire line for LAFD

[@EkimDyslexia]

The fire identifies as water

[@maryaliceowen9165]

And Trump will make America great again🥰

[@adrianwolff2007]

For God sake, even the first month isn't over yet and we have to face this.

[@sararichardson737]

Yeah and this wasn’t even man made.

[@erinfrazier1439]

Not even the first two weeks to be exact!

[@joselin2466]

Global warming is manmade.​@@sararichardson737

[@everyoneroasted]

to be fair 2025 was honest at least it started with Wednesday, Thursday, Friday...WTF

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Months and years are arbitrary divisions of time. It's the first month of nothing, just the continuum of time

[@edmraveland]

Karma of GAZA

[@alNange]

The rich are such lovely people, why did this happen to them

[@Lucian02]

yes

[@MichaelCampbell-f2t]

Vote blue no matter who haha

[@phillipaevans4874]

Somebody in power needs to stand up and speak about the obvious truth.. The funding was cut, the reservoirs empty, the tunnels collapsed and weather controlled through cloud seeding! My heart breaks for all those affected, I pray that the residence of LA get global support to get emergency accomodation, food, clothes, medicines etc I also hope and pray that the obvious failures of the official governance systems are forced to answer to the residence, especially those with lost loved ones.

[@jacquib256]

Trump did six years ago and was ignored

[@phillipaevans4874]

@jacquib256 Yes, I just watched a different video that showed Trumps Twitter comment Well done Trump

[@johnchoice1371]

The tyranny of governments is getting worse. They expect people to act like sheep - don't complain. But people should complain LOUD!

[@alfredgeorge3186]

None of what you wrote is true... Stop lying.

[@phillipaevans4874]

@alfredgeorge3186 It is absolutely true! 100% Do your research!

[@sararichardson737]

Impressive though it is, is it really necessary for journalists to fly to every event to report on it? Use stringers: locally based journalists instead. Fewer air miles. We’ve got to sop excessive air travel.

[@daz3434b]

Exactly my angry thoughts also. The age of internet, send location photos and video of events over the internet for reporters to green screen themselves over instead of destroying planet further flying in their private jets.

[@LaSnob711]

What... no sirens?? How is that possible?

[@joychaplin4110]

Homes built on wood from inside out. Wood and 🔥 ?tragedy.

[@sbrown314]

Not sure about the guests claiming that wild fires contribute massively to global warming. The trees and plants that grow back take the carbon back out of the atmosphere again. Yes there's a delay until the plants have regrown.

[@Elly-o4t]

What do you think about Gaza???

[@everyoneroasted]

What do you think about Sudan????

[@swannoir7949]

LA looks like Europe after WWII. This is so sad. Prayers to all.

[@alessandrabarskey1284]

For the elderly man... see?! That's why you enjoy like as you go and not after you are so old. You lost your beautiful house at the beach and now???

[@john-y7z]

arson?Gavin?no water in the fire system? whoulda thunk a fire wouldd go wild?

[@kamrannia5859]

We - TAX PAYERS - better NOT FOOT THIS BILL! That's all what I gotta say!

[@someinternetdude4159]

Guess what? You will.

[@Sergeant_UWU_]

If you don't want that there would be 0 firefighters.

[@monahli1597]

without Californias financial contribution to all the poor (and red) states, they would have gone up in flames/drowned/starved/frozen a long time ago. You prob have no clue who’s financing your food stamps……