Opinion: Climate change, not mismanagement, is the primary driver of the California wildfires

January 17, 2025

Last Tuesday morning, I saw a billow of smoke rise across the canyon. My husband quickly called the authorities, and we were told it was a 20-acre fire in the Palisades. The fire wasn’t large, but it was dangerously close. Within ten minutes, we left our house. It was surreal — that moment when the hypothetical question, “What would you take if your house were on fire?” suddenly became all too real. I took nothing.

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