Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the Los Angeles Times. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: latimes.com/california/liv…

A lot of wisdom here. There's a lot we can't do, but we can build more resiliently. We just don't have incentives to do so. Derek Thompson - for you book.

How a fire spreads through the hills.

Iconic.

BREAKING 🚨: Super rare comet G3 ATLAS, which is only visible once every 160,000 years, will appear in the night sky in the next few days ☄️ Most visible in the southern hemisphere

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The county confirms this was sent in error. Millions of people felt this in their gut.

LA County will shortly issue a corrective alert to the several million people who were just told to evacuate.

We are relieved to report that the flare-up of the Eaton Fire near the Observatory seems to be under control for now. We are grateful to firefighters & mountain staff for their dedication to keeping the mountain safe. We will monitor the situation as things can change quickly.

Our public safety communication systems are highly vulnerable to single point failures. If Mt. Wilson had been destroyed, it would have vitiated the interagency comms that are being stress tested during this firestorm, and responsible for saving many lives and much property.

Can't get enough of these. Grab on to small moments of joy amid the horror.

We all have our favorite water drop fan accounts now.

Wouldn't be surprised if half of not more of the major fires were set deliberately.

It's weird. You can read through the proximate causes in this book, but then you realize: it's just luck. Everything reduces to luck.

THIS is the closest aerial view I’ve been able to capture yet of almost the entire town of Altadena, CA. There are no words… #EatonFire

CNN and NBC reporting that 3 members of the military were on board the Blackhawk, but no designated VIPs.

Eddie Murphy's impersonation of Tracy Morgan!!!'

Google's search and its AI just don't get along. Hallucinations are getting worse.