Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
No one in Southern California will ever forget the wildfires that struck the region beginning on January 7, 2025. Residents of the Santa Monica Mountains communities, Malibu and the Pacific Palisades are no strangers to wildfires; they’ve endured fires almost every year. But the fires that lit up the skies on January 7 took our collective breath away, along with thousands of homes, billions of dollars worth of property, and many lives. Award-winning MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff covered the Eaton and Palisades fires from his deeply personal and moving perspective: he grew up in the beautiful Palisades neighborhood that blew up in flames. Soboroff is joined in conversation by journalist and Los Angeles resident Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster.
No one in Southern California will ever forget the wildfires that struck the region beginning on January 7, 2025. Residents of the Santa Monica Mountains communities, Malibu and the Pacific Palisades are no strangers to wildfires; they’ve endured fires almost every year. But the fires that lit up the skies on January 7 took our collective breath away, along with thousands of homes, billions of dollars worth of property, and many lives. Award-winning MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff covered the Eaton and Palisades fires from his deeply personal and moving perspective: he grew up in the beautiful Palisades neighborhood that blew up in flames. Soboroff is joined in conversation by journalist and Los Angeles resident Todd Purdum to discuss his new book, Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster.
