Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago

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PART 1: The Pacific Palisades fire of January 2025 destroyed nearly 7,000 homes, displaced 100,000 people, and caused $25 billion in damage. Most explanations—climate change, politics, or bad leadership—miss the real story.

Join Matthew Sherwood and filmmaker Rob Montz as they reveal the untold human errors and heroic acts behind the catastrophe in Paradise Abandoned. Discover why authorities abandoned the Palisades and what mainstream media got wrong.

PART 2 OUT MONDAY.

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