Torched by Jonathan Vigliotti

How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.

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@tammyt_pike @JeffStorobinsky @JonVigliotti @Elex_Michaelson @CNNTheStoryIs Let’s talk after you read the book ;-)

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TRUTH TEST: LA Mayor Karen Bass appeared on @cnn with @elexmichaelson Tuesday night where she addressed the reporting in my new book Torched. I also appeared on the program and responded.
*Thanks for having me on Elex, and my apologies for mispronouncing your name!

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.@Elex_Michaelson Anchor of @CNNTheStoryIs w/

CBS News National Correspondent & Author of “TORCHED” @JonVigliotti (Well worth following too)

Was the 2025 Palisades Fire preventable ?

**WELL WORTH WATCHING**

5.20.26 140 am ET 8 minutes

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Tonight on @CNNTheStoryIs:

An extended conversation with @MayorOfLA @KarenBassLA.

We talk homelessness, the Palisades Fire & running against Spencer Pratt & Nithya Raman.

Airs around 9:30pm pacific.

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“There is no excuse for entire zip codes to be erased”: The fires that claimed dozens of lives and destroyed tens of thousands of homes and buildings in Los Angeles last year may not have been entirely preventable, our @JonVigliotti says, but more could have been done to prepare and battle the blazes.

In his new book, “Torched,” he writes about what he saw on the ground while the fires tore across neighborhoods and reports on the ongoing push to rebuild.

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Here’s an advanced excerpt detailing the moment Mayor Bass found out about the Palisades Fire
https://t.co/DOdTZ93D2K

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Yes, it matters where the mayor of LA was as the city burned, and this new reporting from my new book Torched explains why…

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The city’s failure to prepare ahead of the fire weather, lefts millions caught off-guard. That, coupled with a failure to evacuate, proved deadly. At least 30 people were killed in the LA Fires, including Mark Shterenberg. #Palisades #palisadesfire

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help did not come. Many pets died where they were left.
Torched is available for pre-order. Link in bio. #lafires #palisadesfire #palisades

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As the Palisades Fire spread, thousands of animals were left behind with no escape.
Many owners were at work, unaware that extreme fire conditions had been forecast. The city issued no advisory. Did not hold a press conference. And as the flames advanced,

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The City threw its firefighters under the truck. After the Palisades Fire, as criticism grew, the Mayor’s Office allegedly pointed fingers at LAFD behind closed doors. Fire Station 23 became the center of it.