Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋

CBS News National Correspondent - Author of “TORCHED” out May 12 and “BEFORE IT’S GONE”, out now.

[Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋 @JonVigliotti]

This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes… businesses.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is insane footage of the massive mudslide at the Nepal-China border earlier today: the mudslide, originating from Nepal, seems to have basically completely obliterated the border port in Gyirong (吉隆), Shigatse City, Tibet/Xizang.

We're likely looking at one of the worst mudslides in China's history, really bad tragedy.

For having myself lived in Nepal during several months (in the middle of the devastating 2015 earthquake!), probably the place in the world where nature is the scariest.

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Scenes from Naalehu, Hawai’i after Hurricane Lala.

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Waiohinu, Hawai’i

My @CBSNews team and I were about to return home. The official accounting of the destruction from Hurricane Lala was focused on damaged roads. What we found today, much worse. Entire communities swallowed by mudslides. People unaccounted for.

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July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States, breaking a record last set during the Dust Bowl – just another step in the escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet.

@JonVigliotti talks with climate journalist @jeffgoodell and atmospheric scientist Maria Molina about how changes in Earth's climate are increasing the likelihood that extreme weather events – such as heat waves, wildfires and hurricanes – will become more common and more extreme.

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Thank you for having me on @Elex_Michaelson

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

.@JonVigliotti of @CBSNews wrote the new book "Torched" about the L.A.'s wildfires.

He says Mayor Karen Bass *did* know about National Weather Services' warnings about extreme fire danger before Jan 7, 2025.

"My sources make it very clear the Mayor was very well aware of those warnings and still chose to go on that assignment to Ghana."

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

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.

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@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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Thanks for having me on!

[Andy Ostroy @AndyOstroy]

.@JonVigliotti's back in THE BACK ROOM discussing his riveting new book, the origins of the devastating 2025 LA fires, how they could've been avoided, and how to prevent such a disaster from happening again https://t.co/XDbXd9eDlS

Photo: Beatrice Aguirre Zuniga

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Have been reading @JonVigliotti’s excellent new book about the LA fires.

It is riveting, deeply reported, and I cannot imagine any decent person finishing this book without being infuriated.

It’s a must-read for Angelenos and Californians.

And everyone else too — but especially if you live in California.

His book is out today!

Amazon: https://t.co/RSShwxkB58

Bookshop: https://t.co/pvyIlYzQ4T

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Check out TORCHED author @JonVigliotti on @CBSSunday.
https://t.co/BA77OkfIH4

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In Los Angeles, rebuilding after last year's devastating wildfires has been a race to the status quo, with speed winning out over safety and strength. @JonVigliotti, who wrote about L.A.'s reconstruction efforts in his book "Torched," talks about how reconstruction after a disaster should include steps to prevent future catastrophes. https://t.co/voh7JC10sO

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Mayor Karen Bass 'pulled a Ferris Bueller' - sneaking out ahead of 2025 LA fires: book https://t.co/vgFhm4udCu

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@MarshaCollier This means a lot to me, Marsha! Thank you for supporting my work.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt kicked off the city's mayoral debate in a heated exchange on Wednesday after Pratt called Bass "an incredible liar," and claimed she misguided Angelenos about the facts of the Palisades Fire when it broke out last year.

CBS News' @JonVigliotti, who has been closely reporting on and investigating the blaze for over a year, fact checked two key moments from the debate.

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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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As the Palisades Fire advanced, entire structures were surrendered. Not because help came too late, but because it never came at all. This is how the Palisades Presbyterian Church burned. #lafires #palisadesfire

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NEWS via @CBSNews: Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie believe the clothing and face mask worn by the suspect were purchased at Walmart. Walmart has provided investigators records of all purchases of a black Ozark Trail Hiker backpack, the suspect's backpack, which was sold exclusively at Walmart. The company pulled data on online and in-store backpack purchases over the past several months, including sales beyond the Tucson area. @JonVigliotti @kintarasu
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[Jonathan Erdman @wxjerdman]

#Erick just made Cat 3 landfall, by far the record earliest E. Pac. major #hurricane landfall in western Mexico dating to late 1950s.

Kiko (Aug. 26, 1989) was previous record, over 2 months later!

Here were previous May-July Cat 3+ EPAC tracks. Don't see any MX landfalls.

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Chaos in Downtown LA after @POTUS deployed National Guard. On this street alone, 5 @Waymo are engulfed.

[Ben Lamm @BenLamm]

Excited to announce @colossal has brought back the dire wolf.