L.A. on Fire

Over the past 48 hours, wildfires have consumed acre after acre and building after building across greater Los Angeles. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and at least five people have died. The Times’s L.A. bureau chief, Corina Knoll, and our staff meteorologist, Judson Jones, explain the paths of the fires and the conditions that have made them so hard to contain. Guests: Corina Knoll (https://www.nytimes.com/by/corina-knoll) , the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times, covering Southern California; and Judson Jones (https://www.nytimes.com/by/judson-jones) , a meteorologist and reporter for The New York Times. Background reading:  • Follow the latest news on the California wildfires (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/...) . • Catch up on what we know about the fires (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us...) . For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-t...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-acce.... For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.