“California is built to burn. That's because we built a massive civilization in a place where fire is as much a part of the natural habitat as summer rains are in the east…

There's a common misconception that beneath the asphalt, Los Angeles is a desert. It isn't. It's grassland. And part of the natural cycle of the grassland ecosystem is fire…

This is the tinderbox we inherited. This will not be the last time we watch it burn.”

-Leighton Woodhouse, The Free Press