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Back to SearchRebuild:LA Episode 049 - Rebuilding Is Reimagining with Malibu Mayor Marianne Riggins
Season 3 Episode 49
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Malibu is no stranger to wildfires. The city had just recovered from the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes on both sides of Pacific Coast Highway, when the firestorms…
Published on 20 hours ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 048 - This Ain’t Your Dad’s Fire Service with Battalion Chief Andoni Kastros (ret)
Season 3 Episode 48
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The American Fire Service is in the midst of a rapid transition period that many have described as a crisis. From a massive brain drain happening in departments that are losing many sea…
Published on 1 week ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 047 - Is Orange County Prime for the Next Megafire with Irvine Ranch Conservancy's Oscar Hood
Season 3 Episode 47
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Oscar Hood is trying to stop a Palisades Fire from happening in Orange County. As the County Coordinator for Wildfire Prevention and the Government and External Affairs Analyst for the …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 046 - Using Robots to Fight Wildfire with BurnBot’s Ford Ainslie
Season 3 Episode 46
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It’s like a Zamboni for firefighting. We’re talking about BurnBot’s RX2, and if you haven’t seen video of it in action, make sure to click on the resource link below. The company brough…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 045 - Finding Your Way Home with After the Fire’s Jennifer Gray Thompson
Season 3 Episode 45
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In 2017 Jennifer Gray Thompson found herself living in her car with her dogs after evacuating from the Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County. The experience made her feel alone, lost, and unable …
Published on 4 weeks ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 044: Saving History from Wildfire with Headwater Economics’ Ryan Handy
Season 3 Episode 44
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The Palisades and Eaton Fires destroyed a lot of history. Will Rogers’s ranch home, Pasadena Waldorf School, Robert Bridges House, The Bunny Museum, Andrew McNally House, Theater Palisa…
Published on 1 month ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 043 - A 50-Year Perspective on the January Firestorms with Chief Kim Zagaris of the Western Fire Chiefs’ Association
Season 3 Episode 43
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When you’ve been in the California fire service for 48 years, like Chief Kim Zagaris, you’re likely to take a long view of how we’re doing when it comes to wildfire response. Chief Z as…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 042: There Aren’t Enough Firetrucks for Every House with the LA County Fire Department Community Brigade’s Brent Woodworth
Season 3 Episode 42
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There have always been people who have stayed behind to try to protect their homes during a wildfire. It happened in the Palisades and in Altadena this January. As always, there were va…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 041 - Forgotten Altadena with the Future Organization’s Aimery Thomas
Season 3 Episode 41
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This week social scientist Aimery Thomas of the Future Organization joins Cameron Barrett to talk about ARISE - Altadena Resident Impact Survey and Evaluation. It’s a report he and his …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Rebuild:LA Episode 040 - It’s Been 8 Months. Now What? With Palisades Fire Survivor Kari Weaver
Season 2 Episode 40
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Our conversation this week is with Palisades Fire survivor Kari Weaver, who lost her home in the alphabet streets. It’s been 8 months since that windy, dry Tuesday morning, January 7, w…
Published on 2 months ago