Los Angeles Live Updates: Winds Threaten to Spread Palisades, Eaton Fires The two largest blazes have killed at least 16 people and destroyed thousands of structures. A return of heavier desert winds on Sunday could spread flames further.

Stronger desert winds were forecast to return to Los Angeles on Sunday and complicate the battle against wildfires that have killed at least 16 people and incinerated neighborhoods. Follow live updates.

‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change They’re still in shock. But for now, even in a blue city in a blue state, disaster does not bring climate change to residents’ front of mind.

In Altadena, part of it was the shock ... And part of it seemed to be a kind of fatalism, a feeling that the more existential the threat, the less our society or our political system seems able to address it.

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