This year, several local governments are switching up their 4th of July celebrations, conducting drone shows in lieu of fireworks.
Lincoln City, Oregon; Redwood City, California; Waynesboro, Virginia; and Pasadena, California, are all jumping on the drone show bandwagon.
Lincoln City provided an explanation for the change alongside the schedule for their 4th of July celebrations: “We are making this change in response to growing community concerns about the environmental and wildlife impacts, public safety issues, and wildfire risk that can be caused by traditional fireworks shows.”
Redwood City stated that their new tradition of drone shows will provide “all the &#8216;wow&#8217; without the worry.”
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/no-fireworks-but-drones-how-pasadena">Pasadena</a> announced that they would replace the annual fireworks at the Rose Bowl &#8212; known for being one of the largest and longest running shows in the nation &#8212; with a drone show.
The debate of fireworks versus drones is a hot one.
Proponents of drone shows point to the pollution caused by fireworks.
On Monday, Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) published a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/mi-environment/2025/06/30/are-fireworks-bad-for-air-quality">report</a> warning residents that “EGLE’s air monitoring network often shows high levels of particulate pollution over the 4th of July.”
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Additionally, it&#8217;s claimed that drone shows are more inclusive and respectful of wildlife and pets.
“Drones produce almost no noise, allowing pets and veterans that may have PTSD to enjoy aerial entertainment, unlike fireworks,” says <a href="https://parade.com/living/why-drone-shows-may-replace-fireworks">Tyler Kubicz</a>, production manager for Sky Elements Drones, the largest drone show company in the United States.
“Drones also do not produce debris or smoke, allowing for those with compromised immune systems to enjoy the show too.&#8221;
“Fireworks frighten birds out of their nests, send terrified dogs and cats running away from their homes, and start fires that can quickly turn devastating,” PETA’s executive vice president commented in <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/no-fireworks-but-drones-how-pasadena">response</a> to Pasadena’s announcement in April.
Viewers say they appreciate the futuristic effects and storytelling capabilities of drones. &#8220;Reactions to the show in 2023 were overwhelmingly <a href="https://parade.com/living/why-drone-shows-may-replace-fireworks">positive</a>,” said Amber Thrill, operations manager for the city.
&#8220;The primary request through the 2023 event survey was for the drone show to be longer.”
On the flip side, drone shows are significantly more expensive, being approximately <a href="https://www.droneshowsoftware.com/news/the-growing-trend-of-integrated-drones-and-fireworks-shows">10 times</a> the cost of fireworks.
Fourth of July fireworks are also a <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginia-gazette-a-grand-exhibition/80529037/">centuries long</a> American tradition, and many Americans love the explosiveness and nostalgia of fireworks. This has led some cities to walk back on their changes.
“Redondo Beach and Laguna Beach switched back to fireworks after trying out drone shows, and some promoters of fireworks shows have voiced criticism over efforts to transition to drone shows,” writes the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/no-fireworks-but-drones-how-pasadena">LA Times</a>.

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On Wednesday, as Israel marked Yom HaZikaron (Day of Remembrance) to remember the tens of thousands of Israelis who have died defending the Jewish state, fires broke out, raging in the Judean Hills, and Palestinians celebrated while giving instructions to ignite more fires.
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A national state of emergency has been declared here in Israel due to the fires. Praying for everyone’s safety. 🙏🏻 <a href="https://t.co/l8DdvyiKr7">pic.twitter.com/l8DdvyiKr7</a>
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Arab arsonists are starting fires all over Jerusalem. 3 have been arrested so far. 
The photos and videos out of Israel are harrowing.
Greece and Italy are reportedly sending fire fighters to assist. <a href="https://t.co/uDAkH2KRbN">pic.twitter.com/uDAkH2KRbN</a>
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Palestinian terrorists are calling for more arson on social media. <a href="https://t.co/QWTGBDB4z2">pic.twitter.com/QWTGBDB4z2</a>
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How do you react to a whole group of people who actually set your country on fire? And to those, easily identifiable, who support it on social media? Right suggestions only. <a href="https://t.co/gEJKjq1luY">pic.twitter.com/gEJKjq1luY</a>
&mdash; An Israeli mother (@IsraMum) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraMum/status/1917580160825516129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The roaring fires near Jerusalem forced the closure of Israel’s main artery, Highway 1. Fire and Rescue Commissioner Eyal Caspi <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-852084">announced</a> that the alert level had been raised to the highest degree. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar reached out to Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, and Bulgaria for aid, although any help was not expected before Wednesday night.
Palestinians who hate Israel routinely refer to all Israelis as “settlers.” The terrorist group Hamas exhorted Palestinians to &#8220;burn whatever you can of groves, forests, and settler homes,&#8221; on Telegram, adding, &#8220;Youth of the West Bank, youth of Jerusalem, and those inside Israel, set their cars ablaze&#8230; Gaza awaits the revenge of the free,” The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-852155">reported</a>.
The Jenin News Network Telegram channel urged Palestinians to &#8220;burn the groves near the settlements&#8221; on Telegram as well.
Palestinian news channel “Akhbar Filastin” posted on X, “A call to the revolutionary youth and all the heroes of the West Bank.. Settlers&#8217; homes and the surrounding areas are your target. Burn them with your Molotov cocktails and set fire to the grass near the settlement outposts.”
“Israeli police reportedly arrested or detained three suspects in connection with fires that broke out on Wednesday,” JNS <a href="https://www.jns.org/israeli-police-arrest-three-in-connection-with-jerusalem-area-fires/">reported</a>.
Knesset member Zvi Sukkot stated, “As the fires spread, calls are being published on Arab networks to ‘set fire to the occupied forests and settlements,’ and there is a real concern, based on past experience, that Palestinians will attempt to set additional fires in Judea and Samaria and throughout the country.”
Yom HaZikaron ends Wednesday night, at which time Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Independence Day) begins. All Independence Day performances and activities were canceled.

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that an entertainment and sports executive with ties to child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein will help lead a fire recovery initiative in Los Angeles County.
Casey Wasserman, along with Lakers legend Magic Johnson and Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, were tapped by Newsom to lead the new private sector philanthropic group LA Rises, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-28/newsom-taps-magic-johnson-casey-wasserman-mark-walter-la-fire-recovery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The philanthropic group will focus on working with business leaders and state and local officials to rebuild areas devastated by the fires that broke out earlier this month.
Newsom and other Democratic leaders in California have been criticized for their response to the fires that have damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-county-fires-wildland-urban-interface/#:~:text=The%20most%20destructive%20fires%20in,people%20as%20of%20Jan.%2024." target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> nearly 30 people in Los Angeles County. Wasserman, also the 2028 L.A. Olympic chairman, said LA Rises will play an important role in the restoration for decades to come.
“The private sector has to come together, both operationally and philanthropically, as part of the rebuild and in many ways, the rebirth of L.A.,&#8221; he said. “This process and this journey we’re about to start with LA Rises is not about the next month or the next year. This is about what L.A. is going to be like for the next 50 or 100 years.”
Newsom posted a video with Wasserman on Tuesday that showed Wasserman thanking the governor for his &#8220;leadership.&#8221;
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Today, <a href="https://twitter.com/LA28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LA28</a> President Casey Wasserman &amp; I are proud to announce LA Rises, a private-sector recovery initiative also led by <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Dodgers</a> Chairman Mark Walter &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MagicJohnson</a>.
As we respond to these devastating fires, LA will rise again — stronger, more united &amp; resilient than ever. <a href="https://t.co/9gKdbOEl79">pic.twitter.com/9gKdbOEl79</a>
— Governor Newsom (@CAgovernor) <a href="https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1884392903163941206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In 2003, Wasserman accompanied Epstein on his Boeing 727 for a mission to look into the AIDS issue in Africa, according to <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-200303" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a>. He was <a href="https://x.com/JonnyPeltz/status/1884413535243125207" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pictured</a> with Epstein and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell in front of Epstein&#8217;s private jet, nicknamed the “Lolita Express.” Wasserman was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2028-l-a-olympics-chair-a-democrat-megadonor-linked-to-epstein-accused-of-affairs-with-staff-while-married" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of having multiple affairs with women on his staff while he was married to Laura Ziffren. He allegedly sent women lavish gifts, including vehicles and designer items, before unexpectedly dumping them.
“When he dumped me I was in shock and disbelief that he could go from 100 to zero in just hours,” one woman told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13620961/casey-wasserman-married-2028-la-olympics-serial-cheater.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> last year. “I truly think he underestimates the pain and long-term damage he causes women like me who believed him.”
Wasserman is accused of pursuing romantic relationships with his former secretary and two of his former flight attendants. Ziffren filed for divorce in 2021.
The entertainment and sports executive also has ties to powerful California Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; husband, Doug Emhoff. Wasserman&#8217;s firm <a href="https://variety.com/exec/casey-wasserman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">represents</a> athletes, actors, and music artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, and Giancarlo Stanton.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> helicopter reporter Chris Cristi’s aerial video he posted on social media showed nearly an entire town in southern California destroyed in one of the multiple wildfires in Los Angeles.
In a clip posted on <a href="https://x.com/abc7chriscristi/status/1879328008450011596">X</a> that has since gone viral, the ABC7 reporter wrote that, “This is the closest aerial view I’ve been able to capture yet of almost the entire town of Altadena, CA. There are no words… #EatonFire.”
The video showed an overview of rows and rows of homes, as far as the eyes could see, in the town completely destroyed with little more than burnt palm trees left standing on each of the properties in a city of 42,000.
It is truly hard to estimate exactly how many lots shown on the video were wiped out in the San Gabriel Valley town, north of Pasadena.
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THIS is the closest aerial view I’ve been able to capture yet of almost the entire town of Altadena, CA. There are no words… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EatonFire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EatonFire</a> <a href="https://t.co/uNX54XJUUL">pic.twitter.com/uNX54XJUUL</a>
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Three fires in the area &#8212; Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and Hurst Fire &#8212; quickly spread last week thanks to the high speed Santa Ana winds leading to the evacuations of tens of thousands. It has wiped out some 7,000 structures and burned up 14,000 acres in Altadena and Pasadena alone, <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-eaton-wildfire-damage-maps/">KTLA reported</a>.
As of Wednesday, officials said the fire is 45% contained, but they warn that they are still on high alert as more strong winds are expected in the area that has very dry conditions, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/eaton-fire-containment-altadena-strong-winds/">CBS</a> reported.
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The Palisades fire has scorched some 23,000 acres and destroyed 10,000 structures, the outlet noted. A map from KTLA showed the homes destroyed. The ones completely wiped out are in red in the map that can be seen <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/palisades-eaton-wildfire-damage-maps/">here</a>.
“Today’s efforts are focused on mop up and reinforcing containment lines to ensure perimeter control,” an incident report from California Fire read. “Hazard trees along roadways are being mitigated to protect both firefighters and the public.”
“The fire is expected to remain within its current footprint, with aircraft continuing to support firefighters with retardant drops in inaccessible terrain,” it added. “As repopulation efforts progress, the focus remains on ensuring that people are brought back into a safe and secure environment. Contingency resources are strategically prepositioned and ready to respond throughout communities along the fire’s western edge to due to the Santa Ana wind conditions.”
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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kristen-bell">Kristen Bell</a> is facing backlash for comments she made about the donations being made to wildfire victims in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a>.
The 44-year-old actress posted a video with “Parenthood” actress Joy Bryant urging people not to “send trash” when making donations. &#8220;This is Kristen and Joy coming at ya semi-live,&#8221; Bell said in the video she shared to Instagram. 
She continued, &#8220;So we went, we&#8217;re in LA and we went and volunteered yesterday at one of the donation centers and it was very cool to see everyone coming together but we noticed something that we kind of thought through and think we should share.&#8221;
Bryant added, &#8220;Yeah, people need a lot of things, including clothes and all kinds of things, but when we noticed that in the sorting of everything, we found stuff that [was] damaged or stained and people don&#8217;t need that.&#8221;
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&#8220;Garbage, we found some garbage, basically,” Bell said. “So we just wanted to remind everyone when you&#8217;re giving things, if you wouldn&#8217;t give it to your best friend, maybe don&#8217;t give it. Just because we want to be as respectful and dignified as possible.&#8221;
Bell asked that people donating items should wash and sort everything before giving it away. 
&#8220;If you&#8217;re donating, like, you know, old toys or anything, maybe make sure all the parts are there, wipe it down, so people that are coming to get items that their family needs, they don&#8217;t feel like they&#8217;re picking up something dirty or used,&#8221; Bell suggested.
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&#8220;Yeah, don&#8217;t send trash,&#8221; Bryant said, prompting Bell to repeat, &#8220;Just don&#8217;t send trash, that&#8217;s really like the basic—so if this is helpful, use it. If it&#8217;s not, ignore us.&#8221;
The caption of the Instagram post said, &#8220;Remember as you are gathering donations: 1. New, or gently used and clean items only. 2. Organize into sizes and label into sizes. 3. Thank you!!!! It helps the donation center sooo much xoxo.&#8221; 

Commenters on social media were divided, with many expressing outrage that Bell was judging the items people chose to donate.
&#8220;News flash most of us wear items that are torn or dirty. We can&#8217;t afford clothes with the price of groceries and gas and everything else,&#8221; one person wrote. 
&#8220;I totally get that and don&#8217;t think people should donate stained or ripped clothes&#8230;but also as I was going through my closet I thought if I was in that situation I would wear semi-old sneakers or old jeans (as long as washed!) especially to get through these first horrible weeks. I would wear a random mickey mouse tee. If I had nothing and my kids had nothing I wouldn&#8217;t care about an older random hoodie. Just my 2 cents,&#8221; another person agreed.
“Complaining about donations is kinda crazy,” a third commenter agreed.
The wildfires, which broke out Tuesday and are still not contained, have caused billions of dollars in damage to residences and businesses in Southern California. More than 180,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, and many have no homes to return to.

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Kristen Bell Gets Pushback For Saying Some Fire Victim Donations Are ‘Trash’

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Reality star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Spencer Pratt</a> said he plans to sue the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> after losing his $3 million home to the ongoing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fire">wildfires</a> in the Los Angeles area.
The father of two made the announcement over the weekend while speaking with blogger Perez Hilton, noting how he was unable to get help from the Los Angeles Fire Department as his house went up in smoke. 
“They never came. The gate was still locked,” Pratt said, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14273063/spencer-pratt-plans-sue-california-la-fires-mayor-karen-bass-criticism.html">The Daily Mail</a>. “They never came. I watched from my security cameras until our house burned down. There were no fire trucks.”
The reality star said he called 911 but they couldn’t help him. He claims he told the dispatcher that if they sent “one fire truck” down his street they “could stop [the fire from] coming down the whole freaking area.”
Pratt said he was told the fire department didn’t “have the assets.”
The reality star, who is best known for his role on “The Hills,” is married to fellow alum Heidi Montag. They’ve been posting multiple updates about the loss of their home. 
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&#8220;I&#8217;m watching our house burn down on the security cameras,&#8221; Pratt told fans in a Snapchat video taken from inside a car right after the fires broke out.
“The one positive sign I saw as our house burned down was our son’s bed burned in the shape of a heart,” he posted later on Instagram alongside Ring camera footage from inside his house. “A sign of how much love was in this house so thankful for all the years and memories there with our family.”
Early on Wednesday morning, Montag also shared a video of herself crying on Snapchat, saying she is &#8220;so sad our house is gone.&#8221;
Pratt posted a series of photos to TikTok on Friday showing him standing in front of his destroyed home. He included the caption, “Please stream any of [Heidi Montag’s] music on any platforms it will make a huge difference.”
His posts helped Montag’s 2010 album “Superficial” reach number one on iTunes on Saturday, beating out Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” per <a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/heidi-montag-number-one-itunes-spencer-pratt-palisades-fire-1236272656/">Variety</a>. The album failed to chart at all when it was initially released. 
“Popstar Heidi Montag No. 1 on iTunes America,” Pratt said in response to the news. “Thank you everyone! Who needs a house, who needs clothes, who needs anything but this level of clout, pop, superstardom? Our sons are gonna be like, ‘My mom was No. 1 on iTunes America.’ Thank you to everyone who made this happen.”

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Reality Star Spencer Pratt Says He’s Suing State Of CA After Losing $3M Home

Reality Star Spencer Pratt Says He's Suing State Of CA After Losing $3M Home

More Santa Ana winds are forecast to hit parts of Los Angeles County and wide swaths of Ventura County, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a &#8220;particularly dangerous situation&#8221; red flag warning lasting from 4 a.m. on Tuesday until noon on Wednesday.
The winds could range between 45 and 75 mph, threatening to ground important firefighting aircraft as the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst Fires continue to burn. The National Weather Service Los Angeles has only issued the &#8220;particularly dangerous situation&#8221; red flag warning a few times in the past — twice in 2020 and not again until 2024, and now, 2025, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-13/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-fire-weather-warning-issued-for-l-a-ventura-counties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Heads up! Strong, locally damaging, NE/E winds will affect West LA Co. &amp; much of Ventura Co thru Wednesday. Critical fire weather is expected, so PLEASE have multiple ways of getting notifications in case of new fires &amp; prepare ahead of time. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/venturacounty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#venturacounty</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cawx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Socal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Socal</a> <a href="https://t.co/BuvqcwnktS">pic.twitter.com/BuvqcwnktS</a>
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National Weather Service meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld said the warning &#8220;is one of the loudest ways that we can shout,&#8221; adding, &#8220;This is a continued extreme fire weather and wind scenario.&#8221; The high wind gusts combined with humidity as low as 5% on Tuesday makes for an especially dangerous situation, and the weather service told Los Angeles County and Ventura County residents to avoid doing &#8220;anything that could spark a fire.&#8221; The Santa Ana winds could also further stoke the fires that have already ripped through more than 40,000 acres and killed at least 24 people in Southern California.
The Los Angeles Fire Department has already prepared for the intense winds. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said on Sunday, “I want to reassure you that your LAFD, all of our regional partners, every single agency that has come from up and down this state and outside of the state — we are ready.”
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The L.A. Times reported that preparations for the high winds include reinforcing fire control lines, clearing brush away from buildings that survived the fires, and setting up staging areas where new fires could break out. L.A. County Fire Battalion Chief Christian Litz added, &#8220;If [aircraft] get grounded, we have actually built ourselves a little bit of barrier in time for crews to get in there.&#8221;
Cal Fire spokesman Gerry Magana <a href="https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-13-25-hnk#cm5v9t5c400053b6nt9dhuay4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Usually, the limiting factor is gusts over 30 miles an hour, but the sustained winds – anything over 40 (mph) – is pretty much going to ground most aircraft.&#8221;
In a social media <a href="https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1878648757161701581" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Sunday night, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote, &#8220;Emergency responders are ready tonight. Pre-positioned firefighters and engines are spread around Southern California. Stay safe. Be ready to evacuate if you get the order.&#8221;
According to the L.A. County Medical Examiner, 16 people died in the Eaton Fire and eight in the Palisades Fire. More than a dozen people are still missing. The latest data from <a href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cal Fire</a> shows that the Palisades Fire is at 14% containment, the Eaton Fire is at 33% containment, and the Hurst Fire is at 95% containment.

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‘Extreme Fire Weather’: Authorities Warn Of More High Winds As L.A.-Area Fires Rage Into Week 2

'Extreme Fire Weather': Authorities Warn Of More High Winds As L.A.-Area Fires Rage Into Week 2

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The death toll from the devastating Los Angeles County fires has risen to 24, with more than a dozen people still missing and at least three blazes still burning. 
The L.A. County Medical Examiner <a href="https://me.lacounty.gov/2025/press-releases/update-medical-examiner-fire-related-deaths-at-5-p-m-on-january-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sunday that 16 people had been killed in the Eaton Fire and another eight had been killed in the Palisades Fire, making some of the <a href="https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-deadliest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=dddeac543dd84d21a4b01ad6bed5f48c&amp;hash=6A2BD57BB8EC29DB9EC0C94F92B00F52" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadliest</a> fires in California history. The fires have so far burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed 12,000 structures. 
With the number of missing expected to rise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna <a href="https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfires-southern-california-4997fb4d4490fdaa9f2d5cf8cd5f2be7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> 12 people were missing from the Eaton Fire zone near Pasadena, with another four from the Palisades Fire near the coast. 
Victims <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/11/us/california-wildfires-victims/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> so far included 85-year-old Annette Rossilli, Anthony and Justin Mitchell, Erliene Kelley, 66-year-old Victor Shaw, Rodney Nickerson, Rory Callum Sykes, 55-year-old Randall Miod, Charles Mortimer, and Dalcye Curry. Several died trying to protect their homes. 
The coroner&#8217;s office reported that one of the deaths was at the hospital, while the others were reported at the scene of the fires.
According to the <a href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest updates</a> from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, at least three major fires are still burning in Los Angeles County. The data show 13% containment for the Palisades Fire (23,713 acres), 27% containment for the Eaton Fire (14,117 acres), and 89% containment for the Hurst Fire (799 acres).
“There are still active fires that are burning within the Palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public,” said LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Sunday morning. “There’s no power, there’s no water, there’s broken gas lines, and we have unstable structures.”
The National Weather Service said Sunday that the Santa Ana winds, which fueled the fires last week with gusts up to 100 miles per hour, would continue this week. 
“Critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal southern California including the areas of the Palisades and Eaton fires through Wednesday due to moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds. Red Flag Warnings are in effect,” the National Weather Service <a href="https://x.com/NWS/status/1878633500368339080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>
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Top California Democrats have faced criticism over their handling of the fires, including from President-elect Donald Trump. 
“The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out. Thousands of magnificent houses are gone, and many more will soon be lost. There is death all over the place,” Trump said on Sunday. “This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country. They just can’t put out the fires. What’s wrong with them?”

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For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
On Sunday, as multiple wildfires still rage out of control in California, what to do about them and how to prevent such a tragedy from happening in the future was top of mind on many of the political talk shows. As one might expect, media personalities were quick to jump to the aid of Democrats — who are often only too happy to politicize natural disasters when they occurred in red states — were desperate to put a stop to the criticism being leveled at California&#8217;s leadership (or lack thereof) with regard to the fires.
Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), joined host Jonathan Karl on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; to discuss the &#8220;dangerous situation&#8221; still unfolding in Southern California.
&#8220;The red flag warnings have been reissued, the winds are coming back, and we still want to make sure that people are in a safe place,&#8221; Criswell said. The winds had abated enough to allow for air support to fly in water and fire retardant over the last day, but they are expected to pick up again and the situation is still extremely volatile.
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FEMA&#39;s Deanne Criswell tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that the wildfires in California are still creating a “dangerous situation.” 
“The red flag warnings have been reissued, the winds are coming back, and we still want to make sure that people are in a safe place.” <a href="https://t.co/DaiAqGdfIK">https://t.co/DaiAqGdfIK</a> <a href="https://t.co/E6hxHKtpFs">pic.twitter.com/E6hxHKtpFs</a>
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Criswell, fresh off her agency&#8217;s scandalous behavior in the southeast — refusing to knock on doors and offer federal assistance where signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump were visible — assured Karl that the federal government was prepared to handle the aftermath of the devastating fires in addition to what was already on their plate.
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FEMA&#39;s Deanne Criswell tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that the agency has funding to support the wildfire response in California, as well as “recoveries from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the other 179 declarations that we had last year alone across the United States.” <a href="https://t.co/9L2wIzgR1g">https://t.co/9L2wIzgR1g</a> <a href="https://t.co/anOvr3S7Ko">pic.twitter.com/anOvr3S7Ko</a>
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Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) also spoke to Karl about the fires ravaging his home state, praising firefighters and likening the devastation to that seen in war zones. &#8220;The heartbreak is just overwhelming,&#8221; he said.
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“The heartbreak is just overwhelming.” 
California Sen. Adam Schiff tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that the level of devastation in his home state due to the wildfires reminds him of visiting war zones, praises firefighters for the “extraordinary job they’re doing.” <a href="https://t.co/ztBCpzSppZ">https://t.co/ztBCpzSppZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/XL43g6Prb4">pic.twitter.com/XL43g6Prb4</a>
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Schiff suggested that the best response to the fires would be to put forth an independent commission to review what had transpired. &#8220;What went right in our response? What went wrong in it?&#8221;
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Sen. Adam Schiff calls for an independent commission to review the response to the California wildfires. 
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The new California senator, elected to fill the seat that was initially vacated when the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) passed away, also called on President-elect Trump to join with California in an effort to prevent future disasters.
Schiff, who spent the majority of Trump&#8217;s last term attempting to either impeach him or simply smear him as a Russian asset, claimed on Sunday, &#8220;It’s going to be really important for the incoming president to work with all of us in California to make sure that we get the resources we need to put out these flames &#8230; to get the relief to get back on our feet.&#8221;
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“It’s going to be really important for the incoming president to work with all of us in California to make sure that we get the resources we need to put out these flames &#8230; to get the relief to get back on our feet,” California Sen. Adam Schiff says. <a href="https://t.co/ANK2epHI2F">https://t.co/ANK2epHI2F</a> <a href="https://t.co/ygCxGG6ESk">pic.twitter.com/ygCxGG6ESk</a>
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On CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; FEMA&#8217;s Criswell also spoke with host Margaret Brennan — and she argued that despite the growing evidence to the contrary, California had been adequately prepared to confront the massive blaze.
&#8220;I think that they were very prepared,&#8221; Criswell said — despite multiple reports of budget cuts to local fire departments, empty reservoirs, and empty fire hydrants. She went on to blame the excessive winds — which are a common problem in Southern California — for the difficulties first responders have faced in battling the fires. &#8220;[They] have never seen 100 mph winds that are fueling the fire.&#8221;
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When asked why the Los Angeles area was so unprepared for these wildfires, <a href="https://twitter.com/FEMA_Deanne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FEMA_Deanne</a> says, &quot;I think that they were very prepared.&quot; But she adds the firefighters &quot;have never seen 100 mph winds that are fueling the fire.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/JELhORdFoE">pic.twitter.com/JELhORdFoE</a>
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) echoed Schiff&#8217;s sentiments in calling for bipartisan efforts in helping California to rebuild.
&#8220;These wildfires don&#8217;t have any political affiliation,&#8221; she told Brennan. &#8220;They don&#8217;t belong to any political party. This devastation has affected thousands upon thousands of people who just ran out of their homes with nothing in their hands, and are trying to rebuild, and they need help.&#8221;
She called on President-elect Trump and newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to visit the affected area, saying that they need to &#8220;witness the devastation for themselves.&#8221;
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There are plans to invite President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to the areas of California afflicted by the wildfires and &quot;witness the devastation for themselves,&quot; says Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA).
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Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) also weighed in, noting that if the federal government was going to assist California after obvious failures in preparation, that there would be &#8220;strings attached&#8221; to any funding provided.
&#8220;It has to do with being ready the next time because this was a gross failure this time,&#8221; he said.
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&quot;There will be strings attached&quot; to any disaster and recovery aid Congress will &quot;ultimately&quot; approve for the California wildfires, says Senate Majority Whip <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnBarrasso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnBarrasso</a>.
&quot;It has to do with being ready the next time because this was a gross failure this time,&quot; he tells… <a href="https://t.co/ym9WvXaDoa">pic.twitter.com/ym9WvXaDoa</a>
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Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom joined NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; — where he said that Trump had not yet responded to an invitation to tour the damaged areas of his state.
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Trump has not responded to invitation to survey L.A. wildfire damage, Gov. Newsom says <a href="https://t.co/OP9KQebWTM">https://t.co/OP9KQebWTM</a>
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Saying that the fires would be viewed as one of the worst natural disasters to be recorded in American history, Newsom also claimed that he still had complete confidence in the leadership in place — including L.A.&#8217;s Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who was on a taxpayer-funded trip to Africa when the fires began.
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Gov. Newsom says he has ‘faith in our leaders’ as L.A. Mayor Karen Bass faces scrutiny <a href="https://t.co/l6WlHoYtdP">https://t.co/l6WlHoYtdP</a>
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Spin Cycle: Wildfires Rage, And Politicians Fan The Blame

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There&#8217;s now a very noticeable pattern that plays out every time we witness a colossal failure on the national stage. It happened after the Secret Service allowed Donald Trump to get shot in the head in Pennsylvania. It happened after Harvard&#8217;s president was exposed for plagiarism, and after Kamala Harris lost the presidential election.
Here&#8217;s how it usually goes: Conservatives pointed out that DEI was involved in some way. And then everyone on the Left acted with shock and indignation at the mere suggestion that DEI might have backfired. 
DEI, they tell us, is an essential mandate that always adds value. It&#8217;s vital to every organization. And then, in the same breath, they tell us that DEI can&#8217;t possibly be related to any failure by any organization or government agency that practices DEI. In other words, DEI is either critically important or not important at all, depending on how things are going. 
As entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles are destroyed by fires, once again, we&#8217;re seeing this familiar pattern play out. As we talked about yesterday, conservatives have pointed out that DEI has infected every aspect of the government of Los Angeles, and in particular its Fire Department. And in response, as they usually do, the Left has insisted that DEI actually had nothing whatsoever to do with the fires, or the disastrous response to them. And they&#8217;re wagging their fingers at anyone who suggests otherwise.
Rolling Stone, in particular, was upset with my response to the wildfires. The published an article the other day <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/right-wingers-blame-los-angeles-fires-diversity-democrats-1235230047/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entitled</a>, &#8220;RIGHT-WINGERS ARE BLAMING THE L.A. FIRES ON DIVERSITY.&#8221; Here&#8217;s <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/right-wingers-blame-los-angeles-fires-diversity-democrats-1235230047/">part of it</a>: &#8220;Climate-denying conservatives are instead blaming the devastation on California&#8217;s &#8216;woke&#8217; policies. &#8230; &#8216;Los Angeles deliberately set out to exclude white men from becoming firefighters, and now they don&#8217;t have enough firefighters to prevent their city from burning to the ground,&#8217; wrote right-wing commentator Matt Walsh in one post endorsed by Elon Musk. &#8216;DEI is a cancer that destroys everything it touches.'&#8221;
Now, first of all, I had to look up who wrote this article, because it reads like something our PR department would come up with. The whole article is just a series of quotes — from myself, Alex Jones, Elon Musk, Megyn Kelly, and so on. And sure enough, the author is one Nikki McCann Ramirez, a former Media Matters staffer. She&#8217;s apparently found another organization that&#8217;s willing to pay her to write articles about my tweets, after Elon Musk sued Media Matters into the ground.
The only original contribution that Nikki Ramirez made to the article is this line of commentary at the end. It reads: &#8220;There&#8217;s no evidence that the fire department&#8217;s push for diversity has any effect on its ability to fight fires.&#8221;
It&#8217;s a line that made me realize we need to do another deep-dive on DEI in the Los Angeles Fire Department, because it&#8217;s completely false. But a lot of people on the Left are still repeating it. And they&#8217;re repeating this line because they think it&#8217;s safe. In their minds, it&#8217;s impossible to find a &#8220;smoking gun&#8221; that proves DEI leads directly to failure. After all, DEI is a bureaucratic system. And the whole point of bureaucracy is to make it impossible to assign blame.
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Unfortunately for Rolling Stone and the rest of these activists, the leaders of the Los Angeles Fire Department haven&#8217;t been subtle about their DEI policies, and the impact these policies have on their job performance. In fact, they&#8217;ve actually been quite direct about it. Here&#8217;s a video of Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, the head of the Fire Department&#8217;s &#8220;Equity and Human Resources Bureau.&#8221; You may have seen a shortened version of this video online, because it&#8217;s going viral. I found a longer, unedited version of it. And it&#8217;s worth watching because it implicates both the LAPD and the LAFD. And it also includes the context, to the extent you need it. Here it is:
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It looks like some kind of AI-generated parody, but it&#8217;s not. So let&#8217;s review what we just saw.
The first claim from the Deputy Fire Chief is that, when you have a medical emergency or when your house is on fire, all you care about is seeing first responders who &#8220;look like you.&#8221; You don&#8217;t care if they&#8217;re good at their jobs. You&#8217;re not worried about their CPR certifications, or their ability to put out fires. Instead, the most important thing is the appearance of the firefighter — meaning their skin color and gender. And the LAPD sergeant agrees with that.
This isn&#8217;t a claim that needs to be broken down and dissected in a million different ways. But just for fun, let&#8217;s do that.
First of all, let&#8217;s assume this is true. Let&#8217;s assume that, when white people call 911 in Los Angeles because their house is burning down, they really don&#8217;t want to see black firefighters show up. So when a team of all-white firefighters show up, in Kristine Lawson&#8217;s worldview, it would be totally normal and appropriate for the white homeowner to say, &#8220;Thank God they didn&#8217;t send any black firefighters.&#8221; After all, he wants to see people who look like him. What&#8217;s wrong with that?
Of course, what Kristine Larson really means is that non-white firefighters should want to see non-white firefighters respond to their house. But there&#8217;s still a big problem here. I&#8217;d wager a lot of money that there&#8217;s not a single black person on the planet who would react with relief or joy, if they called 911 and someone like Kristine Larson waddled up to their door. That would be a moment of sheer panic for anyone, regardless of skin color. That would be the moment they knew that their life was over.
But even if we assume that black people demand to be saved by overweight black lesbian firefighters like Kristine Larson, there&#8217;s still another problem with Larson&#8217;s explanation, which is this: How exactly would dispatchers know what race of firefighters to send to a particular call? Should the dispatcher demand to know the callers&#8217; race? Should they dispatch race-matching fire crews? Is any of this happening right now in Los Angeles? By the logic of the Deputy Fire Chief, it should be happening.
And then, of course, comes the second part of the video, in which Larson responds to someone who&#8217;s worried that, as an overweight black lesbian, she won&#8217;t be able to lift a man and remove him from a house fire. Larson&#8217;s response is that the man shouldn&#8217;t have put himself in that position in the first place.
She couldn&#8217;t be making it any clearer that DEI hiring compromises the fire department&#8217;s ability to do its job. She thinks it&#8217;s a laugh line, apparently. This is how DEI hires at the highest levels of the Los Angeles Fire Department are talking about the impact of DEI on their jobs.
But Larson has never been disqualified or punished in any way. She has a job paying well over $300,000 a year at the Los Angeles Fire Department, in which she enforces various equity mandates while she laughs at people who ask why she&#8217;s so overweight. And part of that job apparently entails weeding out alleged &#8220;bigots&#8221; in the ranks of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Watch:
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This is reminiscent of Lloyd Austin&#8217;s big plan to purge the Pentagon of &#8220;extremist white supremacists,&#8221; by which he meant, white people who support Donald Trump and refuse to take the COVID shot. It&#8217;s the kind of thing that no public agency in the United States should be doing, for about a million reasons.
First of all, the idea of &#8220;racism&#8221; in fire departments and police departments has been stretched beyond all recognition, to the point that it&#8217;s completely meaningless. As we discussed earlier this week, fire departments all over the country are getting sued right now for &#8220;racism&#8221; because they attempt to enforce basic standards of literacy and competence in the admissions process.
Secondly, this is a department that&#8217;s now very short of manpower during a historic crisis. Barring extreme circumstances, they should not be weeding out any competent firefighters right now. The Los Angeles Fire Department should be focused on retaining as many firefighters as possible — not firing them for liking an offensive meme or something. And if you doubt that, take a look at Ferguson, Missouri, or Minneapolis, or Baltimore. Have any of these cities become safer, after the BLM revolution? Of course not.
The real purpose of all of these purges is to punish anyone who thinks an unapproved thought that also happens to be true. They don&#8217;t want people to make obvious observations like this one: Women shouldn&#8217;t be firefighters at all. Any effort to include more women is by definition an effort to make the fire department less equipped and less capable.
The same is true for police departments, which are being gutted all over the country in the name of equity. Just this week, the Maryland State Police agreed to a $3 million settlement with Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ over their hiring practices. As one local news station <a href="https://www.wbaltv.com/article/maryland-state-police-agree-27-million-settlement-civil-rights-lawsuit/63381102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>: &#8220;The lawsuit claimed that the Maryland Department of State Police violated Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it used a certain physical fitness test and a certain written test to hire entry-level troopers. The lawsuit claimed the tests disqualified more women and African American applicants than others and were not job-related.&#8221;
In other words, in the world of policing, physical fitness and literacy are no longer &#8220;job-related,&#8221; apparently. This is how many police and fire departments now operate. They know they have to hire and promote incompetent people.
This is the kind of deliberate sabotage that has directly contributed to the disaster that&#8217;s unfolding in Los Angeles. Instead of spending every moment thinking about protecting their state, the leadership of California has been busy appointing &#8220;equity&#8221; overseers. So, when a disaster occurs, they have no idea what to do.
That led to this clown-car performance from Gavin Newsom yesterday. He told a constituent he was on the phone with Joe Biden. Then, when she asked to talk to Joe Biden, he admitted he didn&#8217;t have cell service. Watch:
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If thousands of people weren&#8217;t having their lives destroyed right now, the incompetence would be pretty amusing. Instead, given the staggering nature of this catastrophe, it’s infuriating. And people are very, very tired of this kind of thing. They want competence to make a comeback.
That would mean the Los Angeles Fire Department would have to fire some overweight lesbians who are making $300,000 a year. But it would also mean that, the next time a massive wildfire engulfs the city, Los Angeles might actually have water in the fire hydrants. They might have a mayor who&#8217;s on the scene, coordinating a response, instead of pandering in Africa. They might have enough firefighters to put out the blaze.
That&#8217;s a turn of events that outlets like &#8220;Rolling Stone magazine&#8221; desperately wants to prevent. But at this point, it&#8217;s looking more likely than ever. DEI has been tried, and it has failed in spectacular fashion. Now it&#8217;s time for competent people to take over — even if they happen to be white men. The residents of Los Angeles might not understand much, but they understand survival. And at this point, that&#8217;s exactly what survival will take.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-makes-plans-to-move-rams-vikings-playoffs-game-due-to-l-a-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The NFL</a> announced that it has decided to move the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings playoff game scheduled for Monday night to Arizona due to multiple fires still burning in Southern California.
A <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-rams-wild-card-game-on-monday-moved-to-arizona-due-to-los-angeles-area-fires">statement</a> from the National Football League said that &#8220;in the interest of public safety,&#8221; the wild card game planned for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, has been moved to Glendale, Arizona, home of the Arizona Cardinals, as firefighters continue to attempt to contain the blazes.
&#8220;The decision was made in consultation with public officials, the participating clubs and the NFLPA,” the NFL said in a statement.
The game&#8217;s start time remains at 8 p.m. ET, with ticket sales starting on Friday.
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Following Thursday’s practice, Rams head coach Sean McVay said the team’s “thoughts and prayers are with everybody that&#8217;s been affected by” the fires.
&#8220;It&#8217;s one of those deals that almost doesn&#8217;t feel real, but it certainly is real to the people that are affected,” McVay said, per the <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-rams-wild-card-game-on-monday-moved-to-arizona-due-to-los-angeles-area-fires">NFL</a>. “Praying that as many people are OK, and you just see the amount of people that are affected and it&#8217;s one of those deals that it gives you perspective.&#8221;
The smoke from the fires also affected the Los Angeles Chargers, who practice near LAX airport in El Segundo. Due to the unhealthy air quality, players wore masks. They travel to the Lonestar State to play the Houston Texans in a wild-card game on Saturday.
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Chargers head Coach Jim Harbaugh told members of the press his “heart goes out and abundant prayers to all those that have been affected by this tragedy.”
&#8220;Also, just been inspired greatly by the first responders, the firefighters and the residents that have pulled together, had each other&#8217;s back,” he added. “It&#8217;s been tremendously inspiring.”
&#8220;So, even though we&#8217;ve been on-mission &#8230; abundant prayers and thoughts to all that are in this fight,” Harbaugh continued. “You see neighbors on top of houses helping fellow neighbors, it&#8217;s truly inspiring.&#8221;
Ahead of the league’s decision, the NFL announced it would set up a contingency plan to relocate the Vikings-Rams game if the wildfires continued to burn.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-makes-plans-to-move-rams-vikings-playoffs-game-due-to-l-a-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL Makes Plans To Move Rams-Vikings Playoffs Game Due To L.A. Fires</a>

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Remember Gov. Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry gaffe?
Many have likely forgotten, even though it showed the California Democrat as the ultimate hypocrite. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-masks-all-indoors-award-winning-journalist-claims-22-people-attended-newsom-dinner-not-12-15k-bar-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wannabe president dined, sans mask</a> with a large group at the height of the pandemic lockdowns.
No social distancing. No chance for Californians to similarly enjoy a carefree meal. He got caught red-handed defying his own rules.
That memory might have lingered if late-night comics or “Saturday Night Live” had parodied the moment. They had the material, of course. The jokes all but wrote themselves.
Instead, they collectively stood down. And other politicians followed Newsom’s embarrassing lead, from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-admits-breaking-lockdown-for-salon-visit-blames-business-says-she-did-nothing-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Nancy Pelosi</a> to then-<a href="https://reason.com/2021/09/17/london-breed-san-francisco-mask-covid-hypocrisy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Mayor London Breed.</a> Comedy Nation looked the other way during those news cycles, too, and the American people suffered as a result.
Some of those same politicians won re-election post-COVID.
It’s why political humor has consequences. The right joke or comedy sketch can linger longer than a white paper or news headline. We laugh and then we think, and suddenly we’re looking at an issue in a new, startling way.
Even false political jabs can linger longer. Sarah Palin never said, “I can see Russia from my house.” Tina Fey’s Palin “Saturday Night Live” sketch character did, though, and people tied it to the real Palin.
Politicians hold considerable sway over us, yet they can be brought to heel by laughter. It’s why free speech matters and stinging satire leaves a mark.
<div id="attachment_855679" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-855679" class="size-large wp-image-855679" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-864x576.jpg" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 8: California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, the Palisades Fire has grown to over 2,900 acres and 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate while a second major fire continues to burn near Eaton Canyon in Altadena." width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Credit: Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images.</div>
Will we see comedians hold the politicians at the heart of the California wildfires accountable in the days ahead? If not, shame on them.
We’re watching gross incompetence in real time as thousands flee their homes and worry if they’ll be still standing upon their return. The raging fires are like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie.
It’s often unhealthy to score political points during a tragedy. At times, it’s unavoidable, and now is certainly the case.
We know L.A. Mayor Karen Bass cut $17.6 million from the city’s fire department budget. The progressive mayor wasn’t even in L.A. when the fires broke out. She was in Ghana on a political junket.
The optics couldn’t get much worse. Remember how “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaqTdV4pqI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saturday Night Live</a>” and late-night comedians mocked Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas when he was out of state in Cancun during a deadly cold weather front in 2021?  It’s hard to forget given the nonstop jokes on the subject.
Fair? Unfair? He probably thinks twice now before jetting out of town. What Bass and Co. have done to California is immeasurably worse.
Need more material tied to the fires? <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karen-bass-ignores-questions-about-her-handling-of-devastating-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayor Bass literally stood silent</a> as a European journalist pelted her with tough but fair questions about the unfolding tragedy. Later, the Mayor tried to steer locals to a website where they could get more information, except during her speech she simply said “URL” <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/la-mayor-karen-bass-stumbles-through-presser-script-failing-to-share-emergency-information-website-address-this-can-be-found-at-url/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and omitted the actual website’s address</a>.
More comedy gold for satirists speaking truth to power. An A.I. bot could probably crank out a few monologue jokes. Will late-night comedians bite?
So far, they’re <a href="https://latenighter.com/news/heres-how-the-late-night-shows-addressed-the-l-a-wildfires/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking the high road</a> regarding the devastation.
Far-Left “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert kept the mood serious.
“We want to send our love and concern to all the residents of Los Angeles who are facing what is being described as the most destructive fire in the city’s history.”
The host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” took a similar tack.
“The scenes we’re seeing on television are obviously harrowing, and there are no real words that I can share other than that we are thinking about you and we are hoping for your safety.”
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That’s understandable … for now. Although, if a Republican governor was in charge the tone might be different. Might.
It’s what happens next that matters, and it could have political repercussions.
Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” won’t hold back. The Libertarian host <a href="https://x.com/greggutfeld/status/1877334892398129301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already weighed in</a> via his X account, and his 10:00 p.m. show will likely do the same.
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Another possible source of comedy? HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The long-running host has shown a knack for truth-telling regardless of party affiliation. He’s been a thorn in the Left’s side for several years, mocking progressives for their extreme culture war positions and woke overreach.
He’s based in L.A. and might skewer pols who have made the problem exponentially worse. He’s also a Climate Change alarmist and might focus on that angle, even if there’s no evidence climate change played a role in the catastrophe.
So far, late-night hosts are living down to their partisan reputations.
Rather than satirize Newsom or Bass — or others directly overseeing the city and state — they&#8217;re targeting President-elect Donald Trump for his rhetoric.
Both &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; host Desi Lydic and Meyers <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/late-night-hosts-mock-trump-response-la-fires-1236271464/">attacked Trump&#8217;s critiques</a> rather than the actions, or inactions, of key Democrats. That&#8217;s a sign it will only grow more one-sided from here.
Will Jimmy Fallon courageously skewer the politicians who let their constituents down? Colbert? Meyers? Kimmel? Stewart?
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We’ll have to wait and see. If the past is prologue, these comedians will find a way to blame President-Elect Donald Trump for the crisis or avoid political name-calling in general. It may be up to YouTube-based comedians and podcasters to pick up the slack, and their social media platforms will only grow in response.
Too many modern journalists have refused to hold Democratic politicians accountable over the past few years. Just consider how many questions Vice President Kamala Harris has fielded of late over President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
Try zero, and that’s inexcusable.
It’s no laughing matter when mainstream comedians choose politics over the truth.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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