Burning Out: Los Angeles' Existential Crisis The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025 were apocalyptic, but they're not the main story.
Beneath the smoldering ashes lies a city that's annihilating itself through neglect and self inflicted wounds.
Spencer Pratt's candidacy for mayor is often framed as an oddity, but it highlights the desperation of a city searching for solutions to its intractable problems.