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By Rachel Becker for CalMatters Originally published on Oct. 2, 2026 This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. No single failure explains the devastation of the Palisades and Eaton fires that burned through Los Angeles County in January 2025, a new report concludes. Instead, the blazes exposed weaknesses across a system never designed to combat a wind-driven conflagration that spread from structure to structure at sweeping scale. The 723-page report dropped Friday morning. Commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it lands during his last months in office and j
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By Rachel Becker for CalMatters Originally published on Oct. 2, 2026 This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. No single failure explains the devastation of the Palisades and Eaton fires that burned through Los Angeles County in January 2025, a new report concludes. Instead, the blazes exposed weaknesses across a system never designed to combat a wind-driven conflagration that spread from structure to structure at sweeping scale. The 723-page report dropped Friday morning. Commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it lands during his last months in office and j
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