Los Angeles is burning

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ... Show More

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programming. He installed loyalists on the board who made him chairman. In December, Trump ... Show More

In late January of last year, an American Eagle flight and a U.S. Army helicopter collided above the Potomac River, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. It was the deadliest flight disaster in the U.S. in decades.A year later, families and first responders are reflecting on the ... Show More

The fires burning through Los Angeles now are already the worst in the history of California, a state known for its wildfires. Thousands have lost their homes, and nearly 180,000 have been forced to evacuate. What is it like to be in the city on fire?  In this episode: Manuel Ráp ... Show More

Wildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-pointing began. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Travis Larchuck, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Peter Balonon-Rosen, engineered by Patrick Boyd and A ... Show More

<p>Over the past 48 hours, wildfires have consumed acre after acre and building after building across greater Los Angeles. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, and at least five people have died.</p><p>The Times’s L.A. bureau chief, Corina Knoll, and our staff ... Show More

It’s been a week since wildfires started sweeping through Los Angeles, California, destroying swathes of the city and reducing communities, homes and schools to little more than rubble and ash. The inferno has now ravaged an area larger than Manhattan. Some fires have been exting ... Show More

Le calvaire des Californiens, confrontés à des feux dévastateurs depuis le 7&nbsp;janvier, est loin d’être terminé. Un <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/01/22/un-nouvel-incendie-fait-rage-au-nord-de-los-angeles-1-400-hectares-detruits-en-deux-heures_6510686_324 ... Show More

With so many confusing narratives unfolding around a fire that is still raging out of control, I wanted to talk to somebody I knew and trusted to get stories like this right. Robinson Meyer is the founder and editor of Heatmap News and a former staff writer at The Atlantic, where ... Show More

<p> A week after fires broke out in the Los Angeles area, Californians are grappling with the widespread destruction.</p><p>They’re also seeking answers from their leaders about why so much has been lost.</p><p>Mike Baker and Christopher Flavelle, who have been covering the fires ... Show More