Reporter Jacob Soboroff on covering the 'Firestorm' that consumed his childhood home

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM CST

Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with author and MS NOW’s senior political and national correspondent Jacob Soboroff about his new book “Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster.”

Soboroff was a reporter for NBC during the 2025 Los Angeles fires, and he grew up in the Palisades area, which was hit hard.

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