Winds are picking up again in the Los Angeles area, which could fan the flames of those devastating fires that have killed at least 24 people and burned thousands of homes.
The wildfires in L.A. have combined to burn an area larger than the entire city of San Francisco.
There’s a lot of finger pointing and misinformation about the lack of water to fight the fires, and about hydrants running dry in Pacific Palisades.
President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and many other Republican and conservative voices blame Governor Newsom and the state’s water policies, while others are pointing at Central Valley farmers, accusing them of hoarding water that could have been diverted to the Los Angeles firefight.
For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart and KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with scientist Dr. Peter Gleick, a renowned expert on California water issues who is co-founder and President Emeritus and a Senior Fellow at the Pacific Institute in Oakland.
