On the Shelf Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster By Jacob SoboroffMariner Books: 272 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As last year’s wildfires multiplied, still 0% contained, field reporters — tasked with articulating the unintelligible on camera — grieved alongside Los Angeles in real time. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)He returns home to Frogtown, changes out of smoke-soaked clothes and grabs a few hours’ sleep before heading back out. After the fires, Soboroff moved straight into covering the immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles. “For me, it’s a much more personal book,” Soboroff says.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 05, 2026 23:01 UTC