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

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.

Jacob Soboroff interviewing Gavin Newsom. (Courtesy of Bianca Seward)
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Jacob Soboroff interviewing Gavin Newsom. (Courtesy of Bianca Seward)

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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