{"id":80047,"date":"2026-05-10T20:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-city-rises-again-from-the-ashes-but-will-it-be-strong-enough\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:15:11","slug":"a-city-rises-again-from-the-ashes-but-will-it-be-strong-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-city-rises-again-from-the-ashes-but-will-it-be-strong-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"A city rises again from the ashes \u2013 but will it be strong enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti spent countless days and nights covering the terrible California fires last year. His new book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Torched\/Jonathan-Vigliotti\/9781668219034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>&#8220;Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> (to be published May 12 by Atria\/One Signal), recounts that harrowing experience. This morning, he shares some thoughts:<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>You probably remember the story of The Three Little Pigs. Three houses, built three ways (of straw, sticks, and bricks), and a big bad wolf, huffing and puffing, testing each one.<\/p>\n<p>That story played out in real life last year in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/14ba353a-df1e-4d80-9398-086101dd47d2\/thumbnail\/620x941\/319746ac09004ed3c42cf206f938c7c0\/torched-cover-one-signal-atria-books-900.jpg#\" alt=\"torched-cover-one-signal-atria-books-900.jpg \" height=\"941\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/14ba353a-df1e-4d80-9398-086101dd47d2\/thumbnail\/620x941\/319746ac09004ed3c42cf206f938c7c0\/torched-cover-one-signal-atria-books-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/14ba353a-df1e-4d80-9398-086101dd47d2\/thumbnail\/1240x1882\/1ac1971f7761ec1428de3218c14101dc\/torched-cover-one-signal-atria-books-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                One Signal\/Atria Books<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wolf \u2013 in this case, extreme wind and fire fueled by climate change \u2013 leveled most of Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Just like in the fairy tale, not all the homes were created equal.<\/p>\n<p>L.A.&#8217;s &#8220;straw&#8221; homes \u2013 older wood homes built before modern fire codes \u2013 made up many of the losses. The city&#8217;s &#8220;stick&#8221; homes were built to code and fared better, but code still allows wood construction, and many still burned. Far fewer homes were built like the third pig&#8217;s house, the &#8220;brick&#8221; one. Those were homes that exceeded code. Many survived.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Los Angeles is rushing to rebuild ahead of the 2028 Olympics, what Governor Newsom once called the &#8220;Recovery Games.&#8221; A cleanup and permit process that typically takes a year has been compressed into months.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, &#8220;fast&#8221; isn&#8217;t always the enemy of &#8220;good,&#8221; but shortcuts almost always are. In the rush, there&#8217;s been little time to ask: <em>How do we build differently?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instead, we&#8217;re returning to the same blueprint: new wood homes, even though steel and concrete composite homes (which resist flames far longer than wood) are available at similar cost, and often lower insurance premiums. What I report in my new book is that many homeowners aren&#8217;t even <em>told<\/em> about that option, because changing course takes time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/44340650-d93e-4375-a5f8-28401cceb682\/thumbnail\/620x348\/9e2c96d0d7020ced7c6b2f885d0e8169\/rebuilding-from-the-wildfires.jpg#\" alt=\"rebuilding-from-the-wildfires.jpg \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/44340650-d93e-4375-a5f8-28401cceb682\/thumbnail\/620x348\/9e2c96d0d7020ced7c6b2f885d0e8169\/rebuilding-from-the-wildfires.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/09\/44340650-d93e-4375-a5f8-28401cceb682\/thumbnail\/1240x696\/571f9106da0567b453a5b156b3a20438\/rebuilding-from-the-wildfires.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, the city adopted significantly stronger building standards. After 2005&#8217;s Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans elevated rebuilt homes on stilts.<\/p>\n<p>On Katrina&#8217;s 10th anniversary, President Obama said real change takes time \u2013 and the courage to do things differently.<\/p>\n<p>In Los Angeles, the status quo, and speed, are driving the recovery. But there&#8217;s still time to pump the brakes. Permits are moving fast, but most homes haven&#8217;t broken ground. There <em>is<\/em> time to adapt. <\/p>\n<p>And we must. Because the &#8220;wolf&#8221; is still out there, and still getting stronger.<\/p>\n<p>And it doesn&#8217;t have to win. We already know how this story ends: The wolf huffed. He puffed. But one house \u2013 one house \u2013 still stood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>READ AN EXCERPT:<\/strong> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-torched-by-jonathan-vigliotti-pacific-palisades-altadena\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Torched&#8221; by Jonathan Vigliotti<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Story produced by John Goodwin. 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