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Hey everyone. This is Imperfect Paradise. I'm Antonia Seredi Hido. I've mentioned this now a couple of times on past episodes, but I'm going to say it again. Things are going to sound a little different on Imperfect Paradise. Moving forward, you will continue to get a new amazing episode every week of Imperfect Paradise in your feed. But each episode is going to focus specifically on a deep dive interview with one of our newsrooms reporters. You may hear me

occasionally host Imperfect Paradise, along with a few of my colleagues, through this summer and fall.

I have absolutely loved hosting Imperfect Paradise for these past nearly two years. This show has

accomplished so much in that time. We were nominated for a Livingston Award for our series about disgraced L.A. City Council President Nure Martinez.

Our series People v. Karen about a white woman who accused a Mexican couple of trying to kidnap her child was up for an Ambie Award.

And most recently, our series Lions, Coyotes, and Bears, as well as District Attorney Gascon, won L.A. Press Awards. Not to mention that a couple years ago, we were named one of the best podcasts by The Atlantic. I want to take a moment to specifically thank and recognize Emily Garon and Natalie Chednovsky, who have been the creative forces bringing the show together for the past couple of years,

and like me, are also moving off the show.

I'm so grateful to everyone who's worked on the show so far, as well as everyone who has listened.

I'm really excited for what's next on Imperfect Paradise.

So without further ado, here's Jill Replagal.

Thank you. So without further ado, here's Jill Replagall. This is in Perfect Paradise. I'm your host, Jill Replogle. It's been seven months since the

Eaton and Palisades fires leveled to L.A. neighborhoods. The unusually fast-moving fires destroyed more than 10,000 homes

and killed at least 31 people. The news these days is heavily focused on the recovery efforts

around the fires, how the county is trying to speed up rebuilding plans, and milestones in the debris cleanup.

There are still so many unanswered questions, like how in an urban area with robust resources

and literally hundreds of years of experience with wildfires and other disasters,

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