L.A. Wildfires Rage Almost Unchecked

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Jan. 9. WSJ editor Ben Fritz joins us from Los Angeles with the latest on a series of blazes that have many residents feeling like the city is “teetering on the brink of destruction.” Plus, dockworkers and port employers reach a labor deal that could avert potentially costly strikes. And Blackstone makes its latest bet on AI with a $300 million investment in DDN. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	We get the latest from Los Angeles where devastating wildfires remain out of control.
0:39.1	It's almost like an arc kind of going around the north of Los Angeles.
0:43.1	There's just one fire after another after another.
0:46.1	And, you know, it's very scary.
0:48.1	And the conditions are, from the fire perspective, they're optimal.
0:51.3	And the humans condition, they're terrible.
0:52.9	Plus, a tentative labor deal to avert strikes at some of America's largest ports.
0:58.8	And Blackstone makes its latest bet on AI.
1:02.4	It's Thursday, January 9th.
1:04.4	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.
1:06.5	And here is the AM edition of What's News.
1:09.5	The top headlines and business stories moving your world
1:12.2	today.
1:17.0	Firefighters around Los Angeles are continuing to battle a series of wildfires that in the span of
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