What’s different about the California fires?

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Host Marco Werman speaks with UCLA geography professor Glen MacDonald about the role of climate change in making California and many other parts of the world more vulnerable to wildfires. MacDonald himself had to evacuate his home on Friday when it was threatened by the ongoing wildfire near Los Angeles.

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