I think people, especially outside the area, might make the LA situation into too much of a climate change story.
This is our climate, and people living here know it.
You might know the story of Goleta’s Great Simoon of 1859. While we don't live in a desert, in the coastal areas, we have a desert behind us in a deep history of dramatic weather events. As you may have heard we have whole ecosystems evolved for fire.
Suburbs are not evolved for fire in the same way, making an inherent risk