SoCal Connected: Episode 109

This week's segments:

After the Burn - By Correspondent Angie Crouch - Another devastating series of wildfires in southern California... it's clear that our fire season is now year-round, and that we must come to grips with where and how we build our homes, and who is going to pay for the skyrocketing costs of firefighting.

After the Burn: Inside Story - By Producer Angela Shelley - Producer Angela Shelley spent the day at Sylmar Senior High with the evacuees who tell their own moving stories of escaping the firestorm and trying to make sense of the senseless.

Commentary - Marcos Villatoro - Fire is a natural cleanser. That's a strange notion for urban folk, and little consolation for our neighbors who have lost their homes. But every year we're faced with this. The bigger we grow, the closer we get to the source of the flames.

Web Original:

Youtube Fire Wall - By the Web Team - The only thing that spreads faster than a wildfire is a viral video of a wildfire.

Protect Yourself In Unhealthy Air - By the Web Team - Sam Atwood, spokesperson for the South Coast Air Quality Management District discusses how wildfires affect air quality and our health. Atwood shares tips on how to protect yourself when air quality is the most unhealthy.