The L.A. Fires Proved the Urgent Need for Local News in an Age of Social Media Conspiracies and Outright Lies 

Where local TV can still shine is a disaster like the L.A. fires, where information is key — but then so is showing a little humanity through it all. This was personal for so many of these reporters as they covered evacuations and fires in their own neighborhoods. And yet, they worked 15 hour days covering the story, often getting dangerously close to the flames to give us all a view of what was going down. Some even put down the camera to help when they saw fellow Angelenos in distress.