Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, an ...
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Palisades 2025 Fire Tragedy: Root System Failure and Department Negligence Alleged
Jeff Bliss explained that the January 2025 Palisades fire tragedy resulted from initial errors made between January 1st and 7th. The fire allegedly traveled through a large, unburned root system underground. The LA Fire Department suppressed the fire but left, failing to dig and ensure the root system was extinguished or to monitor the site, enabling the blaze to emerge and take off on January 7th
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