Month: January 2025

P.M. Edition for Jan. 8. Two people are dead and thousands ordered to evacuate as multiple blazes in Los Angeles County push firefighting resources to their limits. WSJ reporter Sara Randazzo reports from Pasadena. And a prominent Chinese economist made comments about his country’s government last month, infuriating Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Chief China correspondent Lingling Wei tells us what this says about the state of the Chinese economy. Plus, with lots of office space sitting empty, Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Grant joins us to talk about the top-tier space in high demand. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on the California wildfire’s destruction.

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on the discovery of the body of a hostage taken by Hamas, and efforts to determine whether another set of remains are those of his son.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports President Biden has picked up a new title before leaving office.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on the U.S. being set to give Ukraine another $500 million in weapons.

Early Tuesday, wildfires started burning across Los Angeles County. The scale of the destruction is massive; entire neighborhoods are in flames, with longtime businesses, schools and houses of worship burnt to the ground. Today, guest host Rachel Siegel speaks with extreme weather and natural disaster reporter Brianna Sacks about what Los Angeles looks like as the wildfires rage, and the struggle to contain the flames. Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy with help from Ariel Plotnick and Elana Gordon. It was edited by Reena Flores with help from Lucy Perkins. It was mixed by Sam Bair. Subscribe to The Washington Post here .

Early Tuesday, wildfires started burning across Los Angeles County. The scale of the destruction is massive; entire neighborhoods are in flames, with longtime businesses, schools and houses of worship burnt to the ground. Today, guest host Rachel Siegel speaks with extreme weather and natural disaster reporter Brianna Sacks about what Los Angeles looks like as the wildfires rage, and the struggle to contain the flames. Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy with help from Ariel Plotnick and Elana Gordon. It was edited by Reena Flores with help from Lucy Perkins. It was mixed by Sam Bair. Subscribe to The Washington Post here .