As some of the subjects confess to what they’ve done and others painfully retell their experience on the receiving end, an overwhelming collective sorrow is transmitted.

The fires follow a painfully difficult year for JPL, which laid off 855 employees and 100 on-site contractors after cuts to NASA’s budget.

Prophet, who’s painfully aware of the fire history of the Palisades, was immediately worried.

The first few weeks of 2025 have made the urgent need for ethics reform at the Supreme Court painfully clear.

As the smoke plumes resembling volcanic eruptions rose to the north, east and south of the San Fernando Valley, it was painfully clear what mattered.