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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018, file aerial photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, mudflow and damage to homes in Montecito, Calif. California's insurance commissioner says more than $421 million in insurance claims losses have been filed since deadly mudslides blasted through the community of Montecito during extremely heavy January rains. (Matt Udkow/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP, File)

Opinion: After the Los Angeles fires stop burning, another grave risk to lives and property looms

Mudslides and debris flows are a risk around Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other areas affected by the wildfires, which can destabilize mountain slopes.

Branches and bushes twirl in the air as a fire truck pulls away from the flames of the Hughes Fire on Hughes Lake Road in Castaic, a neighborhood in northwest Los Angeles County, California, January 22, 2025. A new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on January 22, exploding in size and sparking thousands of evacuation orders in a region already staggering from the effects of huge blazes. Ferocious flames were devouring hillsides near Castaic Lake, spreading rapidly to cover 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares) in just over two hours. The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and embers ahead of the flames. Evacuations were ordered for 19,000 people all around the lake, which sits around 35 miles north of Los Angeles, and close to the city of Santa Clarita. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion: Are wildfires caused by climate change or something else? The question is flawed

A sheet of pictures of Anne Frank is displayed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, ahead of an exhibit in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A new Anne Frank biography takes a generous view of the liberties taken with her legacy

San Quentin, CA, Monday, March 25, 2024 - A view of the East Block of San Quentin's Death Row. California is shutting down death row and transferring 471 condemned people out of the prison and into the general population at other prisons throughout the state. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Opinion: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time

ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 21: An aerial view of the sun rising above homes that burned in the Eaton Fire on January 21, 2025 in Altadena, California. Multiple wildfires which were fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds have burned across Los Angeles County leaving at least 27 dead with over 180,000 people having been under evacuation orders. Over 12,000 structures, many of them homes and businesses, burned in the Palisades and Eaton Fires. Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump plans to visit California on Friday to survey the damage. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Before rebuilding, we should recognize the fires’ tragedies and opportunities

Calmes: President Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons broke his promise to the nation

Opinion: How governable is Los Angeles?

Opinion: What California’s response to Trump’s threatened mass deportations is missing

Column: How Donald Trump’s second inauguration outdid the cruelty and excesses of his first

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