Editorial: California will never control raging wildfires if it doesn’t stop building in high-risk areas

Here are a few suggestions culled from experts that, if enacted soon, could deliver lasting security. The devastation in Paradise, Santa Rosa, Ventura County and Malibu demonstrated that homes are not only casualties in the fires, but also the fuel that feeds and exacerbates the blazes. Wind-driven fires can blow embers over great distances.