Jonathan Vigliotti 🐋
@JonVigliotti
CBS News National Correspondent - Author of “BEFORE IT’S GONE, stories from the frontlines of climate change in small-town America”, out now.
This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes… businesses.
New: Mayor Bass under increased scrutiny over claims she did not know about fire weather before leaving the country. City and county sources tell me there’s a lot of finger pointing and recordings of the mayor “snapping” at officials not staying on message.
#Erick just made Cat 3 landfall, by far the record earliest E. Pac. major #hurricane landfall in western Mexico dating to late 1950s. Kiko (Aug. 26, 1989) was previous record, over 2 months later! Here were previous May-July Cat 3+ EPAC tracks. Don't see any MX landfalls.
Chaos in Downtown LA after @POTUS deployed National Guard. On this street alone, 5 @Waymo are engulfed.
Excited to announce @colossal has brought back the dire wolf.
TIME's new cover: The dire wolf is back after over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species ti.me/4jlJB54
West Coast, do you have questions about tonight’s new #48hours report? @JonVigliotti is on X now to answer them.
An all-new @48Hours is about to start on the West Coast. Hope you’ll be watching!
#48HOURS IS LIVE IN THE EAST: Hilda Marcela Cabrales and Christy Giles were left outside of two hospitals in Los Angeles, dying of drug overdoses. Survivors of their now-convicted killer spoke out during trial:
A public official’s self-destructing texts, and why they matter. Earlier this month LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office said her texts during the LA Fires were deleted. It sparked a political crisis that’s zero percent contained… and growing.
Watch @jonvigliotti’s new #48Hours report, Saturday at 10/9c — only on @CBS or stream the next day on @CBSNews.
Thanks for reading @PSodhan … and for the review 🙏🏼
Echoing @bonesandbugs recommendation to buy @JonVigliotti eye-opening new book highlighting how climate change is uprooting the lives of millions in the present day and why leaders must urgently come to grips with this new reality, which I reviewed for @BooksinFive below! 1/5
LA Mayor Karen Bass cannot share her text messages from the time she was returning home from Africa during the fires. The reason: a city lawyer says she deleted them. Experts say that likely violates the city’s document retention policy. Full Story: lat.ms/4i5t1WS
Downtown LA officially broke the daily record today, reaching 87° at 1:55pm. The previous record was 86° in 2020. #CAwx #LAHeat
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was asked by CBS News’ @JonVigliotti about the emergency response to the Los Angeles fires and safety measures taken in the wake of the deadly blazes as some regulations were lifted in order to speed up the city’s rebuild. Newsom said Los Angeles’…
NEW - As sources say @MayorOfLA “scapegoated” @LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley for the failed fire response, a little-known ordinance makes it clear: Mayor Bass was in control. It’s still unclear when the Mayor’s office drafted and issued a comprehensive response plan.
The political fallout following the L.A. fires is far from over as sources tell me @MayorOfLA is facing mounting pressure to take responsibility for the failed response. @LAFDChief is just the first domino to fall. Here’s an explainer:
An EPA official calls the rush to clean up California’s wildfire aftermath “bananas” and tells CBS News’ @JonVigliotti that meeting President Trump’s 30-day deadline is nearly impossible.
The tariffs President Trump proposed on the campaign trail would cost an average household around $200 a month, according to an estimate from economist Mary Lovely. cbsn.ws/4aMyJdA
Last night the Pentagon informed NPR, NBC, The New York Times and Politico that they're losing office space in the Pentagon as part of a new annual "rotation program." Several pro-Trump media outlets will be moving in.
Asked if he will visit the plane crash site, President Donald Trump answered: "What's the site? The water? You want me to go swimming?"