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Notes from the Fires: Patt Morrison

CommunityOn DemandNotes from the Fires
NFTF Patt Morrison
Notes from the Fires: Patt Morrison

On this episode of Notes from the Fires: Patt Morrison, the veteran LA Times columnist, author, radio host, river lover, and local historian.

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NFTF Patt Morrison

On this episode of Notes from the Fires: Patt Morrison, the veteran LA Times columnist, author, radio host, river lover, and local historian.

Patt has lived in LA for about fifty years, and she’s has seen everything. Riots, scandals, droughts, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, cold snaps and heat waves, and of course wildfires…but she told Notes from the Fires host John Rabe the January 6th fires hit her much harder than she expected.

NFTF Patt Morrison

LA Times columnist Patt Morrison.

Courtesy Patt Morrison

Patt Morrison is famous for her hats, so at the end of this piece, let’s listen to the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa performing The Neighbor’s Dance from Manuel de Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat.

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John Rabe
Published on 05.19.2025

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