Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass insists that “climate change” caused the Palisades Fire. Federal prosecutors believe that an angry, anti-capitalist Uber driver who frequently posted that climate change caused wildfires set the conflagration that destroyed so much of Los Angeles County.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California prosecutes Jonathan Rinderknecht on charges of destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce, and timber set afire. Though a dozen people died in the Palisades Fire in early 2025, Rinderknecht faces between five and 45 years if convicted
