Agreed, I noticed that too. Title is provocative 1990's clickbait. "Malibu" is the community, not the raw elements of wind and vegetation. Letting a town burn

Agreed, I noticed that too. Title is provocative 1990's clickbait. "Malibu" is the community, not the raw elements of wind and vegetation. Letting a town burn is of course absurd. Even if Olmsted’s proposal for a great public domain park in the Santa Monicas is a sensible idea, you still wouldn't sit back and let that burn naturally without rigorous fuel load management, thinning of tall trees etc. On that point, the right amount and spacing of tall trees (even eucalypts) are important for wind breaks and shade.