Paradise is only a third rebuilt after seven years -- and the community will be different than it used to be. But panelists in a recent webinar said reducing the risk in wildfire areas is more feasible than avoiding those areas altogether.

Josh Stephens reflects on what the L.A. wildfires mean for California, as he watches the blaze from his apartment on the edge of the evacuation zone.

Probably not. Residents typically want to rebuild what they had before -- even if replicating the existing land use pattern creates significant wildfire risk.