Book excerpt: "Torched" by Jonathan Vigliotti

One Signal/Atria Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In his new book, "Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A." (to be published May 12 by One Signal/Atria Books), CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti, who covered last year's catastrophic wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Southern California, writes of the warning posed by the inadequate response – to the fires, as well …