Viewpoint: Will California flame out?

“Scotts Valley evacuated. Our Safeway center is shut down,” my partner texted last Friday. That meant four of our shopping centers in Northern California were threatened by wildfires. The CZU complex fire, the oneendangering Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz, remains out of control as of this writing. Another 500 wildfires are burning throughout the state. The Easterners’ lament when they settle in California — “But I miss having real seasons” — is now passé.  We have one: fire season. …