The lessons — and questions — that come with recovering from a fire

Fires in Southern California this month destroyed at least 16,000 structures. More than 9,000 of them were lost in and around Altadena — and that included the home of “Marketplace Morning Report” host David Brancaccio. David and his wife, Mary, provide a dispatch from the site and share what they’re learning as they look to rebuild. But first: what Big Tech CEOs are saying about competing with the Chinese AI platform DeepSeek.