Mark Walter, owner and president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is one of the big names spearheading a private-sector initiative launched Tuesday to help rebuild Los Angeles after the deadly wildfires in early January.

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday.

The likelihood of wildfires in Los Angeles has increased by 35 percent due to climate change, a new report suggests. According to the findings, rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and prolonged droughts,