Commentary: How the Borderline massacre and last year's fires changed Thousand Oaks — and me as a reporter

I've interviewed so many survivors of the mass shooting a year ago at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks that I've lost count. Two wildfires broke out within hours of the massacre, and each wildfire this fall has triggered flashbacks to those dark days last November - especially the Easy fire that erupted Oct. 30 and initially forced many in the region to flee.

I've heard so many accounts of the shooting and the fires from slightly different angles that when I close my eyes, I see the terror in 360 degrees.

I see survivors smashing out windows and running screaming into the night. I see