i mean, for example, the caldor fire up in the tahoe area was incredibly devastating. homes were lost, but a lot of that fire did burn through the forest which again is just as devastating, but you don't get that incredibly toxic air quality. the air quality is still bad, but it's not like what you're going to see here. the other thing to keep in mind is that acreage. right now the acreage here is significant, but the real disaster comes because the fire is burning through communities and neighborhoods. in northern california we see fires that have reached up to 400,000 acres or more like the dixie fire which happened years ago, but again, a lot of that fire spread through the forest. so very different types of wildfire, but all disastrous and all heartbreaking. >> good perspective there. appreciate it. >>> firefighters are concerned that the winds could ground firefighting aircraft yet again and cause tiny burning embers to fly for miles like they did last week. that means current fires might have the potential to fuel new ones all across los angeles. >> we have a bur

. >>> more than three years after the caldor fire caused widespread destruction in el dorado county, some residents are now pleading for help. the fire leveled homes in the small community of grizzly flats, but fema has previously denied requests from homeowners for individual assistance that covers things like replacing destroyed property, medical expenses and many other costs that disaster victims might incur. a county supervisor has written a letter to incoming president trump asking him to push fema to reconsider its decision. >> the old town is gone. >> i just people like we were kind of forgotten. >> well, fema has previously said the impact of the fire and severity of the damage did not meet the standards for providing individual assistance. >>> for many bay area residents, a three-day weekend means a trip to tahoe, but no snow for two weeks. what can you expect? >> reporter: at boreal mountain resort people like michael thompson get a few runs in before the weekend rush. >> a little icy, but it's still fun. >> reporter: the icy conditions not keeping people away with resorts

. >> i was evacuated during the caldor fire. i lived up off highway 50 and the winds whipped up so fast i -- specifically because of the wind i got out of there a good eight hours before the mandatory evacuation came through and i was really glad i did. every wind advisory get my attention now, for sure. >> reporter: the national weather service issued a wind advisory through tuesday morning covering the north bay interior mountains. gusts could reach up to 55 miles per hour. high winds are responsible for the destructive wildfires in southern california. while current conditions locally are concerning, fire officials in sonoma county say there is one major difference in the regions. >> no wildland fire risk because of our fuel moistures are so high in the north bay. >> reporter: captain gary johnson with the sonoma valley fire district says firefighters are mostly concerned about downed trees and power outages. in fact, with no imminent fire danger present sonoma valley fire dispatched ten firefighters to l.a. county. captain j

fire stations closed that they closed this week had that been shuttered back in october when the caldor fire broke out. >> the chief argues we could have very well seeing the same devastation here that we're currently seeing down in l a. >> when we don't have our full compliment of fire service. 3 months ago, we could be looking the same way la looks for a person is having a heart attack or seizure port, a structure fire. we could be 10, 12, 15 minutes away because now we're coming from 4 districts. a way to get to that call. >> well, the city is receiving a little more than 2 and a half billion dollars from the sale of the oakland coliseum. but that money won't be enough even if they are able to save one of the 2 fire stations. don't forget, there are 4 more that are slated to be closed in february. so that's just another angle to the story that we're following. >> now we'll start with something a little bit closer to home right here in that is just over an hour ago. you may have felt a little jolt in more than a little jolt. if you are closer to the epicenter of this 3.7 magnitude qua

had those 2 fire stations closed earlier this week had if had they been shuttered during october's caldor fire. well, oakland could very well be seeing the same devastation that la is dealing with right now. >> when we don't have our full compliment of fire service. 3 months ago, we could be looking the same way la looks per person is having a heart attack or seizure port, a structure fire. we could be 10, 12, 15 minutes away our come from 4 districts a way to get to that call. >> the city is receiving a little more than 2 and a half million dollars in the next several weeks from that, sale of the revenue from the sale of the oakland coliseum and arena last year. but even if that event that's alemany is able to save one of the 2 fire stations for more are slated to close in february 708, right now. and the devastation in los angeles is just so overwhelming. >> one thing that's giving people hope, though, is seeing the hard work from firefighters. yeah, and some of them i from here in the bay area heading down there to help out. >> in the efforts, kron 4 sarah stinson gives us a closer >>

tina salais and alexandra caldor row row and are accused of stealing $950 worth of merchandise from the stores. 10, 18 is the time right now. other news that we're following, a popular designer brand is leaving downtown san francisco. michael kors posting a sign reading thrt they're closing soon. >> at its store inside this afterschool center mall. now just one of a number of stores that have decided to leave that former westfield mall, michael kors. san francisco is instead directing its customers to their valley fair location down in santa clara. >> new this morning, we have learned that former speaker of the house nancy pelosi is not going to attend president elect trump's inauguration on monday just in the last hour, spokesperson for pelosi confirmed that pelosi joins from former first lady michelle obama as the second high-profile figure on the democratic side to announce that they will not be at the inauguration ceremony on monday. that spokesperson did not provide any reason for pelosi's not attending. there were celebrations in the streets of gaza and tel aviv yesterday to mark

and during the caldor fire 600 people lost their homes. he came and promised to help them out. he broke the promise many times, he never delivered them the individual assistance they were asking for. so this has underscored the importance of helping the victims and making sure every fire we get money to the victims and make sure nothing stands in the way of that. but i want to thank you for your focus on bringing sanity to california, water and fire policy. there is no place that needs a revolution and common sense quite like california. >> president trump: you have so much water! use it. and be happy about it. >> mr. president, my name is joel palek. and i am a journalist, but i happy to live in the pacific pallisades, as do other colleagues. one wrote the song "fighter" that you played at your campaign rallies. he lost his house, the one that he wrote the song in. there was no water in the pipes in my house. i got inside and picked up the flower vases, because i give my wife flowers every week, and there was water there, and we started with that. and there was a bucket of bas

this is what saved the city of south lake tahoe from the caldor two years ago. the town of grizzlies this which was not protected by this law was wiped out by the same fire. i've been trying for years to expand these proven reforms to the rest of national forest system through the proven forest management act. that measure is now included in this legislation and its enactment is longover due. this should not be a partisan issue. the choice is between policies that are proven to work and policies that are proven to fail. let us return to the policies that work before we run out of forests to burn down. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized mr. huffman: thank you, mr. speaker. it's always refreshing to hear my colleagues across the aisle who typically deny climate science forcefully suddenly get interested in things like co-2 emotions and they have discovered correctly that forest fires cause co-2 to go into the atmosphere. i guess that's progress. i hope now they'll begin to listen to the overwhelming majorit