joining us now is the mayor of paradise, steve crowder. mayor crowder, thanks for making some time for us. you're a very valuable resource in this time. let me just start by asking, how difficult is this for you to see what's unfolding down in southern california? this was probably the most difficult one i faced since the camp fire, and i've been through a lot of them. we had our daughter lost, lost her home in altadena as well. so it's really kind of a personal one for us. as soon as they get probably a little more settled, we're we're happy to help more. and yes, i am personally planning on making a trip down there and visiting to offer our condolences and any help that we might be able to offer. you can, you can you can run a master's class on this. what guidance, mister mayor, can you give when it comes to coping and rebuilding of a town? well, i think, you know, no matter what anybody tells you or what you see as you walk through the town, after it's cleared, it's going to look like a nuclear bomb went off. but i can tell you firsthan

communities like paradise are known as the wildland urban interface, where the great outdoors collidessomeone's front door. >> we need to go! >> reporter: nearly 50 million u.s. homes are now in these areas which are prone to wildfires. >> is this the future of home building? >> i think non-combustible housing is the future. >> reporter: the camp fire left behind more than burned trees and empty lots. it also transformed a lot of the people here. >> i'd say people just let go of their need to control because we all learned that there is no such thing. >> it's so exciting. >> reporter: gwen nordegren is president of paradise lutheran church. it's rebuilding too. >> this is our gorgeous building. >> reporter: a four-plex q cabin will eventually replace the parsonage building that once housed their pastor and was lost in the fire. >> given what you've gone through, what is it like for people to see something being built out there? >> well, it isn't just something. it's something like this. we're so excited about because it's all going to be new and beautiful and fire-resistant. which is o

especially the paradise one. when president trump came to paradise and visited to see the devastation. so at the time, president trump asked him and others, what are you doing to clear the land in such a way that makes it less fire-prone, you know, to rake the forest floor, and people made fun of that word, rake, which is a technical term for some of the equipment used in forestry. to make sure areas can be a little more fire-safe, by thinning trees, removing brush, removing dead material on that. so the question is, as governor newsom goes out onsite and waves his arms and tells us it's someone else's fault, what has he learned in the last six years and what has he applied since he had this photo op in paradise as the new governor of california? it looks like not much. not much action. certain promises were made to be aggressive on land management in california. yet -- certain claims were made, but the actual numbers are 1/5 of the amount that had been treated, the work that had been done in california. so we've

here's kate snow with "stealing paradise." kate snow (voiceover): it's a dream that seems so out of reach-- quit the rat race, move to an exotic land, and buy your very own private island. even when she was young, she wanted to travel. she wanted to see the world. kate snow (voiceover): cher hughes had the dream, and she made it come true in the most unlikely place-- the tiny faraway islands of bocas del toro, panama. she would just take a picture of the sunset and send it to me. and she said it's like living in a postcard. kate snow (voiceover): life was beautiful and simple, an escape from the pressures of modern living. who could have known that evil could find a place in paradise, too? that beneath all that beauty, was a dark secret. it still seems very unreal. i don't want to believe it. this is a really, really bad guy. it just sent chills down my spine. kate snow (voiceover): but before the nightmare came the dream. bocas del toro is the kind of place where people come to escape, a group of islands off the coast of pana

so, is this really a feminist paradise?hort period of time, something that is much harder to eradicate in any society, really, is gender violence. i want to find out just how much of a problem there is here. a quarter of icelandic women have experienced rape or attempted rape, and around 40% have been subjected to physical or sexual violence. i've come to a small port town just outside reykjavik to meet hulda. doorbell rings hi. hi, hulda. as a child, she was abused by her grandfather, but for years she was too scared to speak out. in 2017, she founded 0fgar, a feminist organisation. when you talk about or hear about iceland, everybody says, like, "this is the safest country in the world, "we are the happiest, women are the safest." we have been marketed as this feminist paradise, and which we are not. of course, we have less gun violence. we have less gang violence. but at home, we are not any more safe than women anywhere else and in europe. why's...why do you think it's such a big issue here? violence thrives in silence,

take the survivors of the 2018 camp fire in paradise, where they have been missing out because of the tax law. john ramos explains. >> reporter: for years, the federal government has taxed wildfire settlements as though they were some kind of financial gain, when they are meant to cover people's losses. if there is a place that knows something about loss, it is here in paradise, california. >> reporter: kim was starting work, when she saw smoke in the distance, as the campfire burned into paradise. >> we left by 8:45, and we were told by our neighbor that by 9:00, our house was burnt. >> reporter: like everyone else, kim faces a trip out of town turning morning sun into the darkest of nights. the her home and virtually everything she owned was in ashes. that's when the uncertainty set in. >> and i knew i could get us that house built, but i didn't know if i could get us chairs. a couch or anything else because i didn't know if we would have enough money. >> reporter: because they were found liable for the fire, a $10 billion trust fund was established to help the victims rebuild. >> a

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the mayor of paradise, empathizing with people in l.a. and offering his wisdom as people look to cope and rebuild. >> outside our doors this evening, mostly clear and cooling off. going to be a chilly start for most tomorrow with a frost advisory for some. i'll have a look at what you can currently on the front lines of the eaton fire. they are just one of the several bay area strike teams in the area trying to help contain these flames. for some oakland firefighters, the mission is also striking a nerve. after the oakland city council voted to temporarily shutter a handful of fire stations to make up for a budget deficit. >> we've had a lot of conversations about this happening in our city, in our community, because when we interact with the residents, a lot of them have expressed some frustration on the water supply issues and a couple of things that may not have worked out well timing wise. and when we talk to our crews, it's in the back of our mind. >> oakland fire has sent four additional engines, as well as a search and rescue team,

offer some of the lessons that you've learned in paradise.usly to offer a message, a broad sort of message of hope about what it takes to rebuild and recover. what are you telling the people in that community about what the path forward looks like? >> well, the first thing i told them is, you know, when you get the opportunity to walk through your town, you're going to look and it's going to look like a nuclear bomb went off and you're going to go, oh my god, there's no way we can recover from that. because that was the first thought i had. and the more i went up, the more i saw. i started looking at things going. well, i think, i think we can do this. and the longer it went, it was, i know we can do this. six years later, we're well on the way to recovery. we've still got a long ways to go. one thing that that i told him is don't let anybody tell you you can't do this because they're wrong. you can do this and you will do this. and we're we're kind of the proof of that. >> mayor, on that note, as you said, you continue to rebuild. the popula

i was in paradise, a long time ago, what a beautiful paradise it was. how is it doing? they are rebuilding? he said you were up here, president. i never saw anything like it. the trees were ok. because the trees were loaded with water. this was an inferno. no different than this and also the wind caused a lot of problems -- you had tremendous winds that there is not a lot you can do with come up to 100 mile-per-hour winds. when i was in paradise i noticed the trees were dark on the bottom but they were living and they lived because they were soaking wet but the trees on the ground within 12 to 18 months -- they say 18 months at a maximum you have to take them away because they are matchsticks. you saw that with me and i commented at the time, i said look, the house has burned down and the tree is standing and other than being a little different color on the bottom and it went through an inferno, it is amazing, it is soaking wet. it is called management of the floor. the gentleman from austria and finland and other countries, they said we managed the forest floor very ca

i've been in a lot of these fires, a lot going back to paradise. and this approximates paradise. it's not a numeric. it's just a feeling, a sense of loss, place, belonging. >> still no containment? no. >> we're at zero containment. the winds have been a little bit more favorable. as you've seen in the last few hours. so we've got the helicopters back up. we've got some fixed wing aircraft, um, out on the coast. it's a little different. it's pretty intense. we have 23 aerial assets just at the palisades, but a lot of them are not operational because of those winds. so it's a combination of challenges. that said, we've depleted all our resources in northern california. we'd already pre-positioned on sunday hundreds of personnel, special units, water tenders, dozers, engines, helicopters. and it wasn't enough. and now we're getting the mutual aid system, the emac system, governors from all across the country are calling oregon, sending a few dozen engines. and arizona, utah. we're just grateful for all the support a lot of these firefighters i was talking to on the street, they've b

i've been to a lot of these fires, a lot going back to paradise. and this approximates paradise. it's not a numeric. it's just a feeling, a sense of loss. place, belonging. >> still no containment? >> no. we're at zero containment. the winds have been a little bit more favorable. as you've seen in the last few hours. so we've got the helicopters back up. we've got some fixed wing aircraft. um, out on the coast. it's a little different. it's pretty intense. we have 23 aerial assets. uh, just at the palisades. but a lot of them are not operational because of those winds. so it's a combination of challenges. that said, we've depleted all our resources in northern california. we've already pre-positioned on sunday, hundreds of personnel, special units, water tenders, dozers, engines, helicopters. and it wasn't enough. and now we're getting the mutual aid system, the emac system, governors from all across the country are calling. oregon, sending, uh, a few dozen engines and arizona, utah. we're just grateful for all the support. >> a lot of these firefighters that i was talking to on

as the campfire barreled into paradise. >> we left by 8:45. we were told by 9:00, our house was burned. >> reporter: like everyone else, kim faced a harrowing trip out of town. the flames turning the morning sun into the darkst of nights. her family survivorred but her home and virtually everything she owned was in ashes. that's when the uncertainty set in. >> i knew i could get us a house built. and i knew i could get us beds but i didn't know if i could get us chairs, couch, silver wear. i didn't know if i would have enough money. >> reporter: most of the town was wiped out and because pg&e was found liable for the fire, a $10 billion trust fund was established to help the victims rebuild. >> then we found out we had to pay the taxes on it. that was really painful because it felt like now somebody took something else away from us. that's all we had left. >> reporter: in any settlement, a significant portion of the award is paid to the attorneys handling the case. but in 2018, the same year as the campfire, the trump administration removed at

they're also a paradise for cows. among these green hills and cows is the family dairy farm where jill basch and her two sisters, lynn and diana, grew up. jill: not interested in the cows. joe: it took some intervening years of life and adventures before the sisters finally took a shine to those cows, and especially the milk they produce. jill: that drew us all back to the farm in the late '90s to really kind of fulfill our father's dream of making cheese. joe: that dream led the family to launch point reyes farmstead cheese company in 2000, starting with the blue cheese, they'd peddle at bay area farmers' markets. jill: we all worked the farmers' markets, you know, sometimes with babies in tow. joe: twenty-five years of kurds and whey later, the company has a second location in petuma, a hundred employees, and a whole wide wheel of different cheeses. kuba hemmerling: we bring 6000 gallons of milk, 4 days a week, to this plant, which gives us about 6500 tons of cheese per day. joe: the plant is busy, turning out blue

i said, ey, guys, there's a poster of 'paradise.'" at your soccer game." whatever, man. i got things going on in my life, too. >> seth: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] the worst i ever had was, we were driv -- we were in a taxi tv and they had a clip of my show and my son reached over and just pressed mute. [ laughter ] >> are you serious? >> seth: yeah. [ applause ] he's like, "i get enough of this. i get enough of ththis yappi at home." [ light laughter ] "can i please enjoy my taxi ride?" >> they say the darnedest things. that's cold-blooded. >> seth: that's cold-blooded, yeah. i live with three little assassins. [ light laughter ] it's so exciting to have you back in a fantastic show. what a delight. thanks for being here. it's always a pleasure. >> always a pleasure, brother. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: sterling k. brown, everyone. the first three episodes of "paradise" premiere tomorrow on hulu and first episode will debut on abc january 29th. fx february 1st. stick around. we'll be right back with lisa ann walter. [ cheers

some good news from paradise.stood together there six years ago, along with the governor. 3400 homes have been rebuilt out of the 18,000 loss and there are 400 more in the wings. my colleague here, probably a similar situation. they are probably going to clear a foot worth of soil to get the toxicity out. >> president trump: we did a good job with those people. that was the old days when fima was good. that was when we ran it. it was very good but now it is not good. >> we have to get them on track. >> thank you for your strong efforts on the water. lake shafts is dumping more water than what is coming in. and so is folsom lakes. we are latter january here. and there is not -- you can't count on the rain and snow coming every year. if we don't fill those projects, my colleague is not going to get his water for his farmers. they aren't going to do it. and those going to southern california. >> president trump: you don't need reservoirs, you have so much water you don't need it. you only have reservoirs because you

brown in "paradise" which streams starting a week from today on hulu.> jimmy: i'm intrigued. that's all i'm going to say. >> good. >> jimmy: it's -- maybe, i don't know -- feels like one thing, and maybe is a different thing? i don't know. >> uh, yeah, something like that. it's, you know -- the president dies early on. james marsden, who you saw right there some of his best work, just laying on the ground. [ laughter ] but -- so we're trying to figure out who killed him, why they killed him, who are the suspects? i wound up becoming one of the suspects. it sort of unfolds gradually over time. what you think is transpiring is only the tip of the iceberg. >> jimmy: okay, yeah, all right. good, i'm glad you said it. i would have said something like that and felt like i ruined it. >> i wouldn't want you to feel bad, you're good. >> jimmy: did you shadow the real secret service or anything like that? >> i talked to a lot of secret service agents. i saw a lot of security guards as well. just sort of witnessing them in work what they're constantly scanning for

in the middle of paradise. and it was here that they returned in 2016 for the last time. it was september, prime season for hunting. the rudolphs got a hunting permit, which is only legal in certain sections of kafue national park. the rest of the park is set aside for wildlife conservation. they hoped to bring home a leopard. but on this safari, only bianca would be hunting. larry was there to assist and observe. over the course of nearly two weeks, bianca and larry scoured the massive park in search of that elusive leopard. spencer kakoma is an experienced game scout who accompanied the rudolphs. he knows the park well, along with many of its best hunting spots. how experienced was bianca? with one shot? yes. were you impressed? i was very impressed. she was a good hunter. she was a good shot. she could handle a gun as well, if not better than most of the men i know. andrea canning (voiceover): larry was also an experienced hunter and brought both a rifle and a shotgun on the trip. but on this safari, he was

president in the series "paradise." it premieres tuesday on hulu.ase welcome james marsden. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> very nice of you, very nice of you. >> jimmy: mr. president, welcome. it must be kind of cool -- >> cue the laugh track. >> jimmy: -- to be a tv president, right? >> uh, yeah. no pressure there. >> jimmy: i guess there's no difference now between a tv president and the president, is there? >> no, no, no, the answer is no. >> jimmy: how are you? >> we're good. >> jimmy: do you remember where we met? >> we met on a plane to vegas, i believe. >> jimmy: that's right. maybe back from vegas? >> i think it was going too, yeah. >> jimmy: a charity event. >> we wouldn't have remembered if we were coming back. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i remember we had a very nice conversation. >> going for a charity event, had a nice conversation. i think i plopped myself in front of your chair, i'm going to make this guy like me. [ laughter ] i feel like we need to be friends. that you know i'm worthy? did you have that feeling? you didn't give me you

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if you want to live in paradise that you're going to live with fire. things are changing.have to think differently about how we build, about how we prepare, about how we respond to these multiple disasters at the same time. >> nobody's here by accident anymore. people who live here are here because they're fighting to be here. they want to be here. and there's this real sense of community that i think is much stronger now than it was before the fire. and i think that that's really hopeful. >> hope is critical, but so is fire insurance, which is essential if you live virtually anywhere in california. but the industry itself is imploding. >> i think our premium on our house prior to the fire was, i think it was around $500 a year, and we were on 11 acres with multiple buildings, so about $500 a year purchasing this about a year ago. and then we've now had an increase in our policy. >> so how much do they want between 20 and 30,000 a year additional for less coverage. we're living through sort of real time forced adaptation, changing building codes, changing property values,

, who is the general -- right, a long time ago, i was at paradise, what a beautiful paradise it was.e way? they are rebuilding, right. he said you were here president. you know what amazed me, i will never forget it, the trees were okay. because the trees are loaded with water. they suck the water out of the ground and this was an inferno, no different than this, and it was also the wind that caused a lot of problems. you had tremendous winds. there is not that you are going to do with that, up to 100 miles per hour winds. it is unheard of. when i was in paradise, i noticed that the trees were dark on the bottom but they were living and they lived because they were soaking wet but the trees that were on the ground within 12 to 18 months -- they say 18 months at a maximum, you have to cut them up and take them away because they are match sticks. you saw that with me. i said, the house has burned down and the tree is standing. and other than being a different colour on the bottom and it went through an inferno. it is called management of the floor. and when the gentleman from austria a

but certainly, as we well know out here, like places in in paradise, it is going to take a lot of time, but it just breaks your heart, especially in some of these places, because like you said, it's personal and i've been getting texts from people saying i'm okay, but we just don't know what's next. >> yeah, it is so devastating. greg lee, thank you for that report. president biden met with senior white house officials for a briefing on the federal response to the wildfires. he claimed the federal government would pay for 100% of the firefighting needs for the next 180 days, and pledged the full weight of the federal government to help contain the fires and continue the road to recovery. >> and we've secured additional firefighters and firefighting aircraft from our ally and canada as well. i also want everyone in southern california to know we're going to keep at it. we're sticking with this. we expect there may be a temporary break in the winds, but in some areas, the winds are likely to continue well into next week. >> today's briefing comes a day after the president was in californ

now compare that to paradise with 85 dead. the fact is, the current situation in los angeles is not even in the top 20 most deadly fires in the state of california. that would require one more person to be tied for last place, which would be a terrible thing to be tied for any place there. but that is the actual situation here. so the coroner is here. they are removing whatever they are seeing there. clearly there are remains. their crime lab people are there. and the homicide detective who is here may talk to us afterwards, but only after the coroner has left the scene. that is the situation here in malibu and again over in altadena, where the coroners are now going around trying to recover the bodies or the remains of the people who have died in this fire. but again, with only five, that is truly a remarkable result. >> take a step back from from that scene where you are right now. you've been in los angeles county for about a day. you know, we heard the alarms going off. the air quality is terrible. roads are blocked. i mea

how paradise is rising from the ashes. a what's as tens of thousands of people are under evacuation orders and warnings as wildfires rage in los angeles county. another one just started this morning. three large fires are burning near pasadena, pacific palisades and sylmar. we have seen a number of homes damaged or destroyed by flames. thousands more are threatened. long lines of people evacuating their neighborhoods. clearly, strong winds are driving these fires, pushing embers a mile away or more from the original source. this has been a very, very difficult firefight and it is far from over. >> this morning, governor gavin newsom announced he had canceled a trip to washington, d.c. to focus on the fires. the federal government also announced it would be sending federal funds to the state to fight wildfires. >> many structures already destroyed, and the fact that people were still not evacuated still did not heed the warning. we're just coming down the canyon is a reminder of how serious this moment is. >> the governor a

. >> my family lost three homes in the in the paradise fire. and so it's there aren't words in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> our thoughts, of course, are with all the families affected by these devastating wildfires. and our thanks to all the fire crews who are working tirelessly day in and day out. we are staying on top of all the developments coming out of the wildfires in los angeles county, and you can get those updates in real time over on our website or via our app. all right. back here at home. let's get you outside. lisa, how's it looking? >> well, our fire danger is increasing locally as dry offshore winds will be gusting gusting gusting gusting gusting throughout 48 degrees and the ws are over 30 miles an hour. so the camera is shaking a bit. and those dry north winds are making for an unusually warm day today into the 60s. i'll have your full accuweather seven day forecast in a few moments. >> also still ahead on the ground in southern california, we're hearing from bay area crews helping thousands of other fi

. >> paradise. it's the most beautiful thing we live in paradise across the country looking saying, oh, my gosh, we're so jealous. that was an rose ramoparty goers in san francisco starting the new year in style at the city's longest-running new year's day celebration. >> the breakfast of champions lack party kicked off today, celebrating their 25th anniversary with music, aerial performances, arts and of course, some food. >> day party. >> the event started at 4 this morning and goes until 09:00pm. so there's still time that wraps up kron. 4 news at 6. we'll see you tonight at 10 11. happy holidays. announcer: hot pursuit. the epic 100-mile-per-hour chase, but it wasn't what the cops were expecting. man: my wife's going into labor. her water broke and we're rushing to the hospital. announcer: plus, baggage bandits. how safe is your checked luggage at the airport this holiday season? police say this guy swiped a bag right off the carousel. they found him hiding in the bathroom.

a long time ago, i was at paradise. what a beautiful paradise that it was. and how is it doing, by the way? are they rebuilding? right. i remember when he said you were up here, president, i went there. i never saw anything like it. but you know what amazed me? the. i'll never forget it. the trees were okay because the trees are loaded with water. they suck that water out of the ground. and this was an inferno, just like i would say. no different than this. and it was also the wind that caused a lot of problems. i mean, you had tremendous winds that there's not a lot you're going to do with. it was yet up to 100 mile an hour winds. it's unheard of. but when i was in paradise, i noticed that the trees, they were dark on the bottom, but they were absolutely living. and they lived because they're soaking wet. but the trees that were on the ground within 12 to 18 months, they say 18 months at a maximum. you have to cut them up, take them away because they're matchsticks. but we saw that. you saw that with me. i commented at the time. i said, look at this. the ho

we're joined by the mayor of paradise. his town was destroyed by wildfire

is paradise but built to burn. it is extraordinarily dry and theirs tons of brush and lots of environmental factors we can get into. but the reality, and i have lived in los angeles for the past four years of my life, the reality is anyone there will tell you it does not matter if you identify as a democrat or republican or independent, los angeles is governed by people who have lost sight of the basics of governing. they have lost sight of the idea that we pay you a tax so you take care of basics for us. and nothing could be more basic than preventing the burning down of as you said in your introduction an area twice the size of manhattan. it is hard to conceive of how big this is. i woke up to text messages and almost everyone we know have evacuated their homes and we know people who have lost their homes and the reason there is so little trust and the reason that you saw in that clip, that mother confronting governor newsom with such rage is because theirs so much that led up to this moment. just to choose one e

ritter with his steel teeth poisoned paradise was baroness louise known as crazy panties, who ruled the island with gun in love, murdered by one of her love slaves after. she had driven the other to his death. and why is fraud or going back to what she once called hell's volcano? the mystery of the galapagos island germany covets to be solved at last. so it was sort of a record scratch moment where i everything stopped around me and i abandoned any other idea i was thinking about and i this is the book i wanted to write, but my publisher at the time said, no, we want american history with american characters i wrote other books, years passed, but my heart mind always stayed on the story. and finally i took out the publisher who actually published this book, the head of crown, and just said, you know, this isn't a european, this isn't an american story. this is a human story. who among us hasn't wanted to ditch our lives and go somewhere, start anew and and try something simpler? who has it wanted to get away from while mistakes they made and just go where nobody knows them and they coul

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the kidnappers had left eduardo alive, if barely, but paradise? paradise was lost.i lost everything that i knew about life just like that, gone. keith morrison (voiceover): they came to america to jayne's mother's place to start all over, again. nayah valseca: i wanted change after that happened. i wanted a new environment, and i wanted change. we needed a reset button after everything. fernando valseca: everything changed from one day to another, everything every single thing that you could imagine. it's literally two different lives. keith morrison (voiceover): that kidnapped employee, by the way? the kidnappers simply released him nearly three months later. no ransom at all. the federal police continued to maintain that the kidnapping was the work of a marxist revolution party called the epr, but there were no arrests. there were no answers. and gradually, the memory of their terror was mixed with nostalgia for the life they'd left behind, which is, in part, why a year and a half after eduardo's release, he and jayne decided to return with us to their beloved ran

tubbs fire was the most destructive fire in the state for almost 13 months, until the camp fire in paradise in november 2018. both fires turned thousands of homes, entire neighborhoods to piles of toxic materials at home, sites that had to be carefully removed. no one can relate to that loss unless you've been there. marsha kester survived the camp fire, but her home was lost and she sadly was unable to rebuild in paradise, she says it's hard to watch what's happening in l.a. county. they have so much horror in front of them, let alone their property. there's so much garbage that's going to go on. there will be lawsuits, there will be police investigations. but okrepkie says survivors can find success by leaning on each other and not trying to go it alone. share information as communities about insurance policies, builders and other important matters, and don't make rash decisions to try to speed things along in santa rosa. thom jensen, nbc, bay area news while fighting to save a school, parents from captain jason dahl elementary school are pushing back against the possible closure and hold

and it's like a lot of people in paradise, you see the fire and. yes, but no one can relate to that loss unless you've been there. >> keister now lives in tracy, and she says even though she's with family, it still never feels like home. in san diego, a north county community is battling a proposed housing development, calling it a, quote, death trap. the project would add more than 450 homes to the community of harmony grove, an area that's been deemed a high fire risk and only has one road leading in and out. now, leaders say the project would add roughly 3500 vehicles to this community, increasing the likelihood of gridlock on that narrow two lane exit route. resident debbie o'neill says she knows this threat all too well. when a wildfire swept through harmony grove in 2014, she says it took them one hour to evacuate. >> when we left, there were no firefighters here. there were no police here because the fire had come so fast down that hill that there wasn't enough time for anybody to get here to help us evacuate. >> harmony grove residents have

so many times in all i can think of is that this truly is paradise lost. now as far as the human toll we, we still don't know exactly how it's how bad it's going to be. but as you mentioned, there's so many of hector birds. so many 1000, maybe 10009000 or 10000 structures destroyed the sheriff of los angeles county. robert luna says we don't know the half of it yet. as officers and 1st responders go from door to door and all of those houses seeking human remains, hoping not to find them, but possibly possibly it's, it's going to be much, much worse than the the physical told the material damage the economic damage on calculable right now i've heard estimates of a $150000000000.00 to that. that seems low. the emotional toll is, is also something that people are having really hard time coming to grips with. i spoke to one mother who was high school teenage child was weeping in the night just thinking of all the places that she knew in her neighborhood in pacific palisades or friends, houses that have been destroyed her houses. okay. but as her, her whole bac

, this is paradise upon paradise of pacific palisades.t they are dealing with now. they're just figuring out what do they do, how do they pick up their lives? and this, harris, is street after street after street as we pan slightly to our left there. and you can see the white picture fence and what was a beautiful home behind that white picture fence, and i want to bring brian back as he pans lefn awful lot of work over the last couple of days, but he's the best at it. look across the street, and it's the same street, and if you go left, i don't want to go too far left because he's right into the sun. that is what is left of it. and pretty much nothing, and so many people are coming back to find that situation now and to work out how to deal with it. and you know i just want to tell a little story, and kennedy has been talking about this, so i know she won't mind repeating it. she got in touch with me yesterday, and she has a house here, and she said i have no idea if it's standing, can you check on it. we did. it was fine at that point.

wind have caused or branches blowing into them of causes several fires and clean the campfirehe in paradisehat killed 85 people one started the dixie fire which burned a million acres. but we have a northern been norn california frequently is called public safety power shut offs. people have the power shut off because the wind might blow hard enough to blow branches into powerline somewhere. and so we sit without power like a third world country. this traces back to the inability to forestry management or water storage to have water supply for southern california. so really, what it boils down to is we need a leadership at president trumpan was going to o for us. gavin newsom has been stopping

this is a years long process, as we've seen in paradise, as we've seen in santa rosa.nd the problem for this community is that, yes, there are a lot of reasonably wealthy people here who can spring back. but the question is, are they going to spring back here, or is this going to become like so many other communities where people just leave and then it takes years and years to replace it? all of these things are on the table. but the biggest thing that's on the table from all of this is this massive loss, which is extraordinarily massive, is going to change fundamentally what insurance is in california and very likely the united states. back to you. >> all right, tom, some very sobering facts indeed. and stay safe out there. nice work. we appreciate your time. all right. if you would like to help, you can join fox support of families impacted by the southern california wildfires. your donation enables the red cross to respond to and help people recover from the disaster. visit. go, fox. slash red cross to support these efforts, or you can simply scan the qr code and th