alicia acuna's lived what been like for people who live there?e a bit, the complex is such a shutdown next month are everything came to a head as you know the second half of last year as more and more people became victims to the violent trend. an emergency order a judge declared the property and imminent threat to public safety and welfare. in a court filing or a police chief described the criminal element that's exerted control and fear over residence and also new charges are now filed against nine suspects for the kidnapping and torture case we reported in december at the same complex. police say there are a few more suspects on the run and have learned in law enforcement across the country. the police chief says most suspects are likely connected to tda. >> i'd say based on one of scene, based on the affiliation of the individuals attained with them the fact they were involved in this endeavor of extortion and kidnapping basically causing crime i would say most likely they are involved. >> reporter: as for the residents they are now in an eff

welcome to "fox news live," i'm alicia acuna. we're going to hand it over to you, griff, and more of your excellent reporting. griff: well, alicia, it's great to be with you but, unfortunately, we are many such devastation to show you. in the church that we've been behind, those parents coming to recover a tile in the last hour. if you just take a look up the street, you can really get a sense for just how widespread the devastation is. it's everywhere you go in this palisades area. and a lot of emotional reminders, alicia. someone took a piece of charm and wrote, stay strong. clearly, this community, those parents, they're going to have a long rebuild on that. it's interesting, we've been hearing about a half a dozen or more fire and first responder helicopters fly being over us here in the palisades area where more than 321,000 acres -- 21,000 acres have been burned more than 5300 buildings destroyed. helicopters are flying to the northeast, that's where max gorden is on the ground. i suppose those helicopters are headed your wa

i'm alicia acuna. hi, griff. griff: alicia, it's good to be with you. we are here on the ground in the palisades area. this is ground zero for the devastation that's now destroyed because of the palisades fire more than 21,000 acres, more than 5300 homes and buildings have been totally destroyed. we're here at the united methodist church in palisades, and we just want to quickly show you some of the damage. you can see here entirely wiped out and here just beyond us a reminder of the fire that swept through here. you can see embers smoldering there, still among this. we have fire trucks and battalion chiefs going up and down the street so that anything pops up like that. in the distance though, alicia, a cross still standing on the church. there is behind this church a popular preschool, and just about 30 minutes ago i encountered some parents that hiked hours to get in here because they wanted to see if they could recover a -- of their child in the rubble. they found it. we're going to talk with them, john and cameron dale can, in a little bit. meanwhi