forest service has identified him as daniel laird, who is survived by his wife and daughter. two other crew members survived and their injuries are not considered life-threatening crash is being investigated. >>> senators joined together to say nearly every budget item related to forestry is earmarked for cuts. calfire got to work. wayne? >> for anyone who treasures living close to nature, terrace drive might be one version of heaven. >> did you ever consider it to be potentially dangerous? >> no, not until last year. >> reporter: and the year before that. the previous one, too. golden state that has current orange and black too often. >> we've got to step up our game. dare i say it, get our act together. >> reporter: the governor and calfire promised immediate action. west ukiah, one of them. houses below, woodland is above, this is a classic case of what fire firlgts involved a wildland/urban interface. these woods have not burned since 1959. >> it's going through. michael maynard does not want to see that happen here. >> working our way down. eight miles of clearance throu

forest service firefighter from california was killed in a helicopter crash in texas. 41-year-old daniel laird of yuba city was helping with the prescribed burn in the sam houston national forest when the helicopter went down. two other crew members are in the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. laird had been with the forest service for 23 years. the cause of that crash is under investigation. >>> the contractors that built and installed the cracked steel girders at the transbay transit center are challenging accusations that they botched the inspections. authorities said three teams of quality control inspectors working for contractors did not discover a critical construction flaw. according to the chronicle, officials with the structural steel contractor and the fabricator dispute the authorities' conclusion. they have asked to present their side of the story to the agency's board of directors. so far, they say they've been denied that chance. >>> a plan to protect packages while air gone. details on a new bill and the potential punishment for those so-called porch pirates. >> plus