on a personal note, it was jim durkee who brought them over. we have flourished into a wonderful relationship. they have in many -- have been in many of our schools and are honoring many of our students this evening. i would like to welcome alan to the podium. >> good evening, commissioners. it is a pleasure to be here tonight on what i know is an important night for the school district. as the grand secretary of the nations of california, i have the opportunity to work with school districts all over the state. i am proud to be from san francisco. there are lots of challenges facing schools, particularly in san francisco. but the leadership is exceptional. starting with your president and superintendent, they have provided not only good leadership to the school district, but to the community. your leadership has helped us find a way to help. thanks to the leadership of hydrogen and carlos garcia, we have a plan we are implementing all over the state to work with schools in advancing literacy in elementary schools, middle school, math and colleg

most people have vacated, it's like a ghost town, but i did catch up with one man, jim durkee, who is living today. >> the fire went from nothing to 40,000 acres overnight. it's now over 60,000 acres. it's extremely dry. >> reporter: with the wind picking up and the weather remaining hot and dry, all 12,000 residents of the town of los alamos were told to leave. it's not known what started the fire sunday and it's growing quickly. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. god i hope not. but there is unburned fuel out there. >> reporter: fueled by dry woodland and burning out of control, this northern new mexico fire has charred almost 61,000 acres, an area just under the size of milwaukee, and destroyed 30 structures. this is what happens when wildfire burns through a forest. wildlife is forced to go near neighborhoods and homes just to find food. but the biggest concern is how close the wildfire is to the los alamos national laboratory where some radioactive material is stored. >> we have fire all around the lab on two sides. when you ask how close it i