. >> reporter: welcome to that branch of limbo knowns athe sandman hotel in santa rosa where john trillia spends a lot of time working jigsaw puzzles. they're a perfect metaphor in describing what's happened to his 91-year-old life. >> that's how much know, a lot of scattered pieces. >> reporter: for john, limbo came when he was fortunate when his place survived the firestorm at journey's end mobile home park. four months later he still has a massive cleanup in his backyard, a red tag on the door, and now no prospects of returning home any time soon or permanently, now that the owner has announced he will not rebuild. many of the fixed-income residents haven't the money to move their homes if they could move their homes. their only prospect for relief a plan by burbank housing to buy this lan from the owner and build 160 low-income housing units. >> it's important that the property be used for housing and particularly for seniors. >> reporter: but that will take time and money. the latter especially has been a source of frustration for james gore of the sonoma county board of supervisors.

worse off than i am. >> reporter: it's worth noting, john trillia is a really nice man who trims the roses in his garden here in the mobile home park when he has an opportunity to do so. the other irony here, this is the largest group of residents still unable to return to their homes, still evacuated. and it's strange because they're the ones that still have their homes, they just can't get in there. live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thanks very much. >>> one year after the oroville dam crisis, regulators who oversee the structure say they're looking hard at how they overlooked its built-in weaknesses for decades. the federal energy regulatory commission is telling owners of the other nationally regulated hydroelectric dams that it expects them to thoroughly investigate their own organizations and aging dams. it was one year ago this week that both spillways at the oroville dam collapsed, prompting the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. it was very nearly a disaster. >>> students at st. matthews catholic school in san mateo returned for the first time since

john trillia can tell you all about it as he washes his dishes in a motel bathtub. >>> okay. right now, we are taking a live look. how beautiful is that outside. this is our camera at mount sutro. a view of newark today. a few clouds dotting the sky. abc7 news anchor spencer christian joining us of what to expect next week. >> we can expect more of the same. while we beautiful weather.weather.weath. the rainfall deficit is something we need it pay attention. san francisco 6.64 inches be low the average total. santa rosa a whopping 10 inches. you can see how badly we need the rain. meanwhile, we are enjoying the clear skies. temperatures range from 50 to 53. 62 in vallejo. six-hour planner shows clear skies through the overnight hours. we will see temperatures dropping into the low 30 in some inland areas to start the day. don't worry, things will warm up a little bit and i will show you how mild it is going to be in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> exactly one year since the failure of the oroville dam spillway. a group of lawmakers passed legislation. bringing it up to date

john trillia can tell you all about it as he washes his dishes in a motel bathtub. >>> okay. right now, we are taking a live look. how beautiful is that outside. this is our camera at mount sutro. a view of newark today. a few clouds dotting the sky. abc7 news anchor spencer christian joining us of what to expect next week. >> we can expect more of the same. while we appreciate this buc beautiful weather. the rainfall deficit is something we need it pay attention. san francisco 6.64 inches be low the average total. santa rosa a whopping 10 inches. you can see how badly we need the rain. meanwhile, we are enjoying the clear skies. temperatures range from 50 to 53. 62 in vallejo. six-hour planner shows clear skies through the overnight hours. we will see temperatures dropping into the low 30 in some inland areas to start the day. don't worry, things will warm up a little bit and i will show you how mild it is going to be in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> exactly one year since the failure of the oroville dam spillway. a group of lawmakers passed legislation. bringing it up to