. >> and our kevin ko stopped by butte metals where there's no power but not everyone decided today leave he joins us now live from chico just along highway 32. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, it's important to point out that almost everyone has followed the evacuation order. i say almost, because i sat down with a man who says he isn't going anywhere. >> i have never evacuated. >> reporter: ever? >> never. they evacuated us a lot. >> reporter: why never? >> because i know how to read a fire i guess. believe me if it was coming and i knew it was coming i'd be going. >> reporter: thomas never cobeck is the owner of the bambi inn. it's hard to miss his business with his sign that reads "we don't dial 911." >> well, they never come up here anyway. [ laughter ] going to take care of our own up here. >> reporter: but during the park fire, many officers and deputies are doing just that. >> bambi always caters to the law enforcement. >> reporter: the bambi inn is the only place in town with internet connection. using a generator due to the ongoing power outage. thomas h

>> all right, kevin ko.hank you so much for those personal stories and you know we talk about fire all the time. but this is really people's story and you have done a great job telling their stories. >> he really has. >>> all right, another court date is set for the man accuse odd of starting the park fire. ronnie dean stout ii has been charged with felony arson and he made his second court appearance yesterday. but did not enter a plea. witnesses say they watched stout push his burning car into a gully in chico sparking the fire that exploded into what's now one of the biggest in state history. stout denies pushing the car and his next arraignment date will be on august 22nd. meanwhile, moving into the santa cruz mountains, people are also on high alert. a suspicious string of fires sparked in the area over the last week and half now firefighters put out the four fires fairly quickly and kept them all under two acres. but crews and investigators are keeping aless eye on old santa cruz road to track down the

kevin ko reports to show us why california might not be following the national trend. >> reporter: shane is 15 1/2 years old and is training to get his driver's license in a different way. >> why the anxiety is not stopping quick enough, like going into the intersection maybe. i'm kind of scared about that. >> reporter: with the help of jason zimmerman at green light simulation in danville. he gets the experience without the risk. >> the anxiety and the nervousness of getting the driver's license. this takes a lot out of the equation. you can imagine, right? if you don't know what you're doing and they put you in that car, that's nerve-racking. >> reporter: and those nerves, they might be why fewer teens are getting their licenses nationwide. according to the federal highway administration, the number of 16 to 19 year olds with driver's licenses, they fell from 64% to below 40% from 1995 to 2021. >> it depends on each child and their maturity, making sure they're safe drivers and experienced. >> reporter: but for shane's mom and others who have been to the bay area dmv recently, it's pro

our kevin ko with the story. >> i just knew i wanted this to be my forever home. >> reporter: katelyn quinn bought her pacifica home on beach boulevard seven years ago. >> it morphed into a nightmare. >> reporter: katelyn and her partner patrick say they dealt with disturbances from airbnb guests next-door. >> they stand here and smoke. so we had to install this sign. i have a medical condition that's exacerbated by cigarette smoke. >> reporter: there's also the unsorted trash and improper use of their utilities. >> we've also had guests use our water, help themselves to it. i hate having these signs. i mean what homeowner would want those on their home? >> reporter: through all the signs there's one that sticks out because katelyn's home isn't the on only one with it. >> this is a new one. there's a resident coalition called pacifica homes are not hotels. people who are suffering the challenges of living next-door to these unhosted short-terp rentals. >> reporter: you'll find the signs in other neighborhoods. >> we frequently have people pulling into our driveway trying to get into o

our kevin ko spoke with sports fans facing the loss of oakland's last pro sports team, >>>with the bay bridge series officially over and the a's playing out their final days in oakland. bay area sports fans are going through a wave of emotions whether it's at sports bars like here at the athletic club in the town or at the oakland coliseum for the last game of the bay bridge series ever. there's a lot of memories and a lot of heartbreak >>>>i've been coming here for 56 years, and now they're going to be gone you know there's nothing like baseball. >>>the heartbreak steve kent feels with the finale of the bay bridge series is just a warm >>>>up >>for what's to come. >>>>i will be a basket case on the 26th of next month. >>>a's fans have until then before their team leaves oakland for good, giving fans like steve and his wife sherry just weeks to remember. decades of memories. >>>>bringing my middle daughter to the bleachers when she was six days old. she's 42 now and i was pregnant out here with that same daughter, and he was on crutches and we still came to the game heartbreaking heart

kevin ko takes us into the mind of a first-time voter as she prepares to be a part of history. >> reporter: ashley chonyu is in her junior year of oakland tech high school. it's a year unlike any other for the 16-year-old or her peers, who will be allowed to vote. >> we're the ones that go to school 180 days out of the year and have classes five hours a week, eight hours a day and we know what we want to see our schools look like. >> reporter: ashley was involved with oakland youth vote which fought to let 16 and 17-year-olds cast ballots in their school board elections. >> i think a lot of the decisions that the adults around us make, they don't necessarily pertain to like what we want to see change in our schools. what we care about more than clean bathrooms and we care about more than having ids to get us into school. >> reporter: oakland is the largest city in the country to allow youth voting in elections, something that lucas brecki-meissner, oakland native and osdu graduate believes could lead to significant outcomes. >> the last election was a special election in 2023. so maybe the

our kevin ko got an up close and emotional look at what families are coming home to. >> reporter: we are right by highway 32 in forest ranch. that's a neighborhood where an evacuation order was in place. as the park fire moves away from this area, that means these orders are being lifted. families have their first chance to see their homes for the first time since they evacuated or whatever is left of their homes. >> i'm being honest, pretty destroyed right now. yeah, pretty destroyed. i held out hope, hoping that something would be still here. >> reporter: this is mike wittenberg's first time seeing his home. mike is people kneeling in what's left of his 4-year-old daughter's room looking for anything he can salvage for her. >> we found something. there's nothing left of it. >> reporter: everything is gone or burnt beyond recognition. mike and his family of five live in forest ranch, where an evacuation order was in place due to the park fire. >> we knew the fire was coming. i didn't think it was actually going to take our house. my fiancee's grabbing pictures off the walls, keepsak

kevin ko talked with fans as they grappled with the loss of oakland's last pro sports team. >> i've been coming here 56 years and now they're going to be gone. you know, there's nothing like baseball. >> reporter: the heartbreak steve kent feels with the finale of the bay bridge series is just a warm-up for what's to come. >> i will be a basket case on the 26th of next month. >> reporter: a's fans have until then before their team leaves oakland for good, giving fans like steve and his wife sherry just weeks to remember decades of memories. >> bringing my middle daughter to the bleachers when she was 6 days old. she's 42 now. >> i was pregnant out here with that same daughter and he was on crutches and we still came to the game. >> heartbreaking, heartbreaking. i don't understand why they would do that to the fans. >> reporter: buck is an oakland sports fan flying a flag with all the teams he love that all decided to leave the town he loves. his fandom is thanks to the people he loves, too. >> giants fan right there. he used to take me on the b.a.r.t. to the games when i was a little boy

kevin ko spoke to community members who are dealing with a lot of trauma. >> reporter: as the park firees to spread, it's bringing back some of the darkest memories for butte county residents from the most destructive and deadliest wildfire both in butte county and in california state history. >> this is a major trigger, you know, and everybody is saying that. the whole community's triggered. so it's hard. >> reporter: cindy needham is finally able to process her emotions after the evacuation order was lifted from her forest ranch neighborhood. >> just like paradise all over again. >> reporter: it was impossible for her and many others not to think of the camp fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in california history. >> my daughter and her husband, we almost lost them in the camp fire, came that close. >> reporter: the park fire brought back dark memories and trauma for butte county residents. the 2018 camp fire in paradise killed 85 people and destroyed more than 18,800 buildings, including mark anderson's paradise home. >> that was going to be my retirement. that was go

kevin ko reports. >> cold ice, cold ice, cold. hey, cold beer, folks, who's thirsty? you don't see kendrick thompson at an a's game -- >> ice cold. >> reporter: -- you'll definitely hear the walking vendor, known to most eas ice cold kenny. >> ice cold. >> reporter: ice cold kenny makes 13% of every drink he sells at an a's game. >> $17.74 is your total. >> reporter: it's about to go ice cold. >> i feel we deserve a team here. this team should not leave. no one deserves any of this. not the fans, not the workers. you know, it's just not fair. >> reporter: when the a's move out, they're leaving behind oakland natives like kenny, who want to work where they grew up following in the footsteps of his stepdad who was also a walking vendor. >> he brought me into it. i continued his legacy for him. and it's like, sorry, just thinking about everything. >> reporter: kenny's inspiration is his stepdad. it's his 31st and last year working a's games at the coliseum. >> i cried. i already had my moment. but i've been coming to the ballpark since 1979. >> it means a lot because i k

the accident led to her diagnosis before it was too late and as our kevin ko reports, her story is part of a puzzle that her doctor has been trying to solve in hopes of saving other women just like her >>>fremont mom maria christina delgado's life took a terrifying turn when she got in her car, dropped off my kids with her friends. she got rear ended, went in for a routine checkup post accident, and doctors found a lung nodule that wasn't there before i would have never known. it turned out maria an active filipino woman who doesn't smoke or drink, had lung cancer i was shocked when i got the news from the doctor that it was in fact, cancer no idea was it my diet? was it my environment? thinking about my family, i was thinking about my kids that made me want to get through it maria laid in the hospital, keeping herself optimistic by sending videos like this from her bed to the people she loves. three incisions in her lung and one surgery later. she's walking today. cancer free cancer. she would have never known about if she was never in a car accident. i consider myself lucky. i conside

our kevin ko was there when one couple saw what's left of their home in forest hill for the first timeonest. i'm pretty destroyed right now. yeah, pretty destroyed. i held out hope hoping that something would be still here. >> reporter: this is mike wittenberg's first time seeing his home. mike is kneeling in what's left of his 4-year-old daughter's room looking for anything he can salvage for her. >> we found something. there's nothing left of it. >> reporter: everything is gone or burnt beyond recognition. mike and his family of five live in forest ranch where an evacuation order was in place due to the park fire. >> we knew the fire was coming. i didn't think it was actually going to take our house. my fiancee's grabbing pictures off the walls and keepsakes. first i didn't understand why. i just wanted her to get the family out and now i get it now that it's all gone. >> reporter: mike is thankful everyone in his family made it out safely, including his fiancee, who saw their home the first type since evacuating. >> andrea. that's my fiancee. it's her first time seeing it. come here

kevin ko spoke with sports fans facing the loss of this professional sports team. >> reporter: with theies officially over and the a's playing out their final days in oakland, bay area sports fans are going through of wave of emotions. whether at sports bars like here at the athletic club or at the oakland coliseum over the last game of the bay bridge series ever. there is a lot of memories and a lot of heartbreak. >> i've been coming here for 56 years and now they will be gone. you know, there is nothing like baseball. >> reporter: the heartbreak steve kent feels with the finale of the bay bridge series is just a warm-up of what's to come. >> i will be a basket case on the 26th of next month. >> reporter: a's fans have until then until their team leaves oakland for good. giving fans just weeks to remember decades of memories. >> bringing my middle daughter to the bleachers when she was six days old, she is 42. >> i was pregnant with that same daughter and he was on crutches and we still came to the game. >> heartbreaking. i don't understand why they would do that. >> reporter: buck is