have been more than 80 wildfires on maui in the past 20 years, at least 28 in the area around lahaina. as the frequency and severity of fires have grown, the countyeatedly advised to invest more money in prevention and preparedness. >> many government reports had pointed out the fire risk to west maui and had pointed out the weaknesses in our system that could have allowed something like this to happen. those warnings really weren't heeded by the county, which is in the driver's seat for these sorts of things, or by the state. >> ♪ i, the lord of sea and sky ♪ ♪ i have heard my people cry ♪ ♪ all who dwell in dark and sin... ♪ >> thank you, family and friends, for being here. my name is clifford abihai, and i am one of louise's 11 grandchildren. she was an amazing, energetic woman. no matter where she went, she'll always make friends. >> narrator: 97-year-old louise abihai was one of seven neighbors sanford hill lost from hale mahaolu eono. the majority of the lahaina fire victims were aged 60 or older. >> why didn't the county of maui and the state of hawai'i, after the 2018 fire, do anything? why didn't they prepare something, some kind of noti

have - entered into about 18 counties, probably 15 mega— fires across four states and consulted on another one. i saw a lot of destruction last year, even working with mauithis level in los angeles amazes even me and i have sat through a lot of it. what people can do right away if they have lost their home is immediately secure and at the home, because the rents are already being raised, and unfortunately we are going to see bad behaviourfrom see bad behaviour from landlords see bad behaviourfrom landlords evicting people who already live there in order to make way for much higher rents to come through insured loss and loss of use. it is very complicated. we have resources on our website after the fire usa .org. we are already starting town hall meetings starting town hall meetings starting tomorrow and through next week where we will put together a delegation to the 27th. we will go there, we will bring a great group of people who are really smart from insurance to sema, to schools and many more. —— f e m a. our help is notjust for right now but for the whole duration until people get home. whilst ou were until people get home. whilst you were speaking,

the reason is because california helped out maui during the wildfires there in la hina. 4 dozen animals from the shelters in los angeles county last night, there were 2 dogs and 4.44. small guinea pigs, also hamsters and rabbits that were brought in and they did that. they can make space for all the strain evacuated animals that need help there in southern california. also relieve some of the pressure on shelter, staff of that. now some of small animals are up for adoption right now. and meet levi right there in the middle yesterday, we told you how the san francisco spca has waived adoption fees to make space for pets coming from those wildfires. a lot of them arrived here in the bay area and this kron, 4 viewer says after seeing our report, he went out and adopted that puppy right there. they posted on social media. we advise parents said let the memories begin. so and here to that. >> i was still a lot of news together here on kron 4 this afternoon just a few minutes, the palisades incident command is going to provide an update on the fight against largest active wildfire in southern california. could see this live picture

county. then we had the tubbs fire in napa and sonoma. many more that happened here in california since 2022, and people never recovered. if you think about even what happened over in mauithe devastation there, there are people today who are homeless. and now the subject of that has not even arisen. prior to this disaster in los angeles, we have a homeless crisis. now this just adds to it. you asked the gentleman from anaheim, who i love what his response was, governor newsom, no, they are so ill-prepared here in california. you stated before the two callers before me, we have not had any rain, none at all. here where i live in the sacramento valley going towards nevada, now that is nothing but dry brush. it is horrible what is going on here in california, and i am telling you, i don't have no faith in our governor. i think he is -- forgive me, but he is a bubbling -- i don't want to say it, not kind to say it, but i feel that bass and newsom, time for them to get out. let's get someone with intelligence on how we can approach this issue that is now starting to become daily. thank you. you know i am a big fan of c-span. thank you, and my heart goes out to los angeles. t