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i know you're pjust on the sce right now. anecdotally speaking, set the scene for us, if you could. >> reporter: the road here it was like coming from our headquarters at nbc studios was completely open. not a soul was driving in our direction as we were coming to make our way here to the west side wof l.a. people are going as far as they can, as fast as they can away from this part of town. when you heard about the scenes earlier today that resulted in those cars being abandoned on the roads, it's because of the usbottleneck created by those developments in places like palisades islands and bonito hill where i lived, as a young guy growing up in los angeles, there are very few ways out. and those fire roads sometimes too become gridlocked or sometimes impassable. so what people did at the beginning of this desire form, and i think that's the only way to describe it is get out of e thar cars in places like suns boulevard, places like -- temple in the middle of pacific palisades and just start walking because it's a terrifying

a statement, so cal edison understands that a lawsuit related to the eaton fire has been filed but sce not yet been served with the complaint. across the county, reinforcements are on stand by for the first responders battling the flames for a week now. monday evening atf investigators blocking off a rural area of pacific palisades. officials say they're searching for the cause of the fire. now, the atf telling me despite this wind event, their technicians will likely be able to detect arson if it did occur on the palisades fire. they also say it could be a couple months before their report is completed. authorities have been imploring people not to silence those emergency alerts on their mobile phones. they say, robin, it could be the difference between life and death. robin? >> robin: absolutely, matt. thank you. we'll be with you throughout the morning. right now we're gonna take a live look at the fires from the sky. kabc chopper pilot gabe santos joins us live. gabe, what are you seeing at this hour? >> well, robin, we're seeing a look at some of the destruction up here in the pal

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pets we left behind the san francisco spca is among the organizations heading south to help to create sceady, rescued pets. the shelter is waiving adoption fees for its puppies right now, there are also plenty of cats available or spayed neutered microchipped and vaccinated especially now we knew we wanted to make space so we can alleviate our shelter partners down south that are being devastated by the fires and so waiving adoption fees is defeating that barrier. getting those puppies home and making space for animals that are adoptable in shelters down south so they can make space for their fire victims and for owned pets that are to be reunited with their owners. hopefully soon. these different. >> for the next fiscal year. capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll tell you how newsom's team says this will assist southern california wildfire victims and i'll let you republicans responding. >> all right. welcome back. 7.28. this morning. the massive fires and la county causing very poor air quality conditions across the area, small particles and wildfire. smoke can cause burning eyes, r