. >> and my colleague, scott schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis.elcome to you both. suki, let me start with you. you were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. what did you see? >> it was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were driving further down the road to a more populated area and began to see burned-out cars, houses, completely levelled to the ground, just white ash left behind and then there would be a house amazingly and still standing and really speaks to the erratic nature of the fire. >> you were born and raised there. what was it like to go back because you weren't another reporter covering it. this was your home. >> and i was going back in with family friends who were going in to check on their house to make sure if it was still there and not there, and it was -- it was really emotional to see the places that i have loved, the place where i got