the nurses used to meet the survivors at watsonville community hospital and dominican hospital in santaruz where they were on call 24/7 and required to respond at a moment's notice. apparently the demands of the job took their toll. in the past year the number of nurses dropped down to a handful. >> we don't have the luxury to be able to wait to recruit back to a certain taken -- certain number of nurses. >> reporter: now people must make the trek to the santa cruz center. the monarch center in santa cruz helps provide support and counseling and say what was a four to five hour ordeal will now take six to eight hours with the longer drive to san jose. what do you stay to critics about this whole situation? >> everything was mismanaged. >> no, no. we have an expert forensics unit here at the sheriff's office. they do a fantastic job. the nurses that were part of our program, they go through different things in life. what could be a good fit now maybe not necessarily is a good fit later on and that happens to everybody. >> reporter: kiet do, kpix5. >>> just ahead we'll have a look ahead a

start to blow out of the northwest it will push it more towards gilroy, morgan hill, san martin, watsonville in that area during the afternoon hours. our poorest air quality right now in the north bay, the rest of us are moderate, whether it's the coast and central bay, inland east bay, south central bay or the santa clara valley but the southern santa clara valley probably will have less in the way of good air quality because of that smoke that will start moving from northwest to southeast later on. i can't emphasize enough, it has its challenges because of the roads, because of the lack of population, but this will not be a repeat of the north bay. >> that certainly is good news, mike. we want to talk a little bit about road closures with this as well. i will take you in on our traffic maps and show you where this is. we've been talking to matt keller who is getting really close to the scene here, he has been calling in on the phone. this is really not a hugely densely residential area, but there are a lot of folks who live here, but these are really some mountainous roads between the boul

the 1985 earthquake did $7 billion of damage in modern dollars from the maria to santa cruz in watsonville. the $5 billion estimate is just the starting point. when you factor in all the homes that may be at risk, that number explodes, something like $85 billion. that would put it around the cost of hurricane sandy. again, this is a total worse case number. the worst was hurricane katrina, $160 billion. those estimates are based on rebuilding. there are so many unknowns about that. we have a shortage of construction crews in the san francisco bay area. presumably many will return to help build. here is one, the effect op budgets, cities and counties, the evacuation centers, rescues, firefighters. no tourism dollars are going to come in for a long time. no tax dollars as well. remember, if your house burned down, even if it suffered just 10% damage, you are eligible to ask for an emergency suspension of your property tax. i'm going to tweet out how to file that appeal. there's no reason to pay property tax if it's a wreck. >> the land of the property. >> the city and county are spending mon

i think from morgan hill southward that's where the smoke will be an issue, places like watsonville,o down into the salinas valley. let's talk about highlights. more clouds, warmer than average today, tonight steady lows, mainly cloudy once again and the extended seems like forever we have been talking about this chance of rain. it's 7:00, thursday evening, blake, mendocino county, the northwest corner of sonoma county some light rain falling. okay. notice it stays green, never get moderate, never gets yellow or red or heavy. by midnight it's starting to move into the heart of the bay. by iv in the morning it's pretty much rained on all of us and it's starting to taper and it will continue to do that by the end of the commute with our best chance during the rest of friday up in the mountains and that will taper as you head towards friday evening. let's look at rainfall amounts. it's not going to take much to make it slick out there since it hasn't rained in a while, most of us will be less than a tenth of an inch. some areas influenced by hills, oaklan oakland,.11, a couple hundreds

from the marina all the way down to santa cruz nick watsonville.i have a map for you so you can see what we're dealing with. a combination of satellite imagery and on the ground sensors. a joint project between cal fire and uc san diego and other schools. it shows where firefighters -- shows them where the fires are, it's capable of telling them where the fire's going to go based on wind and other factors. now, as we try to figure out how much all of this is going to cost, we have to deal with a lot of unknowns. we already have a shortage of construction crews in the san francisco bay area. presumably, they will return to help rebuild. here is a big problem, the effect of budgets on city councils and counties. the rescues, the firefighters and no tourism dollars coming in, maybe for quite some time, means fewer tax dollars. if your house burned down or suffered as little as 10% damage, california law says you can ask for an emergency suss spngs of our property taxes. i tweeted out how to file that appeal. there is no reason to pay property tax on a

in second place, the santa cruz-watsonville, california, region. the happiest city in america?hey stay fit. they have easy access to nature. the streets are made for humans and not just for cars. there's no billboards. and it happens to be the place that produces arguably the most olympic athletes in the country. >> reporter: the answer, boulder, colorado. bravo, boulder. don't worry if you don't live in one of the happiest cities. the where is only 50% of happiness. genes are 40%. that leaves 45% that's up to us. is it your belief that anybody can be happy? >> i believe that anybody can be happier. science tells us how to stack the deck in favor of that happiness. >> reporter: in his new book, the blue zones of happiness, buettner outlines how, no matter where we live, we can be happ r happier. one way, get a dog. >> just petting a dog, your cortisol levels go down. >> reporter: that's the hormone that helps fight stress. another idea, have a front porch. >> the happiest people of the world are socializing five hours a day. >> reporter: have three close friends. >> in the 1970

and in second place, the santa cruz watsonville, california region.ple have very easy access to recreation so they stay fit. they have very easy access to nature so they get the stress reduction. people bike there as opposed to driving. the streets are made for humans and notust for cars. there's no billboards. and it also happens to be the place that produces arguably the most olympics athletes in the country. >> the answer boulder, colorado. perh don't worry if you don't live in one of the happiest cities. because the where is only 15% of happiness, according to him. genes are 40%. it leaves 45% up to us. >> it it your belief that anybody can be happy? >> i believe that anybody can be happier. science now tells us how to stack the deck in favor of that happiness. >> in his new book the blue zones of happiness, he outlines how, no matter where we live, we can be happier. one way is get a dog. >> petting a dog your cortisone levels go down. >> that's the hormone that helps fight stress. another idea? have a front porch not a back one. >> the happiest

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