governor is looking to push back on environmentalists and ease the rules in order to clear more trees and build more roads. claudia cowan live in chico, california with the live report tonight. claudia? good evening, martha. that s right. outgoing governor jerry brown now talking about relaxing the rules a little bit as they pertain to logging. of course he is going to have a big fight on his hands from environmental groups. the politics of forest management policy really the last thing on the minds here for thousand of fire survivors. this disaster recovery center that opened at the chico mall is their first stop on the long road to recovery and rebuilding and this center has been buzzing with activity since it opened on friday. here people can register with the federal emergency management agency, fema, to apply for federal aid. they can also access supervisors like the dmv and mental health counseling and even pet a therapy dog. several dozen agencies are
reporter: this disaster recovery center at the chico mall has been buzzing with activity. this is a one stop shop where survivors of the wildfire can apply forked from aid federal aid and get insurance and replace their driver s license. they can also provide a dna sadge to help speed up the identification process for burned remains. fire officials say the number of people unaccounted for has dropped to 993. down from almost 1300. officials say those numbers will fluctuate as they remove duplicate names. in the burned out neighborhood nearly 500 volunteers and search crews as well as cadaver dogs are stepping up their efforts before wet weather arrives tomorrow night making it harder to uncover remains. the weather that s expected it will impact operations. especially during the recovery,
saying i think so and so is missing, an e-mail, a dispatch. one thing that was heartbreaking and could get someone off the list, officials are asking for officials to provide dna samples to match with remains. at this point we re working full speed with the coroner to identify remains. our need now is for parents and children of missing too that have missing family to go that have missing family, i m sorry, to the family assistance center at the old sears building at chico mall between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to have a dna swab collected for comparison purposes. reporter: they will be back out there again in paradise trying to recover more human remains. and paul, tell us more about the fire-fight today and you know, how the weather potentially could help and the resources that are coming in. reporter: huge factor in all of that. just was speaking to
early 911 dispatches. and with this unaccounted for list it wasn t a case of just a relative saying i know, for example, that my uncle is missing. it could be as simple as i know there s a guy down the street, i m not sure what his last name is, that person would be on this list. and he says there are cases where there might be duplication where someone might be mr. smith spelled with a y, mr. smith spelled with an i. now, in the middle of all of this agonizing, because the sheriff is requesting that anybody who thinks that their loved one might be dead should submit dna samples. let s listen. at this point we re working full speed with the coroner to identify remains. our need now is for parents and children of missing that have missing family members to go to the missing i m sorry, to the family assistance center at the old sears building at chico mall between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to have a dna swab collected for