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through. most years we re not fully staffed until july 1. reporter: so this is early. due to the lack of rain, fuel moisture is very low, very dry. reporter: we can certainly see that here in morgan hill. this is a live picture looking down at the valley. by the time that cal fire fully staffs up statewide, elizabeth, they will have 12,000 firefighters on duty and about a third of those will be those inmate work crews that you sometimes see out on the firelines. best to be prepared. but marks, i m curious, just but mark, i m curious, just how bad have the numbers been for wildfires? reporter: wildfires season hasn t started yet and caltrans has already responded to 680 wildfires. they say that s 200 more than normal this same time in any year and that s why they are going with early staffing. all right. mark sayre, thank you. fans of a historic bike shop in downtown san jose are crushed to hear that the building might be a total loss after last night s fire.
for hefty pension benefits and the savings will enable the city to restore services and hire more officers than it could before. we have to bring the costs down so we can hire more police officers and increase the size of the force. reporter: the department has 1100 sworn officers now down from about 1400 due to layoffs and resignations. whether san jose can still attract and retain officers is debatable. we had 1600 applicants for the class that s going to start in september. we have a lot of people who want to work in the city of san jose. san jose will be kind of a gateway into the law enforcement profession. but they won t call this place home. they will end up somewhere else. reporter: and there s still a lot to be worked out between the police union and the city of san jose. in fact, the police union is suing the city over measure b the voter-approved measure b pension reform and that will be decided in court later. when they crunch the numbers for you, were