Spirited atmosphere imperative. Hundreds gathered for the opening of a new recovery and Assistance Center while 85 american flags on the main drag in downtown paradise. Its a dramatic memorial to the 85 people who perished in the fire when youre to go. The one with fire destroyed 90 of the city of paradise. The cost of the camp fire is more than 16 billion. Unimaginable loss. This video was taken after the fire but take a look now. Lots of been cleared and the town is rebuilding. One house and one business at a time. It was important for me to reopen in paradise because paradise is my home and the part of my goal for this is to be an example to the community that we can do it. Reporter of the more than 11,000 homes lost, nine have been replaced. They dont sign a lot but it often takes a year to rebuild a house in the best of circumstances and here they are dealing with cleaning up debris coming getting permits and finding contractors. Upgrades in town include underground power lines an
But tenants, advocates, and Property Owners have all found reasons to oppose it. What do you do when you have nowhere to stay . You have people walking up and down the street with no place to live, and i wonder how they got like that. Reporter terry fears she too could fall into homelessness as the city considers protections for rent controlled properties. It doesnt encourage protection. Encouraging them to tear down apartments is not protection at all. Thats losing your home. Reporter under the current law, if a landlord tears down an older property to build new units in its safe, either the same number of units or half of the new building, whichever is greater, must be affordable. The city wants to ease that requirement saying it discourages development. We needed to enable the projects to move forward because we dont have enough public dollars to finance the projects. Reporter but some Property Owners say the citys plan dont go far enough. They fear that new restrictions and regulat
Once he provided his name he was cited and r foster doesnt plan to sue but he does have advice. Start focusing on things that matter. Hopping the bart. People getting stah t beeps foster also used foul language, was confrontational and there was even a homophobic slur at the end. The officer did not respond in kind. Bart says it cannot tell us how common citations are for eating and drinking without us filing a freedom of information request. Back to you. What is the penalty for eating on bart or the bart platform . Is it just one citation . The citation comes with some penalties that will make the sandwich really expensive. It is a 250 fine or 48 hours of community service. Wow. Interesting. So what do you think . Are rules rules or are there bigger concerns . Were asking you and we have our megapoll open. 56 say there are bigger concerns but 48 say rules are rules. It is interesting. Context is important here. If as this gentleman says there was a whole line of people eating and he w
Several gatherings and memorials have been held to mark this somber anniversary. For some people today marks the first time they are returning to the area since the devastation. Alex savidge spent time in paradise over the past two weeks to get a sense of how th community is doing. I kn there was one tribute stood out. Reporter this was certainly a difficult day to say the least for everyone in this community. A somber feel here in the town of paradise as people pause to reflect and remember the lives that were lost one year ago and the devastation that was caused. Diary and she told me to keep her secret. So much further than art. Reporter the sculpture sits at the Building Resiliency Center here in central paradise. I want to bring you back out to the live picture. One of the many groups that is here on hand is providing this comfort dog his name is micah. You can see we have a young lady here who is petting micah right now. This is a community that has been through so much in the pa
Stories of desperate calls for help. Last i love youse and some found just outside their front doors. Cal fire determined the fire was caused by a faulty pg e transmission line. It destroyed roughly 19,000 buildings with most of the damage occurring in the first four hours. The day the fire broke out the town of paradise had a population of 26,000 people. So far only 3000 have moved back and one year later the number of destroyed homes that have been rebuilt stands at 11. The future paradise is bright. City Officials Say the rebuilding of 450 more homes is in the pipeline. Alex savidge has been in paradise all day and he joins us live with much more. Reporter there certainly is a lot of construction happening all over the town of paradise and surrounding communities. Tonight we are here at the Paradise Alliance church where fire survivors are gathering to honor the lives that were lost one year ago in the camp fire. While this is a somber day, a lot of people are also very hopeful, exp