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
Lasted so long. It seems like such a minor infraction. Whether hes eating a sandwich or whether he was eating a steak dinner, it says you cant do it. The rules are the rules. Reporter now we did try to reach out to several b. A. R. T. Directors. One got back to us by text and said he echoed the sentiments of another saying its hard to imagine that in his words a white man in a business suit with a breakfast sandwich would have been treated the same way. Meanwhile, theyre saying their independent Police Officer is reviewing that. Thank you. Thousands of stolen cell story. They unraveled a stolen phone pipeline based in the east bay. Tonight were learning they have new leads. In an exclusive interview a shop in heyward was driving the burglar ri epidemic. Detectives traced some of those phones overseas. As we reported last night, the police raided the store last month. Now as they sift through a mountain of evidence, the operation was bigger than they thought and theyre planning new oper
The question of drop the knife can turn into you have the knife and start the dialogue and conversation with the person they are encountering to find out why they have a knife. Numbers are encouraging. It is a great beginning of the conversation. Some of the things we are interested in seeing his accurate reflection of where that information is coming from. Reporter henderson said more needs to be done to find out how the department is arriving at those results. In particularly an Agency Responsible for reporting on itself. How can we make it how in making sure that the trend to diminish use of force continues. Reporter the city requires the Police Department to file quarterly reports about use of force. The department was highlighting in the report that they have not had a fatal officer involved shooting since june 2018. Live in San Francisco, Christien Kafton ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you so much. Residence of the butte county town of paradise stopped today to remember the lives lost on
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