spunt joins us live from the stat center and david, you spoke with people with local ties to in the middle of this fire storm. it is really a nightmare for them. the ground is dry. the wind relentless. it s peak fire season in california. the nukes are expected to rise. but those alive and accounted for are doing whatever possible to stay safe. the blaze is far from out and people s lives and lively hoods are in a constant state of danger. arm get en, gone. reporter: crews working 24 hours a day seven days a week, hospitals are on overload. taking in victims. two hospitals in santa rosa became news when smoke filled the buildings it was at that time that the police department came in and said drop everything. go now. the wine industry is upsidedown. native michael score zone is a wine maker in so he know ma county. he moved to the area 17 years ago to begin the business. the air quality is horrible. you can t see much install he can t get to several vine yards,
wine country. the scope of this destruction massive. and tonight, people from our area, who now call northern california home share their stories with eyewitness news. good evening, i m jessica dean. i m nicole brewer. ukee washington is off. hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain one of the top five deadliest wildfire outbursts in california history. the flames killed at least 15 people and authorities say the death toll expected to rise. nearly 300 people have been reported missing since wildfires started sunday. flames have destroyed 2000 structures and many more are in danger. eyewitness news david spunt joins us live from the stat center and david, you spoke with people with local ties to in the middle of this fire storm. it is really a nightmare for them. the ground is dry. the wind relentless. it s peak fire season in california. the nukes are expected to rise. but those alive and accounted for are doing whatever possible to stay safe. the blaze i
i did not have a great weekend. true to the death, the worst possible thing that could happen to anyone, happened to me at this weekend at 3:15 p.m. exactly on friday afternoon our wifi went out and never came back all weekend. i would say it was a nightmare but nightmares don t go on for four days. i could only use the connection on my phone like an animal. i was almost completely cut off from the outside world. it s funny how quickly you forget how everything works. i was like i can t go online, let s watch netflix. oh, no, we can t watch netflix. [ laughter] no, pandora. no spotify, no apple tv, nothing. we had even when i tried to look the number up to call the company to tell them the internet doesn t work, i had to go on the internet to get the numbers and then it was two hours on the phone on friday night with the is the red light still flashing? yes, it s still flashing. okay can i put you on hold and you know they re smoking or something. it was terrible. i almos
7,500, but many say those numbers are woefully underreported. here s how birth tourism works. brokers advertise, offering package deals to women who want to have their newborns become u.s. citizens. these women are often accompanied by their husbands, who are an integral part of the planning process. janan tashi reports for the inland valley daily bulletton and covering the ballooning trend as more women arrive to give birth in southern california. this is kind of a birthing package where everything is pre-set up for you and everything from where you re going to stay, where you re going to go while you are here, if you re doing any vacationing while you re here, visiting your doctors offices, whether having a natural birth or a c-section, and all of your meals are included, and that price tag has been reported to be about $100,000. the women stay in what are called birthing centers or maternity hotels. they are advertised as luxury hotels or high-end housing. this is a
steve: phi children were all in the same place yesterday. we went to a buffet. there is mary next to peter. peter came up friday night. mary came up sunday. they both left but we were all together on father s day for three hours. ainsley: i like sally s sweatshirt, her sweater the american flag very pate i can. steve: we are a patriotic family indeed. ainsley: how tall are you, steve? steve: i was 6 1 at my height by peter is 656. did he play basketball? no. there was too much running. he played baseball. you were down south and you were with your dad, too. ainsley: i was down south. a wedding in one of the beaches in south carolina. and so we rented a little house there for the weekend and the whole family came, except for my mom is not doing well. anyway, say prayers for my mom. here is my dad with my little girl hayden. he is the best grand daddy. is he so fun. it s neat to watch him with my child because it just takes me back to when i was little, dad was just he is