Sirens on this i island. And why that wasnt activated, because it clearly would have given people more time to escape the flames and get out of town. And, of course, the number of fatalities would probably not be the number that it currently is. Another big challenge here, mike, is housing. Why . Theres not much of it. Its expensive to rent or own. And unlike, say, the mainland there are not any towns that can simply absorb 4,500 people right now that need shelter. Lahaina was really small, nice historical place, and its gone. All the kind of, like, precious memories of my kids and kind of generational stuff. Reporter so eva adams, she lost her home. It was in this new 89unit, Affordable Housing complex that is now, of course, as you see, just ashes. There are about 2,700 buildings here that were destroyed in lahaina, 86 of those were homes. And the community of lahaina is a very working class, a lot of Native Hawaiians who serve the resorts, and right now those people who are now home
reporter: hi, mike. police say some in the mob used bear spray on two security guards in the store. that s a chemical irritant that hits the eyes and lungs. take a look at this cell phone video, it captures the chaos at the westfield topanga mall. the group made up of about 50 looters according to police targeted luxury brand accessories and handbaggings. investigators say the suspects took up to $100,000 worth of items. in a statement los angeles mayor karen bass saying, quote, what happened today at the nordstrom is absolutely unacceptable. those who committed these acts and acts like it in neighboring areas must be held accountable. the los angeles police department will continue to work to the not only find those responsible for this incident, but to prevent these attacks on retailers from happening in the future. now just last week also in southern california a store, around 30 suspects hit an yves st. laurent store. glendale police say they stole
before it gets to that point. in some ways he doesn t even seem to make any sense to call shoplifting shoplifting. this isn t one person going to a story and concealing goods in their pockets or bags. these are organized mobs. look at this video i m sharing this screen. they re not trying to hide anything.. nearly a hundred people join the mob just this past weekend in san francisco at a high-end shopping district. look at this. the sounds and sights of union square are not as pretty today as they usually are. here s what s left behind. windows are boarded up. at louis vuitton. crews replacing the entire door at yves st. laurent. windows are shattered at burberry. wooden boards covered the window at hermes. a witness capture the moment people tried to break in. when i passed by hermes, there was a group of people. about a hundred people. after i passed, they tried to get into hermes.
that, it s because they saw them rocking it. then made it his own style and brought it in the hood. then other folks emulated that. for us, that s kind of like a natural thing. i remember at the taste of chicago when i first saw reg and i, he had like the all-over print polo with the camo pants with the wallies, the fedora, and like a lazarus chain, gold chain, gold fronts. i was still like sewing izods to my shirt. i had remember that moment just moved me so much. i had to get my fresh up to a whole other level. i realized at that point i wasn t in a suburb in high school anymore. when i was in school, i went to brown and i had a side pan, the first thing i would do is go to yves st. laurent. take my spooi stipend money and