David Brancaccio

Hey, it's David Brancaccio, host of the Marketplace Morning Report.

It has been one year since the costliest set of wildfires in California history, U.S.

history, and by at least one calculation, the history of the world.

16,000 structures were destroyed, most of them homes.

I can quote you figures about insured versus uninsured losses measured in billions.

But as people in the fire zones face year two, we go from macro to micro.

I'm checking in with the neighbors on one street in Altadena, where 15 homes were destroyed on a single block.

These are my own neighbors.

I lost a home on that street, too.

Join us for on-the-ground reporting as we hear from people still dealing with insurance, getting permits, finding contractors.

One guy had to go through 30 contractors to find one with the right skills he could afford.

Plus, for most, rebuilding is taking years.

How do people find the money to live elsewhere?

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They say sock some money away in case of emergency, like the California fires one year ago.

I'm David Brancaccio in Pasadena, California.

This week I've been checking in with my neighbors on my burned street a year after the Hurricane Force firestorm destroyed so much of Altadena, California.

This along with the concurrent fire on the coast in and around Pacific Palisades were the costliest fires for property damage anywhere ever destroyed.

Today, nurse Pauline, did her house burn or did her house stand in the smoke and the soot?

In Pauline Gray's case, the answer is both at the same time.