David Brancaccio

And there was new confirmation this morning that while companies are tending to keep their employees these days, they're also not moving to add more people.

There's news that openings were essentially unchanged in November.

There were 90,000 jobs open in construction, a number shaped in part by U.S.

border policy.

The stock market is mixed.

The Dow is down 212 points, 4 tenths percent.

The S&P is little changed at the moment.

The Nasdaq is up 4 tenths of a percent.

In Los Angeles, I'm David Brancaccio, Marketplace Morning Report.

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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.

Sixteen thousand 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.