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By far the hardest-hit area. many of the 90,000 people forced to evacuate are from here, and most are now finally able to return home to see how bad it is. but the good news today is the fierce santa ana winds are taking a bit of a break. winds are much lighter today and yesterday giving crews a chance to get some containment. in fact, a couple of the fires are well under control. california governor jerry brown, as you said, surveyed some of the damage and met with some of the 8700 people fight...

Firefighters need. >> reporter: no, it is not. they could use some of that moisture here. but it is not going to come any time soon. there is progress in fits and starts and the arbiter is the wind. it keeps on kicking up and as it kicks up, firefighters say it makes the fire that much more unpredictable and those santa ana winds just continue to fuel the fire. not as severe as they were early in the week but nontheless they are continuing and gooding throu -- and going through the weekend and t...

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