interesting this is going down the week the world s largest marijuana marketplace comes online. talking about $5 billion potentially this year alone in revenue related to marijuana in california. there are towns across the state that are really banking on that. not just to create marijuana millionaires or have pot for fun, but they turn around struggling economies in towns like desert hot springs. i went there to see how they want to use pot to reverse their fortunes. take a look. all throughout california, towns with struggling economies are hoping to turn things around by getting into the cannabis business. looking at the remains of greenhouses that were once thriving. it was when the industry was in great shape in the 90s. now, this is what s happened. this was once a thriving area, yet now most of those greenhouses are vacant. reporter: in the 90s, the u.s. signed a trade pact with columbia that devastated monterrey county s cut flower industry. now jeff brothers has taken
freeway. there s other fires in los angeles county. and so you basically have a situation where they are spreading resources as best they can. california works under that mutual aid pact where fire departments help each other. here standing in ventura county, i can see the mud flaps from monterrey county, and others who have come from los angeles, they have to be so mindful to not put all of their resources into one region, that can leave a place vulnerable, and the next thing you know, that area can go up, and they won t have the firefighters to defend it. it s a real conundrum right now, because these winds and fires have been so bad. they re fighting it overnight? reporter: they are. they re keeping crews overnight, they re working in shifts. this fire alone here in ventura county, they estimate there s going to be 2,000 firefighters on the line, some of them will come from out of state, and i was talking to the public information officer, he was nice enough to do an interview w
there are. this is the big one, what you got is, you saw there was that fire you talked about on the 405 freeway. there s other fires in los angeles county. and so you basically have a situation where they are spreading resources as best they can. pure understanding of ventura county, i can see the mud flaps from monterrey county, and others who have come from los angeles, they have to be so mindful to not put all of their resources into one region, that can leave a place vulnerable, and the next thing you know, that area can go up, and they won t have the firefighters to defend it, it s a real conundrum right now, these winds and fires have been so bad. they re fighting it overnight? they are. they re keeping crews overnight, they re working in shifts. this fire alone here in ventura county, they estimate there s going to be 2,000 firefight ares on the line, some of them will come from out of state, and i