news? often this year, that answer seemed to be changing by the hour. there were just so many huge news stories, so much conflict. at times it felt less like a bad movie and more like an epoch. the worst wildfires, at least in the modern history of california, hit the northern end of the state, leaving dozens of fatalities, close to 9,000 structures and ashes and hundreds of thousands of acres scorched. then buyers hit again in the south. >> it was apocalyptic. i live in california and marijuana cannot be legalized fast enough. >> not to be outdone the vicious storms that flattened puerto rico, battered florida, and