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Overnight in the ventura county area. the solomar beach neighborhood, we're told, has been evacuated, as well as nearby campgrounds. it's been a relatively quiet month here in california. two months really. we haven't had much fire activity. but the conditions are extremely dry with the drought conditions we've seen here in southern california. and also we have had the santa ana winds which kicked up this time of year. when you combine those dry conditions and those windy conditions, you can see that firefighters have their work cut out for them this morning. they're getting help from l.a. cou...

Because he had a california medical marijuana card. >> when will officials start allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we don't know. they're not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders. right now they're acting with an abundance of caution, telling people to stay away until they have this completely contained. but it is southern california. it is the foothills. these residents are used to these fires. many of them have remained home, decided to tough it out and fight the fire with hoses if they need to if it gets to that, anderson. >> just so i'm clear,...

$20,000 bail. facing felony -- possible felony charges that could bring them up to three years in jail. i also want to point out, anderson, one of them was found with marijuana in his backpack. won't face any charges for that because he had a california medical marijuana card. >> when will officials start allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we don't know. they're not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders. right now they're acting with an abundance of caution, telling people to stay away until they have this completely contained. but it is southern ca...

Allowing people to return back home? >> reporter: we don't know. they're not saying. 10,000 different homes in this area under evacuation orders right now. they're acting with an abundance of caution, telling people to stay away until they have this completely contained, but it is southern california, it is the foothill. these residents are used to these fires. many of them have remained home, decided to tough it out and fight the fire with hoses, if they need to, if it gets to that, anderson. >> just so i'm clear, at this point, they're not saying how much contained it is? >> reporter: they'r...

Just went on. and they said that it's still 1700 acres but they're not releasing any official containment figures. we believe that's because they still don't know what's going to happen with the weather and the winds, and they don't have it completely locked down even though there's no active fire lines right now. >> all right. casey wian, appreciate the update. keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. we've been covering this all week. the texas father of three who vanished last november. his family found h...