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Get a voting rights bill act actually that bears his name. i have a special feeling about sister hamer. the last of 20 children, born to a poor mississippi couple. but fanny lou hamer may have been mighty short of material stuff. but she had an abundance of commitment to justice. and remember those days when in fact we saw -- we saw dogs biting at the heels of civil rights workers. we saw billy clubs going against the bodies of women and men.

>> we started panicking. we didn't know what to do. so we hadn't been told to evacuate, but we were going to evacuate. so we just started thinking, my husband said just take anything that, you know, you think you might need. everything can be replaced. let's just get out of here. >> reporter: nearly 200,000 people in southern california evacuated this week. some returning to a home. >> hi, honey, it's me. our house is still there. yeah. everything looks good. >> reporter: others digging through what's left. >> there is not much. but if there is a few things, it will help them, you know, have s...

Lost. in los angeles' bel air neighborhood, hillside mansions burned, more people running from flames. >> we started panicking. we didn't know what to do. so we hadn't been told to evacuate, but we were going to evacuate. so we just started thinking, my husband said just take anything that, you know, you think you might need. everything can be replaced. let's just get out of here. >> reporter: nearly 200,000 people in southern california evacuated this week. some returning to a home. >> hi, honey, it's me. our house is still there. yeah. everything looks good. >> reporter: others digging throu...

Rubble. the fire pushed through this community, burning house after house, just where we're standing we can see more than half a dozen houses on this block alone. firefighters extremely concerned about the deteriorating conditions and trying to prevent more people from losing so much. >> a lifetime. couple of lifetimes. like i said, 84, 83, my mom and dad have been living here for 30 years, they built it themselves. there is not much. if there is a few things that will help them, you know, have some connection to the past, then that's what i'm trying to do. it is what it is. material stuff. bu...

Fire whips through like this, there just is no warning. in a hurricane, you'd have advance warning. you might get those mementos and we are seeing this throughout the ventura area. we spoke with one resident who described what it was like for his parents as they tried get out but couldn't get everything they wanted. let's listen. >> despite all of the loss, we are fortunate. we have -- we have family close by. we have other options and it's material stuff other people have so much more tragedy in their life that we have nothing to complain about and you got to just focus on that and makes the ...