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A California husband and wife who lost every single home they'd ever lived in in the fires one year ago.

I'm David Brancaccio in Pasadena. Let's start with my burned street. It's one year since the

costliest wildfires in world history in terms of property. 16,000 structures were destroyed,

most of them homes. 31 people died.

This week I'm looking at the fires focused on check-ins with people in Altadena on a single block where 15 houses were total losses.

One of those 15 was my house, but this is the story of my neighbors.

It's the autumn of our fire year.

My West Altadena neighbors from the block have come together in a park for tamales, iced tea, and commiseration.

The fire took away our houses, but it's not going to take away our community without a fight.

Some neighbors asked for first names only for this so they could speak more freely with insurance and other

financial matters in flux. Vincent and Maria were born and raised in this area. It's not just

their house at the northwest corner of our street that burned to the ground a year ago. Their list

starts with Vincent's first childhood home. On Terris Street, of which now my brother lit there,

which he has passed, and that house burnt down too.

You're telling me, when you think about all the houses you've had

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