Recovery efforts are underway in Southern California as the fires that ravage the state have now largely gone out.

William Brigham is reporting from the Los Angeles area and he's been speaking to people who are hoping to get back to their homes to see the damage.

Joins me now to break down the latest on the ground. So William, tell us what you've been hearing from folks on the ground

about the recovery efforts and what they're going through right now.

Omna, it's a mixture of shock and grief and sadness from everybody that we've talked to, as you'd

expect. All of the people that you see in line here behind me, these are all residents of the

Pacific Palisades. And as of noon yesterday, they've been granted permission that if they go to this checkpoint,

prove that they lived in this neighborhood, they can now get in to see their homes.

Many of these people seeing them for the very first time.

And so over the last day or so, we've been with some people as they've gone through

and seen what

is left of their homes. And you can only imagine the difficulty. Imagine if you were to see

your home that you had lived in perhaps for decades is now just this twisted, destroyed, toxic

pile of debris. We went with one woman today who went to her home of 47 years. This is a home she raised her kids in, and she was walking around the perimeter of the place, and she found a little tiny child's t-set that she'd been given when she was four years old, and that was one of the few things that had survived this fire.

So it's just all sorts of emotions for people. Where are they going to live? Where are they going

to rebuild? Do they want to rebuild? Will insurance pay for any of that? So it's just a

very complicated, confusing time for people right now. William, what about the official response? What are we hearing from authorities right now?

And are they still saying that it's too dangerous for everyone to go back to their homes?

They are saying that, and that has been a source of great frustration for people.

There was a community meeting here in the Palisades on Sunday, where residents vented a lot of frustration that things are just going too slowly.

They want their properties cleared off and they want to then figure out what the future actually holds.

But local officials are saying your properties are full of toxic debris and until someone, a contractor or the EPA can get in there and get those chemicals and solvents and battery acids

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