Wildfire home damage: Rebuild or bail out?
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Wildfire home damage: Rebuild or bail out?

Families whose homes burned down in Los Angeles County face a difficult question: Rebuild? Or bail out? Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura sees a lesson for us here in the Bay Area for our next fire disaster.

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