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    California fires: Trump views devastation in Paradise, arrives in Southern California

    by Ben Poston, Angel Jennings, Joseph Serna and Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times Nov 18, 2018 6 minutes

    PARADISE, Calif._Viewing the destruction of a wildfire that has killed more than 70 people, with 1,000 others still unaccounted for, President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to help California recover from the devastation and work to prevent future catastrophic blazes.

    Trump toured the rubble of Paradise, where more than 10,000 structures were lost, with Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom.

    Trump said he was stunned by the level of destruction.

    "Hopefully, this will be the last of these, because it was a really, really bad one," the president said. "People have to see this to really understand it."

    Although Trump and Brown have strong political differences, they struck a chord of unity. Trump praised the state's first responders and said he had productive discussions with Brown and Newsom. The president also avoided his criticism of California's fire and forest management that sparked controversy last weekend, even suggesting there was common ground on how to proceed.

    "We do have to do management, maintenance. We'll be working also with environmental groups," Trump

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