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The hillside around Robert Dickran’s home in Camarillo Heights was dotted with burnt cacti and charred brush, showing just how close the fire came to his home.

The devastation is clear: Most homes have been burnt to the ground, and the surrounding brush is charred.

On a piece of wrapping paper he reverently carried in his hand was a charred piece of flesh he was taking for DNA analysis.

The protesters lugged the charred couch into the middle of the two-lane street, depositing it directly in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Brentwood residence.

All the plants they’d recently added were burnt to a crisp, and the native endangered Southern California black walnut trees lining the top of their hill were charred and seemingly lifeless.