As the worst disaster raged around them, hired hands kept working to pay the bills

Amid the tension and anxiety in this normally cozy seaside enclave, landscapers kept trimming, builders kept building, and delivery trucks steered around electric cars packed with fleeing residents.

'We work wind, rain, fire, natural disaster. We don't stop. We just keep on going until the cops kick us out,' Salais said, leaning on his 6-foot-long carpente.

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