![]() ![]() It's called the Lost Sierra for a reason. In Plumas County, it's beautiful overall. GARCIA: Well, just the hillside that unfortunately burned is just gorgeous. SHAPIRO: So when you first describe Greenville to somebody who's never been there, like, what's the thing you mention first? And we just all make this beautiful place our home. And we live side by side, you know, hippies, ranchers, self-proclaimed rednecks. There's a lot of us from Southern California, from the Bay Area. The island of misfit toys comes from - we come from all walks of life. But in Greenville, it doesn't play out that way. First of all, Northeastern California has a - is sometimes known as the Deep North, where we are definitely in red country, as it were. SHAPIRO: In the eulogy that you wrote, you describe Greenville as an island of misfit toys. And before August 4, it was waiting for destruction and now we've had it. And we've been living with this for 24 days. And for - most people outside Greenville are talking about it as a week, but the fire is not out. SHAPIRO: First, tell us how you and your family are doing. Margaret Alicia Garcia, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. It was largely destroyed by the Dixie Fire this week. Here's how reporter Margaret Elysia Garcia, who writes under her married name, Meg Upton, described the experience in Plumas News, quote, "my defiantly quirky, beautiful, adopted hometown turned into a ghost town last night." That's the beginning of her eulogy for the town of Greenville in Northern California. ![]() It's hard to measure the things that vanish when a fire sweeps through a town - homes, the mementos inside of them, places that have held memories for generations. ![]()
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