"We’ve had to fight. My construction isn’t happening just because the city is expediting things. Every single step of the way, we’re there," Walter Lopes said.

"It's rough, there isn't a class that can teach you how to deal with it. You're hearing that your child has a nasty disease," his heartbroken dad said.

San Francisco school officials took a sudden U-turn Wednesday on an initiative that would have let students skip homework, cut class, and re-take their exams.

“It gets worse every year,” said her father James Pinson.

So far, 68 building permits have been issues — less than 1% of the 6,800 properties damaged or destroyed in the area.

"So if I get f--king smoked today. Just want to say that this is the best thing I’ve ever done with my life," Johnathan A. Pebley texted his dad in January while fighting for Ukraine.