Hollister local Stevn B. Hayes, of Hollister (far right in the photo) was priveleged to meet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with the rest of Gilroy firefighters pictured here.
The four Gilroy firefighters and one Gilroy engine were sent down to help fight the fires that had burned about 20,000 acres in Southern California, destroyed more than 100 homes and buildings and took one life.
They were expected home last Thursday, said Battalion Chief Clay Bentson. Officials expect the fires were to be contained by the weekend.
The other Gilroy firefighters pictured include, from left, Gilroy Fire Department Engineer Jim Buessing, Firefighter Paramedics Jim Dempsey and Capt. Tim Price at a base in LA County.
