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>> we are still at 0% containment. >> a news conference on the eaton fire just ended a short time ago. that blaze alone has burned more than 13,000 acres. good afternoon. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm julian glover. and just that quickly we're learning of a new fire, this one burning near calabasas. we're taking some live images from sky seven there in los angeles county,ven just showing the thick smoke that's been kicked up there. and in the distance you can see that trail of fire. so far, we know that five people have died in the southern california wildfires, and the economic toll in the tens of billions of dollars and still rising as the fires continue to rage there today. >> as the smoke cleared, we got our first real look at all that damage. this from pacific palisades. just a whole community you can see gone. >> and this is a look at where the fires are burning right now with, we know, tens of acres, tens of thousands of acres burning. currently. we want to
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get to abc seven news anchor karina nova for a look at the latest conditions right now. karina. >> yeah, we are getting a better view of the destruction from the palisades fire. aerial images now show house after house, neighborhoods leveled. officials say today that 5300 structures were destroyed, up from 1000 last night. and this afternoon, the los angeles county sheriff said of the five deaths reported so far, one of them was from the palisades fire. initially, it was believed they were all from the eaton fire. the eaton fire continues to grow and remains out of control near pasadena. it is now over 13,000 acres and the number of buildings damaged orhe destroyed has shot up dramatically today. this morning during an update, officials put the number at around 1000 and then again hours later, they raised the total substantially. >> we now have a confirmation that we have a potential for over 4 to 5000 structures
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damaged or destroyed. >> for residents of palisades, it's going back to a place that's unrecognizable. with more than 5000 structures destroyed. we heard from john turtletaub, a famous filmmaker who lives in palisades. his home was spared by the fire, just a few on his street. >> these houses are going to stay. this is the only houses. and where do people go to school? and i mean, we spend our lives in the palisades. there are no palisades. it's done. look, just at what we called the alphabet streets and all that flat area around the palisades. there's a thousand homes right there, and there are no homes there. pacific palisades right now could just be taken off the map. it's. there is no pacific palisades for all those residents who lost homes in pacific palisades, altadena and other areas, there is federal help. >> earlier today, president biden held a briefing saying the government would cover 100% of disaster response
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costs for 180 days. biden is also sending 400 federal firefighters and 30 federal firefighting planes needed resources. as both of these fires are still 0% contained. julian, back to you. >> of course, southern california can accept all of those resources right now. karina, thank you so much. we want to give you a before and after images of some of the fires that have ripped through pacific palisades. you can see buildings that have been destroyed. you can see what they were and what they are now. we're also going to show you it looks like a church right here. also homes so many of them along the pch, the iconic pacific coast highway, all just reduced to rubble at this point. now we want to get you a look at some of the other damage in that area with reporters. jacqueline lee and rob hayes. >> and it is another one of these spots where it is just leveled by fire. you know, this was some sort of office building over here at the corner. youding could see, you know, a van burned out right on the right
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next to the building. and then if we pan over here, you can see a big billboard fell down. and behind that billboard used to be the rancho bar. okay. now, this bar had been here for 71 years. i spoke with the owner, and you could see that's the owner's wife. who's there? they kind of gathered today with some friends. they said to have a last drink. they obviously brought their drinks with them because the bar is a complete loss. just burned out shell of what it used to be. behind me here is a green structure. it was a smoke shop that's gone. this back here was a mini market. the market gone, completely wiped out. next to it is a two story building which is still standing but severely damaged. you can see, you know, part of the wall is down, the windows are blown out. this is just an example of some of the
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businesses that are suffering here in altadena. >> you know, right across the street is just another community that has been devastated by these fires. you can see it all the way up in the hillside, all the way down to the bottom, where there were just rows and rows of homes. we were back there earlier today speaking with residents. some came to see if they could salvage anything, and unfortunately they discovered there was really nothing left. there's concerns about looting as well. that's what one man told us because he saw it. you know that there were reports that 20 people were arrested so far in l.a. county for looting, and officials do expect that number to come up. i do want to talk about the conditions and how much better they are, because the wind gusts have died down significantly. we've seen several air tankers being able to finally go to the pacific ocean, take water from there and carry it over this hillside and drop it over where there are structures currentlye burning. if you can see behind me up at the top of this hill, this structure was burned out.
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we saw that burning yesterday, and then we saw another structure up there burning just a few minutes ago. it happened to go out, but i think that just emphasizes this erratic fire behavior that officials keep emphasizing to residents is while it may seem like fires are out, they can reignite at any point in time. >> all right, now, here's a look for you at just how bad the drought has been in southern california. on the left, you can see los angeles county in dark orange. that indicates severe drought. a different story in the bay area, though almost the entire region is not in a drought. compare that to three months ago in the center panel. los angeles was not in a drought, but the bay area was considered abnormally dry. on the right is one year ago, nearly the entire state was drought free. >> then the drought and the intense winds. quite the combination we want to bring in now. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for a look at the conditions right now. >> yeah, and the lack of rain. obviously playing out with the
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devastation down there. julian and kristen, let's take a look at the drought monitor once again focusing on southern california, which is in severe drought. parts of southern california. we look at the wider perspective here. and it is abnormally dry for parts of california, which includes us. but southern california will continue to face critical fire risk today because it is a combination of those santa ana drying winds, low humidity that is going to continue to cause issues like this. you're seeing a live picture of the latest fire that is burning in southern california right now. you can see how thick the smoke is. looking at some of those fires in the region. the latest one is the calabasas fire that just broke out. here are the wind gusts. 33 malibu, 40 at browns canyon. looking at the winds in the next couple of hours, they are going to remain gusty. e to 40 miles an hour heading into the nighttime hours. they may pick up a bit going into tomorrow morning. pacific palisades 30 and you will notice those gusty drying winds continue. but then a reversal in
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the wind onshore, bringing the higher humidity as we head into the latter part of tomorrow. red flag warnings remain in effect until 6 p.m. tomorrow, as they are going to continue to see fire danger. air quality is being impacted. i'll be back with more on that coming up. >> julian, just insult to injury at this point. thank you so much, sandy. of course, we are staying on top of all of these developments coming out of the wildfires in los angeles county. you can get updates as they happen on abc seven news.com and the abc seven news bay area app. again, all of those latest developments on our website and inside of the mobile app. >> well, these are images of a prescribed burn today in moraga that you can see where community activists ae concerned about residents being able to make it out. >> if there's a fire, officials say a solid plan is in place, though. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a closer look. >> the moraga orinda fire protection district worked on a prescribed burn on thursday near the moraga lafayette border. it's an effort to create a fuel
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break to protect homes from wildfires. >> the work that we're doing also makes retardant drops land in lighter fuels where they're much more effective. >> the prep work helps to maintain the hillsides, but some moraga residents are concerned about another potential problem the town's small two lane roads. >> in the event of a chaotic wildfire. everybody's going to try to get out and people are going to be trapped on these one and two arteries out of town, and it's going to be a disaster. >> cheryl sanchez is with the group save moraga. it's focused on how to evacuate moraga, almost 17,000 residents, and it wants the town to do more. >> the tough part about infrastructure is, is that it is limited. >> morocco police chief john king admits the town's limited roadways presents a challenge. but he says evacuation plans are in place. this evacuation document has been sent to residents. a community warning system set up with the county will inform residents where to go, and law enforcement have another manual explaining how the evacuation zones will operate. >> these are our traffic control points. we're going
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to have to set up how many people it's going to take me to, to staff those and then any equipment i might need. >> and all this in addition to the real life drills by first responders, he says the city is also considering building new roads or expanding moraga way, a hiking biking trail along moraga way that could then be transformed into a into a travel lane if need be. but sabnis believes the moraga evacuation town plan reads more like a shelter in place plan. >> i have read the plan, i've reviewed it. you have neighborhoods in one part of town being sent across town. it's not really workable. >> sabnis acknowledges the work the town has done, but says there is more work to do and experts. >> our hands are up as community members to help the town make these plans, and we all want to make it through a wildfire event in moraga, anser hassan. >> abc seven news. >> our coverage of the southern california wildfires continues with a look at a bay area app being used to help residents in the fire zone, and next,
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former president jimmy carter laid to rest in his hometown. plus san franciscs new mayor daniel lowery's first day in his office
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the final time after his state funeral in washington, d.c. this
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afternoon, his family held a private ceremony to say their final farewells. >> abc news reporter reena roy has the latest from plains. >> former president jimmy carter coming home to georgia for the final time today. tributes in the tiny town of plains at the baptist church where jimmy carter taught sunday school for all the years after the white house, a small private funeral at the national cathedral in washington, d.c, this morning. a state funeral. >> he may be gone, but he's not gone far. the outpouring of love and support that we have felt from you and from around the world has shown how many lives he has touched, and how his spirit will live on in many way. >> for us all five living presidents there because of patriots like jimmy carter. >> throughout his life, he showed us what it means to be a practitioner of good works here in plains. >> an outpouring of love where
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carter's life began 100 years ago on a rural farm where a bell used to wake him up an hour before dawn. the peanut farmer who became the 39th president. >> i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear. >> taking the oath of office in january of 1977, serving just one term, but perhaps most celebrated for the humanitarian work he did for decades after his presidency. as the longest lived u.s. president. today, his family burying him next to his beloved wife, rosalynn, near their humble home in a place they both picked out as he returned to plains, georgia, for his final resting place. >> we can say goodbye. jimmy carter did justly, love mercy and walk humbly. >> the carter family invited secret service agents who helped protect president carter to today's events here in plains. after nearly 45 years of hiss.
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post-presidency. their service ends today. reena roy, abc news, plains, georgia. >> today is mayor daniel lowry's first full day in office, and he's already making change. >> change that a lot of people voted for. abc seven news politics reporter monica madden joins us now. monica, a part of today's big announcement has to do with some potential budget cuts. >> absolutely. and we all know that the mayor has some lofty goals when it comes to adding more temporary shelters and cleaning up the streets. the reality san francisco faces a nearly $900 million budget deficit shortfall for the next two years, and mayor lowry says tough decisions are ahead. san francisco's new mayor, attempting to rein in the city's budget deficit on his first full day in office. >> we have a hiring freeze. >> mayor daniel lowry's proposals for tackling the city's fentanyl and homelessness crisis. the freeze won't apply to all employees. >> this hiring freeze will not impact public safety or public health. >> during his inaugural address, lowry announced the city is under a fentanyl state of
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emergency. >> this will allow us to further surge resources and bypass the bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of tackling this crisis. >> step one creating a police friendly 24 over seven drop off center as a jail or emergency room alternative for those suffering from a mental health crisis or from addiction. he expects it to help 9000 people annually and be running by spring. getting people to accept help might be one of the biggest challenges. we're in the sixth street corridor south of market street, an area that mayor lowry says he wants to prioritize cleanup efforts and fentanyl seizure. but he also says don't expect any drastic changes overnight. >> there's a lot of trauma that happens out here. >> louis gomez, formerly addicted to drugs himself, now volunteers to help others get clean. >> people are ashamed to ask for help. >> what's your message to the new mayor? good luck. >> simple as that. >> speaking from experience. >> the root causes of why i wanted to use and really dig deep. of what? what was going on with me.
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>> he says those struggling with addiction have to want the change themselves, not be forced into it. >> and that's what's going to continue on that continue on that cycle of use and homelessness. you know, so the person's got to want it. >> not convinced the change in leadership will equate to change on the streets. >> if you take one person off the street, there's going to be ten more coming right behind them. the streets have been like this before. you know. you know. so we'll see what happens. >> and we asked gomez what he thinks would make a difference on the streets of areas like the sixth street corridor. and he said more police officers. right now, though, sfpd is more than 200 officers short of the recommended staffing levels. julie and kristen. >> okay, lots of work ahead for him for sure. appreciate it. thank you. monica. >> and now a new fire burning now near calabasas. let's take a look. they've named this the kenneth fire. this is, of course, kind of west northwest of the area in pacific palisades that was already burning. and this is 50 acres so far, so still relatively small at the
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moment. but there are some evacuation warnings now in that area in at least a couple of neighborhoods. and you can see why it's already smoke enveloped just from all the other fires. and now the embers have jumped, and they are now there in that neighborhood as well, near calabasas. and it is the kenneth fire. and we'll be keeping an eye on that one as well. >> okay. we want to get a look at the forecast now with meteorologist sandhya patel. again, sandhya, we're thinking about the winds that will be kicking up that are kicking up down there in southern california now. yeah. >> and unfortunately, it's not a good thing obviously. julian and kristen, another round of gusty offshore winds will develop later on tonight. i do want to show you the visible satellite picture. if you look carefully here you can see the smoke from the fires just blowing out over the ocean. clearly the thick smoke is impacting the air quality. it is an air quality alert until 1215 tomorrow as they are seeing some unhealthy air indicated by the reds there right around
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pasadena area in los angeles county. you can see the smoke forecast will show you that the smoke initially stays in that area, but then watch what happens as we head towards tomorrow afternoon. some of the smoke starts to move in the upper parts of the atmosphere towards the monterey bay, so there may be some times where it is hazy. as you look towards the southern part of our viewing area. here is the setup. high pressure is still in control of our weather. the offshore winds causing problems in southern california. for us, it's bringing us the warmth, but that area of low pressure is starting to shift east, so the winds are not expected to be quite as intense as we saw just a few days ago. it has been gusty in our hills, no doubt about it. here's a view of what happens when you have the downsloping winds. we have clear skies at this hour 28 miles an hour. oakland hills. in the overnight hours we did see wind gusts 60 to over 70 miles an hour. mount saint helena area. healdsburg hills. live view from sutro tower. it's a chamber of commerce. day 66 in the city
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and in hayward 68. oakland 70 for you and san jose and redwood city. san jose showing you blue skies. right now it is 76 degrees in santa rosa. we are going to see some records go down. i'm waiting for the official word from the weather service. napa 65, low 70s, fairfield, concord and livermore. you're at 67 degrees clear from exploratorium tomorrow. sunny and a little cooler this weekend. hazy conditions, gusty winds again and early next week. our dry pattern with near average temperatures expected. so let's look at those winds. saturday morning will start to notice the offshore winds picking up again over 30 miles an hour going into the afternoon. now, we're fortunate that we've had some good wetting rains over our rainy season, so that lessens our fire danger going into sunday morning. and then sunday night once again, another round of offshore winds develop. so temperatures will be slow to drop tonight. 815 you're still in the 50s. tomorrow morning. we begin with 40s and 50s. and then in the afternoon it will be 50s and 60s, as opposed to the 70s that we're seeing right now, 30s and 40s. tomorrow
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morning, there may be a couple of patches of fog. tomorrow afternoon you're looking at highs ranging from the 50s to the 60s. our warmest locations, san jose at 68 degrees. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. it's slightly cooler but sunny tomorrow. gusty winds return over the weekend. we are expecting a windy start to the workweek next week as the offshore winds continue. but notice those temperatures do start to dial back closer to where they should be by the middle of the week. kristen and julian. >> all right. thank you so much sandy. appreciate it. >> well, just ahead we'll take you to the world's fast computer. and guess what? it's
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burning near calabasas in southern california. this one has burned at least 50 acres. there are mandatory evacuations now, though, happening right there in the area. you can see the freeways are slow but moving. and again, this area just northwest of the original palisades fire that have been burning and raging and on the other side of the freeway. and now this new one has broken out. just one more area for firefighters with limited resources to have to fight. >> and again, those evacuations are certainly key as we see traffic moving smoothly at this point. hopefully, the folks that have been urged to evacuate are doing so right now, because we know how quickly these situations can change with these quickly moving embers and those intense wind gusts that sandy has been telling us about. we'll get another update from her in just a moment, but we do see a helicopter overhead. not sure if they're making a drop or going
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in for a rescue, but again, a quickly moving situation here with this newest wildfire that we just learned about within the last hour or so. meanwhile, firefighters continue to battle new spot fires in southern california. >> this as they deal with massive wildfires that have already destroyed thousands of homes. images of the devastation in pacific palisades are just stunningly heartbreaking and jaw dropping. more than 5000 structures have been burned, including 1500 homes. >> we're also hearing that 4 to 5000 structures have been destroyed by the eden fire, a mostly in altadena. president biden says federal aid is on the way. >> the federal government will cover 100% of the cost for 180 days. this is going to pay for things like the debris and hazard material removal. >> the government will offer low cost loans to homeowners who could not get fire insurance, so that they could rebuild. reporter brianna willis, from our sister station in fresno, is
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live in pacific palisades. >> she has a closer look at the devastation left behind there. brianna. good evening. >> yeah. good evening, julian and kristen. i mean, here in pacific palisades, s not just homes that we've seen destroyed. it's really entire communities. this mobile home park. you can see behind me just one indication of that. now we're along pch right now where there's still so much smoke surrounding us. there's ash flying in the air. but there was good news on this fire fight today. the calmer wind conditions that we saw allowed for more support in the air. however, an intense inferno continues to scorch through pacific palisades. >> it is safe to say that the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of los angeles. >> more than half of this coastal community is now leveled, and the battle is far from over. but for those on the front lines and fire crews right now, they are still trying to get a handle on this blaze because as you can see, they're
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trying to save homes like this one that are just across from this devastation. the fast flames causing thousands of people to evacuate while others became trapped. firefighters focused on saving lives before property and now the fierce fight continues. >> we are still under red flag warning with extreme fire behavior possibilities, something we haven't been able to see really often in this firefight is aircraft fighting this. >> but the winds are dying down today. you can see super scoopers are here on the way to go. put water on these fire lines and try and get some containment on this pacific palisades fire. of course, we still see lots of smoky conditions. this area of northern palisades right now there are still homes standing, but as you can see over here, smoke still in the air. multiple hotspots. firefighters are trying to get some type of handle on these conditions right now. the unprecedented conditions across los angeles area leaving grief in their wake. >> ironically, today has turned into a day of mourning for more reasons than one. as we mourn the loss of lives and property
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across our county. >> and unfortunately, law enforcement says they've already arrested around 20 people for looting at homes across southern california. and they just announced they're actually going to have a curfew in place now. that's going to be overnight from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in areas under evacuation orders. we're live tonight in pacific palisades. brianna willis, abc seven news. >> brianna. thank you. a wildfire alerting app founded in sonoma county has been a vital tool for those escaping the catastrophic wildfires burning in southern california. >> it's called watch duty, and it now serves millions of users in the west. and in just the past 24 hours, the free app has had some record downloads. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us how it works, and uh. >> there's fire everywhere. >> a path of wildfirewhere. destruction in southern california still forcing people from their homes. but some residents have been unsure where to go. >> on the first night we saw some of the major evacuation
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systems that exist failing due to the traffic volume. >> nick russell is vp of operations for watch duty, a free fire tracking app run by a north bay nonprofit combining real time radio scanner information and wildfire cameras with publicly available maps of fire incidents and weather alerts showing the surface wind direction on the map, showing the evacuation zones where the fire is, and just putting the entire story from multiple locations and data sources into one place that anybody can use. russell says watch duty uses a team of staff and volunteers who are monitoring fire events 24 over seven, and can send alerts. the app, launched in 2021, now has 7 million active users with more than a million downloads just in the past 24 hours. >> it's absolutely mind boggling being ahead of chatgpt, you know, looking at this solution that was built here to get information out to communities. >> russell says he's now hearing from app users who say the info
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watch duty is providing has been nothing short of life saving. >> we're getting inundated with messages from our user base, telling us stories of how we gave them the extra minutes that they needed to gather their pets, loved ones, folks that needed assistance and get out of their homes prior to receiving an evacuation order. >> watch duty once served users in sonoma, lake and napa counties now provides fire information in 22 western states. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> local fire officials are encouraging people here in the bay area to make sure they are prepared in case a similar emergency ever happened here. abc seven news reporter tim johns has some of the tips to ensure you remain safe. >> the devastation in los angeles continued to unfold thursday. entire neighborhoods destroyed and homes reduced to rubble and ash. the horrifying scene serving as a reminder for many in the bay area of steps they should take. if a similar disaster were to happen here. some of the things you can do for your home are outlined
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by cal fire. in the case of a fire emergency, the agency recommends shutting off your gas, propane tanks, and even air conditioning if you have time. officials say moving objects that may burn easily into the center of the room, away from windows and doors, could mitigate loss. cal fire also recommends turning off automatic sprinklers and any running water as they help preserve resources for firefighters. steps are also recommended by san francisco fire rescue captain justin shaw. >> i haven't seen anything like it in my 30 year career. >> shaw says while it's almost impossible to be totally prepared for natural disasters of this magnitude, small steps can make a big difference. one of the most important being to regularly ensure you have defensible space around your home. >> what we're seeing in los angeles is wind driven fires, embers going blocks and blocks, and catching other areas on fire. if you have things around your home that could ignite, that just makes it more dangerous. >> despite evacuation orders, images have emerged from l.a. showing people staying to defend their homes against the flames, something captain shaw advises against.
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>> if we're going into an area that's been evacuated and we arrived to fight the fire and we find that we have to stop fighting the fire in order to rescue someone that stayed behind. that's only going to delay our efforts in stopping that fire. >> and when the time comes to leave your home, shaw says having enough supplies to last for at least three days is critical. >> you need to have food and water, at least one gallon per person per day, and be able to have a place to go. don't just get in the car and leave. you need to have a destination. you need to have a plan put together. >> in san francisco, tim jonze, abc seven news. >> really important advice there. and of course, we're all thinking about friends and family, people we know and love down in southern california. if you want to help the people affected by the california wildfires, you can do so by donating to the red cross. all you have to do is go to red cross.org/abc to help the red cross respond and help so many people recover in southern california. we'll take a
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thursday, and we got to have four people to do this because, you know, we're all going to weigh in. sandy and dan joining us right now. >> and today we're introducing you to a bakery that has been oakland's best kept secret for nearly a quarter century. one of my favorite spots in the town by far. we're talking about gregory's gourmet desserts. it includes flavors like butterfinger cookies and
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milkshake inspired cheesecakes and sweet potato cakes. it's amazing. and oakland icon and it's about to expand, too. >> so joining us today is owner gregory williams. hey gregory, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. okay. >> so you know what? we're so excited because i know julian loves loves, loves loves your cakes. and i think i've got an oreo here. tell me about what we've got. >> okay. so you're you're getting ready to taste the chocolate cream pie. >> ooh, i have the apple. >> i believe you have the apple juice. you have the apple juice. cheesecake. >> yes, i do, gregory. it looks it smells fantastic. >> i have the key lime pie. gregory. the key lime pie. >> and julian has the sweet potato cake. >> the thing i always order when i come into the bakery. you know what it is, greg? absolutely. it's so good. >> this is phenomenal. i mean, really phenomenal. >> amazing. the leader was really good. it was weighing in. okay, you guys about to gain a couple pounds. okay, so.
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>> so tell us about how you got started and what is your secret sauce in your opinion? >> actually i started i actually started in san francisco. i used to buy a cheesecake, a cheesecake a day when i used to work on the embarcadero. and the first time they stopped making it, i told my friend about the issue and she said, make it yourself. and i ended up making it. i ended up making that apple streusel cheesecake. that was the original cheesecake that i made. >> gregory, i got to tell you. no kidding. i'm not just saying this because you're here. this may be one of the best cheesecakes i've ever had. i know you won't give away the secret, but what is? what makes them so unbelievably flavorful? what can you tell us about why they're so good? i mean, it's incredible. >> everybody has a blessing on how to do something, and it's just working with my gift is actually being able to taste things and have a just great taste buds. just putting things together. that was as close as i could get to that cheesecake that i was tasting every day.
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>> wow. well, i think you're as close as you could get is even better, right? yeah. is so good. >> give me that chocolate back. >> oh, you want the chocolate back? >> okay. so rich. all right. all right. so rich. >> greg, talk about. i mean, you're just such a great guy. a staple in the community. you know, people come in and say, oh, my mom used to make something like this. can you try and do it? and you jump at the opportunity and do it? talk about just the amount of business you have coming into your oakland store, and the new location you have opening up very soon. >> yeah, it's been unbelievable, especially the last year. i have so many stories about people bringing in their their little pans and asking me to make cobblers for them. and actually, somebody actually got married because of my cobbler and them using their pan. which has worked, but it's just been an unbelievable ride. the last the last 6 to 7 months with the rob martinez social media thing has just blown me up even more. which is actually really great because we're getting ready
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to open in san ramon in the next couple of months. so we're really excited about that. but oakland has been a blessing to me. i never thought that i would be in oakland starting in san francisco in an apartment building. when i got my first big order to do 26 cakes for our hotel. i made it in all of the empty apartments in the building that i was actually managing. so don't tell anybody that. but that's how it is. >> that's our secret. that's how we got started. >> it's actually very amazing. i will say i'm not a big cheesecake person, gregory. i like cake, but this is probably one of the best cheesecakes i've had. yeah. >> me too. >> you're too far away. i can't i can't grab your plate. >> here you go. >> in the commercial break, we'll trade around. i have a i have a segment. i have a piece in the next segment. i may need a nap during the commercial right now. >> and, greg, we have a cot in our in our back room. >> you make everything kind of family size, greg. right.
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so you can get a few things, kind of, you know, share with everybody. yeah. >> you can get slices. we have slices of everything. every now and then i might come up with something different. and i call it mad scientist day. and i will make something that's different. i'm like bread pudding, new orleans style bread pudding. it's just on my mind to make. and i'll make it. and you can have it for the next couple of days. it's not promised next week, but it'll be ready. >> well, gregory's gourmet desserts in oakland and soon in san ramon. terrific. yummy. thank you so much. >> so good. greg, i appreciate you. >> i appreciate you guys. thank you so much. >> we appreciate you. >> we'll take a short break. we'll keep eat
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for potentially devastating fires, and that means changing how we build homes in fire prone areas. >> abc seven news anchor dan ashley is back now with some solutions. dan. >> yeah, julie and kristin. the disastrous fires like we're seeing in southern california are helping to drive a revolution in home construction. fireproofing technologies that have already helped structures survive some of the most infamous fires here in northern california. and after what's happening in los angeles, the demand is only likely to accelerate. >> so that was the fire coming through, and that came in in a matter of minutes. >> ed messinger can recreate the terrifying moments from recent wildfires in sonoma county in chilling detail. he captured images of fast moving flames
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from fires with names like glass, kincade and tubbs. >> the tubbs fire. i was here at home. we noticed there were we could smell a grass fire in the in the distance. we lost multiple homes and our family lost some homes, and our kids lost their home. >> but at the same time, you could say eder messinger is uniquely resilient. not only has he lost homes to wildfire in the past, he's also helping to build a new generation of homes designed to survive them in the future. >> okay, so what i'm about to show you is a conventional style home that is built unconventionally. >> as a consultant and former builder, messinger gave us a tour of a development in windsor, near santa rosa. it's hilly terrain where luxury homes dot the same ridges that have recently burned. but increasingly they're constructed with a dizzying array of technologies ranging from steel framing to fire resistant roofs and venting systems designed to keep flaming embers from being sucked into the structure. >> there's nowhere for the ember to get cast into. it would touch
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this resaw and cedar material and not ignite, and the groups behind them are generating compelling evidence for what the standards can achieve at their testing center in south carolina, the institute for business and home safety uses powerful fans to blast burning embers towards a variety of home building materials to judge their effectiveness. >> this demonstration shows how a common wooden fence is helping flames reach the home on the left, while a metal fence gap on the right is preventing it back along the fire scarred hillsides in sonoma county, some of the most advanced technologies are being put to the test in real time. >> and then this is the foil backed osb material. that's that's underneath the roofing material. >> that's where construction consultant ed messenger helped peel back the covering on an ultra modern home, revealing the steel construction and fire resistant materials used from top to bottom, a home that now qualifies as a double survivor.
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>> this was in construction during the tubbs fire, and then in 2019 when the kincade fire came through. the fire burnt all the way around. it hadn't been landscaped yet, but the fire burned all the way around and we suffered no smoke damage inside the house and no exterior damage to the outside of the house. >> now, the challenge could be whether similar technologies can be introduced quickly enough to protect fire prone areas in the near future. what is clear is that our future ability to live side by side with wildfire could ultimately depend not only on where we build, but how? how? isn't that fascinating? the changing technology now, between 2020 and 2022, insurance companies declined to renew 2.8 million homeowner policies in this state. that's according to the most recent data from the california department of insurance. and christian and julian, as you know, it's a big problem that is only going to get worse, especially now. >> yeah, certainly. so, dan, but those technologies and techniques are big improvements for sure.
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in a new series that may give you goosebumps. reporter george pennacchio has a look at goosebumps the vanishing okay. >> my attempts to clean the exposed areas were obviously unsuccessful. >> in goosebumps the vanishing, david schwimmer plays a botanist, botany professor and
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divorced dad to two teenagers. this anthology series is based on the popular books by r.l. stine, who has described the show as more terrifying than the source material. >> as soon as i was like talking about doing it, i was asking, you know, random friends and family, hey, you know, have you heard of goosebumps? and every single person was like, are y kidding me? you've got to do it. i can't talk about it quite yet, but i may have stumbled upon a new totipotent embryophyte that could rock the botany world. >> the botany world can be rocked. >> but after the first episode, i'm curious to know if tha botany is going to play into anything. because it looks like it does. >> oh yes, george. oh yes, it changes me profoundly. i only have one rule. stay out of the basement. >> what have you got in the basement when you read about this? >> we just hear that david schwimmer's character has a
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mysterious past. >> there's a real history that is uncovered by my kids. my kids go off on this journey trying to solve this weird thing, and it's all comes back and it's tied to what happened to me when i was a boy in 1994. and this, this trauma that involved my older brother. are you out of your mind? that's a distinct possibility. >> schwimmer is happy to be a part of this journey. >> i love this genre of horror, action, comedy. i've never been able to do it, and i've always wanted to. >> all eight episodes of goosebumps the vanishing are available beginning friday on disney plus and hulu. george pennacchio for abc
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