i've been taking prevagen for eight years now and it is still helping me tremendously. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. now abc seven mornings live. >> as you can see, the palisades fire continuing to chew through the santa monica mountains, producing very large flames and tall plumes of smoke. >> more apocalyptic scenes out of southern california this morning. fire crews continuing the round the clock battle against multiple wind driven fires in los angeles. and just last night, a shift in winds sent fire crews running to escape flames and forced new evacuations overnight. good morning everybody. it's saturday, january 11th. we are tracking the very latest in l.a. and here at home. the wind. a factor in both forecasts. >> that's right. in fact, we're looking at a red flag warning.

southern california. the embers and ash, of course, flying around with the offshore winds, the clear sky throughout the entire state, and our own wind advisory that will take us through tomorrow morning. so we're looking at winds already gusting to over 50 miles an hour. you can see highlighted the north, the east bay hills and also the eastern santa clara hills, where the winds just are getting stronger. mount umunhum 54 miles an hour. we're up to 43. hood mountain and the oakland hills 25 miles an hour. so we definitely thought this could happen. we'll continue to see the breezy to gusty winds, 40 and 50 degree temperatures at the surface, so that wind is mixing the air. we're only a few degrees cooler. concord and oakland. elsewhere we are warmer. and throughout the day today we'll see the temperatures climb quickly under sunny skies. the coolest conditions at the coast with some low 60s, but we're in the mid 60s. east bay inland valleys. it's a chilly night tonight and we will be cooler, but when are we going to bring in some rain? i'll have the answers in a few minutes. stephanie. >> all right, lisa, thank you.

well, it was another long night for thousands of firefighters working to contain five fires in southern california. and we're seeing more dramatic images come in this morning. and the chaotic rush to evacuate in several communities. just yesterday, new flare ups in the palisades fire forced a new round of evacuations. since that fire has burned over 21,000 acres this morning, it's only 8% contained. the nearby eaton fire has burned more than 14,000 acres, and containment is at 3%. yesterday we learned of another death in the wildfires, bringing the total to 11. now, at least 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate. and as we said earlier, the firefight on the palisades fire took an unexpected turn. overnight, a wind shift caused new flare ups that took crews on the front lines by surprise. listen to the chopper reporter from our sister station, kabc in los angeles. describe the scene here. >> actually took firefighters by

surprise. they actually had to abandon some of their equipment because this fire was behaving so erratically. the winds shifted slightly. the fire made a run up a hillside and quickly consumed their dipping spot where the helicopters were filling up, and even took out some of their container trucks and burnt up a couple of vehicles. but fortunately, they've been able to use encino reservoir to fill up and continue fighting this fire into the night. and it has been a huge luxury that has been very effective. >> guys, the los angeles fire department chief says the fire has destroyed more than 53,000 structures since tuesday. the fire is now spreading towards brentwood, where the getty center is located. many residents in pacific palisades are still waiting to find out whether their homes are still there. now, just miles away from the palisades fire, the deadly eaton fire is leaving a path of destruction. this is an aerial

view of what's left in the city of altadena. that's where an 83 year old grandfather's body was found by his family in his bed amid the rubble. another couple who lost their home say they tried to fight the flames on their own for hours, but it became too much. they say they never got any kind of evacuation order. >> instead of a snowstorm. it was a flame storm, okay? and it was being blown by 60 mile an hour winds. and so we just turned off the water and grabbed some things and got out of here. >> sheriff's deputies have set up a large perimeter around the scene in altadena to keep away looters who are trying to take advantage of the situation. at least 20 people have been arrested so far for looting homes evacuated by residents. air attacks are helping fire crews get a grasp of the flames, but there was one incident that hampered those efforts. on thursday, a firefighting plane was grounded after being hit by a drone. and you're looking at

it here, leaving a large dent and a hole in the wing. thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident, but the faa is investigating it. meanwhile, governor newsom is launching an investigation into why a reservoir in pacific palisades was empty and offline. the reservoir, which can hold 117 million gallons, has reportedly been undergoing repairs since february. the probe will also look into the loss of water pressure after fire crews reported running into dry hydrants. and as you can imagine, it's been a frantic week for people living in los angeles, and it was only made even more chaotic when an evacuation order was accidentally sent out to just about everyone in los angeles county. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has a look at the new investigation into how something like this could happen. >> emergency officials in los angeles county are investigating why an emergency alert was sent to millions of people by

mistake. many residents received this message around 4 p.m. thursday of an evacuation warning, and then received a message to disregard the alert. 22 minutes later. >> there is an extreme amount of frustration, anger, fear. >> on friday morning, the l.a. county office of emergency management director addressed the issue. after additional false alerts went out. >> this is not human driven. there is no one sitting at a desk right now initiating emergency alerts. >> the alert was mistakenly sent to nearly 10 million people. genesis, a vendor that operates the software, is part of the investigation. in a statement put out by the county. our preliminary assessment is that these reoccurring erroneous notifications are due to issues with telecommunication systems, likely due to the fire's impacts on cellular towers. >> not to get too technical, but not every jurisdiction is the same. >> jane amos has been in crisis

and emergency management for almost 45 years. he works for the city of san jose now, amos said wireless emergency alert systems can be complicated. >> you might get at&t that has a five mile radius, verizon might have a ten mile radius. so it becomes very challenging when you put messages out to target a specific area. >> harold chappell is the retired fire chief of menlo park fire district. >> kind of the flaw in your digital device is that, you know, let's say at nighttime, people leave it in another room or it's on silence. i'm still a big believer in kind of warning sirens. >> now, in l.a. county, they're switching their emergency notifications to the state's emergency alert system. >> you know, overall, the benefit of having this, you know, this technology and this ability to get a warning is, i think, far outweighs any downside. >> both chappell, homan and amos know well the impact of a destructive wildfire. >> my family lost three homes in

in the paradise fire. and so it's there aren't words in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> well, we are staying on top of all the new developments coming out of the wildfires in los angeles county. you can get them as they happen over on abc seven news.com or via the abc seven bay area app. all right, let's get you outside. lisa, how's it looking? >> well, we have a wind advisory in the upper elevations, but current wind gusts at 31 miles an hour in napa. you can see the camera shaking here from emeryville. so our wind advisory, bringing in our own dry northerly winds, especially throughout the morning hours and the day to day. and that is going to elevate our own local fire danger, certainly in the hills of the north and the east bay and the santa cruz mountains. we'll talk about it in detail coming up in a few minutes, please. >> thank you. and on the ground in southern california, we are hearing from bay area crews helping thousands of other firefighters in los angeles that's coming up, plus preparing

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breaking news out of los angeles. you're looking at a live picture of the firefight happening in the palisades fire. you can see really the size and scope of the flames. we're told that an active water drop is taking place as we speak. at least 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the palisades fire has burned over 21,000 acres. and that's an area larger than the size of san francisco. to put that in perspective. it's sitting this morning at 8% containment. meanwhile, the eaton fire, just northwest, has burned more than 14,000 acres, and containment is at 3% so far. 11 deaths are

being reported. now, these fires are rapidly scorching their way into the record books, with the palisades fire now the third most destructive in state history, the camp fire in paradise is still the worst by a wide margin. 18,000 buildings destroyed and 85 people killed back in 2018. now, the 2017 tubbs fire in the north bay is the second most destructive at 5600 buildings gone and 22 people dead. until this week. the oakland firestorm back in 1991 was the third most destructive in our state, at 2000. 900 buildings burned with 25 lives lost. more local fire crews are heading to los angeles as we speak. california task force three has been asked to join the effort. that group is an urban search and rescue team with members from both the peninsula and the south bay. two crews are coming from the sunnyvale department of public

safety. now, other members will come from task force four, which is made up of east bay firefighters. they left last night for pasadena to help on the eaton fire. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard checked in with some north bay fire crews already on the front lines. >> you know, the devastation is really the thing that is shocking everybody, the amount of homes that have burned and the way the fire came down and impacted these communities, it's just it's heartbreaking. >> marin county fire battalion chief grant groneman telling us what he's seeing across the southland. a trail of wildfire destruction there, still active fire burning on on the incidents up in the hills. >> firefighters are just, you know, currently working to extinguish hotspots around structures to ensure that, you know, the loss is limited to what already occurred. >> chief groneman is one of 50 marin firefighters on the ground lending support in the firefigh, alongside dozens of other bay area crews. his team is also doing surveys from the air over

the eaton fire zone in altadena. >> we also want to make sure that every stone is turned over if someone is missing a loved one, and that we can identify what occurred and, and, and, and identify anybody that's missing. >> cal fire's lake napa unit posted on x. its crews helped save a home from the eaton fire at 3 a.m. on friday after working a 24 hour shift. yeah, we're at the rose bowl. >> the rose bowl here in pasadena is being used as the base base camp for the eaton fire. >> santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal is part of a team of 70 firefighters from sonoma county now on the front lines. >> unfortunately, we're getting pretty good at our responses to these large scale wildfires across california. you look at what occurred here or at our at our own, in our own county, with the tubbs and nuns fire of 2017, southern california firefighters provided mutual aid to sonoma county back then. >> and now lowenthal's team is returning the favor. this image showing a santa rosa engine crew working alongside los angeles city fire. >> those three engines together

is a prime example of how firefighters may not know one another. they may operate differently within their own jurisdictions, but when it comes to an incident like this, they work seamlessly together. >> situations like this really highlight the true mission of mutual aid. local firefighters say they don't know how long they will be in southern california. it could be weeks in the meantime. fire stations like this one here in novato remain fully staffed. in marin county. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> well, those fires have many of us here in the bay area thinking about disaster preparedness. and that was emphasized yesterday morning when a minor the bay area. the quake was centered about three miles off the coast of san francisco's ocean beach, not far from the zoo. it hit just minutes after 7 a.m, and the usgs puts the magnitude at 3.6, so there were no reports of injuries or damage. but we did have three recorded aftershocks that followed, all in the magnitude

two range. those were all too small to trigger an alert on the myshake app, and also too small for a tsunami warning. whether it's the fires in la, though, or earthquakes closer to home, the signs are clear. now is the time to get your emergency kit ready if you haven't already done it. and we've been getting expert advice all week long about what you need to pack for them are to help you and your personal self and your family get through a couple of days without items that you are used to having, you know, at your fingertips in your home. >> some of them are items that are not replaceable. >> so tell me if you've heard this list before. we're talking about water, food, medicine, clothing, rechargeable batteries, or solar chargers for your phones and other devices, plus hard copies of important papers that you don't already have digital copies of. you can let abc7 help get you a kit, make a plan, and be informed in

the event something like this happens. check out abc7 news.com/prepare norcal and for your phone. here are three apps to download right now. watch duty. it's a free fire tracking app run by a north bay nonprofit for earthquakes. the shakealert earthquake early warning system is available on the myshake app, which is run by uc berkeley seismologists, and you can download our app, abc7 bay area. we send breaking news alerts for things like natural disasters and evacuation orders. you can also watch the news and live stream on your phone. if the power goes out, please. >> hey, good morning everyone. we are looking at some gusty offshore winds for the entire state of california as we continue to see systems move up and over a big dry area of high pressure, elevating our fire danger in southern california. so a quick check here shows the winds right now up to about 15 miles an hour. but over to the east in the inland valleys looking at the gusty winds. and that will continue throughout

the day, allowing for winds to gust anywhere from 25 to 35 miles an hour in southern california. and you can see how in the overnight hours they actually increase. so the red flag warning and more dangerous weather as our fire danger gets several rounds of offshore winds in the southland here. but because of those offshore winds, the smoke being pushed out to sea, but still air quality obviously poor in southern california, so 40s and 50s with our own upper elevation wind mixing the atmosphere. and we have a fire danger index. i want to show you, after we look at the winds throughout the day today. so very gusty winds right now, some at the surface and some of you have calm winds. but as we get through the 10:00 hour notice the delta, napa, north and east bay hills over 30 miles an hour. and we're looking at the gusty winds eastern santa clara hills as well, even at the coast later on today, over 35 miles an hour half moon bay. and

so that coincides with our fire danger index, a measure of our relative humidity and the wind speed drying out the atmosphere, certainly in the hills here. and the brighter the colors indicate, the higher the risk for fire danger. so the hills here all lit up throughout the day today. finally late tonight, subsiding into early sunday. coastal flood advisory. we have a full moon on monday. and so looking at the typical spots here with the high tide 834 at 6.8ft. so highs today they're going to be mild. we have been certainly mild the past several days. yesterday we had a brief onshore flow today back to the northerly offshore component. and so we will warm up quickly. how about 65 in fremont palo alto low 60s half moon bay. today will be the warmest day out of the next seven. and we'll continue to see the temperatures come down. but as we look out into the future, in fact, our seven day outlook to see if we have any rain notice, we are

high and dry. so the accuweather seven day forecast featuring the windy conditions, the gusty winds, upper elevations. today it's mild and then we cool off a few degrees. tomorrow. another round of offshore winds. monday it should be weaker into tuesday. so today will be the windiest. and then after that we'll get back to our typical onshore flow, cooler conditions, much more seasonal temperatures and we have to look towards the next week if we see any rain coming our way. that will be the end of january. stephanie. >> all right, lisa, thank you. coming up, the wildfires destroying homes in southern california will soon impact homeowners right here in the bay area. coming up, we explain california's fair plan for home (packet tears) (tea bag clanks) (water pours) - listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, it's the reason we do what we do hi, guys! - hi! - hey! - so what are you guys drinking? - constant comment. - when i'm drinking bigelow tea, it's just a moment for me. it's just me time.

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the destruction is just unimaginable. our team is in l.a. as we're learning more about a shortage of water to fight the flames. also this morning, tiktok on the chopping block. the fate of the app is now in the hands of the supreme court. could the app be banned in just over a week? plus, we've got a beautiful story here. the family owned business making old things new again and reviving your favorite childhood treats. all of that is coming up right here on gma. we'll see you soon. >> all right. 2024 is now officially the hottest year on record. a threshold experts say could lead to even more severe climate disasters. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey looks at the effects of climate change on california. >> apocalyptic views in southern california has everyone looking for answers as fires continue to burn. >> this is like mars, the moon, armageddon, climate change. i mean, something's going on here. it's absolutely, utterly insane. >> fires are complex, but most experts agree one contributing

factor stands above the rest climate change. >> it does seem like the hotter earth is generating more and more and more extreme weather for the for everybody. and we issue a particularly dangerous situation. that's usually a 5 to 10 year event. and yet here we've issued three of them in the past three months. >> 2024 was the hottest year on record for the first time ever. the global temperature rose by more than 2.7°f compared to the pre-industrial average. and the heating planet causes a phenomenon that san jose state climate scientist eugene cordero says is known as hydroclimate whiplash, where you go from dry to wet and back to dry. >> it's something that's that's challenging to forecast, but certainly something california has been experienced before. we have a super dry years and then it could then next thing you know, we're having these floods. >> that's because warm air works like a giant sponge. when it releases water, it can soak our state. like with the historic atmospheric rivers from past

winters. but when that water gets soaked back up. csu east bay assistant professor tony marks says there may not be significant rainfall for months like we've seen in southern california. >> it becomes really prime conditions for these extreme fire events. and the santa ana winds, or the foehn winds accelerated the spread of fire marks, block says. >> extreme conditions like these are possible throughout the state, including here in the bay area. >> we know that these are not once in 100 year events anymore, that these are events that are still, you know, not happening everywhere all the time. but the risk of these events is becoming higher as the weather becomes more unpredictable. >> cordero says we may need to adjust where and how we live to prevent further destruction. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and this comes as more californians, especially here in the bay area, are losing private homeowners insurance and are now being forced onto the state run fair plan. now, the la wildfires are highlighting concerns about

its financial health. experts say part of the problem relates to climate change and an increased risk of wildfire in the east bay, for example, the risk is very high for sunol residents. the first street foundation, which connects climate change to financial risk, estimates 99% of sunol properties face a wildfire risk. >> it's pretty easy to understand that if you put all the risky people in one basket and something big happens, we start to run into financial troubles. the reason it's worrying people is because the fair plan, uh- claims, may exceed the amount of money they have in the bank. >> california's insurance commissioner, ricardo lara, maintains the state is still focused on maintaining the fiscal health of the fair plan. however, it's unclear how the insurance market will pan out after these l.a. county fires. in fact, experts expect premiums to spike by an average of 40%. that's based on data from other states like florida, that have

implemented similar policies that the commissioner is implementing. currently, if you're in a fire prone area, that could be up to 100% or more. now, despite the tragedies impacted, families and communities are still rallying together to help provide comfort to families who have lost everything. reporter kevin osbeck, from our abc sister station in houston, is on the ground in la. he and his photographer came across a donation pop up. >> this is all happening in the parking lot parking lot. i outside the rose bowl. the people organizing this say if you have warm coats, warm sweaters, they could especially use those donations because they know some fire victims really need those. and here's the back story here. yesterday, two guys who have a hot dog cart decided, you know, we want to come here. we want to give about 500 hot dogs. that was their goal. they started putting that out on on tiktok. people started then coming here and donating on top

of getting their free food in the donations. and that act of kindness yesterday has grown in to this. i mean, it is just huge. i mean, we can't even show you all the donations because it spans all the way over there. and again, anything you need. they had hot coffee here earlier, hot meals to they prepackaged meals. and this is really important stuff because there are people who desperately need this. >> just remarkable. such a heartwarming gathering right now in the face of these fires. abc's parent company, disney, has also pledged $15 million to help the fire fight and recovery efforts. that money will support organizations offering essential services

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for the folks in the san fernando valley and causing a lot of concern in the communities of tarzana and encino. right now, a lot of people looking up in their backyards and wondering how close this is going to get. >> another sleepless night for thousands of firefighters and tens of thousands of worried los angeles residents. shifting winds, creating new problems for crews on the front lines overnight. and those winds not only a concerning factor today, but as we're learning into next week as well. yeah. >> a couple rounds of offshore winds beginning today. gusty winds here locally starting out with our wind advisory for the upper elevations of the north and east bay, the eastern santa clara hills, where the winds have been gusting over 50 miles an hour at the surface. napa, 31 mile an hour wind gusts, as well as half moon bay at 20. so those north winds drying out the atmosphere 55 mile an hour. wind gusts around mount aluminum and nearly 40. the hills of the

north bay. oakland hills 25 miles an hour. look at the view, though. all that wind scouring out the atmosphere for a clear sky from mount tam. 51 downtown, 40, in redwood city. 725 the official sunrise, 45, in petaluma. a full moon on monday, so we have a coastal flood advisory. and look how much milder by the delta. so waking up to some breezy conditions, but windy in the upper elevations. that allows for a quick warm up. low 60s coast side, mid 60s for the rest of us today under sunny skies. stephanie. >> all right lisa thank you. we want to get right to this live look this morning as the sun rises over los angeles. we're getting a clearer picture. you see the smoke billowing there? we do know that a flare up overnight caused new issues for fire crews in southern california. here's the very latest this morning. wildfires have burned over 35,000 acres in total, more than 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate from their homes. 11 people are

dead, but that is a confirmed number, and authorities are expecting the death toll to climb. the palisades fire, right near malibu, is up to 8% containment, and the eaton fire, near pasadena and altadena stands at 3%. >> i completely did not believe it would be like be like this. our communities and everything's gone. and me and my friends are calling these past two days the worst day on earth for us. i mean, this is the worst possible thing. imagine a worst case scenario if we can stay a community through, like finding people in person, embracing them, and just like staying a community because we have nothing left. >> it's really stunning to see the size and scope of all this. take a look at these before and after satellite images of the la neighborhoods that burned. we're going to get that to you in just a moment. the thousand acre kenneth fire near west hills is now 50% contained. authorities are investigating that as a possible arson case. all right,

we'll get back to these satellite images i was just talking about a moment ago. it really shows you the scope before and after. and while it's too early to get a true tally of the damage that's been done, president biden has declared the fires a major disaster and said the u.s. government would reimburse 100% of the recovery efforts for the next six months. but you can see just from these images on our screen just how devastating this these fires have been to the l.a. county communities. and a briefing from the white house yesterday, biden spoke to state leaders, including the governor, about the scale of the disaster, the scope, the scale and the erratic movements of these fires is truly unprecedented. >> i mean, it's truly unprecedented. >> the major disaster declaration, mr. president, was a game changer. in fact, you were able to do that within 36 hours. i don't know, there's another precedent in american

history for disaster. that was in the making, was unfolding. and for you to be there in real time and prescient as well, it turns out that we're going to need all of that support. >> now, there is an army of firefighters on the front lines working to gain the upper hand as we speak, but some crews are running into obstacles on the ground. here's abc news reporter matt gutman in pacific palisades, alongside first responders. >> the palisades fire, the backbreaking, round the clock race to put out remaining hotspots like these still burning this morning, we are still seeing homes burst into flames here. days after the initial fire pass through. fire crews just arrived here for the first time, but swirling around them, controversy about whether los angeles officials failed to supply enough water and deploy enough firefighters. this is sunset boulevard, the very heart of pacific palisades. and amidst this sea of absolute devastation, there is one building that was left standing.

that's fire station 69. captain jeff brown is headed this station for nearly eight years. lots of talk about the water running out that you were fighting a fire without all the resources necessary. >> as all these homes actually do burn down. and a lot of them have their own fire sprinkler systems that those sprinkler systems become compromised as the house burns down and the water will free flow. and as we see our gauges go down lower and lower, we knew we were getting low on water and thousands of simultaneous leaks sapped the town's water supply. >> but that's not all. tonight, abc news has confirmed a nearby 117 million gallon reservoir that feeds pacific palisades has been taken offline for repairs well before the fires broke out. but that night, firefighters battling flames over 100ft tall, which destroyed much of the town in a span of just six hours. you had all the resources and all the water. would it have made a difference here?

>> i've been on the job for 36 years and i've never seen weather like that. it was a hurricane force wind with fire involved. it was indescribable. >> the lapd telling me they expect to find additional bodies in the debris here, which is prompting a swirl of controversy over whether lives could have been saved here. that's one reason the governor, gavin newsom, is demanding an independent investigation into those water issues, calling them deeply disturbing. matt gutman, abc news, pacific palisades, california. >> all right, matt, thank you. to national headlines this morning, the biden administration is nearing the end. president joe biden will give his farewell address to the nation on wednesday. the white house says this will mark the fifth and final time the president will speak to americans from the oval office. the last time that happened was on july 24th when biden, 82 years old at the time, announced he was dropping out of the presidential race. now, ten days

before his return to the white house, president elect donald trump was sentenced yesterday for his hush money conviction in new york. the president elect was convicted last year for falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election. the judge gave him no jail time, no fines and no probation. however, trump will become the first president in u.s. history to enter office. a convicted felon. he plans to appeal the case. well, back here at home, we're getting new details about governor newsom's proposed $322 billion budget. state officials say the package includes nearly $17 billion in rainy day funding, with a modest surplus of $323 million. officials credit the better than expected forecast to stock market gains by the state's wealthiest taxpayers and previous budget cuts. >> we are a lot better off than the last couple of years. we're not facing a budget shortfall.

we do recognize that we still have work to do to ensure long term sustainability. >> officials say the budget will fund the governor's priorities, including universal pre-kindergarten. the san francisco health department announced a presumptive case of bird flu in a city resident. the patient was a child who did not need to be hospitalized and has since fully recovered. the child was found to have influenza. a bird flu is a type of influenza, and further testing came back positive for bird flu with testing since june, and this is the first specimen that has tested positive. >> so that gives you a little bit of a sense that it is not highly common. but we are doing this testing precisely so that we can better understand what is happening in san francisco. >> health officials say there has been no evidence of person to person spread, and the risk to the public remains low. they,

of course, though, urge residents to avoid touching sick or dead birds and not to drink unpasteurized milk. well, san francisco's new mayor, daniel lurie, made his first big appointment since his inauguration this week. mayor lurie chose dean crispin, a 34 year veteran of the san francisco fire department, to take over as chief. >> he has been recognized three times, three times for bravery and service to san franciscans, for rescuing the elderly from fires in the tenderloin. >> public safety is at the center of your agenda. our department stands firmly with you, interim chief sandi tong has not announced what's next for her. >> well, still ahead on abc seven mornings, there's a new app helping people impacted by the wildfires burning in los angeles county. and it was created right here in the bay area. we'll explain how it works. and here's a live look atop our roof camera. you see the sunrise starting at 640 this

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alerting app founded right here in sonoma county, is now the top app in the app store. store that is, watch duty is proving to be a vital tool for those living in southern california. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us how it works, and uh. >> there's fire everywhere. >> a path of wildfire 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 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 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. >> as the a's gear up for their inaugural season in sacramento, tickets are about to go on sale starting next thursday. fans can buy tickets for luxury suites that can accommodate up to 100 people. single game tickets will go on sale later this month. season tickets have already sold out, and the a's home opener is set for march 31st against the chicago cubs. well, the bay area is looking ahead to super bowl 60, which is coming to levi's stadium february 2026. and to get ready, the nfl has partnered with the 40 niners and the bay area host committee to launch a program aimed at getting local small businesses involved. >> source ll is basically a local procurement program for local divers, so 51% diverse, women owned, lgbtq plus diverse

businesses to apply to get into the mix. >> they're looking for businesses that can help with every aspect of the super bowl, from event production to catering, transportation, security and more. those who are interested can apply online at the address on your screen. super bowl 60 suppliers.com. the deadline is january 1st and the nfl playoffs kick off this weekend, and you can watch the final game of the wild card weekend right here on abc seven monday night. the rams play the vikings. coverage starts at 4.30 on monday. all right lisa, how's it looking out there? >> well, we have a beautiful sunrise as we check out mount tam. no clouds out there. and that's all due to some very dry offshore winds. that is going to elevate our fire danger throughout the day today. and already providing gusts over 50 miles an hour in the santa cruz mountains. i'll have the full details with my accuweather seven day forecast coming right up. >> all right lisa, thank you. and also next, could the dubs

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last night. those onshore winds all day friday, ushering in the low clouds and fog. then we had a cold front move through and now it's dry northerly winds setting up for the day today all across the state, elevating our fire danger. starting first in southern california with a red flag warning here. and the winds will continue to increase that offshore dry component today. so notice right now they're at their lightest. but as we get into noontime 25 to 30 mile an hour winds and unfortunately the winds will continue to increase throughout the day. and this is late in the afternoon. we're at 30 miles an hour and even 40 miles an hour expected right along the coast from malibu and into altadena. so we've got a

couple rounds of this into monday and tuesday in southern california. the winds are pushing, the smoke is pushing the smoke offshore, but still air quality obviously bad down there. we have a beautiful sunrise where temperatures this morning are allowing for the numbers to come up a little bit because of the wind. 48 in oakland, 51 in san francisco, 50 two half moon bay. and from our roof camera that 724 sunrise setting at five 1139 though in concord. and that shaky view from our sutro camera. so gusty offshore winds this weekend. above average temperatures today warmer than tomorrow. and then next week. the dry pattern continues locally. so look at the winds throughout the next several hours. the gusts. you can notice the purples indicating the strongest out by the delta, the hills of the north bay and then the diablo range eastern foothills. here, looking at the very breezy to gusty winds above about 1000ft. but even at the coast we'll see breezy winds. and this is why our fire danger index is lit up where we have the low relative

humidity, the gusty offshore winds translating into the fire danger index, which is high in the upper elevations all throughout the day today, saturday and into sunday, it begins to decrease. but you know, we haven't had rain in a while. we could use it. we also have a coastal flood advisory with our full moon on monday. 834 we're looking at a tide of 6.8ft. and so that's going to flood some of those parking lots and roads. as for our high temperatures today in the mid 60s, very mild above average. and we'll see that 65 in fremont low 60s at the coast. and those gusty upper elevation winds breezy at the surface in the accuweather seven day forecast featuring those gusty winds today with the mild afternoon and then looking at still a windy start to the day tomorrow. slightly cooler. and then as we get into monday and tuesday, our second offshore event which should be weaker. this also will be happening in southern california. and then by the middle to the end of the workweek. we still have the dry

conditions, but we'll see a return to those moist onshore winds. stephanie. >> all right, lisa, thank you to the ice. now, the san jose sharks will try to break their two game skid against the minnesota wild. san jose takes on minnesota tonight at home inside sap center. face off is at 7:00. here's abc seven sports reporter sarah hodges. morning sports fans. >> the warriors came into indiana a bit banged up. both steph curry and draymond green were out of the lineup. but that's not it. no andrew wiggin, jonathan kuminga, brandon podemski or gary payton the second there steph and company on the bench. first quarter dubs down four. pat spencer hits the three. great game off the bench for him. he finished with a team high of 17. fast forward to the fourth down ten buddy hield lets it fly from the top of the circle. warriors would get within four in the second half but just not enough firepower. and the pacers took full advantage later. indiana's defense leading the offense. the block on dennis schroder leads to a pascal siakam dunk. pacers

win 108 to 96 to the college football semifinal game ohio state and texas. winner plays notre dame for the national title, seven all with 30s left in the half. ohio state just running a casual screen pass deep in their own territory. but treveyon henderson had other ideas. 75 yards to the crib, 14 seven buckeyes at the half. 2114 osu. 230 to play fourth and goal for texas. with the game on the line, quinn ewers gets strip sacked by jack sawyer and he goes 83 yards for the game sealing touchdown. ohio state wins 2814 to the pros. the accolades continue to roll in for forty-niners linebacker fred warner, the nfl all-pro teams for 2024 were announced yesterday, and he was named a first team selection for the fourth time since getting drafted in 2018. the 49 ers season didn't go as expected, but warner stats were a success. in 17 games, he tallied 131 total tackles, four forced fumbles, two interceptions, a

sack and a touchdown. meanwhile, tight end george kittle and fullback kyle juszczyk earned second team all-pro honors, moving to the ice sharks, taking on the utah hockey club first minute of the game, san jose crashing the net. fabian zetterlund just throws one towards the goal and it's in one nothing. team teal one one in the final two minutes now. barrett hayton with an unexpected wrister that finds the back of the net. utah goes home two one winners. that's going to do it for morning sports. back to you guys. >> all right sarah thank you. well the wildfires burning in los angeles are impacting pro sporting events. now the nba is postponing tonight's games for both the lakers and the clippers. the lakers were set to face the spurs while the clippers were to host the hornets. both those games will be rescheduled. in a statement yesterday, the league says the changes are to ensure nothing gets in the way of wildfire response efforts. the nba and its players association have

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joining us here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, new evacuation orders went into effect overnight in los angeles. more than 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the total death toll stands at 11 this morning. number two, the palisades fire is the largest fire burning in l.a. so far. it's burned over 21,000 acres and is sitting at 8% containment this morning. number three, at least five people have died in the eaton fire burning in altadena this morning. it's burned more than 14,000 acres.

and containment is sitting at 3%. number four, the state is launching an investigation into why a reservoir in the pacific palisades was empty and offline. the probe will also look into the loss of water pressure after fire crews reported running into dry hydrants. >> number five, we are under a wind advisory until 6:00 tomorrow morning. north winds 20 to 30 miles an hour, gusting to over 50 miles an hour. presently in the santa cruz mountains. >> number six. two more macy's stores here in the bay area are closing this year. stores in the village at corte madera shopping center and at the new park mall in newark will be shut down. number seven, a heads up if you take bart. starting monday, bart is making some schedule changes. it's part of an effort to sync schedules and improve transfers with other transit systems. and a reminder to check our app for any breaking updates out of la. of course, the winds being a serious concern this weekend. >> yes. all throughout the day today and then monday and

tuesday as well. so continues. >> yeah. all right lisa, thank you. and thank you all for joining us on abc seven mornings. we'll see you back here at nine. have a great day.

>> gio: good morning, america. new overnight, fire flare-up.