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now at nine more apocalyptic scenes out of southern california. >> fire crews continuing the round the clock battle against multiple wind driven wildfires just last night. a shift in those winds sent fire crews running to escape flames and forced new evacuations overnight in l.a. good morning everybody. it's saturday, january 11th. we are tracking the very latest in la and here at home. the wind a factor in both forecasts, right. >> the santa ana winds down in southern california increasing today. and our diablo winds also increasing as an area of low pressure dropping over the side of an area of high pressure, creating that pressure gradient difference. and through tomorrow morning we're going to see the winds howling on the upper elevations of the north and east bay, the santa cruz mountains. it's been 52 or over 50 miles an hour. mount amana pretty much all morning long with the 30 and 40 mile an hour gusts in the north bay about 20 to 25 in our east bay. and you can see the camera shaking a bit. it is 55, in san francisco and san jose

with mount tam 34 mile an hour wind gusts and mid 40s in concord with 50s elsewhere. so that wind is mixing and warming the atmosphere for a day today with above average temperatures. so we are sunny, we're dry, we're going to get drier. and the outlook for rain doesn't look promising here at home either. stephanie. >> all right liz. thank you. well another long night for thousands of firefighters working to contain five different fires in southern california. we're seeing more dramatic images come in this morning. and the chaotic rush to evacuate in several communities. and there's new information from a media briefing that just wrapped up moments ago. overnight, new flare ups in the palisades fire forced a new round of evacuations. that fire has burned just under 22,000 acres. that's larger than the size of san francisco. this morning, it's only 11% contained. more than 400 homes have been destroyed. and there's a new firefight in the mandeville canyon area, which is

right near brentwood. we'll have more on that in just a moment. as for the eaton fire, it's burned more than 14,000 acres and containment is sitting at 15%. yesterday we learned of another death in the wildfires, bringing the total to 11. we've learned this morning that 13 people have been reported missing at least 153,000 people are still under evacuation orders. now to that new fire fight in the mandeville canyon area that we mentioned a moment ago. it was caused by those strong winds in the area. listen to the chopper reporter from our sister station, kabc in los angeles. describe the scene at homes that were being threatened. this is how the scene unfolded from about 45 minutes ago. >> the fire had made its way into sullivan and mandeville canyon, and it was marching its way south. and we were looking at a community that was in dire need of some help. and the firemen were there waiting. none

of the houses we initially were looking at in westgate have been impinged by fire. they have virtually stopped the forward progress here, where we saw it come out of sullivan canyon, and they did that by an aggressive air assault. very lucky. the stone canyon reservoir is right nearby. so these helicopters are filling in return load and return load and return there in a couple minute turnaround. and they are just knocking the they're knocking the progress out of this which is better than we could have expected. i, i couldn't hope for and as i say that here comes the chinook dropping 3000 gallons right on the head of the fire. so wow, what a thing to witness. >> so what do you think? to clarify, do you think the real risk now has diminished because of the water drops? are these homes if you could, you know, say are they safe? >> i mean, i will say this in a wildfire like this, you never can have absolutes. sure. but i will say with my experience and what i've seen just now, today,

i wouldn't call them safe, but i wouldn't say they're in immediate danger. >> now, speaking of those air attacks, they are helping fire crews get a grasp of the flames, as you just saw a moment ago. but there was one incident that hampered those efforts. on thursday, a firefighting plane was grounded after being hit by a drone, leaving a large dent and a hole in the wing. no one was hurt in the incident and the faa is now investigating. 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 of water, 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. well, the frantic week for people in los angeles was only made more chaotic by bad emergency alerts. in one case, an evacuation order was

accidentally sent out to just about everyone in los angeles county this morning. officials say that was caused by a software issue. they also say other messages were basically a part of a power down cell phone tower, tower, tower, tond theowers were restarted. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has more on that. >> 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 and 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. >> james 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 the in the paradise fire. and so it's there aren't words in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> our thoughts, of course, are with all the families affected by these devastating wildfires. and our thanks to all the fire crews who are working tirelessly day in and day out. we are staying on top of all the developments coming out of the wildfires in los angeles county, and you can get those updates in real time over on our website or

via our app. all right. back here at home. let's get you outside. lisa, how's it looking? >> well, our fire danger is increasing locally as dry offshore winds will be gusting gusting gusting gusting gusting throughout 48 degrees and the ws are over 30 miles an hour. so the camera is shaking a bit. and those dry north winds are making for an unusually warm day today into the 60s. i'll have your full accuweather seven day forecast in a few moments. >> also still ahead on the ground in southern california, we're hearing from bay area crews helping thousands of other fire crews in los angeles. plus, preparing our families for similar disasters. experts weigh in on what you could do today to be ready if

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a look this morning at the firefight happening in southern california as we speak. at least 153,000 people are under evacuation orders. the palisades fire has burned over 22,000 acres. and it's sitting at 11% containment this morning. the eaton fire has burned more than 14,000 acres, and containment is at 15%. so far, 11 deaths are being reported and 13 people

have been reported missing. now, these fires are rapidly scorching their way into the record books, with the palisades fire now the third most destructive in our state's 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 in 2017, the tubbs fire in the north bay is the second most destructive at 5600 buildings gone and 22 people who died. now, until this week, the oakland hills firestorm back in 1991 was deemed the third most destructive at 2900 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. meanwhile, 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 firefight, 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's missing a loved one and that we can identify what occurred 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 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. >> all right, cornell, thank you for that. now, those fires have many of us here in the bay area thinking about disaster preparedness. and that was emphasized yesterday morning when a minor earthquake shook us here in the bay area. the quake was centered about three miles off the coast of san francisco's ocean beach, not far from the zoo. and it hit just minutes after 7 a.m. the usgs puts the magnitude at 3.6. there were no reports of injuries or damage, but we did report three recorded

aftershocks, all in the magnitude two range. they 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. we've all been talking to experts this week about what exactly 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. water, food, medicine, clothing, rechargeable batteries, or solar chargers for your phone and other devices, plus hard copies of important papers if you don't already have digital copies of them. so a good list to keep in mind as you plan ahead and make your kit.

you can check out abc7 news.com/prepare norcal for more on that 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 quake early warning system is available on the myshake app, which is run by uc berkeley seismologists. and of course, you can download our abc7 bay area app. we send breaking news alerts for things like natural disasters and evacuation orders. you can also watch the news and live streams right on your phone. if your power goes out. >> all right. you see the clear sky here all across the west coast, but the pressure gradient is tightening up again today, allowing for the santa ana winds to blow in southern california. that means a red flag warning through 6:00. and look how gusty the winds get. so they're up to anywhere from 10 to 30 miles an hour. and then going through the day and the overnight hours gusting to over 40 miles an hour here in malibu, this is

overnight. so we're looking at one elevated fire element and then another coming into monday and tuesday. sunday morning still quite windy. our own wind advisory here allowing for 40 to 55 mile an hour winds above 500ft. so dry conditions and surface winds anywhere from 20 to over 20 miles an hour from fairfield and napa. so we are getting into those north winds and our fire danger index is increasing. the yellows and the oranges, indicating the high and very high likelihood that a spark could create easily a fire here that could spread. so the eastern hills of santa clara mount, the santa cruz mountains and the diablo range very dry, even though we're looking at a lot of rain, we've had saturated soil in the north bay. we still need rain in the east bay and the south bay, and with our elevated fire danger eventually coming down on sunday, unfortunately we're still looking at the dry conditions throughout the week ahead. so throughout the day we'll get a

little weaker, but then they're going to pick up again through the overnight hours. and that's why we have our wind advisory through 10:00 on sunday. current conditions are sunny in santa cruz. it's 44, in redwood city. a look outside here from our pier 39 camera. low 50s from santa rosa to petaluma and all that wind allowing for a warmer start out there. our coastal flood advisory taking us through the next few hours here and then looking at high temperatures today above average, low to mid 60s. today, the warmest day out of the next seven will cool it off a little tomorrow, and the winds will subside throughout the afternoon. the accuweather seven day forecast featuring the closer to average temperatures as we get

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

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that went into effect overnight in los angeles. more than 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the total death toll still stands at 11 this morning. number two, the palisades fire is the largest fire burning in los angeles. so far, it's burned over 22,000 acres and is sitting at 11% containment. 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 at 15%. number four, the state is launching an investigation into why a reservoir in 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, a wind advisory for the upper elevations of the north and the east bay and the eastern santa clara hills through 10:00 tomorrow, as our winds are gusting to over 50 miles an hour in the santa cruz mountains. >> number six. two more macy's stores here in the bay are closing this year. stores in the village at cordova shopping center and 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, especially as we track the winds tonight. >> yeah, two rounds of winds for southern california. more like one. the main one today for us. >> all right, lisa, thank you. and thank you all for joining us on abc seven mornings. nhl hockey is next. have a great day. and we're thinking of all of you affected by those fires.

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