it's just, it's beautiful. clea: oh, that's pretty good. we are so happy to be able to give the hutson family this new, beautiful home. we have no idea what the future will bring, but we do know they're on the path towards healing. and i really think this home is going to give them that new start. aah! [ all cheering ] live breaking news. >> two active flanks of the palisades fire here. this is the western flank. and this is still kind of the problem child of the palisades fire. >> a flare up is keeping firefighters scrambling tonight as the flames shift and force a new round of evacuations in southern california. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. the

palisades fire keeps on growing and has burned nearly 24,000 acres and is 11% contained. tonight, the eaton fire is holding at just over 14,000 acres and containment is at 15%. the number of dead for the fires went up to 16 today, and california is getting lots of help with aid coming in from eight different states as well as canada and mexico. take a look. this map shows you exactly where the two major fires are burning. the eaton fire is over near pasadena, where the palisades fire is closer to the coast and santa monica combined. those fires have burned over 10,000 structures. one couple in the pacific palisades recently bought their first home. a dream come true after years of saving up. and monday, they had just finished building a nursery for their baby, who is due within the next week. but today everything is gone. >> the thing that that is keeping me going is that he doesn't know. he doesn't know that this happened. my son does not know that this

happened. he'll only know the world that we show him. and so when he comes out, we have the opportunity to show him. >> what a perspective this soon to be. father samir chaudhry says his parents arrived in the u.s. as refugees after being displaced from their own homes in india. he says their goal is that their own children would never have to experience that. chaudhry says the palisades is the only home he's ever known, and it is a very special place. well, meantime, more loss from the eaton fire as well. one resident from altadena describes his experience of trying to save his house from the incoming flames. he says boxes of stored bullets were going off in a neighbor's house. >> they had guns. they had they had bullets that were flying around, man. so with everything going on, that just intensified everything. and then look across the street and the houses over there, their gas tanks, everything's exploding. so now you have bullets flying, gas tanks exploding, ember raining down. you can't see

anything. i'm pretty confident that my house would have caught fire. and once my house catches fire, their house catches fire and so on and so forth. hence a domino effect. and ultimately, that's why i chose to stay. >> what chaos. >> he says the fire reached his front yard but went no further thanks to his efforts. and check out this video. the palisades fire generated a fire tornado. we usually see this phenomenon during more intense wildfires. these whirlwinds can be extremely powerful. during the 2018 carr fire in redding, three people were killed in a vortex packing the wind speeds equal to an f3 tornado. now, the wind remains a big concern tonight with these fires, and they could be picking up again. spencer christian is standing by with a look at e conditions in southern california, when they will finally see relief. >> yes, dion, the winds have diminished just a little bit tonight, but they are expected to pick up again tomorrow. so we're not out of the danger fire danger yet in terms of the wind

speeds. so here's a look at the red flag warning in effect until 6 p.m. wednesday. so this means it will be in effect for several days for that vast area of southern california where those devastating fires are burning. and there's a fire weather watch in effect monday afternoon through wednesday afternoon for this area in southern cal, south of the l.a. area, down from palm springs to oceanside to san diego county, up santa ana. winds, of course, are very strong still relative humidity dangerously low, between 10 and 20%. so that's why that why that fire weather watch is in effect at the moment. we're looking at wind gusts, generally under 40mph in this area of the fires, where earlier this evening we had gusts up to 50mph. but again, those winds will intensify tomorrow if there is any good news at all in s scenario, it is that the smoke is being carried out to sea by winds out of the northeast, so it's being carried away from populated areas. nonetheless, as these fires continue to burn, they will continue to be a decline in air quality. so we'll

keep watching that as well. and we have our own wind wind event here in the bay area, which i'll show you a little bit later. dion. >> all right. spencer. thanks. well, we have seen the devastating scenes coming out of southern california. and bay area firefighters are amongy those on the front lines, many of them veterans from our own wildfires. abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to one of them who says they are providing not just help, but leadership and guidance. >> as the los angeles county fires continue to rage out of control, bay area firefighters are on the front lines this time, lending their experience and expertise. veterans of the bay area's own massive wildfires like paul lowenthal, division chief fire marshal with the santa rosa fire department, the eaton fire, where we're at now, the focus has shifted really to putting out a lot of the hotspots that are around the structures. >> even though we're at 15% containment, that doesn't necessarily mean we have 85% of just open fire line that is actively burning in the bay

area. >> we know them well. the oakland hills, glass, carr, tubbs camp, devastating wildfires from which bay area fire crews can draw experience and in southern california, provide leadership, guidance and direction on the front lines. >> there's a lot of experience from a lot of devastating fires that does help when you come to an event like this, a lot of those experiences help those communities that haven't gone through it before, as well as firefighters that haven't experienced that level of fire activity or destruction. >> and it's not just fire crews. santa rosa city and sonoma county officials have been guiding local politicians as well, not just about the firefight, but also about the day after. >> a lot of the chief officers from our agency and agencies throughout sonoma county are here. they're part of the incident command system. they're part of the leadership of this overall operation. but at the same time, there's also conversations that are happening with our department and our city to la city, to other

jurisdictions in the area that have been impacted on a lot of our lessons learned, not just for the firefight, but the recovery and what's ahead for this community, lowenthal says. >> the conditions have improved. he says there's been a dramatic drop in the sheer force of the winds, which were pushing embers through the air, adding to the fire's rapid spread. >> and really the history, especially here in altadena, you look at businesses that have been in the community for 60 plus years churches, temples, schools. it's pretty devastating. >> he expects his crews to be in southern california for at least another two weeks in the north bay. anser hassan abc seven news. >> governor newsom today doubled the number of california national guard's deployed to the fire zone in anticipation of another round of fire weather starting on monday. it's now at nearly 1700 members. the 49th military police brigade out of fairfield is one of those units

that's been deployed. many members are already in southern california. the national guard shared this video tonight of them in action. fire crews are getting some support from our neighbors to the south. mexican president claudia sheinbaum sent more than 70 firefighters to help with the la fires. governor newsom welcomed them this afternoon as they arrived at la. after a six hour orientation. the crews will be dispatched to the palisades fire on monday. >> we're very, very grateful to president sheinbaum for the support. we're very grateful, the foreign minister, for reaching out. it's what it's all about mutual aid. we're it's all neighbors. we're partners in this fight. it means a great deal to us here in the united states. and as governor, i just want to thank the mexican government. >> thank you very much. now, in addition to mexico, firefighters from canada are also expected to arrive in los angeles on monday. newsom says so far, nine states have also sent crews to the state. help is coming in at many forms, a nonprofit that got its

start with the devastating camp fire and has since branched out, including to here in the bay area, is now in los angeles. its goal is to provide shelter for the victims through rvs. abc seven news reporter tara campbell spoke to the group's founder and has this story. >> wildfire raging on in los angeles, destroying thousands of homes and displacing countless families. >> we helped with a lot of fires out here in california, so i knew immediately this was really bad, and shelter is going to be the biggest thing. >> woody faircloth is the founder of emergency rv.org. the nonprofit has been delivering donated rvs to families devastated by disaster since 2018. the campfire starting it all. woody and his daughter driving from their home in denver to paradise to make a delivery. >> she had no front teeth at the time. she was six years old and she said, dad, god, and santa claus is going to be so proud of us. so that's when i knew we

were. i was on the hook to make this happen, and he's been making it happen ever since, most recently helping in the aftermath of hurricane helene. over 700 families there on our waiting list for shelter. we've delivered and gifted 85 rvs in western north carolina. and we saw the fire happen out here. and we're real wildfire aware. >> so they got on the road and today spoke with us from los angeles. >> right now what we're doing in la so soon while the fire is still ongoing, is we're trying to find suitable places to park rvs. once we start delivering them. >> asking anyone with an rv in good condition to consider helping out. >> we can give them a full appraisal value as a tax deduction, and so they can get rid of that rv that they don't use anymore. and it can be used to shelter a family. and then we gift it to the recipient family so they have something to kind of start over with and get back on their feet again. >> describing the rvs as a gift that keeps on giving. >> a lot of these families will end up donating the rvs back to us to help another family once they, you know, if they did have

insurance or once they do have more permanent shelter. >> and if rvs aren't your thing, monetary donations also go a long way. >> we like to stock the rvs with everything a family needs to get started again, because when you lose everything, you need everything. >> woody, hopeful the bay area will continue its support. >> there are just so many good hearted, generous people there who supported us and financially as well as with rvs. i mean, it's just an amazing community there and we're super grateful to the bay. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> if you are interested in making a monetary or rv donation, all you have to do is go to the link. emergency rv.org and follow the prompts there. you'll find the link at our website. do keep in mind if you are up for a road trip. you can also meet the delivery yourself and get to know the family you happen to be helping out. now, there are of course, other ways to help out the fire victims, and you can donate at red cross.org/abc to help the red cross respond to those

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sports teams are donating to organizations helping out in los angeles bay fc. the golden state valkyries. the golden statestate warriors forty-niners giants, san jose earthquakes, and the san jose sharks have all joined

the effort. they're also reaching out directly to their counterparts in southern california. >> i know staff that's based in the bay area on my team has opened up their doors and houses and said, hey, come on up if you want to. if you need a place to stay, we have homes here. please come up and stay with us. you know, it's interesting, right? like, these are teams and entities that you're competitive with on the field. but as soon as you get off the field, they're your family. >> so. well said. an undisclosed amount is going to the red cross and the california fire foundation. today in berkeley, a free community emergency preparedness class saw a near record turnout, with people eager to learn more about keeping their families safe. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard was there. >> and it's very important because when this disaster is occurring, you're not going to remember where your dad's gold watch is. >> kerry dubczak has taught this citizens emergency response team class, or cert, dozens of times

in berkeley. but the interest in preparing for emergencies has never been greater. >> i think the big difference is, is that everybody knows somebody in la, that it really affected the people of berkeley, that, you know, and knowing that it could happen here. >> there's little doubt the wildfire disaster unfolding in southern california is causing bay area residents to think about their own safety. it's why beth waitkus gave two hours of her saturday. >> i have several friends in la who've lost their homes, and it's made me really think about, like, preparation. what can i do? and also what can i do to support my community? >> this class covers all the basics on what to do in the event of a wildfire emergency. >> the people who take these classes, they talk a lot about, you know, they don't. they just don't want to evacuate willy nilly. but sometimes you really have to get into that mindset. if you see smoke, if you smell smoke, if you feel vulnerable, i always say, go, go visit your

friends, go to the city. just, just get out of harm's way. >> dubcek says have a go bag ready with essentials like medication, water and nonperishable snacks and record the contents of your home with your cell phone for insurance purposes. >> open up closets. look at your clothes. go into the kitchen, open up those and look at all your plates. >> there's been so much interest in this emergency preparedness class this week. there were 70 people on the waiting list, so another class has been added next weekend. gabe friedman says the wildfires in la are a wake up call for all of california to be ready. he believes preparing is the most important thing all of us can do. >> you can't let these things fail you. you got to be kind of ready in the moment. and i try to balance that with not having too much of a culture of fear. >> cert training classes are offered by most bay area fire departments. check websites for information in berkeley. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> well, are you prepared? and do you know what should go in a go bag? we have a full list of

what to pack. so you're ready for disaster. just head to abc7 news.com. we have a link at our front page. all right. these are crucial times. i mean, could not hurt to be prepared. >> absolutely. we can all help in small ways or bigger ways. that's right. and i'm i'm battling a loss of voice right now, so bear with me. i'm doing the best i can. >> well, in talking about all this, weather certainly isn't helping. >> yeah, we've got a lot going on, diane. so here's a look at the satellite radar composite image. now, this alignment of systems, high pressure offshore. low pressure inland. the tight pressure gradient in between there producing strong gusty winds for virtually all of california for the bay area and of course, for the fire ravaged areas in southern california. so let's move along and take a look at what's happening here in the bay area right now. it's an unusual pattern. we've got wind gusts over 20mph at napa, fairfield, rio vista, san jose, half moon bay and calm winds and many other locations including usually windy places like sfo and hayward. so we'll move along and take a look at our wind advisory, which is in effect

right now until 10 a.m. tomorrow for the north bay inland mountains, for the east, bay hills, for the santa cruz mountains and the eastern santa clara hills and mountains on we go to wind gusts right now up to 36mph in fairfield, 33 at oakland. so it's windy out there, and during the overnight hours it will remain windy. but after about 6 a.m. or so, we'll see the winds in most locations beginning to diminish a bit, although it will remain windy. very windy in places like fairfield until after 10 or 11 a.m. that wind advisory has expired, we'll see most locations settling down a bit in terms of wind speed. here's a live view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco, where 60 degrees right now and also right around 60 at oakland, hayward, san jose. 56 redwood city. 61 at half moon bay. beautiful, clear view from mount tam looking down onto the bay and portions of san francisco. temperature readings up north right now. mid 40s at santa rosa. petaluma. upper 50s at fairfield, napa, livermore and 54 degrees at

concord. let's check out now our forecast headlines overnight. still gusty winds 25 to about 40mph at their peak. then tomorrow sunny. breezy in the morning. well windy in the morning. breezy and mild in the afternoon. and the week ahead will bring us sunny but dry weather for the next. sunny and dry weather for the next seven days. overnight lows mainly in the upper 30s in the coolest locations to mid 40s elsewhere. highs tomorrow, generally between 60 and about 62 degrees in most bay area locations, but we do have a coastal flood advisory in effect for the bay shoreline and the san pablo bay shoreline. that's from 6 a.m. to noon tomorrow during high tide, right around 925. high tide at the golden gate, up to about 6.8ft. there'll be minor flooding, possibly on roads and parks and lots in low lying areas. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, it's going to be a sunny and dry string of days the next

seven days. high temperatures right around 60 to 62 degrees, although turning a little bit cooler next saturday by a few degrees. but lovely weather. so get out and enjoy and don't catch a cold as i did several days ago. >> the good news is you're n the tail end of it. you just sound much worse than you feel. >> yeah, and i don't like the sound of my voice. and you probably don't either. >> consider it raspy. yeah. that's. yeah. okay. >> spencer. thanks. well, still ahead tonight on abc seven news at 11, a highly decorated olympian finds himself with just minutes to decide what to grab as the palisades fire closed in. we'll have his harrowing tale of survival and

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a former olympic swimmer. he says he lost all ten of his olympic medals when the home he was renting burned down. as the fire approached his home, he

started filling his car with essentials and after the first trip to the car, he felt hot. embers just rained down. hall, who has diabetes, grabbed two final things before fleeing his insulin and his dog, puddles. >> you find out a lot about yourself in that moment and what was more important to me, the olympic medals or my dog? i think i guess my dog means more to me, he said it was hard to leave behind the medals that took a lifetime of work to win. >> according to a gofundme, hall ran a business out of the home he lost using his pool to teach children how to swim. well, it is win or go home time in the nfl playoffs. and chris alvarez joins us with a preview of sports. chris. >> hi, deon. coming up in sports. this is why we love the nfl playoffs elimination games the rest of the way. wild card weekend kicks off. which players and teams would etch their names into the next chapter of nfl playoff

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weekend in houston. the team playing with heavy hearts as the community deals with the devastating wildfires. some players and coaches showing love for the local heroes wearing la fire department hats and shirts.

former 40 niners head coach jim harbaugh taking on former forty-niners dc demeco ryans late first, quarter, third and 16. c.j. stroud tracks down the bad snap, rolls right and completes the xavier hutchinson big play to move the sticks. it's actually in the second quarter that led to this stroud and nico collins touchdown. houston led 10 to 6 at the half. late third. chargers down 13 six. justin herbert picked off. it's eric murray 38 yard pick six. 20 to 6 houston in the lead. next chargers possession. another turnover. herbert picked off again derek stingley jr. this wouldn't be a touchdown but houston scored 23 unanswered to blow it open. and the texans win 32 to 12 advancing to the divisional round. afc north rivals going at it in baltimore. ravens hosting the steelers scoreless late in the first. lamar jackson zing to rashod bateman. touchdown 15 yards. seven nothing baltimore. second quarter now same score. hand it to derrick henry. breaking

tackles eight yards. and in. 14 nothing baltimore final seconds of the half lamar doing mvp things. look at him escape the pocket all around. no one can tackle him. he finds justice hill five yards touchdown 21 nothing at the half. king henry had a monster game 26 carries 186 yards two scores. this goes for 44. ravens win 2814 advancing to the divisional round as well. the 49 ers wrapped up their 2024 season early this week with exit meetings. and all things considered, rookie wide receiver ricky pearsall had a great season while facing challenges nobody could have imagined. pearsall, remember was shot in an attempted robbery in union square before the season began. he made his season debut week seven against the chiefs, and then finished his campaign with 31 catches, 400 receiving yards and three touchdowns. >> for me, like my plan is to continue to, you know, jt continue to get better and build on what i could, you know, and, you know, in the off season for me, you know, i feel like i come back from the offseason and become, you know, that much more

of a different player. and, you know, that's what i'm excited for. like i was just talking about is having that full offseason, having that full training period and knowing what to expect and knowing what to work for. so, you know, i'm excited for that. >> one thing he said to me, mr. lynch, i just want to keep playing because i feel like i'm just getting my feet underneath me. so that's that's really cool that he has that excitement and he's going to use that. i said, now the key is you use that to motivate you through this off season. and his mindset i can tell is right. he's a really good football player, proud of the way he handled a lot of adversity, things that nobody could anticipate. work through it. i think we're going to have a really good football player. >> all right. coming up in the second half of sports sharks highlights and college basketball abc seven sports sponsored by river rock casino dion. >> much more to come tonight on abc seven news at 11. look at how sweet it is. not just bay area firefighters helping los angeles. see how one local organization is also stepping up. plus, a look at the rebuilding challenges ahead for the los angeles communities

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found dead as wildfires rage in los angeles. firefighters are making some progress at this hour. the palisades fire has burned more than 23,000 acres and is 11% contained. the eaton fire at about 14,000 acres and is 15% contained. fire crews are hoping they can maintain those containment lines as the area braces for the return of stronger winds. abc news reporter jacqueline lee is in altadena to show us the fight ahead. >> reporter firefighters are in a race against time, trying to take advantage of better weather conditions to get the fires under control before the winds spike again. continuing to attack the flames from the sky and the ground. as many residents return to find their homes reduced to rubble. >> never in a million years would we think that a fire would come down and completely destroy not just this neighborhood, but half or more of the entire pacific palisades? it's a it's devastating. >> teams began grid searches for remains and missing persons in

burn zones. despite the risks, some residents chose to stay behind to try to protect their homes. >> we were winning small victories and it would calm down and then we had time to regroupn and reposition ourselves again and then, you know, it would kick up again. >> officials warn the threat is far from over. santa ana winds will continue to hit the los angeles county through wednesday, keeping the fire danger high. jacqueline lee, abc news, altadena, california. >> the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is taking the lead in investigating what started the palisades fire in l.a. county. the agency says fire investigators are on the scene and are working with state investigators. los angeles fire officials asked the agency for help in determining whether power line failure, arson or another cause started that fire. attorney general rob a is hoping to keep people safe financially in the wake of the fires. he is warning the public

about illegal price gouging and fraudsters who may try to take advantage after this natural disaster. >> we've seen before that emergencies like this, in addition to bringing out the best in so many, also bring out bad actors who seek to use the trauma, the chaos of moments like this for their own gain. they see an opportunity. >> bonta says prices for goods shouldn't go up more than 10% of what it was before the fire, and continues to say anyone caught trying to scam others will be held accountable. while crews work tirelessly to get a handle on the flames in los angeles, leaders are already vowing to rebuild. but california's insurance crisis is complicating those plans. state officials say between 2020 and 2022, insurance companies declined to renew 2.8 million homeowner policies in.8 the state of california. the insurance commissioner has banned insurance companies from canceling or not renewing policy for homeowners affected by the

palisades and eaton fires for one year. he also wants to backdate that to october 9th. >> my immediate goal is to make sure that we get the claims paid as quick as possible, and that we get people on the road to recovery as quickly as we can. >> between the pacific palisades and altadena areas, nearly 20% of homeowners and fire policies were not renewed between 2020 to 2022. the university of california, los angeles, has asked its students to prepare for potential evacuation, as evacuation warnings for the palisades fire are getting closer to campus. the evacuation order friday night extended to parts of interstate 405, just a few minutes drive from the ucla campus, and the evacuation warnings ends just above the university's campus. the school has 46,000 undergraduate and graduate students. the san francisco spca is hoping to make room for animals impacted by the

wildfires in la. they have more than 50 puppies in need of forever homes. so to help make the space for animals in need down south, they say they are waiving adoption fees for all puppies. hundreds of evacuees and volunteers descended on the santa anita park in arcadia today, where a grassroots donation center was set up a few miles south of the eaton fire zone. leanne suter, from our sister station in los angeles, reports on who's behind the effort. >> outpouring. outpouring times ten. i mean, thousands of people have been coming through hereple dropping off donations, even more coming in to try to get the help. and we all have been wondering who's been behind it. well, we found them. it is a group of friends that have come together. this entire group here come together to start this effort. their spokesperson, alan g. tell me, how did this begin for you guys? >> by the grace of god to begin with. unfortunately, we had a natural disaster in the city.

and immediately these these people behind me, each of them went to immediate action to feed the to feed the needy. i went on a tiktok live. i knew my pastor needed some hot dogs. miss queen of l.a, clover king, mister foodie, miss uncle jimmy, benny's barbecue, la glizzy, it's endless. these people right here. they were on a tiktok live. they gave me the food. i passed it forward. somebody called me, said, hey, i saw you with the clover king agency. like, what were you guys doing? i said, honestly, we were just giving away food. he said, i have ten trucks full of ten trucks, ten truck fulls of supplies. where do i take it? i said, bring it to the rose bowl. within 24 hours, we outgrew that location. they try to set us up in another location that didn't work. and then out of nowhere, i got a phone call from the santa anita racetrack saying, guys, we'll give you a quarter of our parking lot. we came here. we started working this morning. they called me. they said they canceled all their races this weekend. they're going to give us the whole parking lot. somebody told me this turned out to be the biggest

collection. and guys, i'm not even. these are. we're street food vendors and i'm their homie that just came together and like, we're in shock. so right now we're taking donations all the way until sunday night. monday, tuesday, wednesday is strictly pickup, guys. the volunteers have helped so much. the donations have came in so much. we're done taking clothes. unfortunately, because we have so many pieces of clothing. monday, tuesday, wednesday will will start distributing it to the community. >> i just want to reiterate, you are stopping donations beginning tomorrow night. tomorrow night? tomorrow night. got it. okay. tomorrow night. donations? no more. but then, beginning monday. tuesday. wednesday. 7 to 8 here at santa anita park will strictly be for those in need, those affected by the fire in order to get those donations. >> what a remarkable turnout. we are staying on top of all of the developments coming out of the wildfires in los angeles county. you can get updates as they happen on abc seven news.com and our abc seven bay area app. well, still to come tonight. it was started

in the bay area and now thep is helping millions of people stay informed about the raging wildfires in the south. >> well, thankfully we have no fires here in the bay area right now, but we do have strong, gusty winds. i'll have details on that in my accuweather forecast coming u

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james longman right here on our air many times, bringing us stories from all around the world. now he's opening up about his own story in his new memoir, the inherited mind exploring the genetics of mental illness while telling the story of his personal life struggles. >> his mother used to say, you've inherited the longman curse. it is a curse that abc news chief international correspondent james longman says led to his father taking his own life. a moment that set him on a deeply personal journey.

>> i wanted to know in our dna was i was my code written for me to experience depression? >> speaking to live with kelly and mark, longman opened up about what he calls a pattern of mental illness in his family. >> when you started experiencing bouts of sadness or anxiety, is it inevitable? >> my dad had schizophrenia and he ended his life when i was nine. his brother also had schizophrenia. my grandfather also ended his life. my mother has clinical depression and i have had deep sadness. so you wouldn't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that i find life, maybe sometimes a bit tough, you know, from ukraine to syria to israel and beyond, gaza is under total siege. >> longman writes, it's part of an ongoing pattern. that means i'm more at home in a news van with literal bombs exploding nearby than i am in a family in which every day is war. >> you can inherit trauma, but you can also inherit healing. and i think that's amazing because it gives your children the chance to break

these patterns. >> now, if you or someone you know is dealing with mental health issues, there is help available. anytime you can dial 988 to reach the crisis. lifeline 24 over seven. we've put together a list of local resources as well at abc seven news.com slash. take action. president biden awarded the highest civilian honor to pope francis today, the presidential medal of freedom, with distinction. he spoke with the pope today, and the award citation called him the people's pope. this is the first time biden has given the medal during his presidency. biden is a catholic himself and said francis is a light of faith, hope and love. he planned to travel to the vatican to meet with italian leaders, but had to cancel due to the california wildfires. a wildfire alerting app founded in sonoma county is currently the top app in the app store. watch duty is proving to be a vital tool for those living in southern california. abc seven news

reporter cornell bernard shows you how it all 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 monitorig 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. >> wow. the technology never ceases to amaze me. i mean, not only with this app, but then to see all of those pee mobilize. all thanks to tiktok. >> i know. it's amazing. yeah, it truly is. it's good to see

that kind of effort, you know, here in the bay area. we're so fortunate we don't have fires. we have a wind alert, a wind advisory, i should say, in effect until 10 a.m. tomorrow. now, winds will be gusting up to about 50mph at their peak. and this is this advisory is for the north bay interior mountains, the east bay hills, the eastern santa clara hills and the santa cruz mountains. on we go to overnight lows under clear skies and windy conditions. lows will drop into the mid 30s. in some places like lakeport and santa rosa. a low of 38 degrees but mainly low to mid 40s in the coolest locations. tomorrow's highs between about 60 and 62 degrees for most of the bay area under sunny skies. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we have seven more days of sunny weather coming our way. it will be dry right on into next weekend. relatively mild until next saturday when it starts to get a little bit cooler. maybe that's a hint of some clouds and rain coming our way, but at the moment we don't see it developing. >> you know what time it is for you. >> time to go to bed and get my throat and my voice back.

>> yeah. >> big scoop of honey. >> maybe a cough drop. yeah, i hope so. >> hope you sound better tomorrow. >> thanks, diane. >> all right, well, let's get to chris alvarez once again with another preview of sports. hi, chris. >> hi, dion. coming up in sports, we got a blitz of bay area college hoops. plus the sharks looking for a win at the tank with a five game (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card!

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to utah last night. the sharks returning home to host minnesota looking for a bounce back against the wild. will smith mixing it up. things getting chippy between the two teams. sharks and wild. second period. wild. up one. nothing. off the turnover matt boldy fires and scores. two. nothing. minnesota. late second period. same score. sharks down two. nothing. william eklund some speed. maclean celebrating. shots blocked but eklund rebound and score. 16th of the year. it's a21 game. late third period. off the turnover. sharks trying to pull the goalie. and matt

zuccarello scores the empty netter as the sharks lose it three one. >> and tonight i felt like we played really well. and for the most part we were all over them. and i mean it sucks when you don't get the result. >> i think it was a lot of chances we could have scored today. i think we had a lot of great chances. we had a lot of, you know. pucks that we usually score. you know, we got to find a way to score more goals here. we haven't done that lately and we got to find a way to do that. >> men's college hoops stanford hosting virginia. there's the tre first half maxime moreno. oh he slams it. home game high 24 for reno. final seconds of the first half. jaylen blakes uh- banks it in to beat the buzzer. that was nice. ten point lead at the break. and then of course that's greatning into the half reno here down low. bucket and the foul lefty got it to go. final seconds of the game. watch this jaylen thompson call this a monster slam to finish it. oh yeah. stanford wins it 8865. cal

hosting virginia tech down to the final three seconds. bears down three. so who do you give it to. andre stojakovic to ty. oh it was in and out. so close. game tying shot goes in and out. cal falls 7168. bay area battle between santa clara hosting usf. fans getting pumped. dons executing the half court offense marcus williams dribble drive. great pass to tyrone riley, the fourth for the two handed hammer. late first half. now it's cameron tongue hoop and the foul. broncos trailed by seven at the half. and then they outscored the dons by 30 after halftime. broncos win 7754. and saint mary's beat san diego 103 56. abc seven sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> dion, chris, thank you very much. and a quick reminder that you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. just download the app now and start streaming for free. and that's it for

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