right now at 11. unrelenting. two new fires have crews scrambling in southern california tonight, this one in studio city. big flames bringing down that house in a densely populated area. not far. a fast moving fire in the hollywood hills. it had a lot of people nervous. mandatory evacuations quickly ordered. all of this happening as the devastating palisades at eaton. fires continue to burn. the destruction so widespread it's almost impossible to comprehend. we lost everything we owned. but. it doesn't even look like a house anymore. fire crews are spread thin and the threat is

far from over. please, please, please, if you don't need to be in the area, we don't need you in the area. it is going to be another long and unnerving night for the los angeles area. more than 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders tonight. some of those people forced out of their homes late this evening as this fire broke out in studio city. multiple homes on fire. sky ranger overhead as one of those homes collapsed. our crew on the ground says four homes are destroyed and two others threatened. crews remain in attack mode, battling multiple fires across los angeles county. the largest is the palisades fire. no containment. this is a live look right now from sky ranger mandeville canyon area. estimated 1000 structures destroyed by this fire. but that number could climb in the daylight. thank you. to the eaton fire near altadena. it's burned more than 10,000 acres. and just a short time ago, we

learned that nearly a thousand homes are gone here as well in this fire. zero containment. and then there's the sunset fire, which broke out this evening in the hollywood hills. we just told you about that one. 50 acres burned. but the good news is crews have made some good progress on it. now, it was pure chaos as people raced to evacuate from that hollywood hills fire earlier today. this is an iconic area. cars bumper to bumper. as you can see as embers swirled in the air. some people actually tried escaping on foot, carrying backpacks and suitcases to flee. we have team coverage of all these fires for you tonight. nbc's gadi schwartz is in the hollywood hills. gadi. i mean, there was a little bit of a panic when you see that fire pop up in the hollywood hills. we were down at the palisades fire. and you just know what the high winds can do. fortunately, right now and again, this is this is just right now you're at the trees and there is no wind that we can

see here. and if there are wind gusts, they're not as extreme as what we saw last night. if you can hear all above us, we've got about three choppers that are circling. they are coming in so low that you can feel it in your lungs. if this would have happened yesterday here, if this would have happened with those wind gusts, there is no doubt that this entire area would be most likely gone at this point. but fortunately, we are seeing this happen on a day where they have the air resources, they have the winds down. they can attack this fire like they normally do, and we're just hoping that that stays steady tonight. yeah. back to you guys. a lucky break for sure. thank you. gadi. tonight we're getting our first look at the destructive palisades fire. but this time we're seeing it from above. what you're looking at is what it looks like from our chopper. that fire burning between malibu and santa monica last night. as you heard gotti say, the winds were so strong that even the air tankers couldn't fly. nbc bay area's

velena jones from our station is in pacific palisades tonight. velena. we are on palisades drive at palisades villas, where this community has been completely engulfed in flames. tonight, the wind is blowing and you can see just the pure destruction that this fire has caused. and it's still raging here tonight. not a single house is left standing. you can see the destruction here, just in this driveway coming through. it looks apocalyptic. and if we come over here, as the fire continues to rage tonight, we're hearing how powerful the wind is. as we continue to hear the fire take over this community. and the fire is not slowing down. but what we haven't seen is a single fire crew. come here and treat this area. we have seen fire crews drive past this area. but the problem with this is there is limited resources

and fire crews are focusing on the communities and the homes that they can save right now. but tonight, you see this is a complete loss as the fire continues throughout the evening hours. yeah, they have to make some very difficult decisions. all right. thank you very much. velena. now, as you saw there, the fires that started yesterday still raging tonight we have new fires breaking out. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. okay. we keep hearing that the winds are dying down, so we've got some progress there. a little bit of luck, but when does it stop? completely. when we get to friday night, it's going to be the forecast that we really desperately need. across there we should see calm winds moving through southern california by sunday night. but tonight it's another gut wrenching evening where nerves are on edge. people are going to be sleepless this evening. it's going to be hard to go another night here knowing what's happening around you down there in southern california, if you have friends or family there. so we're tracking these fires here. i want to get you first to the sunset fire. this one breaking

out tonight. but thankfully, winds are not nearly as strong as it was this time last night. this time last night, we had winds of 90 to 100mph in the mountains. by this evening, it was 15 to 25 here in the hollywood hills. and progress has been made on that. so good news on that fire near hollywood. and then out here to the palisades fire. this is where i have the strongest winds right now, 15 to 45 mile per hour gusts. so santa monica and malibu still on high alert. and then we have the eaton fire out in altadena. winds are 10 to 20, so also a lot less in the way of wind. let's get you to that wind forecast tomorrow morning, ten to about 30mph at the lower elevations, but the mountains still could be 40 to 60. and then wait for it here. as we head into friday evening, you'll see it right there. the winds calm down only 5 to 10mph by friday night. that's what we're waiting on. jessica. yeah, that looks so hopeful. all right. thank you very much, jeff. now, check out this home security camera captured the flames of that palisades fire that jeff is

talking about spreading through this neighborhood in malibu. this is about 5:00 yesterday evening. now, our crews in los angeles drove through that same neighborhood. today, nearly every home turned to ash and rubble again. at least a thousand homes destroyed in the palisades fire. we'll have to see what happens when daybreak comes. now, even as that fire fight rages on, there are already growing questions as to whether firefighters may have been hampered by cuts made at city hall, and whether more could have been doneo avoid the decimation of so many neighborhoods. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran picks up the story from here. jocelyn. yeah, just amid the devastation today, some people returned to what used to be their homes. meantime, l.a. mayor karen bass is facing tough questions about funding cuts that the l.a. city fire department's budget faced last year as several wildfires rage across southern california. tonight, some are seeing what's left of their homes. this is a friend of the house. yeah, all

our lawn is gone. just our our gate and then the back of it. it's done. my son's coffee trailer, he just started. it's done. it's. it's gone. yeah. it's all we got. yeah. i can't believe it. we try to hold our house down before we left, but there's only so much you could do. she's one of tens of thousands of people evacuated from the now deadly eaton fire burning in altadena. in malibu, steve wiggins says he tried everything to save his home. we lost everything we owned, but. it doesn't even look like a house anymore. it just looks like a. 75 mile per hour. winds overnight pushed the palisades

fire up the pacific coast highway, creating this apocalyptic scene stretching for miles on the california coast. as we start to get a glimpse of the destruction, the finger pointing has begun. tonight, there are questions about an $18 million budget reduction. l.a. mayor karen bass approved last year. just last month, the l.a. fire chief warned the decision would diminish the department's ability to prepare for and respond to large scale emergencies. mayor bass said wednesday the cuts did not impact the fire department's response. i am confident that it did not. i will call up a representative from the fire department to address that, but i will also say that within this fiscal year, lafd actually would go above what was allocated on july 1st. this is an absolutely unprecedented event. we have, you know, we have another fire that just broke out. any fire department, even our size is sttched thin. as crews raced to contain the flames, president biden and governor newsom met

with local fire officials and promising to direct all possible resources to the fire fight. we have a mutual aid system that's second to none in the country. hand in glove, i saw within the first hour of this fire, first hour being on scene, folks from the bay area, because we have pre-positioned. we're right here on the scene across los angeles county tonight, the devastation is still sinking in as people navigate how to move forward. i'm hoping i just wake up and it's a dream, but it's not. but you're with your family. i'm with my family. my kids are safe. my dogs are safe. we're alive. but it just. it was our home. jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. that is a hard pill to swallow, for sure. all right. we're starting to get a clearer picture of the destruction caused by the eaton fire. and what people will be going back to the eaton fire is the one burning in altadena. it's north of pasadena. at least five people have been killed there and 10,000 acres burned. look at the satellite image. this is what east altadena drive looked

like on monday. that's a day before the fire started. this is what it looked like yesterday when the flames tore through that same area. you can see several buildings on fire through all that smoke. now here's an image showing fair oaks avenue in altadena again. monday looks normal. now look at the same spot yesterday the entire area black, dozens of buildings just ablaze. and in the last hour, we've learned that nearly a thousand buildings have been destroyed. but you can count, and i can guarantee you that that number is expected to grow. well, we have also sent crews to southern california to aid with some relief. this is video of one of our producers took from the air as she approached l.a. today. check out that smoke filled sky. of course. we invite you to stay with us for the latest onir and online. our website is a great resource for breaking news. we're posting updates to nbcbayarea.com all around the clock. okay, let's move in a different direction. a new era

has begun in san francisco after being sworn in front of city hall, mayor daniel lurie chose chinatown to celebrate. nbc bay area's gia vang was there for all the festivities. a party that not many say they've ever seen in that neighborhood before. reporter. this was the height of the party. thousands of people descending on s.f. chinatown after a tight inauguration day scheduleor the new mayor, daniel lurie. i'm feeling very calm. i'm feeling like, okay, it is a new era here in san francisco, one that is going to be defined not only by change, but accountability. that's what he told a crowd of roughly 800 inside the banquet room of far east cafe on grant. centering the aapi community. this community is what powers our city. in a tight and sometimes chaotic squeeze for supporters and dignitaries, including sfpd chief bill scott, who talked about the mayor's new plan, he announced during his inauguration speech an emergency

declaration to combat the fentanyl crisis. i definitely feel that there's a lot more progress that will be made. you know, we'll see with the emergency order. when that happens, it can speed things up. attorney general rob bonta also says he will work with the mayor to perhaps bring special resources for law enforcement to tackle the crisis. we can bring those to bear here in san francisco to work on tackling some of the organized criminal groups involved in peddling fentanyl. the same with human trafficking, with gun smuggling and gun trafficking, hate crimes, organized retail crime. reporter this all after the mayor helped light the firecrackers in front of the restaurant where one woman was hurt, though at this point unclear how the new mayor then left far east cafe. he got into a waiting suv. it drove him to this intersection, grant and jackson, where he made remarks on the main stage. the mayor announced popular dj zoo after sending another message. nobody gets to define san francisco

except for us. i couldn't hear it, but i heard him to say, be nice to each other, which is good. we'll see. you know, i'm excited. you know, i think it will be a new chapter for sf. what? the co-chair of all of tonight's festivities also want from this new administration. hopefully safety and bringing more people eat and shop in chinatown. gia vang. nbc bay area news. well, she just left congressast week, but barbara lee isn't done with politics. apparently, the former congresswoman announced today that she is officially running for mayor of oakland. lee broke that news in a video message this morning. it follows weeks of speculation and a public push from other city and community leaders. 78 year old, no stranger to the town, she's been on oakland ballots for three decades, having first been electeto the state legislature in 1990. and she's represented oakland for close to 30 years in the house. this is really

important in terms of trying to bring people together, because so many people i've talked to, labor, business, community activists, i've talked to members of the clergy, and the same issues keep coming up. and so i said, well, let's do this. and i'm very excited. now, lee is facing more than a dozen other potential candidates. oakland voters will ultimately decide who their next mayor will be in a special election on april 15th. we're back in 60s with the latest from southern california. where the fight continues is a live look from above. harrowing stories of families forced to flee their homes, now facing uncertain futures. and while the wind is calm at the lower elevations in southern california, some of the mountains still reading 40 to 50. we'll take more looks at the wind there, and you can see back in the bay area it is calm. we'll show you what to expect over the next couple of days. coming up. also tonight, let them play. that is the rallying cry from some south bay parents. a potential fight over a little

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underway tonight in santa rosa after four people were found dead in a home. this happened at valle vista mobile home park on monarch court. discovery made by officers performing a welfare check this afternoon. police say a relative called them after they were unable to reach the family for several days. investigators are not saying how the victims died. well, president elect trump was on capitol hill tonight paying his respects to the late president jimmy carter. carter, as you know, died last week. he's lying in state at the capitol rotunda. earlier this evening, mr. trump and his wife melania stood beside the casket. the president elect is expected to attend carter's funeral tomorrow. and we invite you to join nbc news tomorrow for a historic farewell to the former president. the funeral for mr. carter will honor his legacy of courage, compassion and service. coverage begins at 7:00 in the morning right here on nbc bay area. all

right, let's take you back out to southern california. look at this. it is raging. in fact, when you look at it like this, it almost looks like a volcano. but it isn't. it's massive fires still in southern california. this is the palisades fire. the palisades fire alone has burned at least a thousand homes, businesses and other structures to that number. surely to get much larger. this video shows the drive into pacific palisades earlier this afternoon. so much loss for so many thousands, as we've been telling you, were forced to just up and flee their homes. in fact, we spoke to a young woman with ties to the bay area who evacuated with her family yesterday, and she has learned that her home may not have survived the flames. it was just moving so quickly and the winds were so high. we live in the lower marquez area. that's where our house was on. ballinger and i grew up in the palisades, and all of my friends have lost their homes. we counted today. i think there's only four standing out of

hundreds. we have so much love coming in from across the nation, from friends and family, and we feel it. but everybody here in the palisades needs it. i mean, everybody, everybody. so it's the mindset. it's the friends and family that matter now. aaron dahl, left, with her five year old and her two year old. it turnsut she does have family in the bay area. we hope that we can embrace her here if she decides to come this way again. here's a live look at that palisades fire, jeff. it's still a very difficult, complicated situation. still very dangerous. but you're telling us that the winds are starting to die down and that we can expect maybe by friday, to have this in a manner that won't escalate anymore? friday night we're looking at to 5 to 10 mile per hour winds overall. so that is going to be the time zone here friday evening when it's going to get better for us. so as we continue to track these fires, i can show you that wind forecast better. and really as

we roll through tomorrow morning, in case you missed this earlier, we'll still be ten to about 30 for the lower elevations. but the higher elevations still may pop 40 to maybe 60 on the high side. but then as we talked about here, you'll be able to see this on our forecast. everyththing is lining up for right there friday night for that wind to come on down. we've got more coverage of this of course, at nbcbayarea.com. but when it comes to our own weather back here at home, we'll see this area of high pressure that's going to keep it dry with some sunshine. let me get you more details on that. plus what's happening with rain chances in your microclimate forecast. and as we started off for tomorrow morning, we do have the chance of a little bit of fog near the coastline. could see some of that fog. also developing rig near the bay. doesn't look like a whole lot. and then that sunshine will be on the way here as we head through the afternoon. but make sure to get that heavier jacket out tomorrow. it is going to get cold. you're going to feel it as you step out the door. plenty of low to mid 40s tomorrow morning, down to 43 here in the

peninsula. south bay at 4540 in the tri-valley. and we'll stay with that chilly trend here for the north bay, san francisco and the east bay temperatures. by tomorrow afternoon we're g going to get close to 70 down here across the south bay. that will bring us to 68 in san jose, also 69 in milpitas, right here through the east bay, 65 in oakland, 67 in concord, 66 in pleasanton. let's take you to the peninsula 62 and half moon bay and down to palo alto, 67 san francisco chilliest in the marina at 59 and the mildest in the mission at 64. and for the north bay upper 60s in napa and 67 in santa rosa. so rainfall. we desperately need to get more in here, not only for us, but of course, for southern california. that's only averaged about a quarter of an inch since october the 1st, and we don't have any big chances the next seven days. eventually we may get a little bit of rainfall moving in. once we hit about january the 17th, january the 18th, it's not really developing the way we'd

like to see it for strong storm, but we'll just have to wait and see on that. so maybe january 17th and 18th, some rain chances for us right here on that 7-day forecast. we're in the 60s next seven days in san francisco. and we're also trending with 60s throughout the inland valleys and plenty of chilly mornings ahead with lots of low 40s next couple of days. i did also want to mention when we go back to southern california, the palisades fire, which is ravaged, what we hear maybe hundreds of homes. that's where we see homes. yeah. wow. we're seeing the strongest gusts right now. so 40 to about 50. so, you know, just can't let your guard down in southern california yet. and no outlook for rain in southern california. no, they they also are maybe waiting until the 17th or 18th. all right. you can s

santa clara unified school district is set to review a 30 year master plan for all of its schools, and that could include replacing one of the little league fields at hayman elementary. the field is one of three westside little leagues currently renting that the little league currently rents and plays at. parents say with a league of 300 or more players, losing one field could mean the end of the game for everyone. what that does is it takes away from the four year olds, the six year olds, the eight year olds. i mean, that's where those kids play. and you got your your ten, 11 and 12 to play here. but i mean, they got to have a start. now, the district did decline an

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demanding an unprecedented rollout of firefighters. dozens of local firefighters are already on the front lines and more are headed out this new video. san jose as jfrd sent two more engines this evening, in addition to a strong team that was deployed earlier today. these are the latest numbers. at least five people have been killed. you're looking at live pictures. numerous others injured. that's in the. that's in altadena. the two largest fires are the palisades fire, which has burned more than 17,000 acres, and the eaton fire near pasadena. that's in also near altadena. it's burned more than 10,000 acres. about a thousand structures have been st in each of those fires.