winds. this is a reminder that this is a very dynamic situation that can change quickly. let's run you through the other fires. the eaton fire. that's the one burning in altadena. it has grown to more than 13,000 acres, still 0% contained. officials believe up to 5000 structures haveve been destroyed, but that number could include outbuildings and vehicles. some people are starting to try to get back there to see if anything is left of their neighborhoods and their homes, just like seeing our home go down, our memories are just everything about it. it's yeah, we're hurting a lot. we would walk tse streets all the time and now seeing it burnt to the ground. and i'm just very blessed that my house is still standing. but we're not out of the woods yet. and my heart goes out to all the families that have five friends who have lost their homes, two who've lost their entire block. so i don't know how we recover. let's talk about the palisades fire w,

already being called the most destructive fire ever to hit the city. firefighters have not gained any containment. cal fire estimates 5300 structures have been destroyed, including the iconic all up and down the iconic pacific coast highway. again, a second person has been found dead in that fire tonight. officials are hoping for a break, but there is still a long way to go. our coverage continues. jennifer bjorklund from nbc is in altadena. for us, it is day three of the firestorm sweeping through los angeles county. it is safe to say that the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of los angeles, and palisades is just one of the multiple fires burning for firefighters. the struggle is around the clock against the fast moving, unpredictable flames. we're fighting fire on one side, and then all of a sudden the wind changes direction and now we're fighting on multiple fronts.

those flames advancing due to strong winds. some hurricane force. we had gusts up to 99 miles an hour. and firefighters were used to. we're used to the santa ana winds, but we're not used to is these erratic winds and the, you know, two mile ember crossing. but officials say after days of bad news, there is progress. while we are still facing significant threats, i am hopeful that the tide is turning in neighborhoods hit hard by the fires, blocks of destruction, entire businesses destroyed, homes completely gone. families feeling helpless. first home purchase. you know. so it's like you work hard for your american dream and a dream that is now gone. let's go check in with meteorologist vianey arana. now, this red flag warning that has been hitting southern california, now extended. when are they going to get some kind of relief with

these wind gusts? well, looking at the models, i can definitely see why this was extended as were unfortunately expected to see those wind gusts kick up yet again overnight into friday. i'm going to take you through the timing of this, but i want to give you an overall sense of where we're seeing some of these active fires burning now, the kenneth fire, this is the new one and it's in west hills near calabasas. the winds are blowing from the north northeast, and that's the reason why calabasas is under extreme threat there, as those embers could potentially blow further south into the next couple of hours. we're going to see these wind gusts ramp up yet again. and i want to show you for perspective as well, the largest fire actively burning the palisades fire at a little over 19,000. we've got 67 degrees. but look at the humidity dropping down even further. we could see single digit humidity wise. and that, of course, is problematic when we're talking about wind gusts. now, let's talk about when these wind gusts will pick up. and the reason why this red flag warning was extended. i took this overnight through about 7 a.m. and notice what

happens with these wind gusts right up here. the la and la and ventura county area, 50 to 60 plus mile per hour winds will once again ramp up overnight into friday. so we're going to see these gusty conditions really kicking it up a notch all through the overnight early friday morning. when do they start to back off and diminish. well i took this to about 6 p.m. you'll notice they start to kind of back off. we're talking now 18 to 20 plus. and it really isn't until late friday. we're talking 10:11 p.m. on friday into early saturday that we see some calm wind speeds. so we'll get that saturday break as far as the wind goes. but then unfortunately, heading into sunday and just looking ahead into monday and tuesday, we could see these wind speeds ramp up yet again. and with how dry it is right now, we're not seeing any rain in the extended forecast for california. but i'll have a closer look at your local conditions as well, coming up in just a few minutes. all right. we'll see you in just a little bit. coverage continues tonight on nightly news as these fires burn. gadi schwartz came

across a homeowner trying to save his own house even before the firefighters arrived or the conditions got worse. are you worried about these winds? i mean, are you worried for your. for your life? this. well, my car is ready to go, so. got it. i'm. if this gets too bad, i'm out of here. but i'm just trying to tell the firefighters. get here, you know? do you think that the firefighters will be able to get here? we just saw a ladder truck working that area, and then they pulled back. it's. they're overworked. it's hard to tell, you know, but every little bit helps here, you know, very calm homeowner there. you're going to hear more from him coming up on nightly news with lester holt tonight right here at 630. we're going to move on to some other news now. walgreens is closing a dozen stores in san francisco. that means it will be harder for many to get prescriptions filled. not just san francisco. walgreens is shutting down 1200 locations across the country. nbc bay area's christie smith has the details. i shop here regularly, actually, probably once every couple of weeks. the walgreens store on noriega street is a go

to store for eastern lie. it's a close and convenient place for prescriptions and other necessities, but that's about to change. i have to go somewhere where the parking isn't as great, and it's just going to make everything a little harder. others see it this way. services like that is really necessary for the neighborhood and the community. you know, for us it's convenience. a few blocks away and there's another walgreens, you know, further down. but that's how things go nowadays. the store is one of 12 san francisco walgreens stores that are now set to close at the end of next month. it's part of a larger decision by the retailer to close 1200 stores nationwide. in a statement today, the company said in part, increased regulatory reimbursement pressures are weighing on our ability to cover costs associated with rent, staffing and supply needs. it's just the latest drug chain to shutter stores. we spoke with an associate professor in the

department of management at cal state east bay about the issue. the closures have been happening for a while because of various reasons, but mainly profitable reasons. these latest closures also included geary boulevard, walgreens and supervisor connie chan's district. they have informed us that they're going to transfer some of these prescription and pharmacy services to the walgreens, located out of richmond. it's not going to work for us. we're in communications with them. we are reaching out to the walgreens representative to figure out what are our options at the end of the day? that's critical service for our residents. walgreens says they will work to minimize customer disruptions. patients are being notified as to where their prescriptions are being transferred, and in most cases, that's the next nearest walgreens in san francisco. christie smith, nbc, bay area news. security screeners hit the picket lines today at san francisco international airport. the screeners are contract employees who work for a company

called covenant. they claim that a law was signed two years ago that required the department of homeland security to raise their wages to match. tsa employees pay, but they have not receivevd at raise. we're pushing. we're pushing to try to get the money that we deserve. you know, i mean, it's not like we're trying to get extra. we're trying to get what we deserve, what we what we've fought for, you know? what the what the rules that they've established say that we're supposed to be getting. the tsa did not comment on the security screeners wages, but did say that today's rally did not cause any delays at the airport. it's worth noting that screeners are considered essential employees, meaning they are not allowed to strike. up next, is the bay area ready? we decided to look into evacuation plans in case of a disaster like the one we're seeing in southern california. we're going to show you what we found. plus, another update after four bodies were found in a santa rosa home. why? the case is now being tied to the south

bay. conditions are clear, and we had a day where we saw 60s and 70s. but those overnight lows are expected to dip. we'll talk more about that. plus a lookok aad at your weekend

victims were indeed related. four people were found shot to death in a home yesterday afternoon. this is at the valle vista mobile home park on monarch court. a gun was also found at the home. discovery made by officers performing a welfare check. police say the boyfriend of one of the victims called police after they were unable to reach them for several days. investigators say the victims were family, but they haven't released their exact relationship now as part of that investigation. a home in san jose was searched today. this is at the buena crest court. that's right by the evergreen valley college. police say it is linked to one of the victims. an emotional morning in the nation's capital. as america paused to honor former president

jimmy carter. his funeral today at the national cathedral. and the service was attended by all five living presidents, along with dignitaries from around the world. nbc's jane hetty out. jimmy carter's final stop in washington, like so much in his life defined by faith and whosoever liveth. the national cathedral filled with family, friends, dignitaries, the five living presidents sitting together. president biden delivering the eulogy his friend requested to make every minute of our time here on earth count. that's the definition of a good life. a life jimmy carter lived during his 100 years. president carter didn't particularly enjoy politics, but understood its importance to his life's mission, bringing change and help to those who need it the most. he built houses for people

that needed homes. he eliminated diseases and forgotten places. he waged peace anywhere in the world. wherever he saw a chance. he loved people. the very definition of a servant leader. few in or outside the political arena have matched his impact as a global humanitarian. i hope someday, or his commitment to peace still, no matter what he did or where he traveled, it was always he would always come home to plains, georgia. making that trip one last time today. as a nation gives thanks and honors jimmy carter for a century of dedication and love for his country and fellow man. after an evening service at maranatha baptist church, where the former

president taught sunday school well into his 9, his final resting place is alongside rosalynn, his beloved wifife of7 years in the backyard of their modest home. now a memorial in plains. jay gray, nbc news, washington. habitat for humanity is showing their appreciation for president carter with a series of memorials across the world. the late president and mrs. carter dedicated their lives to habitat for humumanity for almost 40 years. the organization says the couple helped renovate or build homes in 14 countries, including homes here in the bay area. and to honor their service, the organization has created a series of memorial doors, including two that were placed at oakland and san jose city halls. today, several people across the bay area took a moment to sign the memorials as a thanks to the carters for their work and influence. carter has helped build more than 4300 homes worldwide. all right. we want to turn your attention back to the wildfires tearing through los angeles. this is one of the

big fires there, the eaton fire that's in altadena, which is near pasadena. it has burned 13,000 acres. no containment. that fire has unfortunately killed five people and destroyed thousands of buildings. more than 5000 today. our mara lopez spoke with a family in altadena who has lost everything. so you grew up here? actually, yes i did. i moved in here when i was six months old. so i've lived here my whole entire life. so when did you find out your house was looking just like this? honestly, not until yesterday when my parents came during the afternoon because we hadn't heard anything. and we just wanted to see for ourselves. and yeah, they came and we heard some things from neighbors, but we didn't know it was completely burned down. and today we came as a family to kind of sort through the rubble. and let's talk a little bit about the fire department response. are you guys happy with the response? do you guys think they did enough? no. we're honestly very

disappointed with how they let our city completely go. yeah. unfortunately, just all the resources were at the palisades and we heard nothing. our community was trying to look at fire apps and talk to each other and just see from the fires themselves what was going on, and we weren't told anything. we didn't get the help that we needed. and after seeing satellite images from the night, everything burned down. it's so telling how they really let everything go and it's so sad. it's a big community loss. this is a very like small town here in l.a. county. this is an unincorporated area. you know, it's just we are all very close to each other and we all take care of each other. so this is just so hard to see us, you know, all going through the same struggle. we'll be here within the next few days, and we'll be keeping you guys posted with what happens with these families. back to you guys. okay. thank you very much, yamada. and we can see how difficult it is. a lot of these people didn't even know what was happening. and it was hard to get in and out of some of the

neighborhoods like we saw in pacific palisades. and that increased risk from wildland fires has really increased the interest in the use of technology. when it comes to evacuation planning, how do you get people out? what do our local evacuation plans look like? yeah, we're going to bring in our investigative reporter, hilda gutierrez. you looked into our bay area evacuation plans, and what did you find out? yes. times have really changed in the digital age. you won't find many printed maps anymore or even posted online. they're now mostly available in real time through an app. we looked at two local areas where people had trouble evacuating in the past because of geographical location and road limitations. in alameda county and in san mateo county. images of bulldozers shoving abandoned vehicles out of the way to make a path for fire crews at the pacific palisades wildfire remind us of the importance of well executed evacuation plans. thousands of people have to somehow get out

quickly on nanarrow residential roads. the same kinds of roads we have in the berkeley and oakland hills and throughout the bay area, roads that can create death traps if everyone tries to escape. at the same time, several bay area counties like alameda, santa clara and san mateo county use a software system called genesis, formerly known as zonehaven, to guide evacuations in real time by typing in your address or phone number. the system is also used in l.a. county. the software uses an algorithm incorporating factors such as weather, traffic flows, and historical disaster data to generate a digital map that will guide you to a safe location. last december, vehicles stretching for miles along highway 92 tried to exit half moon bay after a tsunami warning. following the incident, the san mateo county department of emergency management vowed to address the gaps and hold drills routinely during an evacuation order. first responders advise

you park your vehicle in your driveway or garage and leave your keys in the ignition. if you must, leave it on the street. emergency officials asked the public to also subscribe to their county alert system. genesis provides a download feature for maps in case power or cell phone signal outages interrupt their services. i'm gutierrez, nbc bay area. we investigate. all right. thank you very much, hilda. and it is so important to know your own neighborhood really well and be able to preplan how if something were to happen, whether it was the flooding like we saw a couple of years ago, or whether it's a fire. figure out what the plan is for you and your family to get out and be safe. exactly. all right. let's bring in vianey arana. let's talk about the next couple of days. yeah. we're going to still monitor the wind speeds, you know, especially down in southern california where unfortunately, it does look like we're going to see those kick up again overnight. but locally here we've also had a change. and that change has been warmth

in our temperatures, along with dry conditions that will remain heading into the next couple of days. today was slightly warmer. you noticed, you know, the clear conditions have been really nice. we've got the clear skies, but if you look at the temperatures, we're in the 50s and 60s right now for most of the bay area. and just to give you an idea of the difference in the past 24 hours, i do want to show you some spots that are about 17 degrees warmer right now compared to the same time yesterday, but also notice stretching down through the south bay as well. i do want to show you what satellite l looks like right now. we've had that high pressure that's been dominant, keeping us dry and also bringing us those temperatures above seasonable. and we're going to continue to see that. but i also want to bring up the note that in the next couple of hours, about 619, i advance us to about 7 p.m. we do still see some gusty winds and some of those top ridges up through parts of the north bay. this includes napa 20 plus in some spots. and also look at san jose. so of course not as gusty. no wind advisories are in effect, but it's enough to where if you live near one of these

areas, and even in the higher elevations, you want to be mindfu of this. now these do diminish to about 10:00 at night into the overnight hours and our hourly temperatures. you're certainly going to feel the chill heading into the overnight early morning hours. this is at 7 a.m. so these are your morning lows. we've got 30s on several spots including morgan hill. look at santa rosa 39. we've got fairfield at 39. so several 30s and 40s. but eventually by the afternoon we will climb yet again into some 60s and some low 70s in some areas, including san jose. so that warmth is here to stay. it's going to take us through the weekend as well. and here's we're monitoring with that long range outlook. so again, we've had this high pressure that's been blocking any sort of systems from moving in. and it's what's been keeping us dry. but also we're monitoring heading into saturday, sunday even into next week. more wind possible. and that's going to bring concerns as the dry weather continues. those wind gusts, especially for southern california, are expected to once again ramp up upwards of 60 plus overnight,

which is why that red flag warning was extended in the long range outlook right now, stretching this all the way through january 15th and 16th, we're not expecting to see any rain. and this is what your 7-day forecast looks like. if you notice the icons clear conditions, of course those clear skies will make for those cold morning lows in the 40s and the 30s. no frost advisories just yet, but it's going to get chilly. but you get rewarded with a 62 exactly once you make it past through the morning. just some layers. just dress in layers for sure. thanks, vianey. well, up next, nerves high. after reports of border patrol activity in the central valley, we're responding to some viewer tips about possible enforcement near

some viewers have expressed concern about seeing agents in san francisco and san jose. so far, all officials that we've talked to say the rumors are unfounded, so there is no concern. now, there have been new worries about in general about immigration enforcement this week, after border patrol activity in the central valley. there have been immigration sweeps carried out in bakersfield by u.s. border patrol. that is confirmed by border patrol. they say they've been conducting operations in the area, but they didn't say how many people were arrested. they also confirmed to us that immigration and customs enforcement or ice is not

involved. people in that area say the sweeps are leading to fear thathey may be hurting businesses because people are afraid to leave their homes. the world's fastest supercomputer is in the east bay, and federal leaders came today to dedicate it. they came to the lawrence livermore lab for the supercomputer called el capitan. tech company hp assembled it using amd chips. it makes up 7500ft■!s. that massive supercomputer generates so much that it requires 28,000 tons of cooling liquid. for comparison, the typical home only requires 4 or 5 tons. the el capitan can also perform 1.7 million 1.7 quintillion math problems in a second. wow, that's the number 17 with 17 zeros after it. can't wrap my mind around that. up next, did you grab your tickets? the windows open for a chance to see soccer's biggest star in the

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and when we checked the website, there were 1200 people in the queue. tickets range from 500 to $1900. the match between the quakes and inter miami cf will be held at paypal park in san jose in may. coming up tonight at seven, why did the water run out for some firefighters in southern california? and tonight, the race to contain the catastrophic wildfires in southern california that have destroyed more than 9,000 structures. the historic fires burning out of control in the los angeles area. new images showing the scope of the destruction. at least five dead, including the first confirmed fatality from the palisades fire, the most destructive blaze in the city's history. officials warning the toll will likely rise. the flames burning tens of thousands of acres and now threatening critical communications towers. a staggering 180,000 people forced to evacuate. now families returning to find their homes