bay area news tonight after days of intense flames, there is progress in southern california. we will not stop until the fires are fully contained. however,

dangerous conditions return this weekend as the winds pick back up. plus, we are getting updated numbers to understand how much is gone. pearsall. tears. my husband was like okay, i thought you already cried out. our crews are on the ground in some of the hardest hit spots, and we're breaking down what happens in the coming days? good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight, i'm raj mathai. when will this all come to an end? and how much more emotional trauma can they handle down in the l.a. area? we start with the new developments in this unprecedented firestorm. the wildfires are showing no signs of stopping. this is video from our nbc chopper of the palisades fire. you can see the active flames there in the rugged area of the santa monica mountains. there are neighborhoods below, and a shift in the wind could make it dangerous and even a more dangerous situation. a

series of fires have burned more than 30,000 acres now and destroyed 12,000 structures. this map shows where the largest fires are at this moment. that includes the palisades fire, which burned the pacific palisades and parts of malibu, and the eaton fire, which roared through altadena. the most immediate threat seems to be on the front lines of the palisades fire this afternoon. you see there homeowners near topanga state park using hoses, shovels and sprinklers just to protect their homes while firefighters continue to attack the flames from the air. there are continued questions about why firefighters ran out of water during the intense fight just a couple of days ago. governor newsom is ordering an independent investigation, nbc news has learned, and confirmed that a reservoir in pacific palisades was dry during the fires. this letter comes just one day after a fire victim confronted the governor about the water issues. is there no water in the hydrants? governor,

it's all literally is it going to be different next time? it has to be. in altadena today, a fresh look at the destruction. more than 7000 structures were burned, and some who lost their homes and businesses are seeing that destruction for the first time. let's bring in nbc's velena jones, who was there? many of those residents tell us they are frustrated with the lack of communicationrom law enforcement. they tell us that they came here to the evacuation zone after being sent an email that they thought would grant them permission to come see their homes, only to be turned away. altadena residents are now facing a new reality. it's been gutting. it's like it's like armageddon at the top of lake avenue. mollie stein's house is one of the few that survived the eaton fire. airdrops help put out flames next door and save her home at the same time. tonight, she's struggling with

survivor's guilt. we have a house, but we're going to live there with no village and nothing around us. it's a it's a terrible situation. stein is one of the many residents who gathered on lake avenue to try to access their home. today. they showed up after receiving an email from the city of pasadena, reportedly offering permission for a one time entry to the evacuation zone to grab essentials like medications. but when neighbors arrived, they were turned away. so we came here and it's highway patrol. we have sheriffs, there's national guard. none of them have the same messaging. claire schaeffer says she's still trying to come to terms with the loss of the family home her dad built. i just really want to go home and go in my own bed, and kind of knowing that that's not an option is just really unsettling. she's also frustrated her family has not been able to physically see what's left of their home. i think you kind of have to find a balance of prioritizing safety, but also like be empathetic to people that have lost a lot in

this disaster. in the now deleted post. the city of pasadena says the notification was a mistake, and that it's still too dangerous to allow people inside the evacuation zone. they add their orders are only for pasadena residents and don't apply to their altadena neighbors. we get our services from pasadena. we vote in every pasadena election, so it should apply. l.a. county sheriff tells me they are in charge of the altadena evacuation zone. currently, there is no timeline of when residents in that red zone will be allowed back in. reporting in altadena, velena jones, nbc, bay area news. it is so difficult and the problems never seem to let up here. this is a live look now at the palisades fire again. this is away from altadena and pasadena. this is along the coast in the coastal area. the palisades fire winds are expected to pick up this weekend. and that's not the best of news. let's bring in our meteorologist, rob mayeda. rob, you're from down there. you know this very well. what are you

expecting in the next couple of days? and could we see a repeat now come sunday and monday? you know, you bring up an excellent point. it's the same weather pattern which really dries things out. as those winds accelerate through the canyons and passes, we'll see these conditions reset as we get into saturday and sunday. even though today was the best day for wind around the palisades fire notice in the santa monica mountains, the winds are increasing out of the northwest at 17. that's pushing the palisades fire tonight. closer to 405. evacuation warnings have been expanded on the east side of the fire, on the other side of 405, just to give you a reference, you got brentwood and beverly glen, brentwood, ucla down there, northwest of downtown los angeles. now, the eaton fire also seeing relatively light wind for now. but here is the problem moving forward, beginning as early as tomorrow. those wind speeds, those dry, gusty offshore santa ana winds increase as we head into sunday, monday morning. and you can see there by thousand oaks, just north on the north side of the palisades fire. there. you've got wind gusts up to 50mph again. so we're looking at this

sunday, and it's very likely that this offshore wind pattern, which is brought in this fire weather watch for most of the mountains and those fire zones around la. this is not just a saturday and sunday event. these offshore winds are expected to continue through at least wednesday of next week. short term here. not much change in the forecast. not much support from the weather over the next few days and it's just been so dry down there. thank you rob. we'll see you a bit later. more help is arriving. this is a super scooper. look at this. can literally scoop up water from the ocean and then dump it on the flames. this one is from canada. mexico also sending firefighters. this is going to be a long way to go before these fires are contained. let's bring in nbc's gina kim now who joins us down in altadena. gina, nice to have you on the program. we hear so much of the destruction in pacific palisades and malibu, but it's really where you are just outside of pasadena that's seen the most destruction. what's the scope of the damage there? well, it is absolutely

staggering. we got new numbers today. raj that confirmed what we were fearing is that this the structure damage here has actually gone up dramatically. we were talking about 4 to 5000 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed here in the eaton fire in altadena, in the foothills. we are now saying that it is more like 7000 plus. so the total damage from the palisades to eaton and everything in between, all the wildfires that we have here in southern california, the total pushes north of 12,300 homes, businesses and other structures that have been damaged or destroyed in just the past four days. of course, this is one of them here. this is very typical of eaton in altadena. you'll see this is a church. it's just so sad when you think about how regal and majestic this must have beeeen. and now it is just reduced to rubble. and you see this over and over and over again as you get up to the mountains. we're probably about

ten blocks away from the mountains, and it came all the way down here. the good news is we did get quite a bit of a respite today from the winds. we had less winds, higher humidity for the first time in the four days of this fire. so firefighters were able to put a bit of a perimeter around the fires. but as we all know, we're never too far away from a santa ana event. we have three more expected in the week to come, and already this is proving to be raj the most costly wildfire disaster in u.s. history. it just it just never seems like it's going to end. final question for you, gina. we talk about all the people who have lost their homes. these are thousands of people and so many families here. what are the housing options for all the fire victims down in l.a? oh, raj. i mean, as a californian, you know how awful this is. we already have a housing crisis down here in southern california, and now you have 180,000 peoplehat are

under mandatory evacuations, right? many of those because they've lost their homes among the 12,000 structures that have been lost. and then we have another 160,000 people who are under potential kind of voluntary evacuation warning. and so between all of those people, all the hotels are ful anybody who can house somebody has been putting on instagram and whatsapp and social media saying, hey, i might not know you, but i have a home. so we see the generosity and the spirit of southern california coming alive, but we have a lot of pain ahead. if these people can't get permanent housing. yeah, this is going to be a one or 2 or 3 year play for many of these families. gina kim with the nbc down in l.a. thanks for your time. absolutely. housing is such a big part of this. housing and insurance and how to rebuild. we have more coverage just ahead. we'll be joined by a woman from the bay area who has made it her mission to help those communities down in l.a. rebuild. that's just in a few minutes. our other headlines that we're following this evening is tiktok about to be

banned? the supreme court has a decision to make after hearing arguments in the case today. the ban is set to take effect in nine days from now, unless tiktok's parent company, bytedance, decides to sell. congress approved the ban, saying that bytedance is susceptible to influence from the chinese government. it's a chinese company, but tiktok is arguing that such a ban would violate the first amendment rights of its 170 million users. what happens after january 19th? if you lose this case, can you just spell that out? at least as i understand it, we go dark. essentially, the platform shuts down unless there's a divestiture. unless there's a divestiture. the court could issue its preliminary decision in a matter of days. if the court declines to overturn the ban, it would take effect, meaning tiktok would go away here in the u.s. on january 19th. that's assuming bytedance has not managed to sell tiktok

to an approved american company. well, history tonight in the south bay, for the first time ever, there's a vietnamese american woman on the santa clara county board of supervisors. betty young will be sworn into office any minute now. she's an attorney and a familiar face in the community. the swearing in ceremony coincides with the 50th anniversary of the fall of saigon. that's significant because young's family came here as refugees in the 1970s. and, you know, my parents spent the last four decades working on the assembly lines of silicon valley, putting together the pieces, working at near minimum wage levels to rebuild their lives here. so i hope i make them proud tonight. i'm surure e will. the rest of the board is also making history. incoming district five supervisor margaret abe kobe will be the first japanese american woman on the board. the board will also have an asian american majority for the first time, and for the first time since 1980, there will be more women than men. well, up next, an alarming look

at the destruction in southern california. we'll show you the satellite images before and after from some of the hardest hit s spots. and how do you even begin to recover after a mega wildfire wipes out entire communities? we're joined by a nonprofit ceo, making it her mission to help in the months that follow these kind of disasters. trying to rebuild for everyone

night. take a look at this. it's hard to watch here. these are satellite images of the southern california wildfires. the image behind me shows a wide view of pacific palisades. before the fires. you see schools and fields, churches and homes. that's before the fires. let's switch us now. this is the same location after the fire. widespread destruction. you still see that school here, but all the homes around it essentially gone. neighborhoods, rows and rows of homes are gone. let's take a closer look. now, this is the neighborhood known as the alphabet streets. here's what it looked like before the fires. you see all the roofs. you see a lot of swimming pools there. and then here's another look what it looks like now. we've seen it here in santa rosa in 2017. we also saw rows d rows of destroyed of homes in san bruno back in 2010. now it's pacific palisades. much of the palisades village area. that's the shopping and dining area nearby. also gone. malibu was hit. we've been talking about

this. this is along the famed pacific coast highway, multimillion dollar homes now right along the beach. this is la costa beach in malibu. this is what it looked like before the fires. and here's what it looks like now gone. that same la costa beach on both sides of the pacific coast highway. gone. we're going to need some really to reimagine our housing now statewide. this isn't just about money and insurance. it's about how we're going to live here in california and how we recover. a bay area based group is stepping up to help. the nonprofit is called after the fire usa. it offers assistance to communities after a major wildfire. everything from navigating insurance claims to providing emotional support after the fire usa formed after the north bay fires here in 2017, after the ceo watched her community burn down, the nonprofit has helped communities impacted by nearly every major fire in the western u.s. since that point. joining

us now is jennifer gray thompson, the ceo of after the fire usa. jennifer, nice to have you on the program. just in a nutshell, what exactly do you do in terms of tangible here? how do you help these fire victims? so first, you know, because we've lived it, we actually lead it. we are the leading nonprofit in the nation dealing solely with mega fire from a 360 point of view. what we've done over the last seven years is built the best network of experienced mega fire leaders, nonprofits from the very front lines to actually all the way to the big national ones. we also educate big national organizations and nonprofits about how to appropriately serve in a mega fire. because remember, this crisis is only about seven years old. we go in and we support local leaders and including public sector ngos, and we provide a service where they always have somebody to call peer to peer support. and the big goal is that they don't have to reinvent every aspect of it. we can give them systems, ideas,

and then we walk along with them for the long run. yeah, i think that's one of the big things you just said is who to call, because so many people feel isolated as they continue to go through this. it's been about 48 hours now since these homes burned down. it seems almost callous to ask, but what's the checklist for these victims down in southern california? what do they need to do now, in the next few days or the next couple of weeks? you know, it's not callous to ask, because i can tell you, like many of my colleagues, that this is all we've been doing for 12 to 14 hours a day the last couple of days since really tuesday afternoon when we saw it start to unfold. you know, the first thing everyone needs to do is find a place to live right away. if you are insured, you have ale or loss of use, which means that they will pay for your rent for the next two years. we really encourage people to secure housing right away because the longer that you wait, the more hard, the harder it is to actually secure any housing in the region whatsoever. that's the number one thing you cannot

heal unless you are home, even if that home is not the one you had before. most importantly, and conct your insurance company. yeah, and this is not just a few months here. this is going to be a 2 or 3 year play for so many people. how do you provide the emotional support for these fire victims? well, you know, we actually have some really good, excellent people who work in our sphere, like doctor adrian hines. she's actually a psychologist out of stanford specializing in ptsd. we gather these experts a we bring them to communities at the appropriate time. we've been working with maui in their fire over the last year or so. and so what we do is we evaluate what's going on with this particular fire in front of us, and how can we bring the best peer to peer support. mental health is a huge issue right out the gate. people are running on adrenaline right now, but that is going to crash. one of the things people need to do, and i know it sounds really obvious, is they have to sleep and eat and rest in between. you're often told after a disaster that it's a marathon,

but the truth is, is that it's a marathon of sprints, and it does require a lot of self-compassion and grace. and to remember that a lot of people that you're dealing with, whether or not they've lost their home, they are in huge trauma. something just happened that they had no real comprehension could happen, no matter how many times they've seen it in other communities. you are a wonderful resource. thank you for your time, jennifer greg thompson. appreciate it. we hope to talk to you down the road as well. thank you for having me. let's take you outside now on this friday evening. a live look at the bay bridge. rob is going to return with our bay area forecast. and once again, talk abou tthe

see chopper down in la. this is the palisades fire. you see the intense flames right now? this is more up on the mountain side. the santa monica mountains. rob mayeda is back with us. we're talking about a potential more evacuations in this area right now. just issued on the east side of that fire. to the north, you have encino in the san fernando valley, and you have 4 or 5 freeway. the other side is brentwood and beverly glen. so it's those areas between the freeway and the palisades fire which have new evacuation orders. of course, we'll keep you updated on our website throughout the night. our own weather concern is the gusty wind around the bay area. watch these do start to pick up across the mountains there, and the north bay and the east bay hills, you

see those wind speeds increasing. a mostlyy saturday wind event there. sunday should see less wind and ongoing dry conditions. so here's a look at your forecast for tomorrow. saturday's highs climbing into the 60s saturday, the windier of the two days, and your weekend forecast as we head into sunday and monday, the next thing we're watching will be some chilly nights ahead. we're looking at likely frost advisories for the north bay, maybe areas south of san jose. bigger story here is no rain in the 7-day forecast here. and unfortunately in southern california, more or less ongoing nonstop offshore winds through wednesday of next week. that's going to be challenging. thanks, rob. that's going to do it for us here at 7 p.m. for everyone here at nbc bay area. thanks for joining us. we hope you enjoy your weekend. we hope you have a safe weekend as well. time and temperature on nbc bay area is brought to you by mancini. sleep world at

mancini sleep world, every mattress is backed by a rest easy promise of a 365 day comfort guarantee, with the lowest prices and free next day delivery. visit sleep world.com, join nbc bay area and telemundo 48 at the safeway holiday ice rink in union square, presented by kaiser permanente. learn more at nbcbayarea.com. california live. hey everybody, it's me. blanche. i'm in san francisco with fitness expert goes-u satellite. so great to see you. good to see you. and you know, at this time of year, people get fluffy, especially during the holidays. there are so many temptations and pitfalls and people want to try all the things. what i really want to know is how do you manage to stay so lean all year round? well, i basically have the same routine for the entire year. i don't change it up for the seasons at all. yeah. so what do you do to stay on track? are there any tips that you could share with us? like when somebody sees a temptation and

they really want to give in and eat all the cookies? that's happened to me. what do you recommend? i really recommend people to take a pause and just think to themselves, what is this going to do to me, you know, long term? and how is this going to make me feel right after? because you know that sometimes you have these cravings and then you eat the food that's in front of you, and then you feel awful right after because it makes you feel sluggish or it gives you stomach aches and all that stuff. so yeah, no one likes that bloating, that post-holiday bloating at all. but some people do take it as a binge fest, and they'll start eating everything in sight for a week or a month. what do you say to that? yeah, look like it's called holiday, not holiday week, not holy month or not holiday season. so i would say like really stick to one day if you want to splurge or whatever, but don't, you know, don't stretch it out. yeah. so just like not not stretch it out and just pick up from where you started the next day and start eating healthy. yes. correct. now, do you have

any substitute treats that you like to indulge in to keep yourself on track? yes, i do, because i'm a chocoholic. i really like chocolate. me too. but i just don't buy the chocolate in stores because it's full of sugar. i don't want to put that in my body. so i make my own chocolate out of collagen chocolate protein powder, and then i mix it with coconut oil, mct oil. and then i put into it the peanut butter or almond butter. and then i mix it up, freeze it, and it's absolutely delicious. it sounds so good. it sounds rich and creamy. yes. it's amazing. well, you know, there is the exercise element. some people say abs are made in the kitchen, which we've just covered. but what do you think about exercise? are there any core exercises that can help us stay lean around this time of year when we tend to bloat? yeah. well, so i would say that, like high intensity exercise is really the key for me at least. i love high intensity cardio and strength training. high intensity strength training. that's what keeps me lean. okay, but there are some exercises,

core exercises that i think you can do every single day to just kind of keep everything tight. great. can you show us a couple? yes. all right, let's get started. so the first one is going to be this hollow exercise. so y're gonna press your lower back into the ground. and the key is to keep that lower back pressed into the ground the whole time. pull your belly in and this is your starting position. all right. this is the easiest variation. if you want to make it more chalnging, you can simply just start extending your legs and bringing the arms up or behind your head. oh, wow. this is difficult. yeah. and i can't talk like, hold it and talk at the same time. i can hold it, but i can't talk at the same time. oh, yeah. it's so it is really challenging. basically, you want to keep that lower back present. so once you start feeling that you can't hold that back, press into the ground. you just want to back off and make it a little bit less challenging. you're right. so you just go back and you can

make it as reps. you can just go back and forth like this, or you can hold whatever position is doable for you and make it an isometric exercise. excellent, excellent. what do you what else have you got? yeah. another exercise you could share with us. another one you can go either on your elbows or on your hands. whatever is comfortable for you. we're gonna get into the plank exercise. all right. but this one i like more than holding a plank, because it's. i feel like this is easier on people's backs. and you're just gonna go across the body with the knee towards the opposite elbow. this is great. i feel it in my obliques, too. you feel it in your obliques. and it's also great for your mobility. wow, thank you so much suzuka. that was awesome.