i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise]

so we didn't expect this at all. crews are staffing up in southern california, where those wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes, and those dangerous santa ana winds are set to return. we'll tell you how longritical fire weather is expected to last there. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. more death and more destruction. wildfires across los angeles are showing no signs of stopping. firefighters made progress over the weekend, but strong winds have once again put the region under a red flag warning until wednesday. palisades village eaton fires are still by far the largest. 92,000 los angeles residents have been told to evacuate their homes so far. investigators confirm the fires have killed at least 24 people since last week, with dozens more reported missing. palisades fire is the largest of all. it's burned almost 24,000 acres across the pacific palisades and into

malibu. evacuation orders expanded over the weekend for those in the line of danger. palisades fires also threatening the communities of brentwood, encino, and westwood. containment is at 14%. farther east by pasadena and altadena, up the eaton fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. after gaining no acreage yesterday. containment is at 33%. over 12,000 structures are estimated to have been damaged or destroyed, and investigators say at least 16 people out of the total 24 deaths have died in the eaton fire. just devastation. the whole neighborhood has gone. i've been living here my whole life and. my whole life is gone. great person. funny the life of the party, love, sports and love people. let's go and bring in conan nolan. live in altadena for us today. conan, you've been covering these fires for nearly

a week now, and it just seems like there's no end in sight. that's right. audrey, you pointed out how we have new wind advisories for starting at 4 a.m. tomorrow morning until about noon tomorrow. there's plenty of brush throughout southern california that has yet to be consumed. and that's where the fear is now. yeah, the this fire has made its way back into the san gabriel mountains. it's away from homes. there is a form of a containment line. not completely around it, but that's the good news. the bad news, of course, is that with the winds popping up, there could be other fires that break out. that's the big worry. and of course, the acceleration, the these fires are pretty much impossible. and we've seen that in the bay as well. pretty much impossible to fight any kind of fire that has the propulsion that we saw on earlier this week with the kind of fires that were gaining where

embers were being sent down range by a mile, a mile and a half. that's why some of these homes are still standing. others are destroyed because those embers propelled so fast above certain streets that they escaped destruction, only to have them happen here and then hopscotch further down the neighborhood. so, yeah, we're a long way from being over. such a hard time for firefighters right now. just seeing that destruction behind you. i'm wondering, what's the recovery for these homeowners? what's that looking like? oh, man, that's going to beroblematic. consider this. just several homes here. multiply it by several thousand. they all have to have the toxic waste removed. and then you've got to have to scrape all the debris. and then you're going to have to figure out how to get a permit to rebuild everybody doing that. at the same time, california, l.a, san francisco and the bay area,

we all have a construction worker shortage. there aren't enough contractors currently. and that that doesn't speak to the housing issue. there are people who are displaced from their homes in both the palisades and here. they don't have a place to stay. there's been gouging. there's been rental gouging. we understand. in fact, this is one crew that's trying to repopulate the power situation in this neighborhood, putting up poles so they can restore electricity, the first order of business, and try to get this neighborhood back on its feet. we've been told there are even speculators who have been contacting real estate agents saying, i know that, that those homes have been wiped out. i want to buy their lot right now if they'll sell. so yeah, this is i was told just a little while ago that, remember the montecito mudflow that happened seven years ago in santa barbara county, killed so many people, wiped out so many homes seven years ago. there are still people trying to rebuild from that. imagine how long it's

going to take here. it's so tough to hear all that new information from you, conan, but thank you for bringing us the very latest. we'll keep up with you. stay safe out there. all right. i'm here now with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. jeff, we mentioned the winds there in southern california is going to be a problem for them. yeah. of course. what we've been following down there now. more wind on the way. i want to show everybody what we're looking at when it comes to that forecast right now. so let's go ahead and get to it. and what you're going to be able to see here is it's the two main fires that we continue to track tonight. with the big fear that we could get more embers from these fires spreading to other parts of southern california. so again, it continues to be the palisades fire that still has some areas that continue to burn. also, the eaton fire here in altadena. so let's get you to the very latest here as we continue through tomorrow, also into wednesday. we're under this high fire threat here in southern

california. we're talking about winds 30 to 70 coming out of the north and the east. so it's another santata ana wind event. very, very dry and gusty winds, sustained winds 15 to 40 and humidity 5 to 20%. now, while these winds are still bad on the scale of things, it does not look like it's going to hit that threshold of what we saw last week when we had hours on end of a 100 mile per hour winds and some of the mountains, but yet it is still going to be very dry, very gusty and could spread those fires. here's the other thing. no big rain chances. the next two weeks i've got more checks in our weather coming up in about ten minutes. all right jeff, thanks so much. bay area firefighters continue to join the firefight in southern california. the santa clara unit of cal fire, based in morgan hill, has sent numerous resources, including its helitack chopper, a blackhawk helicopter capable of carrying a thousand gallons of water and retardant unit, has also sent multiple crews, six engines and heavy equipment. firefighters from the south bay are also

helping to coordinate all the housing and meals for those northern california firefighters. we are told those crews are working literally around the clock and will continue to do that for weeks at a time when they hit 14 days, we evaluate their status and then at 21 days, we rotate them absolutely. so they aren't out there too long. what kind of shifts are they working down there? 24 hour shifts coming up at 6:00. we're going to hear from one of the local firefighters who is helping to coordinate the statewide mutual aid system, who says it's like building a small city specifically to support fire crews. we'll hear from them. all right. meanwhile, a lot of people in the bay area are trying to help the fire victims down south. our scott budman talked with some of them today. scott, let's go ahead and start with the donation drive in livermore. yeah, this makes sense. audrey, we here in the newsroom, so many people asking how to help the people, how to help the firefighters. and you can do it on a local level. we

saw some people in livermore today filling up a u-haul. you'd be surprised at how many people are filling up vans with supplies, with clothes, baby things. this is litally one woman's effort. she has a friend in the fire zone who lost her home and she was just inspired to help out. got neighbors to donate clothing. they bought a lot of new goods, and this is the kind of thing we've seen day by day. they then drove this u-haul down to los angeles to obviously help those who need so many things right now. it's amazing to see so many people helping out. i don't know if you saw the ending of nightly news, but the guy was reunited with his dog. i couldn't help but cry because it's not just about the people, right? it's about the pets too. yeah, and actually we spoke to an organization today. it's called starts with one day and they're working in southern california right now. one thing they're doing and talk about emotions, they're finding dogs that have been left behind in kennels because the kennels just had to evacuate and they didn't bring all the dogs. and so they're rescuing these dogs, individual by individual. the good news this group says, is that they have hundreds of people who have called and said, we'd like to foster the pets

because we still do have a home. and so all these dogs that they're finding have been finding they've got at least a dozen of these today. that's henry, by the way. and henry is in a home tonight because someone is willing to foster the dog. and they say at this point, because as you learn from nightly news, it's going to take months and months to build these homes back up, that they cld take a while. and they say, be prepared to foster a dog for at least three months. and silicon valley is helping to. yeah, yeah. you know, companies are stepping up and that's good to see. netflix today said they will donate $10 million and they will help house people in los angeles. comcast and other media company, the parent company of this tv station saying it will donate $10 million. airbnb's charity organization airbnb.org said they have set out a goal to house 25,000 people, and they're already a little more than halfway there. and you know, airbnb has all these connections to find people who still do have homes, who are willing to share their homes and rent them at this place. airbnb takes care of all the costs. so if you're burned out of your home, you can

stay rent free for a while. and so yeah, there are some ways to get this stuff organized, whether it's with an app with the pet rescue service, or just with a u-haul truck that you fill yourself. but we're seeing this all over and it's really impressive. it really is. yeah. all right, scott, thank you so much. oh, by the way, celebrities also pitching in to help fire victims. just today, beyonce announced $2.5 million donation to help families who lost their homes in the wake of the california wildfires. the bay good la fire relief fund will also help churches and community centers who are addressing the needs of displaced residents. donations will be made through her beygood foundation, and our team is continuing to follow theires in la very closely. when we are not on the air. our website is a wonderful resource as we are always posting updates. just go to nbcbayarea.com. you can also download our app for free. all right. back in our area, a police chase ends with a car slamming into a liquor store.

what police in san francisco are saying about their pursuit? also, where's the most competitive housing markein the country? apparently not in the bay area. ian cull is going to be joining us with a new list. zillow just released, but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? have a survey up right now on my instagram, and you still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories. you see right here. wheel of fortune surprise proposal craig melvin's first day as today co-anchor or. snl celebrates 50 years with iconic fan experience. we'reoing to tell you g

sending two officers and two suspects to the hospital. chase started overnight after police spotted a car running a stop sign. eventually ended with a police car crashing into that shuttered liquor store near the intersection of san bruno and paul avenues. video from the scene shows the heavily damaged police cruiser. both officers in

that suv were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. san francisco police say the white sedan that they were chasing also crashed. four people were seen running from the scene. a neighbor tells us additional officers managed to chase all of them down quickly. la policia is a buen trabajo. muy buen trabajo hizo an agora a gente, gutierrez says. the police did a good job at catching them. and police say all four were initially detained, but only two were arrested. they also found a gun in the car. it was another busy night for oakland police working to break up illegal sideshows. take a look at. opd says this video was recorded at around 11:00 last night at macarthur boulevard and 106th street. you see cars doing donuts in the middle of the intersection, getting very close to those spectators as that big crowd watched on. police say they

broke up this sideshow just before 1130, and they did disperse that crowd. doctor jill biden is in the bay area for a three day visit. she landed at sfo just moments ago. this will likely be her last trip here as first lady. she'll be in san francisco tomorrow and wednesday to talk to health care leaders about a white house initiative to advance women's health research. not yet clear if she'll be attending any other events before leaving. a new national real estate report is likely to raise some questions and frustrations among those looking to buy or sell homes in the bay area, real estate firm zillow put out that report. it ranks the hottest housing markets in the nation, and the bay area came in at the bottom. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us now to explain why we showed up so low on this list. when ian, it seems like housing is always in demand here. so what's going on? it certainly is always competitive to when you're trying to buy a home. and this report from zillow actually focuses on the most competitive

housing markets with a few key criteria. it looks at zillow's forecast for local home value growth and how quickly homes are selling. it also considers job growth per new home permitted. buffalo, new york was number one on list. indianapolis wa second, so it's largely job growth and home affordability driving the ranking. san francisco and san jose came in at the bottom of the 50 major metro areas. that's because zillow forecasts our area will see relatively slow job growth and home prices, staying flat in san jose and actually dropping by just under 2% in the cy. and so as housing demand has cooled over the past year, inventory has increased in homes, especially in san francisco, are sitting on the market for longer than they did before the pandemic. okay, so what are local real estate agents saying about that? well, to be blunt, they're not buying it. they're not? no, not really. not from what they're seeing. and i talked with the president of the silicon valley

association of realtors. she says hot markets certainly seems to be a relative term in this case, she says, because we continue to have limited inventory. bay area home prices have not cooled for 5 to 10 years and tells us. bottom line is we're still a seller's market. there was ove 100 groups of buyers through one of my colleagues open houses this weekend in santa clara, and so they're definitely out there. people are getting multiple offers still. and so while buffalo and these other cities might see more growth under zillow's parameters, local realtors say it's unlikely homes here will be any cheaper anytime soon. unfortunately for the buyers. yeah. all right, ian, thanks for explaining all of that. clearing things out. happy to do it. all right. those of you who drive electric cars will soon have more places to charge them in the south bay. san jose congressman sam liccardo joined fellow lawmakers today to announce $12 million in federal funding for new charging ports in san jose. money will pay for

237 new charging stations. that's 237. 120 of them will be installed at libraries, community centers and parks. recent survey from the public policy institute of california found nearly half of californians are seriously considering buying an electric car, but charging logistics is the main concern. holding a lot of people back. all right, i'm here now with our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, to take a look at our weather today. how's it looking? i haven't been able to step outside much. we've got the sunshine, and thankfully, some wind from this morning has left us. it was a little bit frightening overnight. we did get some gusts 40 to 50mph. so of course, with all the southern cacaliforniaind we've been dealing with, it is good that we are beginning to see that wind calming down here throughout the bay area. right now in san jose, we do have those mostly clear skies, currently 65 degrees. just a breeze here out of the northwest at nine, temperatures eventually dropping down to some chilly 40s here at 10:00

tonight. so certainly a night to make sure to have that extra jacket. if you're doing anything out here the next few hours, we'll get to the 40s as soon as 8:00 this evening out here in concord, in san francisco, 58 degrees right now. we'll also get to the 40s a little bit later, but eventually here by 10:00 tonight. so as we move through tomorrow morning's forecast, temperatures starting off in the 30s and 40s, we'll have a frost advisory through the inland valleys. i don't see widespread temperatures going below the freezing mark, but it's just the chance here. we'd range anywhere from 36 to about 39 degrees. we might get some of that patchy frost forming. daytime highs will be in the 60s here across the bay area. and coming up tonight at 5:00, we'll take a closer look at what's happening with our rain chances. we're in january after all. we should be seeing storm systems. so again, more details on what's happening with those rain chances. also tracking those southern california wildfires. i'll be back coming up in about ten minutes. all right. we'll see you then. jeff, thanks so much. i'm at the anchor desk now with our janelle wang, who's working on the 5:00 news. hi,

audrey. one week from now, the country will have a new president. president elect trump will be inaugurated and has threatened mass deportations. bay area communities on edge after false reports of ice activity. but their triggers, they aren't baseless. ice agents have made arrests in the central valley recently, and we're going to track what's going on. parklets up for discussion in palo alto tonight. many of us have gotten used to those outdoor dining options, and in most cases, they are permanent parklets. but some business owners are complaining that these restaurant parklets are just taking up too much real tate infringing on their storefronts. so we're going to look into the debate. all that and more coming up at five. all right. looking forward to that. janelle. thank you. we'll see you in a little bit. still to come. top trending stories voted by you on my instagram survey. also, bay area rock royalty set to hit the bottle rock stage besides green day. we'll tell you who else is headlining the napa music festival.

it's never too soon to think about bay area musical festivals over the summer. festival organizers released the lineup for bottlerock napa valley today, and it features a lot of big names and talent. legendary pop rock band green day will headline on the first day, and justin timberlake and noah khan will headline the other days. some other honorable mentions sublime, ice cube, and cage the elephant. in all, more than 80 acts are set to perform. the three day festival kicks off on memorial day weekend. just like every year, it will include wine, craft, brews and food. tickets go on sale tomorrow. all right. local race is working to help move the bay area forward. levi's granfondo, which is a one day road race in sonoma county, is expanding its prize and a continued commitment to at risk youth. this year, it's partnering with sonoma county

winery skipstone and bringing back a race called the growler. the 139 mile course is considered the most challenging road race in north america, and the top ten riders in the men's and women's divisions will split a prize purse of $156,000. levi's granfondo also raises money for nonprofits that serves at risk youth. we did speak to olympic medalist levi leipheimer, who is a co-founder of this race. we have routes for all ages and abilities, and funds from our event go to our partner charity, king ridge foundation, which support at risk youth, which is my way of paying it forward. anyone can sign up for this race, which allows amateurs to ride alongside the pros. it happens on april 19th. okay, here it is. top trending story as voted by you on my instagram survey, this wheel of fortune contestant just solved the puzzle of a lifetime.

the lucky lady is ria mathew, long time fan and former contestant of the show. mathew thought she was invited back to play in wheel of fortune's 50th anniversary celebration. but behind the scenes, her boyfriend was planning to propose when the moment came. see right here? mathew stood at the letter board, completed the puzzle spelling out will you marry me? then her boyfriend came out from the back, dropped to one knee. matthew. so i guess she didn't win the cash prize, but obviously sparkly new engagement ring. not bad either. yes, and as always, i will be posting links to the other stories you voted for on my instagram. and thank you so much for voting! okay, quick reminder we are now streaming on your favorite streaming platform, including pluto. this means you could watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. now, our live newscast, breaking updates and other content. all you have to do is scan that qr code on your screen for our easy how to stream guide. thank you so much for joining us. at 430. jess and janelle are working on the 5:00 newscast next. we're back in two minutes.

tonight as gusty winds set to return in just hours. from now, we're going to take you live to the front lines. a brother and a sister shot in oakland while sitting in their car. the latest on the hunt for tir shooter and what we know about their conditions. and growing concern about what happens now. false rumors about ice raids that are having real consequences around the bay area tonight. good monday everyone. the news at five starts right now. thanks so much for joining us i'm janelle wang. and i'm jessica aguirre. nowhere near done with the firefight. that is the word from the los angeles fire officials tonight. the battle to stop southern california from burning is now entering its second week. and for now, the fire still has

the upper hand. the palisades and eaton fires are still by far the largest, scorching over 38,000 acres. 92,000 residents across the county remain evacuated from their homes. the palisades fire alone has burned almost 24,000 acres from the pacific palisades into malibu, and evacuation orders expanded over the weekend for those in the fire's path. the fire is also threatening the communities of brentwood, encino and westwood. containment sits at 14%. take it east to pasadena and altadena. the eaton fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. containment there stands at 33%. that fire has taken at least 16 lives and damaged or destroyed some 12,000 structures. most of those homes in total. southern california fires have now taken 24 lives. now, over the weekend, fire leaders say those fierce santa ana winds did slow down and they were able to make significant progress.