across pacific palisades and now into malibu. evacuation orders expanded over the weekend as the blaze threatens the communities of brentwood, encino and westwood. that fire 14% contained. farther east, pasadena, altadena. the eaton fire has burned 14,000 acres, containment at 33% there. that fire deadly. at least 16 people have died, and it's destroyed or damaged more than 12,000 structures, most of them homes that people lived in. 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. want to bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. jeff, let's talk about those winds. how how heavy are they going to be? when do they begin? and what about the intensity? well, the wind right now is already beginning to ramp

up down here in southern california. the warnings have been out for a while now, and we're really focused, as we have been talking about, about those two different fires. we have the palisades fire that continues to burn and also the eaton fire. so let's take you down to the palisades fire, getting real time updates right now on that wind and temperatures currently 55 degrees, very dry air, 20%. and with the fire, we're now starting to see some gusts in the mountains getting up to about 50mph. so this has been gradually ticking up through the pa few hours. so santa monica the way the winds are blowing here, coming from the north and the east, pushing out towards the ocean, still keeping santa monica right here on high alert and out here towards the eaton fire winds are also now beginning to increase up to about 45mph there. so wind forecast through tonight. i think the biggest thing you want to look at on this map, we've got a lot of the lower elevations plotted on it. but you'll see this bright color here through the mountains. that pinkish magenta color that's gusts of 60 to 70mph. that will

be possible by 11:00 tonight. we continue to see that through tomorrow morning through tomorrow afternoon, and eventually by wednesday. we'll start to see that getting better here, especially by wednesday night and thursday morning. by thursday morning, we're only looking at winds here of five to about 15. so next two days that is going to be critical with all of these dry fire conditions. i've got more checks on your weather coming up. jeff. thanknk you. kids are a big part of this disaster as well. and here's some really good news. schools across l.a. reopened t today sin those deadly fires erupted last week. now, we've sent several reporters down to southern california. among them our senior investigator, bigad shaban, who joins us from san gabriel with the very latest and bigad. these fires impacted thousands of kids. what's happening now? yeah, they certainly have raj. i'm at a school in san gabriel. we're

actually just on the horizon. you can make out the san gabriel mountains, where the eaton fire continues to roar through, but inside classrooms all throughout la today, teachers were hard at work offering students support and a sense of normalcy. it's back to school at mckinley elementary, but not quite back to normal. so it's good to be here at school working on stuff. jim simmons is superintendent for the san gabriel unified school district, but many of the lessons we have designed for these first few days are, you know, to give students a time to talk about maybe what type of mood they're in today, what they're experiencing, how they're feeling today, and then, of course, taking time to have them share if they'd like to share about their experience. over the last few days, the ongoing eaton fire just to the north, forced evacuations for some of the district's teachers and students and even destroyed their homes. while schools here are back in session, reminders of the loss are jusout the window. the scarred mountainside left behind. one of those houses

burned down. both of those houses burned down. even on the school playground, there is no escaping talk of the tragedy. 11 year old ian jimenez is a fifth grader. it's been kind of scary getting all these elor. it's just like not being able to go outside and just like having to look through the window. it's like made me and my sister worried. but my parents always assure us that it's going to be okay. like sometimes the power turns off too, and sometimes it's strong winds. so it's like a bunch of stuff going on all over the news and everything. it's just like scary. mental health experts recommend having honest but age appropriate conversations with your children, even with kids as young as two years old. otherwise, children will make up stories about what might be happening in the stories might be scarier than the realityty. doctor karen rogers is a child psychologist with the national center for school crisis and bereavement at children's hospital of los angeles. listen more than you speak. we want to give children an opportunity to ask questions or talk about

whatever is on their mind. and we won't know that unless we're really prepared to listen to them. rogers and her team offer trauma training to educators across l.a. county, including the state's largest school district, la unified, which today also welcomes students back at most of its more than 1000 schools. but the return is only the beginning of the recovery for students weary of what could come next. what's it like still having that fear? it's kind of worrisome. like it's just there, like you can't really get rid of it. now in some of the hardest hit fire areas and neighborhoods still under active threat, several schools remain closed. raj as district officials work to evaluate just when it may be safe to reopen. it's so challenging for everyone down there. good reporting. bigad. thank you. let's take a look now at one of the most scenic highways in america. this is a drive along the closed section of the pch, the pacific coast

highway. this is in malibu. devastation from the palisades fire. those were once multimillion dollar properties, now in ruins. simply down to ashes. you can see some abandoned cars if you look carefully there. they still litter the road after flames forced people to jump out while they were evacuating and take refuge by the ocean. well, as we've been telling you for a week now, dozens of bay area crews are among the thousands helping to fight those socal fires. that help is not only on the front lines, but some of it's in the background coordinating all those crews pouring in from around the state and the country. nbc bay area's robert hunter joins us now at a cal fire station to tell us more aboutow that's working, robert. well, it is a busy and hectic time for firefighting agencies all over the bay area as they try to help la while still being able to respond to local emergencies. and as you'll hear, it's an immense operation down south and not just on the fire line. the helitack chopper from the santa clara cal fire unit is one of many resources sent to l.a. county. one of the

pilots shot these pictures today of the fires. and from this aerial view, you can see why communities are physically and emotionally devastated. but people from the bay area and around the state are trying to help. a firefighter from the santa clara, cal fire unit, chelsea burkett, sent us these pictures of the expanded emergency center in los angeles as she helps with the massive support effort to make it easier to comprehend. she compared it to preparing for camping. you're like, okay, i got to make sure i have food for the week. i need to have like, i need to have all the clothes that are going to be appropriate for the type of weatherhat's there. i need to make sure i have flashlights and batteries, and i need some kind of structure that's going to help protect me. take that concept of all those different pieces you would think you would need for that, and then just expand it, you know, for hundreds of people. the santa clara fire unit has sent the chopper, six engines and equipment and rotating crews. 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. santa clara, cal fire says it is making sure it can respond fully to local emergencies as it continues to help down south. be really hard to witness, but i truly believe that what we're doing right now is what we're meant to be doing, which is helping the communities, helping, helping our partnering agencies. you know, la county fire. la city fire. to make sure that we support these communities in the best way that we can so that they eventually can come back and rebuild again. in morgan hill, robert honda, nbc, bay area news. okay. thank you robert. our team obviously continuing to follow the fires in los angeles closely when we're not on the air. our website is a great resource. we're posting all the updates around the clock. just go to nbcbayarea.com. you can also find the latest on our nbc bay area app. this is a really important time to have this. it

is free. download the app. it's in the google app store as well. our other headlines on this monday evening. a growing number of false reports are triggering real fear for many immigrants here in t bay area. it centers around president elect trump's promise of mass deportations, possibly on his first day of office. that's a week from today. the l.a. times rorts that last week, ice agents made arrests in kern county. that's near bakersfield. after that, were posted in several other bay area cities, including san jose and san francisco. those false reports are triggering real consequences. unfortunately, what we did see is that when that scare came out, parents did come to pick up their students. wait until that comes down to figure that out. laura says one of those false reports started when someone spotted a swat team serving a routine arrest warrant unrelated to immigrants. many others are linked to false social media posts. some immigrants rights supporters say that they feel at least some of those posts were meant to

instill fear in the community. okay, here's something you don't hear often. the bay area is at the bottom of a new real estate survey. yes, zillow report is looking at the hottest housing markets in the nation. so why is the bay area left out in the cold? and what does that mean for buyers and sellers here? here's nbc bay area's ian cull. generally speaking, the bay area ends up at the top of most real estate surveys. whether it's because we're in demand or because housing prices here are so higigh. but a recent analysis from zillow predicts the hottest and most competitive markets in the new year and were nowhere to be found. buffalo, new york, was number one, indianapolis was second, san francisco and san jose came in at the bottom of the 50 major metro areas. but why? employment growth in those markets, like san francisco, for example, has kind of stagnated in the past year. the information and tech sector is often disproportionately affected by a higher for longer interest rate environment. the

report takes into account zillow's forecast for local home value growth and how quickly homes are selling. it also considers job growth per new home permitted for the bay area. zillow forecasts slow job growth and prices staying flat in san jose and actually dropping by nearly 2% in the city. and so as housing demand has cooled over the past year, inventory has increased in homes, especially in san francisco, are sitting on the marketet for longer than thy did before the pandemic. you know, i guess hot markets is all relative. we have a hot market right now. tammy peters is the president of the silicon valley association ofealtors. she says what she sees doesn't line up with what zillow found. there was over 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 because we have limited inventory, she says bay area home prices have not cooled over

the past 5 to 10 years. it is still a seller's market. i think the last time we had a buyer's market was after, you know, we had the recession. so while buffalo and other cities might see more growth under zillow's parameters, it doesn't look like homes here will be any cheaper anytime soon. ian cull, nbc, bay area news. up next finding ways to help hundreds of miles away. we're going to show you how people in the bay area are pitching in for the victims of those los angeles wildfires. and temperatures are dropping back here across the bay area. 56 right now, but 48 by 10 p.m. we'll talk more about tomorrow morning's forecast, and we'll have an updaton our winde

i'm not happy with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires.

yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] people just trying to help. here's our business and tech reporter, scott budman. all

right. beautiful. we're getting you out of here. when henry the dog was found in the southern california fire zone, he was trapped inside anbandoned kennel. hi, henry. a group called starts with one today. rescued henry and more than a dozen other abandoned dogs who are now in homes, safe and sound. when i went to the shelter today and i saw henry all by himself, i mean, it's always devastating. but knowing that there's so many amazing people stepping up, it made me feel much more relief. meanwhile, supplies gathered in the east bay are on the way to l.a. this u-haul was filled in livermore after ginger faith heard from a friend in the fire zone. she called me while she was watching her house burn and rallied support to help. and that's what it is. it's not about the things. it's about our investment of our energy, our families, the love that we have, you know, and all of that was

just decimated. companies are al stepping up. bay area based netflix pledging $10 million and housing for its employees. comcast, parent company of this tv station, also making a $10 million pledge. airbnb promising to house 25,000 displaced residents and emergency workers. obviously, there's been an enormous, enormous demand here and it's really overwhelming. but in the past few days, we've been able to provide housing support to 17,000 people already. residents from all corners of the state coming together to help those who lost so much. one delivery at a time. scott budman, nbc, bay area news. well, with so many people still in peril, the wildfires still raging, the oscars is making a change again. today, the academy said it extended the voting period for nominations to friday, and it pushed the nomination announcements back

for a second time to next thursday. the academy also caeled next month's nominees luncheon. however, the ceremony itself is still at this point, scheduled for march 2nd at the dolby theater in hollywood. the future of san jose's regional medical center is finally looking more certain and stable. santa clara county and hca. hca health care announced today a formal agreement for the county to buy regional med for $150 million. the deal, which is subject to certain closing conditions and regulatory approval, is expected to close april 1st. over the years, due to budget issues and low profit margins, hca has downgraded regional med's trauma level and its comprehensive stroke and other cardiac services. the county says once it assumes hospital operations, it will restore level two trauma care and other critical services immediately. electric cars are going to have more places to charge in the south bay. south bay congressman sam liccardo joined fellow lawmakers today,

announcing a $12 million federal grant to fund 237 new charging ports across san jose. more than half of them will be installed at libraries and community centers. parks. recent survey from the public policy institute of california found that nearly half of californians are seriously considering an electric car, but the charging logistics remain the biggest reason people still aren't going all electric, because they're worried about where they're going to charge their cars. yeah, that range envy. it's a it's a real deal. jeff is here to talk about our weather as we kick off the week here, jeff. and we had some wind gusts overnight. those winds are beginning to calm down. but as we have been talking about in southern california, the winds are ramping up at this very hour. so in case you missed it, i wanted to continue to give you checks on what's happening down there. and this is a real time map of some wind gusts we're starting to see. it's more of a broad overview overview, but i think you get the big headline here. notice in the mountains you can see this red magenta color down there in southern california. that's winds of 40

to 50mph that are already starting. we could see it go up to 70mph all the way through the day on wednesday. eventually, by 11 p.m. on wednesday night, the red flag fire warning should be allowed to expire, and we'd get into much calmer conditions thursday and also friday. so next 48 hours is going to be really difficult down there. back here in the bay area, still some wind up into our northern mountains, 20 to about 50, some occasional gusts, but most of the lower elevations have calmed down after some wind gusts this morning that were certainly pretty turbulent out here across the bay area. i did want to show you, with all this talk of fire danger in southern california, how our winds going to be looking next couple of days. and there's really no big concern right now, the way things are coming in wednesday and also into thursday, we could see winds of just about 5 to 10mph. so we're not expecting anything big to ramp up into our forecast. even into friday's forecast looks relativel calm, and i don't see anything coming our way for saturday or sunday,

so we shouldn't be under any wind warnings through the next seven days. the way things are shaping up right now, we have high pressure. it's keeping the storm track to the north and the low pressure with the winds stays. unfortunately, down there towards southern california. so for tomorrow morning, temperatures just know you need the heaviest jacket. we'll see a mix of se 30s and 40s across the bay area. that will get us down to 40 here in the south bay, up to the north bay. we'll be right there at 37, san francisco 44. and as we move through tomorrow afternoon, lots of 60s here across the bay area. so i think overall here across the bay area, it's going to be a nice afternoon on your tuesday forecast. it will leave us with 63 in san jose right here across the east bay. we're coming in with 64 in walnut creek, 62 in fremont out to daly city, 60 down to palo alto, 63, san francisco, 59 in the marina and 60 in the ingleside. up here to the north bay, 64 in santa rosa. rainfall chances still no good news on this front. january can be one of our most active months, but this area of high

pressure. this is the main reason we'll stay rain free from any big storms. as everything goes way up towards alaska and canada, it looks to be situated here through the next ten days, so we may not get into larger rain chances until early february. right thehere in th 7-day forecast. we'll keep it dry this upcoming weekend as the bay area will experience 50s and 60s for highs and temperatures in the 30s to 40s throughout the morning. so we'll keep a close watch on that wind in southern california. and i'll have more coming up at 7:00 tonight. it is gorgeous here. chilly, but really nice. thank you jeff. well, up next, we are exactly a week away from president trump's inauguration. the big name star that will sing as part of the festivities.

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inauguration. it is a time magazine photograph of donald trump. it depicts mr. trump sitting behind the resolute desk inside the oval office. it was taken in 2019 ahead of his 2020 campaign. portrait gallery says it's become a tradition since president obama for a portrait of the incoming president to be put on display in time for the inauguration. this was really important to have this image of donald trump to indicate and show his time in the office. we have it here on view in

celebration of the inauguration. photograph will be on display through february 11th. however, the museum will be closed to the public on the actual inauguration day, which is next monday, january 20th. yeah. and we have new details on the musical lineup for the monday's inguration. kari underwood will sing america the beautiful before mr. trump. mr. trump takes the oath of office. the former american idol winner and voice of sunday night football will take the stage after vice president elect j.d. vance is sworn in. she'll be joined by the armed forces choir and the u.s. naval academy glee club. country singer lee greenwood and opera singer christopher macchio will also perform. up next, berry rock royalty set to hit the bottle rock stage. the details on all the headliners coming to this year's edition of the north bay's biggest musical festival. and tom llamas is getting ready for nightly news. here's a look inside the control room at 30 rock. tom is actually going to be anchoring from pacific palisades among the top stories. the challenge of

finding a new place to live for the thousands of families who lost their homes. the rental market down in l.a. is now booming, and there might be a shortage. tom llamas joins us pete g. writes, "my tween wants a new phone. how do i not break the bank?" we got you, pete. xfinity mobile was designed to save you money and gives you access to wifi speeds up to a gig. so you get high speeds for low prices. better than getting low speeds for high prices. right, bruce? -jealous? yeah, look at that. -honestly. someone get a helmet on this guy. xfinity internet customers, ask how to get an unlimited line free for a year, plus a free 5g phone.

as the show's new co-anchor. the crew surprised craig. you see it there by bringing out his family his wife, kids, brother and

parents. he started tearing up immediately. craig's a really down to earth guy. craig's been with the today show for years, but now, as a co-anchor, taking over for hoda kotb. he is. he's really chill. met him in the olympics and he was just like cash. very sweet. maybe the thick of the winter now, but it's never too soon to think about the music this spring. never too soon to think about bottlerock napa valley festival organizers releasing the lineup today. lots of big names. legendary east bay band green day will headline the first day. justin timberlake and noah khan will headline the other days. other honorable mentions sublime, ice cube, cage the elephant. in fact, they'll be more than 80 acts over the three days. festival kicks off memorial day weekend. tickets go on sale tomorrow. well, tonight at seven, our crews are along the fire lines down in southern california. we're watching as those winds are starting to pick back up. and new video from inside the fire zone. brazen looters taking advantage of the situation. those stories and more coming up at 7:00 on our

7:00 news. next on nightly news, a remarkable reunion between a man, his dog and the firefighter who saved that dog. tom llamas joins us from pacific palisades right now. tonight, the critical hours in the wildfire fight in southern california as more dangerous winds threaten to bring new destruction. crews racing to contain these historic fires just as santa ana winds return with gusts up to 70 miles an hour, threatening the air assault on the flames and potentially spreading new infernos. we're on the front lines with a teaeam hunting for hot spots. the death toll rising to at least 24. dozens of arrests made, including looting charges, and investigators zeroing in on what sparked the largest blaze, the palisades fire. was there a human cause? plus, th