and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. for health insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. because you never know when life... ...will change. get covered today. disaster declaration for southern california... as strong santa ana winds continue to fuel and rapidly spread multiple wildfires.. good afternoon, kenny choi the president approves a disaster declaration for southern california as strong santa ana winds continue to fuel and rapidly spread multiple wildfires. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm anne makovec. there are now four fires burning in the los angeles area. the largest, the thomas fire in ventura county covers nearly 180 square miles. the fires have burned more than

158,000 acres so far and forced 190,000 people to evacuate. at least 500 structures are destroyed. thousands more are threatened this afternoon. a first death has been confirmed, a woman found next to her overturned car. a new fire burning in northern san diego county the lilac fire has exploded across more than 4,000 acres. cal fire warning people to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice. kenneth craig is on the front lines in ventura. kenneth. >> reporter: good afternoon to u.officis here feared that the situation here would only become worse before it gets better and that's exactly what is happening. the wildfire here in ventura county is only continuing to grow taking down homes and in some cases most of neighborhoods in its path. firefighters are battling the lilac fire in san diego county. the blaze started thursday and

burned down dozens of buildings and an entire neighborhood caught fire. >> we probably lost 10 houses. >> reporter: despite evacuation orders, some residents refused to leave. >> just the garden hose. i mean, that's what people like us can do for the house. you know? if we're gone, what good is it? >> reporter: the largest blaze is the thomas fire in ventura county north of los angeles. in less than a week it burned more than 130,000 acres. forecasters are expecting winds to shift today and are cautioning firefighters to be ready. >> so the crews are going to have to be very careful on their transition when something happens and sometimes those can be difficult to predict. >> reporter: more than 400 structures destroyed in ventura county. some areas, entire streets have been leveled. this family returned to their home in la conchita to see what's left. >> probably the hardest thing i have ever done. but i needed to see it.

i needed to know what's going to happen and i feel like they needed the same thing. >> reporter: the heartbreak from these fire spread to a horse training center in san diego county. hundreds of thoroughbreds had to be set free from burning barns. trainers say about 25 horses died trying to escape. you know, i have been in and out of this neighborhood over the last couple of days and i'll be honest with you, i haven't seen any of the residents come back to see the damage but the reality, there's really nothing but devastation here and certainly nothing left to salvage. >> thank you, kenneth craig. we wanted to show you this, too. it is the fire image taken from space showing all that smoke blowing from the southern california fires. chopper 5 above a march by striking oakland workers this afternoon. right now a large group marching up broadway. workers are in their fourth day of a walkout over wages

rejecting what the mayor says is the city's last, best offer. jessica flores watching developments. jessica, sounds like there's a real impasse here. >> reporter: that's right. the mayor says that she is gearing up to officially declared impasse which could trigger state negotiations. what you're looking at behind me is hundreds of union workers at 14th street near frank ogawa plaza. they just marched from 15th and broadway. city leaders gave their best and final offer yesterday for a two-year contract. 4% raise first year, 1% guaranteed in the second. it's 3% short of what the union demands. the mayor says higher wages will lead to layoffs. the union says the city is manipulating the budget and they believe the money is there. >> when we look around in other

cities that are close to oakland, we are not even in comparison with them. people can't live in oakland anymore. >> the offer that we have made to seiu is fair and responsible to both our workers and to the public. the residents of oakland rely on basic city services every day. the offer that we have made exceeds the cost of living increase in the bay area. >> reporter: now, the city's last offer also includes half million dollars to convert part timers to full time positions. meanwhile, this strike looks like it's headed into a second week. the union does have to basically get back to the mayor if they want to enter into the state negotiations. but they could reject that offer and continue to strike. as you can see, they don't look like they are letting up anytime soon. frustrations are boiling over.

meanwhile, in the city, services remain shut down. we are talking about preschool for some 400 children, street sweeping and parking enforcement which the mayor says is costing the city thousands of dollars each day. reporting live in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. community outrage after sfpd releases body cam footage showing an officer killing and shooting and killing an unarmed man. more than 100 people packed a town hall meeting in the bayview last night organized by sfpd and their anger stems from this video which shows an officer driving up to a carjacker and opening fire. police came o'neil made a move toward officers. >> this is murder! i mean, it's no other way to look at this but as murder. he should in jail, not dead. . >> he was killed and unarmed. the police officer was on the

force only four days. menlo park police are looking for this man a suspect in a shooting last month. officers were called to a marshland area on november 22nd and found a victim with several gunshot wounds. the suspect is known as gustavo torres. the victim is in the hospital. another fire in livermore woke neighbors with explosions. flames seen shooting through the roof of this home on orion way around 1 a.m. no one was hurt. investigators say that gas cylinders found next to the home likely caused those explosions. new at noon, chopper 5 over a pedestrian fatality in fremont. the person was hit by that suv in fremont this morning. it happened on mowry. the vehicle jumped the curb and hit a hydrant flooding the road. the suv also crashed into a

trailer. the driver was injured and taken to the hospital. [ coughing ] >> excuse me. also new at noon, all lanes of northbound 680 back open after a deadly crash in solano county. chp says a driver was killed after getting out of a jeep and running in front of a big rig. it happened around 8:00. you can see how far the backup stretched. a new report on bay area traffic concludes that the roads here are more dangerous and deadly than ever. kpix 5's katie nielsen has more on the findings. >> we are just doing more driving so there are more vehicle trips being taken. >> reporter: the bay area is booming. more traffic, more commuters, more accidents. >> since the end of the reserbs the roads in the bay area and in san francisco in particular have become more dangerous. >> reporter: the mtc data looked at the number of fatal crashes from 2010 compared to 2016 and saw the number went up

by 43% in the bay area. but it wasn't just the number of drivers killed in crashes. there was also a sharp spike in the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed mostly in san francisco. >> at any time, regardless of where you are, it's essential that we all be aware of all of our surroundings. >> reporter: mtc spokesman john goodwin says the data doesn't explain why crashes are on the rise but says it's the first time in recent history numbers are going up and says distracted driving might be playing a significant role in the increase. >> it seems a commonsense conclusion to think that that's an added risk factor, now that we have our electronic companions with us at all times. >> reporter: the big takeaway from the study? the majority of deadly accidents can be prevented. the data shows that speeding, illegal turns and driving under the influence cause the majority of those fatal crashes. in san francisco, katie nielsen, kpix 5.

congress shaken by multiple resignations over sexual misconduct. why some suspect there may be more soon. >> and a rare scene in the south. snow falling from texas to georgia. we'll show you the winter wonderland ahead. >> and yes, we are seeing this haze in the sky. look at that. it is even starting to smell smoky along the coast. what's going on is because of the winds. southern california fires now impacting parts of the bay area. i will explain coming up. ♪[ music ]

resignation from congress this week amidst allegations of sexual misconduct. one - senator al franken - was expected.

as weijia jiang reports: the other came . two lawmakers resigned from congress this week amid allegations of sexual misconduct. one was expected, al franken. but as weijia jang reports, the other was a surprise. >> reporter: arizona congressman trent franks issued a statement to announce he is resigning. >> i'll let the statement speak for itself. >> what does it say? >> take a look at it. >> reporter: the statement explains he and his wife have long struggled with infertility saying, we experienced three miscarriages. he admitted that his discussion of surrogacy with two subordinates may have felt them feel uncomfortable. he said he didn't believe he would get a fair hearing in the current political climate. the ethics committee announced it will re-open its 2015 investigation into texas congressman blake farenthold in light of new information. the previous investigation

ended when farenthold used $84,000 in taxpayer money to reach a settlement. also thursday senator al franken announced his resignation. at least 8 women have accused franken of unwanted groping or kissing. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others i remember very differently. >> reporter: republican senator john thune told "cbs this morning," he hopes this is the beginning of change. >> what happened yesterday is unfortunate in the senate but i think on capitol hill the discussion that we're having right now is long overdue. >> yes! >> and i think what it points out is that action is needed. >> reporter: he added alabama republican roy moore is likely to face an ethics investigation of his own if he wins next week's senate race. weijia jang, cbs news, capitol hill. >> six women have accused moore of pursuing them romantically when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. the youngest accuser was 14. some really crazy weather

moving through the southeast. check it out. it's snowing from texas to georgia. this is jackson, mississippi. there is a winter weather advisory and a few inches closed schools. and made driving treacherous. it doesn't take much in the south for everyone to just flip right on out. >> yes. and they take three days off school. stop everything. but it doesn't happen very often. it was snowing in corpus christi in houston, very rare occurrence. here's what's happening for our weather. here's what we are dealing with haze and i was along the coast and definitely smells smoky along the coast. i want to show you why here. we are under a "spare the air" alert because of winter-like conditions. we are seeing cooler mornings, warm afternoons, inland areas will bump up into the 70s today. the north bay valleys will see that haze. so it does impact your air quality of course. some of the low-lying valleys some is smoke from the southern california fires. temperature-wise here's where

we are right now. in the 50s for concord and oakland. 59 san francisco. 62 already in san jose. san jose your temperatures will be warming up nicely. wind wise we are not experiencing that much and that is why that haze is just sitting low in those valley locations. half moon bay a little bit of a breeze coming in. east winds in vallejo at 12. so it should be pretty clear there. but areas where you're seeing barely anything like santa rosa, that's where the smoky stuff or particulate matter builds up. we are under a ridge that's right over the bay area. what that's doing is sending the wind from the east to the west to southern california. those are the santa ana winds. but look what's happening also as it makes a circle around the high pressure ridge. the wind is going from the south towards the coastline. that's why we are starting to smell a little bit of that smoke in the sky. so this is the afternoon conditions as far as the fires go and smoke.

it's pushing toward the smoke line so you may smell it. air quality in the north bay unhealthy to moderate. no burning wood in fireplaces until sunday , wood-burning stoves. when the alert is lifted, you can't burn garbage and leaves. here's the seven-day forecast. no rain. 70s. that's what's going on. >> thank you. i can't believe the smoke is up here. >> it's a long way. it's time for the "food for bay area families" drive. a big gift today for second harvest food. i was there earlier and met some great people. i'm neda iranpour at second harvest food bank, they are helping to end hunger. a big part is through

donations. napa school is donating a check almost $17,000 that you raised. talk about the importance of ending hunger. >> well, i think it's super important for everyone to have a good meal to share with the families at christmas because it's really not christmas if you have something to share with your family even if it's not presents or gifts, it's -- it's nice to have at least one good meal. >> one good meal and this will actually go to many good meals because of hard works that you students did. let's talk about the importance of what the students did and why you wanted to teach them the message behind giving. >> sure. so our school is trying to make sure kids realize they have an impact and we are here to educate change makers. we felt like partnering with second harvest we could teach kids about making a strong not only donation but an impact into the community to help families in need at a really important time of year. >> mariana is only 11 and is already learning this message. nice work. students have a big role in the food bank. tell us about the schools and

the students' involvement. >> yes. well, this is a great example of how it really takes everyone getting involved to end hunger in our community here in silicon valley it's an invisible problem so it's great to have students as young as mariana talking about the issue. >> thank you very much. there is a way all of you can help. for information go to cbssf.com/give. ♪[ music ]

we're talking skin rashes for our pooches and other pets. it is friday and that means dr. jill chase joins us to talk about pets. we are talking about skin rashes. >> hi. so i want to talk about skin rashes because buster here had a skin rash and he came in and i can't -- i have photos that they are going to share but his belly especially if you guys get to see that photo was really red and inflamed. this is his arm that we're looking at now. were you but the thing about skin rashes is that there are many different reasons why they can have them. sometimes it's because they have a contact allergy where they have laid on something or touched something that's created an irritation and allergy. sometimes it's a flea bite. sometimes dogs are sensitives and cats will get bit by a flea. even though the bite is in one location it goes throughout the body and they are itchy all over. sometimes it's an auto-immune disease which is very serious.

almost always there's a bacterial component to it and we treat the symptoms to put them on something for their itchiness as well as an antibiotic to help with the skin infection. the thing that we do for diagnosis can be skin scrapings. we can do tissue biopsies and treatment would be dependent on what is causing the problem. >> dr. jill, we appreciate the advice. if you have any questions about your pets, we want to hear from you. ust email us at pets@kpix.com and we'll have our pet expert give you an answe r every friday right here at noon. we'll be right back.

i-x 5 news at noon. the bold and the beautiful is next. ell, today's tip of the day is going to be is cilantro. i use it in so many different recipes. the aroma and texture, what it lends to these recipes is fantastic. but selection and storage is very, very important. let's talk about selection first. when you buy it, nice and green and soft all the way around free from any yellowing whatsoever and it has that wonderful aroma. you can get close to it and smell it. that distinctive aroma. when you bring them home, if it's stored like this in the store in a little bit of moisture, when you bring it home, wipe up the moisture with a paper towel and then wrap it around and put it in the refrigerator. it will last longer. in a plastic bag with moisture on the leaves it will decay much faster. cilantro, i use this in so many different recipes. flavor profile is out of this world! 'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy.

love this. i love cilantro. i put it on everything. >> nice. >> yeah. >> i have a friend that calls it a food terrorist because it takes over the whole dish. >> it's very powerful. >> some love it some hate it. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. happy friday. ready for guacamole for lunch. ♪[ music ]

>> brooke: i appreciate what you're saying, thorne, but -- >> thorne: are you listening, though? because you can't keep doing this to yourself. my brother's never gonna change. he's incapable. he's still hurting you today the same way he has been for years. and this last time, kissing quinn. dad's wife? hey. don't give him another chance to break your heart. never again. >> quinn: so, did you ever think that we would get here? >> ridge: [ sighs ] no. i-it gets worse every day. but what i do now, i take venice to fairfax, and you can cut -- >> quinn: no, i'm not talking about here in the building. stop it. i mean...here. we're not -- we're not freaking out every time we're alone together. you know, we're not stressing out anymore. eric and i are happily back