now at 11:00, a raging inferno is swallowing up parts of the california coast. >> we spent the night stomping out embers. >> more on the people defying evacuation orders and trying to save their homes themselves. and. and the outburst outside court from the man accused of killing a healthcare ceo. what he had to say for himself as he faces a murder charge. and a fallback plan to cut costs at one of the bay area's biggest school districts. the option they hope will keep them from closing schools. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. so we have not been able to say this for a while, but we actually have rain heading our way. and that is good for us, because as we've been saying, we have, by all account, been able to close the book on what was a fairly

merciful fire season. and on a night like tonight we have extra reason to be thankful for that. paul is here right off the top. look, we know we need the rain. you have said that probably a million time, and we are about to share some good examples as to what kind of a difference it can make. >> yeah, after a couple of dry weeks we are ready for that next rain chance. moving in about 24 hours from now. let's take a look at where it is right now. it's approaching us. some clouds over the bay area, but no moisture hitting the ground just yet. tomorrows a garage yool process, the clouds getting thicker throughout the day. the first showers don't move in until after the sun goes down. seeing the rain moving in and becoming more widespread in the north bay as we head through the late evening and early overnight hours. this is where the heaviest rain is going to fall as well around san francisco and oakland it's going to take a little bit longer. best rain chance is around this time to just past midnight. it'll take even longer as you look farther

south towards the santa clara valley. a good chance of rain continuing into the presun rise hours of thursday morning. this is not going to bring any kind of flooding threat. after a couple dry weeks there, it's what we do need. especially when you look at the situation and what's happening elsewhere in the state. we'll come back and talk about the setup for why things are so different in different parts of the state in a couple minutes. >> what we have going on in the bay area right now, obviously, could not be more different than what we're seeing in southern california. this is what people are dealing with here, paul, apocalyptic video of the franklin fire. this actually live pictures right now. >> just a glimpse into hell, really. it's awful to see that spreading out so quickly, being driven by those santa ana winds. >> this area no stranger to fire this. one has burned more than 2,800 acres in malibu canyon. started just last

night. one longtime resident says even though it's not unusual for fires to happen here, he was stunned to see how much damage this one has done. >> this is a notorious area. the wind's coming straight down malibu cannon like a blow torch. they're in harm's way every time there's a fire over there. it's just -- it's a beautiful area, but you know, with all the trees and the landscaping, it's dangerous. >> so at last check the fire had levelled at least seven buildings and damaged eight others. there are likely going to be others added to the list as they assess the damage. firefighters struggling to get a hand l on this fire and have zero containment on the fire so far. >> yeah, limited capabilities, of course, at night because of the terrain, because of the limited scope of what the aerial attack can accomplish, check this out, by the way. it would be terrifying to look out of your window and see this. >> yeah. >> unreal. this is what it looked like outside of pepperdine university last night. >> that is awfully close. down to having power in just two

buildings. telling kids to shelter in place. >> they were doing that in this library. students were kind of packing in there. they were watching that wall of fire march up the hill. it's one of those things that doesn't look like it's a real piece of video, but this is what happened. >> last night we were here for all of it, through the thick of it. it was a pretty wild ride, but i got to give props to the university. they handled it pretty well. i felt pretty safe. it was scary at some points. >> paul was saying how close it was. it was definitely close. pepperdine says part of the campus was burned but nothing terrible. no major damage. they still, though, canceled classes and exams as they probably should have in that situation. firefighters were hitting this from the air and on the ground earlier today during the daylight hours. neighbors are doing whatever they can to help each other and to help themselves. >> no, it's closed. >> reporter: the flames are so near to paul joseph's malibu country drive home, yet despite

an evacuation order -- >> an emergency evacuation of this area is required. >> reporter: -- he is opting to stay. >> we spent the night stomping out embers. and i really feel like you need to do that, because that's what starts these fires. so i want to stay here. we've already stomped out a whole bunch of them. we're going to keep doing it. >> reporter: long timers are stubborn in that way. zach rushed to malibu from venice to help his 93-year-old grandpa who doesn't want to leave his home either. >> it's just a house, but this is his whole family. it's emotional too. >> reporter: we met him at the local ralph's where workers were handing out basics for free to get his granddad and other neighbors who are staying put through the night without power. >> i'm stunned by the generosity. like she's been taking care of everyone for hours, all day. >> reporter: neighbors helping neighbors, like the local volunteer community brigade who is side by side with the pros in the hilly, wooded streets and who he says saved their family home. >> somebody there i remember

was -- took a day off from being a judge and was helping. so these people are just locals trying to do their best to help out. incredible, i'm so grateful. we would have lost the house if it wasn't for them.. >> reporter: as the franklin fire pours through malibu, many have had close calls. >> boy, it was horrible, especially in front of our building. there's an empty lot that caught on fire. >> reporter: and are praying their worst fears are not realized if the winds continue to feed the flames. >> okay, so like we were saying earlier, i imagine that people are seeing all of that video and wondering why socal got it so bad. not just this fire but multiple major fires there. >> yeah. we had bursts of offshore winds, including last night, but they didn't last as long around here. this has been a prolonged santa ana wind event. if we look at the weather map, everything is apparent with the pattern of rainfall this season. you want to be in the yellow, green,

blue. that dates back to october 1st. and it's basically a tale of two halves of the state. the northern half of the state either near or above average for rainfall at this point in the season. you go farther south, and it's way below average. you get into the deepest shade of read in southern california, essentially zero rainfall so far. while we have added up moisture in the vegetation around the bay area to tamp down the fire threat, that has not been the case in southern california. those fire fuels are crispy and ready to go. parts of the bay area are still running a significant deficit in rainfall to this point in the season. 70% in livermore, barely more than half in san jose. san francisco is below the 100% threshold. 150% just a couple weeks ago before we got into this dry stretch of weather. we do have rain chance, we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> all right, so we are definitely going to be grateful for the rain that is coming. >> yeah. >> that is a good illustration of that, paul, thank you. it feels like the entire country has been buried in

their phones or watching tv, reading, watching everything they can that will give them some kind of idea as to why a former prep school valedictorian might have hunted down a healthcare ceo. luigi mangione is sitting in a jail cell tonight accused of murder and for the very first time since his arrest he said something or shouted it. lilia luciano has more on what he had to say for himself and what comes next in the case. >> clearly out of touch. -- the american people. >> reporter: luigi mangione shouted and struggled with police as he arrived for his extradition in altoona, pennsylvania, today. inside the courtroom mangione was calm but defiant, sitting at the defense table quietly mouthing words and mumbling. it appears he went to pittsburgh and then altoona after leaving new york and he was dodging surveillance using a signal-blocking bag. >> you can put your phone in there so we can't track your

phone. it doesn't transmit a signal. that's if you wrapped your phone in aluminum foil. >> reporter: the ivy league grad was arrested yesterday morning after he was spotted eating hash browns at an mcdonald's. police say he started shaking when they were questioning him. what did they ask him? >> they asked if he'd been to new york recently. >> reporter: and he responded nervously? >> he was very nervous. >> reporter: in addition to a 3d-printed gun, he also had a handwritten document written in part, these parasites simply had it coming, which sources tell cbs news may be an attempt to justify his actions. altoona police said they've received death threats from people calling mangione a hero. and nypd officials say they're concerned that mangione's actions could inspire wider violence. >> there are also posters that we've seen online and in new york with various ceo's pictures on them. these are perceived threat, and it is

important for everybody to know that we will take these threats seriously. >> reporter: mangione hadn't posted on x since june, but he often wrote about a back injury and posted this photo. r.j. martin was a close friend of his in hawaii. >> the only times i noticed when he wasn't being social was when he was in severe pain. you know, there were times when he would kind of hide out. >> reporter: you're saying he was suffering in silence of extreme pain. >> that's my understanding. >> reporter: i notice you're getting emotional. what makes you feel this way? >> i just feel heartbroken. you know, somebody that i loved and cared about, you know, that could have done something so hideous. >> and today san francisco police chief bill scott was asked about multiple reports, including those in the san francisco standard and chronicle, that mangione's mother reported him missing to sfpd just a few weeks ago. chief scott said he would defer to the nypd on releasing any information because the case is ongoing. so for four days now a

san francisco jury has been trying to decide the fate of the man accused of killing cashapp founder bob lee. nima momeni is facing first-degree murder charges in the deadly stabbing of lee in the city last year. and today a judge quickly squashed an attempt to get the entire case thrown out. our lauren toms reports the defense asked for a mistrial. momeni's attorneys claimed bob lee's friend lied on the stand and prosecutors knew about that. a judge quickly denied their motion. attorney shannon dugan watched the entire trial from the courtroom. we asked her on her takes on those allegations. >> you cannot ethically as a lawyer put a person on the stand, a client or a witness, who you know is going to lie. and during bo's testimony, he did not admit to using drugs until the defense impeached him, and he did not admit to using drugs with bob lee that night. and that video of the defense dropped at the end

showing bob lee and bo doing cocaine off some kind of metal object shows that he was doing drugs with bob lee. and so that's a problem for the prosecution. they could be in trouble for that if they knew what those two were doing was cocaine. >> deliberations will continue tomorrow morning for a fifth day. coming up, major public health warning tonight in marin county. why health officials there want you to dump out the raw milk. and it is hard to imagine a school district getting more blowback than this one did when it said it needed to close schools to cut costs. and now it is on to plan b. how they hope to save some money in a major budget crisis. plus, whoever buys an unusual northern cawith a very will be striking gold and seeing green.

the san francisco unified school district is confronting a serious budget crisis after their last attempt to fix it went south. back in october you might remember that short lived plan to close or merge 13 schools caused major uproar, inspiring student, parents, and educators to actually rally in the streets. well, the district quickly ditched the plan and it led to a change in leadership. dr. maria sue took over, and although the protests calmed down, the school district is dealing with the exact same problem, how to slash over $100 million in spending to balance the budget. as our kelsi thorud shows us, board members are banking on a different tactic. >> going forward, the school district must value our voices.

>> reporter: the san francisco unified school district board of education has approved a plan to offer supplemental early retirement to older eligible teachers at the end of this school year. the move is a part of the district's strategy to cut costs and balance its budget. >> we are trying our best to get to a responsible fiscal health in a way that also prioritizes the experience and dedication of our employees. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees that buying out teachers is the best way to save money. dozens of people took to the microphone during public comment to voice their concern with the policy. >> more older, experienced teachers leaving our schools replaced by new, younger, less experienced teachers will result in poorer learning outcomes for our students. >> it is absurd to talk about cuts while our schools are still crippled by vacancies. at best we have been short by two

full-time classroom teachers, which is hugely destabilizing. having day-to-day subs in a classroom for four months is a crisis and should be treated as such. >> reporter: teachers eligible for the early retirement plan will have until february 21st to opt in. if they do, they must retire on or before june 30, 2025. tonight public health officials in marin county are warning people to dump out their raw milk products. that's because the department is investigating a suspected case of bird flu in a child who got sick after drinking raw milk. the child developed a fever and was vomiting. thankfully that child ended up recovering. county health officials say the risk to the public is low, relatively. the cdc is looking into all of this also. a child in alameda county was diagnosed with bird flu last month, but health officials could not track down where that case came from. the virus was detected in dairy cows in texas earlier this year. since then there have been 32 confirmed cases in our

state. so far none have been linked to raw milk, but just a few days ago the usda mandated nationwide testing of raw milk products. we talked about this at the beginning of the show, because i think sometimes when we go for long periods about rain we're not so weather aware anymore, but it is coming, right? >> a few rain chance, actually, headed our way. a big transition in the big picture weather pattern. let's get into the big picture here, how things are going to evolve. a parade of storm systems, the first of which is going to send showers into the bay area beginning tomorrow evening. and then the next storm system lines up couple days after that. another one a couple days after that. it's going to help to improve air quality. we have that haze on the horizon right now from wood burning fireplaces and stoves being trapped at ground level. but rain's going to wash that off the horizon. temperatures right now dropping off. upper 30s in livermore and santa rosa. 40s to near 50 degrees elsewhere. temperatures will end up as a mix of 30s and 40s by early tomorrow morning. a chilly start but within five degrees of what's typical for this time of year. the cold spot

will be fairfield. high temperatures tomorrow despite the cool start and cloud cover, it's thickening overhead, still in the upper 50s and low to mid-60s. close to 70 degrees in san jose because the clouds are going to hold off a little bit longer the farther south you go, the more sunshine you get to enjoy for longer during the day on wednesday. the big story is the rain, so let's track it. we're going to show you a few different animations here of how the radar's going to look as we head through the day. the first one shows the showers approaching the coast of the north bay by 10:00 tomorrow evening. later than the other forecast model data. some wiggle room. it could speed up a little bit. the next sequence of images takes us from 10:00 tomorrow evening through 3:00 thursday morning. that's when the rain really spreads out. there are going to be locally heavy downpours embedded within this, but they're not going to last very long in any particular spot. we have rain now covering the map, let me turn on some of the labels on the map so you can get your geographic bearings. no flooding threat with this system. the rain is not heavy

enough or long enough to lead to any threat like that. wind the clock forward from 3:00 thursday morning to 8:00 a.m. the bulk of the rain moves out. still some lingering showers possible for the morning commute on thursday. as we head towards early afternoon from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the last of those lingering showers really shutting down by thursday afternoon. but we are not done with the rain at that point. let's bring the weather graphics back in here, and we'll take a look at how much we expect with just this first system that's going to be moving through. for the northern half of the bay area, the amounts are going to be on the order of a quarter inch on the low end to some places picking up close to one inch. some of the bay area more modest amount, 0.1 of an inch, maybe less, to around 0.25 an inch of rain. we'll take it, especially since there's more to come, and it should be spaced out enough to avoid any flooding threat. a snow maker for the sierra. winter weather advisory rather than a winter storm warning. three to nine inches out of this first system. more for them and more rain chances on the way for us.

the rain chart over the next seven days shows these little spikes that happen every couple days. friday into saturday another rain chance. and then sunday night into monday. the chances go down a little bit as we look farther into the future. not because we're not confident we're going to get more rain but the details tend to change when we're looking that far down the line. one seven-day forecast for the whole bay area. don't need to worry about coast, bayside, or inland, because after tomorrow everyone will have the same temperatures with every other day rain chances heading in our direction. christmas eve is two weeks from tonight, and bay area food banks are working around the clock to make sure families don't go hungry this holiday season. lauren toms is in santa rosa with a closer look. >> reporter: well here at the redwood empire food bank they are working so hard to make sure that nobody goes hungry this holiday season. and that is all made possible through

generous acts of kindness in this community. here at the redwood empire food bank they can turn every dollar of donations into $3 worth of food. and that is made possible by donations like this from the federated indians of -- who are donating $50,000 this year. patricia, why are you guys donating this year? >> we strongly believe that no one should suffer from foot insecurities and have access to good, nutritious food. we thoroughly support the great work that redwood food bank does and continues to do. >> reporter: thank you so much for your generosity. i want to introduce you to haley, what is the impact of this donation? >> the need, as high as it's been since the peak of the pandemic, and having support from our local community for the local community is so powerful year round. and we're really grateful for federated indians for giving us holiday doe nations like this over the

years. >> reporter: well, thank you both so much for all you are doing for members of your community. at home, if you are interested in learning more about how you can give, head to kpix.com/give or check out that qr code at the bottom of your screen to learn more about how your generosity can impact your community. straight ahead in sports, the 49ers are putting in the hours to follow up on their best offensive performance sunday with the same thing this thursday. in fact, one star player went to social media

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nfl up top, and the 49ers, they had an early evening practice tonight. more news and notes, we don't know what will happen on wednesday, but rookie isaac did not practice today. the new starting running back has a sprained foot. if he can't go on thursday night, patrick taylor will become the fourth different starter to carry the rock this season. the niners scored a season high 38 points in sunday's win against the bears, but deebo samuel quiet on the stat sheet. 35

yards on 7 touches. he hasn't scored a touchdown in two months. well, that didn't sit well, so deebo shared his thoughts on a since-deleted post. not struggling at all, just not getting the ball. >> i mean, you read what you read. >> deebo and i talk every day. so i mean, i understand deebo saying that. deebo wants to help us out. >> guys want to voice their opinions on social media, it is what it is. i don't really care. i think he's going to have one of those amazing deebo thursday night games. >> i want to get deebo the ball every play if i could. i want deebo to do deebo things. hockey night. the sharks in carolina. hurricanes are no joke. who plays for the canes? an old friend, brent burns. and burns burned them in the third period with a goal that tied it at 2-2. just before the end of regulation, despite good defense, wasn't good enough to

stop jalen jetfield. that's how carolina came back and finished off san jose 3-2. nba, it's the eve of the warriors and the leagues cup tournament. we will have them running at the rockets. injured chet holmgren tonight had to sit this one out, so thunder had to go ahead and host the mavericks in the other western conference quarterfinal. and in that one, whoa, orange-clad shea goes crazy on the score sheet. thunder won it 118-104. they await the winner of the dubs/rockets on wednesday. oracle park with the 30th fundraiser for underserved kids in the books. sourdough sam watched over football drills. an award for lifetime community service. hunter pence, a past inspiration award recipient. volleyball in center field as an homage to the inspiration

award winner carrie walsh jennings. the three-time beach volleyball olympic gold medallist and her foundation recognized for helping others. it just means more as a home grown product. >> is this whole thing more, less, or exactly what you expected? >> oh my gosh, way more. and i'm like a dreamer and an imaginer, and this blew me away. yeah, i don't want to take any moment for granted in my life ever. and today was very special. so i'm very grateful. >> really good event tonight. nobody puts on a kids party like the foundation. >> and she is one of the goats. her and misty may trainer. >> all 6'3" of her. >> all right, i'm jealous of that too. thank you. coming up, the kpix version of lifestyles of the rich and famous. the multimillion dollar

we love a unique real estate listing, especially the expensive ones that come with

all the amenities. we have one tonight that fits the ticket. in fact, if you buy this you can enjoy not one but three recreational activities. and we are not talking about pickleball court and an olympic-sized swimming pool. >> who's that guy? >> and a basketball court. >> oh. >> vern had to be in the basketball court shot. okay, this is the standard trifecta, okay? no. >> oh. >> this one has trout fishing, gold panning, and marijuana farming. which actually sounds somehow even nicer to me. it's called strange ranch, according to sf gate. it's named after the family that lived on the property for 30 years, the strange family. the 120-acre property is about 140 miles outside of san francisco in the sierra nevada foothills. there's a 3,400-square foot home on property along with a separate rental home and farmhouse. that is not the highlight. it actually has a fully functioning pot farm. and long history of gold mining. >> okay. >> yeah, there are three mines

on the property and people still pan for gold in the streams. sf gate reports it has a $7.2 million asking price. >> is that all? >> the listing agent has quite the portfolio. he's handling this other unusual property. we covered it this summer. the bay area's only private island, red rock island, was on the market at 25 million bucks. >> did that ever sell? >> i don't know. we'll have to check that out. my producer says there was a mysterious buyer. and given that she is still at work, it was not her. >> maybe she's just in the process of building the dwelling that will be her fortress of solitude. >> my producer says this could be finalized as early as next year. some time. >> good luck with that. >> great place for a party. assuming you have a boat to get there. thank you for watching, the late show with stephen colbert is next. the news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. good night. >> hard to irish good-bye from that party.

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