♪♪ [beep-beep] now at 11:00 apocalyptic things out of california >> we got married 33, this is a first. >> i couldn't even grab anything >> there is a lot of fire right now.

>> reporter: multiple wildfires burning tonight, with tens of thousands forced out of their homes. by this is being called a worst-case scenario. then, a new chapter in an american nightmare. a kidnapper admitted to carrying out similar crimes decades before he was arrested. and lips a >> thank you and i will see you tomorrow. >> san francisco's mayor hours before he will be sworn in. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey. >> hi, i am sara donchey alongside chief meteorologist, paul heggen, we are watching a major disaster playing out in parts of southern california. >> this is essentially a worst case scenario, when it comes to wildfire conditions. there are now multiple wildfires burning out of control. it has already been a long night there. unfortunately things are only going to get worse overnight. >> yeah, we are seeing that happen right now, we will run down the absolute wild video we have seen today and tonight,

these are live pictures courtesy of our stationed in downtown los angeles, this is the palisades fire burning alongside a site. this fire has exploded over the last couple of hours, well, as you can see, not really what firefighters want to see, given how strong the winds are right now. >> right, the wind is a huge part of the problem. the fire want to burn uphill and you can see that play with his life video. but the wind is actually pushing the fire downhill in a direction it doesn't want to go , including places that are ordinarily out of the reach of these dangerous buyers. firmly within reach, unfortunately , as we have seen frequently today. >> yeah, let's show you more if the video burning in the palisades earlier today. several homes were burning there in this clip. many more have burned. we have no idea at this point how many structures have burned. firefighters are still trying to fight this one as we speak. they probably will be for days. we also just learned from l.a. fire that multiple people have been hurt. a firefighter who sustained a serious head injury was taken to the hospital and multiple

people who had been spotted walking to a restaurant with burn injuries. they were going there for help. at least 30,000 people are under evacuation from calabasas to parts of santa monica and a new fire just broke out near sylmar. a lot of people who were trying to escape earlier today are trying to do it fast come as fast as they could, there were multiple traffic jams. some people ditched their cars on foot . the fire department had to do this, they used a bulldozer to push cars out of the roads so crews could get through to keep fighting the fire. >> oh my god get in the car. tell her to get in the car. >> that is a woman who was trying to get out of the path of wire to get to her car. a photographer who was there shooting video of fire saw her, picked her up and drove her to safety. another major brush fire is burning right now too. this is the heat and fire which is burning in the foothills of the san gabriel mountains

evacuation orders are in place of those . >> it is heartbreaking we just got into hours ago, a senior center close to where this fire was burning had to be evacuated all of the sudden into the in the middle of some seriously intense >> are you hoping to evacuate? >> yes what what is it like getting people off? it is tough. it is tough they are stuck on the wheelchairs. we have got to lift them up and put them in the vans at the same time. so, we have got to get everybody out of here >> everyone got out safely, as far as you know >> you must have been moving toward you guys really quickly. oh yeah, it is crazy out here. i have got to get a couple more. >> that was the voice of reporter, nicole comstock. she has gotten an update on the reporting near the 10 fire pit >> yeah, the city of altadena

is doing everything they can to help evacuate these senior centers in altadena. right now they are actually floating people of any pasadena s.w.a.t. vehicle. i heard they are taking some of them to the pasadena center, so it sounds like that is probably one of these mass evacuation shelters. to get all of these evacuees who have had to flee this fire. you can see all of the smoke and embers flying down the street. it has really intensified out here probably the past 20 or 30 minutes. we are about a little more than half a mile , actually look, there are planes in front of this apartment building across the street here. looks like an apartment building and washington boulevard about half a mile or a little bit more away from eaton canyon, just south of that area on altadena drive. and you can see it is spotting half a mile, three

orders of a mile away and catching areas, this is residential over here. this is technically pasadena, but we are at altadena drive area, there is a mcdonald's across the street. the 711 arcing lot fire pit at least 95 people from this one two senior centers that needed to be evacuated tonight were just kind of sitting around waiting for an hour with employees around them trying to help them, keep them comfortable with is as best as they could until they could get them to a safer location. i believe those two centers where the terraces in marino and pasadena village senior center we are told some of these people are being taken to a location , we spoke with one woman a short time ago was out here -- sorry, i don't know if you guys can hear me, because it is so windy out

there. i'm going to try to move away toward an area with a little more cover so you can hear a woman a short time ago for her sister and arcing lot being healed across the street as we came up here. we spoke with another man who says he and knew he had a friend nearby in an apartment. as he took a crowbar and bashed out her window to get her out she didn't know at the time there is a fire so close to her. so those are the things people are experiencing tonight to get their loved ones to safety. we spoke with another woman who said she with her people, seniors in a parking lot and she brought a bunch of gets so that she could make this a little less terrible for them to >> and we keep using the word worst-case scenario, because it was almost like the worst combination of environmental factors going into tonight. and

now the worst case scenario is playing out. >> yeah, so, two different factors playing out, when complete lack of rainfall southern california has seen so far. literally visible from space. this is the satellite perspective, using the specific wavelength and look towards southern california, there are a couple of black dots here , those are the fires. we are looking at the entire north american here and you can see those fires from space standing out, just exceptional growth to these fires over the past 12 hours or so. now, we want to talk about the wings first. don't worry about the specific numbers here, just look at the numbers on the map. the threshold for the severe thunderstorm warning, the threshold is 58 miles per hour. these are all the 50 mile-per-hour gusts that have been recorded in southern california since been today. there are over 100 of these the threshold for a hurricane is 74 miles an hour and there have been a couple of dozen of those reports in southern california. take a look at the peak dust that has been recorded in the

hills above san bernardino. 103 miles per hour for the peak wind gust reported there a number over 90 miles per hour and the peak wind are actually going to occur as we head through the rest of the night. it has been a set up that has really just been caused by the atmosphere as a whole. there is an area of low pressure cut off, racing to west end accelerating as it goes down the hill. this is the whole depth of the atmosphere, it's just a moment is pushing the air towards the coast, racing along 82-100 miles per hour, those gusts will be problematic as we go through the rest of tonight. this, again, a worst-case scenario, partly because of the lack of rainfall they have been experiencing in southern california, virtually zero rain along north of i-80 we have had plenty of rain, which is why we do not face a significant wildfire threat. unfortunately, we will have to continue to monitor the situation in southern california and also our forecast in just a bit gets back paul, thank you so much, we appreciate the update. we are learning more about

new charges against the notorious bay area kidnapper. matthew moeller, convicted in the 2015 kidnapping of denise hoskins, initially dismissed as a hoax by vallejo police is now accused of crimes dating all the way back to 1993. his case is the subject of netflix's american nightmare. took a turn today as his victims and authority spoke out at seaside, monterey county. ramirez was there. >> reporter: kidnapping sexual assault victim, denise quinn, and falsely accused husband, american, survived the american nightmare case, but it didn't end there. the couple's involvement, opting law enforcement to reinvestigate denise's kidnapper, matthew moeller, has led to new charges against mueller that go back decades, including previously unreported crime that the victims kept secret out of fear. >> so, if you are in that situation, just know you should

always trust yourself and always believe in yourself. >> the new case include kidnapping and sexual assault case in 1993 when muller is just years old two home invasion and a previously unreported 2015 home invasion and attempted kidnapping for ransom case in san ramon, el dorado county district attorney credited denise and eric with keeping the investigation into moeller alive. >> they were, after nine years, persistent that there was more to this case, that mr. matt muller had committed more crimes and perhaps they worked with others. >> muller is convicted of kidnapping and raping denise and sent it to 40 years in prison. investigators first suspected erin and denise's disappearance, and when she was found the accused a couple of staging the event. earlier this year, police chief helped the

queens facilitate a law enforcement trend, that led to writing letters in prison, and moeller allegedly wrote back, revealing more crimes. >> we never expected that it would to a lot of what it had to these announcements. >> the cases are still under investigation. denise says she has been in contact with one of the latest revealed victims , a woman whose attempted kidnapping in san ramon took place just two weeks after denise was can. >> she just said i didn't know how much i needed this. >> in the san ramon case, muller allegedly held two men and one woman for ransom, the da said they never recorded it, for fear he would come back to them. raping is currently being held in santa clara county, with two charges of sexual assault in palo alto and mountain view. he is set for a plea hearing on january 17.. >> tomorrow, san francisco will have a glad brand-new mayor. daniel lori will officially take office at the civic center

plaza, but tonight, the mayor elect kicked off his inauguration events with an interfaith ceremony and congregation kelsey shows us why this event is special to >> reporter: tomorrow i will take the oath of office but tonight, here in the temple that i grew up in i want to make this . i will work tirelessly . i will work hard every single day to deliver results for saint francis inns. i will honor our protected and shared values of inclusion. >> reporter: on the eve of his inauguration, mayor elect, daniel, participated in what has become a tradition for incoming mayors of san francisco. an interfaith service the venue of their choosing.

>> ♪ is a >> reporter: it is no surprise marie chose temple emmanuelle, the synagogue he grew up sending, where his father was a rabbi back to the lord bless you me he shine his kindness upon you and be gracious unto you may the lord give you a life of , hope, happiness and peace. i love you very much . and i believe with all my heart, that he will be a blessing for all of san francisco. >> dozens of religious leaders from across faith gathered to honor their prayers for the new mayor, michael is the executive director san francisco interfaith council. >> it has been an opportunity

for the clergy of san francisco to come together, not only to pray for the new mayor but also to commit ourselves to supporting, through service. >> help us together to make san francisco a place, where people from different cultures-- >> reporter: rabbi, ryan bauer, with congregation emanuel, says it has been an honor for them to host this service for one of their own. he, like all other faith leaders here is offering nothing, but support for the new mayor. >> what i hope the mayor takes away tonight is that he is a man who believes in service and in care and that we do it in partnership every aspect of san francisco to make the city even more beautiful. >> reporter: and it looks like mayor elect worry is planning to do just that. ending the night's service with these remarks. >> my door will be always open to all of you, to all of you on

this stage. thank you for the honor and privilege and i commit to all of you that i will never stop working on behalf of all of you and every single san francisco. thank you and i will see you tomorrow. >> we will bring you full coverage of tomorrow's inauguration. it all starts at 11:00 a.m. right here on kpix and streaming on cbs news bay area. when we come back we will look at some of the wind burning out of control in southern california.

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welcome back. there is just so much video to sort through of what has been happening down in southern california today and into tonight. los angeles under a state of emergent . this video is from earlier today with the palisades fire jumped the agent started burning lifeguard towers at the beach. you do not do that every day. people do what they could in a rush to get out, even people who were already evacuating to ditch their cars. we showed you some of that earlier in the show. some people were carrying pets in their arms. >> where is your car? >> i leave my car right there. >> the fire came right down through the road on the fire department came up and said get out of your car is now. the fire was all around us, the trees and everything

>> first alert weather, powered by kia. learn more at.com. kia, movement that inspires. we have been this fire and that this movement goes, we will be seeing all kinds of video on here about the devastation over the next coming days. >> and it is one of those things, unfortunately, you see the video at the moment, it comes from spots. but it is acres and acres and square miles that are impacted by this and it will take time to add up how much has been lost, both material and, genetically, human cost of this as well. and more fires continue to break out. i will start with the satellite perspective of where the hotspots are. the show in the darker patches here in this particular satellite. this the loop over the past few hours. we have the palisades fire. we have the fire that broke out further to the east, the heat and fire and a new fire breaking out near sylmar, that one is growing quickly. showing up as a bigger and bigger dark

blotch on the map, and this is the concern that new fire is breaking out and blowing off the existing buyers and the pushed along, by the 60-70, even 80-100 mile an hour winds. the forecast model data, unfortunately, is not going to be able to keep up with this intensity, there is just so much that the computers don't take into account but even those are showing those 70 mile an hour gusts around pasadena comes to miles per hour into early tomorrow morning. the strongest gust will occur between tomorrow and sunrise but even as we gradually , they will still be is a 30- 40 miles per hour range, by midday tomorrow. a little break from the strongest winds, but still, enough to really challenge fire crews as they try to get a handle on some of these fires tomorrow evening, then another burst of offshore winds will likely develop on thursday, again, not as intense, but the elastic this fire crews as they try to get a handle on the fires. around the bay area though? it has been a blustery day in the wind advisory does

continue for almost the entire bay area until 10:00 tomorrow the winds have been blowing over a landscape that has soaked by the rain we have seen over the past six or seven weeks those offshore winds would be much more problematic it wasn't for the moisture that we have added up over the course of the past month and a half or so. take a look at the peak does, some of this close to 40 miles per hour for half moon bay, but 25 miles per hour for san jose get over 40 miles per hour gusted livermore, 46 miles of the oak airport thinking, 40 mile an hour gusts coming up also at 40 mile an hour gusts, these gusts, again, strong enough to move around road, strong enough to be in, but fortunately without the potential for disaster we have seen over southern california. the winds will continue to diminish as we had through the rest of tonight to let go to future cast and track our wind through the overnight hours. we will see those gradually diminishing. our strongest winds occurring between now and

6:00 a.m., just about half of the speed of those wind gust in southern california and does the wind advisory expires, it will be a breezy day tomorrow afternoon, but will just not be nearly as blustery as what we had today. fortunately, we added up the rain over the past or seven weeks because we will not get any 6-today outlook at 840 day outlook for the prediction enter paint a dry picture for the bay area, extending all the way through the martin luther king weekend so, fortunately we have added up a decent amount of rain could temperatures will continue to run above average, temperatures into the 40s tonight, six for highs over almost the entire bay area. not record-setting temperatures we have had, that likely won't be the case tomorrow. but temperatures reaching up into the upper 60s in san jose, about 5-7 degrees above average for this time of year, the seven-day forecast shows a continuation of the warm pattern, with high temperatures in the low to mid 60s on average, some of the warmest spots hitting the upper 60s, hardly a cloud in the into the weekend and early next week.

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the awkward segue for the fires to get help you more 49ers coaching changes coming straight day. specialty coach yesterday and giving up for the points back to back losses? cost the defensive coordinator, nick sorensen. look, schneider and sorensen were shockers. the

defensive captain though, has a consoling thoughts. >> i think nick has done a great job all season. >> we didn't do many favors. >> sorensen out tonight reportedly the team hopes to reassign him to another role. the san francisco defense was tied for 27 point per game this season. a search for the fourth defensive coordinator in as many seasons, starting immediately. nba, e 40 and terrel owens got a selfie the height man, frank appeared as for the warriors, the cannot blasted the first quarter and needed more against south korea the miami heat. curry had eight threes, 31 for the game to miami was aggressive on the final mess. hayward got the pushback for the halftime buzzer. they led by 13. curry try to keep it close. look at this move. the doves did cut the lead to two in the fourth

quarter. golden state had trouble with miami's own defense and made the doves pay for wide open looks. he pushed the lead back up to 10. miami dictated defensive play, 114-906 , the record dropped to 18-18. as steve kerr said quote, we are suffering from a crisis of confidence . they are in detroit on thursday. baseball, the giants signed picture, justin verlander to a reported $15 million deal. a three-time winner will turn 42 by street spring training in your area. he did have the worst statistical season of his career at an injury plagued 2020 . but the future hall of famer will add a valuable veteran present in the clubhouse to a young rotation. hockey night in san jose, former shark in town for the golden knights early third period, vegas up to-1. richter olson last that one, as the

knights won the game 4-2, second straight win for san jose dating back to march 14-23. and back to the nfl, the raiders have fired antonio pierce after just one season as head coach. pierce went 5-4 as interim head coach in 2023, but went 4-13 in 2024. the next coach will be the franchise's, since they moved to las vegas five years ago. tom brady is expected to be a part of the coaching search, and we in sports, we are just set to be to feed off all of the nfl drama all of the sports drama just captivating sports. but it is january the rest of the year. her to come. thank you so much get when we come back, the final update on the breaking news in southern california where a state of emergency has been declared as multiple wildfires are burning out of

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if you watch this show, you know that we normally and on something funny or something lighthearted, but with everything going on in california, and with so many people have friends or family down there, we wanted to give you a final update on what is happening. this is some time-lapse video of one the palisades fire started. >> just asked putting his eyes. the wind, so strong that any smart got going was rapid he just going blowup command you saw that progress throughout the day. the last acreage we got was just before 7:00 this

evening, that was almost 3000 acres. i mean, they are too busy doing other stuff , specific numbers don't matter. it is the cost of all of this that will be the primary concern the fire crews are just battling intense weeds, and the fact they can't get any air support, because if you night vision equipped aircraft they have to help from taking these fires, even those are going to be severely stressed by just the wind energy atmosphere, so a couple of those seeing on some of the reports making a couple of passes here and there, but you can help smoke is blowing. trying to flight aircraft about that. >> i have to say, i've seen a lot of fires down there in southern california, this is one of the worst i have ever, our thoughts and prayers are