farewell for lessons they learned from jimmy carter. >> jimmy carter's friendship taught me strength of character is more than title and the power we hold. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. we begin in southern california where a new fire is prompting more evacuations amid the most destructive wildfires in the history of los angeles. >> good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. as crews begin to make a small amount of progress fighting the flames, heartbreaking stories and images are now emerging from the fire zone, that new fire erupting near the city of calabasas in the last two hours. you can see how close the flames are coming to the homes on that hillside. this is now being called the kenneth fire. this isn't too far from the palisades fire in northern l.a. county. in the meantime here is a live look right now

from that fire. you can see the flames that continue to burn driven by that wind and that smoke causing all kinds of air quality problems and those flames burning so close to those homes right now. we're keeping an eye on that fire. we'll bring you any new information when we get it. we will not know the full extent of the damage from these fires for quite some time. officials said more than 4,000 homes have been destroyed in the eaton fire, more than 5,000 in the palisades fire. five deaths have been confirmed, but that number is expected to increase. as of this afternoon, about 180,000 people remain under evacuation orders. >> we heard numbers like 1,000 homes destroyed, but what does that 1,000 homes look like? 1,000 homes looks like an entire neighborhood and that's what we're seeing right . >> today crews began the grim work of trying to find victims of the palisades fire. the mayor of malibu confirmed the first death today and cadaver

dogs are now out checking for locations where possible human remains have been reported. meanwhile residents are taking stock of what's left. >> i just wanted to see if anything's left. we had everything like the sentimental things like my mom passed away. i had only a few things of hers left. my wedding dress, our wedding album, we left everything. >> at the white house today president biden vowed the federal government would cover 100% of the costs of this recovery. >> to the families who have been impacted by this disaster, you're living through a nightmare. i know. i promise you we'll help you get through this and eventually recover and rebuild. >> right now we are getting an update on the fema response from los angeles mayor karen bass hosting local, state, and federal leaders, including fema's administrator. we'll keep an eye on it and bring you any updates. one of the major fires, of course, is the eaton fire

burning 30 miles northeast of the palisades fire in altadena. this video shows the flames encroaching on a broadcast tower on top of mount wilson, crews rushing to protect it because it's not only sending out breaking news, it also broadcasting dispatches for emergency crews in that area. meanwhile new aerial footage showing us the scope of the damage, scenes all too familiar to us appearing in northern california, block after block destroyed, home after home leveled, nothing remaining but just some bricks and some twisted metal. our katie nielsen is live down there for us this evening. we know a lot of bay area strike teams have been sent to the bay area where you are. what are you seeing this evening? >> reporter: yeah, ryan, we actually ran into a lot of those strike teams here in the altadena area today. a lot of the crews were sent into this eaton fire, not the palisades

fire. they told us today was almost like whac-a-mole, basically when a hotspot popped up, their job was to go and tamp it down. the reason why, if you look out here in front of me, you can actually see some of these small fires still smoldering in the remains of these homes. the concern is if the winds pick up tonight because we are still under red flag warnings, that embers could be carried up into the air and could then land on some of the homes that have not been burned. those might then catch fire and then you have even more structures lost. so those bay area crews today going around trying to put out these hotspots to make sure that everyone stays safe. now the other part of that is that is why this area is still under a mandatory evacuation because they need people out of the area to do the work that they are doing, but it's also causing a lot of concern for residents who are stuck outside

the fire lines. >> i'm trying to find out if that fire is coming from where i live, but i can't get any information from anybody. >> reporter: gail cargill didn't know where to go this morning to try to find out if her home is still standing, so she came here along with dozens of other people to the roadblock on the perimeter of the eaton fire in altadena. >> i don't know what's going on. i'm just -- i don't know. >> reporter: the uncertainty, the not knowing, that's the worst part she says. while inside the fire lines crews from the bay area are working to put out hotspots, trying to protect the homes still standing. >> this wall here is holding in all the heat. it's going to get windy tonight. so we're trying to prevent any embers from getting kicked up when the winds blow in that direction. as long as we get this stuff cool by the time the wind starts blowing, reduces the risk to everybody down the line. >> reporter: a welcome sight for homeowner lisa and her husband. her house was one of

only a few still standing on her block. >> they're total heroes because when we rounded the corner, i could not believe my house. one of my neighbors said, "i think your house made it," and i said, "you got to be kidding," because we watched, couldn't get up here. i said, "i think i see the blue," and started crying. >> reporter: for this engine crew, it's personal. they're from sonoma county, part of the santa rosa fire task force and scenes like these are all too familiar. >> this type of burn reminds me most of what happened in fountaingrove just because you have pockets of unburned. you have partially collapsed structures. you don't have the complete moonscape that you saw in like coffey park. >> reporter: these crews will work throughout the night protecting homes still standing and also shutting off some of the gas mains feeding small fires because from a human perspective these crews know what residents are going through. >> it just makes a lot of the

residents feel better when they don't see a big geyser of fire coming out. a lot of times it's not a big risk to catching other things on fire, but definitely gives a lot of people peace of mind when they don't have to worry about fire coming out. they've seen enough fire already, so trying to help that. >> reporter: for so many of us here in the bay area, scenes like this, burned out homes, are all too familiar and that was especially true for some of the fire crews we ran into today. we saw crews from oakland, hayward, fremont, obviously sonoma, santa rosa, marin. these firefighters are saying i remember the look on residents' faces as they were seeing their neighborhoods for the first time, so a really difficult day for everyone, especially at a time when so much is still uncertain. >> so devastating to see those

images. i was curious. these fires whipped up by the santa ana winds, hurricane force winds, what kind of conditions have you seen during the day today? >> reporter: so a lot different than the 70-mile-an-hour gusts where you had fire spotting two or three miles ahead. that was not the case today. winds were definitely calmer down here in the flats. up on the ridge lines, very different story. aircraft were actually grounded for most of the afternoon because it was simply too windy for them to fly, but here firefighters have been able to get some really good work done. again, the biggest thing, putting out those hotspots because the red flag warnings still not over yet and they know that if the winds start kicking up, you've already seen all of the smoldering fires here and this is not uncommon. you go to almost any block, any lot, this is what you're going to be seeing. so they just want to make sure that for those homes still

standing that somehow survived that hurricane of fire, that those homes are still there for homeowners to come home to when they start the repopulation. >> thank you very much. new aerial footage shows the immense scale of devastation in the palisades fire burned stone. the most significant damage is in the community of pacific palisades between malibu and santa monica. reporter ashley sharp shows us what residents will face when they return. >> reporter: the l.a. county sheriff's department says possible human remains have been recovered from a fourth location since the palisades fire started on tuesday. the grim discovery comes as fire crews continue to fight the stubborn fire currently at 0% containment. >> it was like a vortex of embers. there was no oxygen. i couldn't breathe. i barely even made it to my car. >> reporter: alec tried to defend his girl friend's malibu cottage after saving it during december's franklin fire. this time he was

unsuccessful. multimillion dollar mansions along the scenic pacific coast highway are now piles of ashes. the l.a. fire department estimates the palisades fire wiped out more than 5,300 structures. >> we're throwing everything at this that we possibly can. we're going to move through this. >> reporter: but a dark cloud of smoke hangs over the l.a. area. officials are urging people with respiratory issues to stay indoors, if possible. and the childhood home of golden state warriors head coach steve kerr was destroyed in the palisades fire. it burned after his 90-year-old mother was safely evacuated. that's the good news. kerr's family bought the home back in 1969. he spoke before tonight's game against the detroit pistons. >> in some ways it's helpful to take my mind off of what's happened. again, the fact that my mom is safe and sound, that gives me the peace of mind that i need. >> meantime the nba has postponed the lakers home game

tonight. they were scheduled to play against the charlotte hornets at crypto.com arena in downtown l.a. the nba will announce a new date at a later time and the nfl is moving the playoff game between the vikings and the rams to glendale, arizona, because of the fires. the poor air quality caused by the fires forced ucla, pepperdine, and cal tech to cancel their in-person classes today at this point. cal tech expects to resume in-person class tomorrow but stress that could change. meanwhile ucla canceled classes through at least friday. pepperdine has moved everything online until at least the 19th. first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now. thankfully, the fire crews had a little bit better time fighting those fires today, maybe mother nature cooperating just a little bit. >> yeah. the winds were gusty, not as bad as a couple days ago. they had a better break last night into very early this morning. the winds have been picking up, though, and unfortunately they aren't done with the critical fire weather.

another offshore wind event is likely heading into next week. these are the latest statistics according to cal fire and there's no hope of keeping up on a realtime basis, just short of 30,000 acres burned, containment less than 1%. it's not 0%. they have had some success on some of the smaller fires, but the larger ones are still at 0%, but the wind is still gusty. the onshore flow will be pushing farther off to the east. that's going to allow the winds to weaken as we head through the next 24 hours. let's look at the hour-by-hour wind gusts and track those as we head through saturday morning. right now there are still some higher gusts, especially in the higher terrain in the hills above los angeles. those winds remain blustery through this evening, but you notice the angriest colors beginning to subside a bit by early tomorrow morning. the winds will be offshore at least in the higher elevations. onshore winds with will try to

kick back in closer to sea level in the los angeles basin. there's going to be kind of a competing influence. any onshore breeze would be welcome. as we head into tomorrow night and early saturday, that's when the winds will start to pick up once again, not nearly as strong as the past couple days, but a little burst of offshore winds saturday, will subside sunday and then stronger onshore winds likely to develop as we head into early next week, by monday and tuesday. for the next several days let's look at the fire weather outlook. today we are into the elevated and critical categories, the yellow and orange. for tomorrow's fire weather outlook it shifts a little bit. in the hills above los angeles in the mountains, it's mainly elevated. that's the lowest fire weather category. the orange has shifted farther to the south towards the hills above san diego, still a bad scenario in southern california until the

winds shift on a longer term basis. we'll look ahead at the forecast for the bay area in a few minutes. at 5:30 we'll show you how one fire prone bay area city has taken major steps to protect their community in recent years, including new measures taken just today. when we come back, jimmy carter laid to rest, how dignitaries remembered the legacy of our 39th president. >> the personal relationship we established while in office continued throughout our life. and anot ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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americans observing a national day of mourning for former president jimmy carter who died last week. natalie brand is in washington, d.c. where the 39th president was honored today. >> reporter: the last time jimmy carter's casket arriving at washington cathedral this morning for his state funeral.

>> we receive the body of our brother james for burial. >> reporter: among the 3,000 special guests, every living president, president biden, who in 1976 was the first u.s. senator to endorse carter's white house bid, delivering one of the eulogies. >> jimmy carter's friendship taught me and through his life taught me the strength of character is more than title or the power we hold. >> reporter: carter's friendship with his predecessor, president gerald ford, was highlighted by ford's son who read the eulogy his father wrote before he died. >> no, i didn't like it, but little could i know that the outcome of that 1976 election would bring about one of my deepest and most enduring friendships. >> reporter: carter's vice president walter mondale also left a message about their time

in office. >> the personal relationship we established while in office continued throughout our life. >> reporter: carter's service is the fifth official national funeral for a president held here. the dean of the national cathedral says an occasion like this brings together both sides of the political aisle, something carter would have appreciated. the 39th president now heads to his hometown of plains, georgia, where he will be laid to rest next to his wife of 77 years, rosalynn. >> there will also be a service in georgia at the baptist church where carter spent decades as a sunday schoolteacher. that will take place before the burial service at his home in plains. the fire burning in los angeles county already fueling concerns about what this disaster could mean for california insurance. companies have been pulling coverage from the state partly because of the spiraling wildfire risks. recently the state's top insurance official stepped in to reform proposals, but those have proved controversial with critics saying they give too much leeway to the industry to

raise prices and now some worry this disaster could make the situation even worse. >> every homeowner, every business in california will be affected by this fire. it's going to be a major effort by the insurance companies to use this fire and other fires to jack up the rates. >> some are even asking governor newsom to call a special session in the california legislature to draw up new insurance reforms all in response to the disaster. we want to give you some perspective on the scope of devastation from the eaton fire in southern california. these images show what altadena neighborhoods used to look like before and now after that ferocious wildfire leveled homes and businesses. the new estimate now, more than 4,000 buildings destroyed just in the eaton fire alone. let's bring back in paul. when you look at those images, it's mind blowing to see the devastation, neighborhoods completely wiped out. >> yeah. >> the big question is will the

weather cooperate and give firefighters some relief and the chance to actually make some progress? >> there's going to be some good news heading into the weekend. tomorrow the winds will be lighter, still offshore especially in the higher elevations, but then little bursts of offshore winds over the weekend from time to time, not as strong, but what they need is rain and a long period of onshore breezes that aren't too strong. that's just not going to happen anytime soon. we still have numerous wind advisories and red flag warnings in effect for southern california. these are going to be in effect intermittently at least into early next week because of another offshore wind event looms monday and tuesday next week. just can't catch a break. the fire crews will be nearing points of exhaustion by the time that stretch of weather finally starts to shift a little bit by the middle of next week. that's the hope. let's look at the satellite perspective as of 1:00 this afternoon or just after and that plume of smoke coming off southern california clearly visible as it reaches over the pacific ocean. a lot of the smoke is blowing over

the pacific, but not all of it and that's a problem. we'll track the air quality through the next 24 hours as we are going to see it become more of a problem as the fires continue to burn, as more smoke is injected into the atmosphere. while there are going to be occasional breaks, especially whenever an onshore breeze tries to assert itself, the air quality will be in the unhealthy or hazardous range. think of the stuff burning, it's bad enough when wildfire smoke drifts into the bay area from vegetation fires, the vegetation that combusts. we don't need to breathe that. then think of the stuff that's been burning in southern california, buildings, all the things in the buildings, batteries, vehicles, construction materials, all of that ejected into the atmosphere adding to the air quality issues. the air is moving along, does indicate the return of a brief indicate of onshore flow late tomorrow, but another burst of offshore winds briefly is with them saturday. we'll also get another burst

of offshore winds saturday, but our wind gusts saturday and sunday mostly 20 to 25-mile-an-hour range, a few gusts 25 to 30 and some peaks could have 30 to 40-mile-an-hour gusts saturday afternoon and evening, but that's short of the wind advisory threshold and because we're running close to normal even on the low end of the spectrum in terms of rainfall, that keeps our fire threat at a minimum. futurecast, the rain chances, it's trying to show a little fog developing by tomorrow night into early saturday and maybe condensing on a few surfaces, but not actual rain. we're staying rain-free through at least the seven-day forecast and the two-week outlook continuing to look very dry as well. beautiful sunset looking towards the golden gate from salesforce tower, 74 degrees right now in santa rosa, other temperatures still at least in the middle portion of the 60s. those numbers will fall off as we head through tonight. again, our winds aren't that strong. the fog isn't going to be much of a factor. temperatures will

end up tomorrow morning mostly in the 40s with a few upper 30s here and there. those will be kind of the exception. most of our temperatures will be in the 40s, slightly above average. temperatures tomorrow afternoon also above average, but not as far above normal as we were today. the biggest variation will be from bodega bay at 57 degrees to farther inland where temperatures reach the middle portion of the 60s. for the coast, a mix of upper 50s and low 60s, pretty much everybody else in the low to mid-60s and upper 60s in the santa clara, 68 degrees around san jose, these numbers 4 to 8 degrees above normal for this time of year. the seven-day forecast is rain-free. it's almost cloud-free other than a little bit of fog trying to develop closer to the coast by tomorrow night into early saturday. temperatures will drop down very slightly by the middle of next week, but we'll still run 3 to 5 degrees above normal through next week and we'll have to keep hunting for that next rain chance that eventually will head our way,

just not anytime soon. >> thanks, paul. we're hoping that rain comes very soon because, once again, another fire has broken out that they're calling the kenneth fire. you see that large line of fire cross that ridge now as that fire continues to burn in the calabasas area of los angeles county. you can see it's burning very close to homes and you can see fire crews now on the right side of your screen. they have set up a fire line trying to protect those homes. that fire continues to make its way up the ridge fueled by heavy winds in that area. once again, this is the newest fire called the kenneth fire burning right now in the calabasas area. coming up next, filling your next prescription will soon get more difficult in san francisco, the number of drugstores shutting down and the reason behind those closures. while wildfires burn across los angeles now, it was less than a year ago when this was the scene in

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in san francisco the city will lose 12 walgreens this year. the company released a statement saying, "increased regulatory and pressures weighing their ability to cover the costs with rent, staffing, and supply needs." we have a full list of what locations will shut other our website at kpix.com. now to san jose where the city is working to clear dozens of homeless encampments all around the city. today city teams began visiting about 30 rv encampments to let people know they have two weeks to move. if not, come january 23rd tow trucks will remove any remaining vehicles. teams are giving information about services such as transitional housing and according to the mayor, there will be more available than ever before. >> the city of san jose is making a historic investment in expanding our shelter capacity. we are roughly tripling our shelter capacity, including safe parking and safe sleeping. next month we'll be opening

the berryessa safe parking site with room for 85 additional rvs. >> after the news conference, mayor matt mahan joined city staff posting towaway signs and flyers. active enforcement is set to start next week. coming up, we'll introduce you to the bay area developer whose app has become the most popular on the apple store in the wake of the devastating wildfires, how it is helping save lives. we're housing everything here right now. >> we'll show you how animal shelters, including one in northern california, now stepping up to save hundreds of farm animals from the fires in l.a. county. plus our very own vern glenn hit the pickleball court with a couple bay area sports legends.

the same weather pattern that has kept the bay area dry has been calm across the entire region, so zero new snow over the past 24 hours, but with the active weather late last year and to begin this year, all the resorts have a good base of snow on the ground. dry weather means good travel weather along u.s. 50 and i-80 and temperatures will be favorable for the resorts to add their own snow, fire up the snow guns and freshen up the trails heading into the weekend, overnight low temperatures in the teens and 20s, high temperatures mostly 30s and it does not look like the wind will be a problem at all. as always, have fun. stay safe. we will keep you