the city of san francisco. so firefighters really have their hands full. in all, more than 12,000 homes and other structures have been leveled. 11 people are confirmed dead, but we're likely to learn of more deaths in the coming days. a new estimate from accuweather puts the total cost of the damage between 135 to $150 billion. firefighters starting to get a better sense just how much destruction the eaton fire has caused in the altadena area. it has burned more than 20 square miles and it damaged at least 7,000 structures. fire officials confirmed at least six people have died in that fire. one woman spoke about how her cousin and his disabled son were among the victims. the two had been waiting for an ambulance to arrive. >> anthony was such a great guy, businessman, family man. i mean you can talk to anthony about just about anything and he was such a jewel. so this is

going to be a great loss. >> reporter: what happened to him? he was with his son who was bedridden? >> yes. with his son that was bedridden. >> just absolutely heartbreaking. we now go live to katie nielsen in altadena. we understand the california national guard is now there to help with security. >> reporter: they are, ryan. as you can probably imagine, folks here still very much on edge just because you do have situations like these where there is nothing to loot here at these homes. everything is gone, but just behind it there is a home still standing. so that is why the california national guard is here helping with that security. all of the major streets are blocked off either by police or guardsmen and as we're in these neighborhoods hearing from some of the people who chose to stay behind, we're hearing stories after stories of neighbors

helping neighbors. >> i emptied that thing out. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying and little fire starting and we had no water pressure. i knew i had a spa. so i carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could and just kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience. he's a nurse and now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there's no more to get any more water out of it. i took everything i could. >> reporter: now mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> just my -- just can't express how much i feel for these other people. >> reporter: a few blocks over david and his two kids are going around turning off water and gas lines, baffled by the slow response. >> we saw a person who worked

for the gas company. he walked up to me and said hey, where's house number blah blah blah? i'm like why? he said, "i need to turn off the gas." i'm like, "dude, look around, flare, flare, flare. the house you're talking about is way over here." >> reporter: small acts of kindness, people helping neighbors oftentimes they didn't even know. >> you definitely see a lot of strength and resilience that comes out of the bad, comes a lot of good. >> reporter: paul lowenthal from the santa rosa fire department knows this firsthand. not only was he on the ground in 2017 during the santa rosa fires, but he also lost his own home and now he's here in altadena, yet another personal connection. >> this is a community that i grew up in. i am glad and almost honored to be able to help this community right now. >> reporter: as you can imagine for folks whose homes look like

this, those small acts of kindness can mean so much at a time like these and we've seen this time and time again throughout the northern california wildfires where everyday people who have no experience in this are stepping up in any way that they can just trying to figure out a way to help because as they're walking around, they just feel so helpless. they don't know what to do and so they're trying to find anything, any way to try to help their neighbors in need. >> katie, like you mentioned, you have been on some of the front lines of some of the state's largest wildfires across california. does that still surprise you, that human spirit where during the biggest devastations you see the biggest heart and you see people helping people? >> reporter: i mean that's what's so amazing about our own humanity, right? i mean that's what makes us part of a community and a group of people is the ability to empathize

with others and i think that in these trying times people understand there's no other choice but to step up and help because when you look at a scene like this, there is no way you cannot feel deeply for the people who have lost literally everything. >> i asked you this yesterday. you have boots on the ground, so you have an idea of the wind conditions in the area. what are the conditions like today for firefighters? >> reporter: ryan, thankfully, very still. that red flag warning set to expire at 6:00 tonight and right now there's not even a gust of wind. so i know earlier today cal fire had reported containment on the eaton fire at 3%, today firefighters still putting out those hotspots because they don't want anything to flare up, kick embers up into the air and ignite homes that are still standing. so i think over the next couple days when these winds will be calmer, this will be a time for firefighters to

be able to do some really good work, get in some containment lines that it's mostly up in the mountains now is where the active firefight is happening. alex will look over there. yesterday we could barely see the mountains through all of the smoke. today it's a little bit calmer and the smoke we are seeing is going more straight up. when the smoke is going sideways, that's when you know the wind is carrying it. as it's going straight up, that's telling you that those firefighters are not dealing with the same 60-mile-an-hour gusts like they were yesterday. yesterday afternoon all aerial firefighting had to be stopped up on those ridge lines because they were experiencing such strong winds. today we've seen water dropping helicopters, helicopters with snorkels all day doing work up in the mountains and back here in the flats, that's where the security has really become a concern. we have not seen as many people in these fire zones

today. we do know that 20 people have been arrested for looting in the palisades area and here at the eaton fire in altadena. that's why they are taking the security of these folks so seriously because if you can imagine, you find your home was still standing and then when you go home, you realize that some of your valuables are gone because someone looted your home while you were evacuated. i mean absolutely unimaginable. so that's really what they're trying to avoid. >> just very tough for a lot of people out there. katie nielsen from altadena and paul heggen will have a better idea of conditions later on in the show. here's a look from high above the fires happening now. katie showed that ridge line from behind. this is what it looks like from high above. you can see that fire does continue to burn and that smoke does continue to billow. you can see the helicopter there doing water drops onto that fire. we aren't sure which fire this is exactly, but there are several wildfires continuing to burn as

you can see while katie in her area in altadena, there's completely devastation. there are different spots of hotspots and flames still burning all over l.a. county. the palisades fire now threatening more communities in l.a. county. you can see how close the flames are to homes. this is in topanga. the largest of the wildfires burning now in southern california scorched about 30 square miles and five people confirmed dead, the fire just 8% contained. evacuation orders have been lifted for residents near the kenneth fire which has scorched nearly 1,000 acres in the san fernando valley. the flames crept dangerously close to homes about ten miles from the palisades fire. a brief scare today in the l.a. community of grenada hills, evacuation orders were issued when the archer fire broke out, but they have since been lifted. even when the flames are gone, the danger, though, is not over. pasadena water and power now calling the tap water in the evacuation

zone unsafe. the water district will have to flush its systems multiple times and even after that it may take days or weeks before it is safe for consumption. >> the pipes melt. they become open sources. gases from the fire burning can be pulled into the pipes. those gases contain lots of toxic chemicals of which none of us want to breathe. they can also contaminate the insides of those pipes. >> in the meantime governor newsom has ordered an independent investigation into the water supply problems that left fire hydrants running dry during the fires. the governor announced just a half hour ago that wildfire survivors can now apply for federal aid. people and businesses who suffered losses can go to disasterassistance.gov all to apply. the state also set up a new website to support survivors with resources. that's ca.gov/lafires. it all comes after the governor participated in a virtual briefing today with president biden, vice president kamala

harris, and l.a. mayor karen bass. the president reiterated the federal government will provide any support that is needed. >> what we have been witnessing is truly mass devastation. >> we're going to keep working 24/7 to support state and local officials to fully stop these fires as soon as possible. next, we're going to make sure california has every possible resource to fight these fires and help survivors. let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. as we heard from katie, the winds have died down at least today. >> correct. >> but there's a danger they could pick right back up. >> and a couple different bursts of offshore winds, another one kicking in tomorrow and a longer, probably stronger round of offshore rounds again monday and tuesday. let's look at the fire setup. this is the outlook from the storm prediction center and yellow indicates elevated fire threat and orange is a critical wildfire threat, second of

three categories. the orange area is kind of shoved farther down to the south into the hills above san diego today, while the lighter winds around los angeles led to an elevated fire threat, still not zero and won't be anytime soon. the outlook tomorrow brings the orange area farther back to the north and west into the mountainous terrain north of los angeles, so another day of critical conditions in southern california. let's get to the monitor and talk about the hour-by-hour wind gusts as we head through the next couple days. at the moment a relative lull, good news for the fire crews, residents and air support of the fire crews, but the winds pick back up beginning in the higher elevations as the sun comes up tomorrow. it will take most of the day for the gusts to make their way into the lower elevations, but it's going to happen, early sunday morning bringing some 60 plus-mile-an-hour wind gusts and this isn't the strongest event the next couple days. that kicks in late monday into tuesday. it's not going to be as strong as what happened

tuesday and wednesday this week, but that was a once in a decade kind of event, doesn't have to be that bad to be exceptionally dangerous. the winds that kick in in southern california tomorrow, same system will squeeze the atmosphere over the bay area. we have a wind advisory for higher elevations, but in the bay area 20 to 30-mile-an-hour range. we'll look at the rest of our forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, paul. cbs is partnering with the red cross to raise money for those impacted by the southern california wildfires. you can go to redcross.org/cbs to donate or call 1-800 red cross or you can text red cross to 90999 to make a $10 donation. back here closer to home, a series of earthquakes rattled the bay area this morning, no

reports of damage from the quake that struck just after 7:00 this morning. the epicenter was just offshore near the san francisco zoo reportedly felt as far north as santa rosa and as far south as santa cruz. the strongest aftershock was a 3.0. that struck just before 11:00. on his second full day on the job, san francisco mayor daniel lurie named a new fire chief. battalion chief dean crispen will be the 27th chief in the department's history. he brings 34 years of service with the sf fire department. he was part of the response team to the 9/11 terror attacks in new york city. he replaces jeanine nicholson who stepped down in august due to medical issues. within the past few hours san francisco's health department announced the city's first human case of bird flu. they say a child got sick with the virus and

suffered a fever and conjunctivitis but has recovered. the risk to the general public is low and there's no evidence of human-to-human transportation. time could soon be up for tiktok as the u.s. supreme court hears the case that could ban the popular social media app. and a family rebuilding after a major fire in the oakland hills now encountering an unexpected problem, criminals repeatedly targeting their damaged home. >> it's really horrible. it's like they're kind of snatching your heart out all over again. we have much more from southern california where residents are taking stock of what is left after flames leveled entire neighborhoods. >> you'd think of all the memories and hangouts with friends as a kid. it's absolutely devastating. i'm heartbroken.

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let me bring you back to the bay area where the keller fire erupted in the oakland hills in october. firefighters were able to prevent a larger firestorm, but a couple homes suffered some pretty significant damage. now one of those homes has become a target for thieves, a total of eight times since the fire. our da lin spoke to the frustrated family who just does not know what to do. >> reporter: the homeowners tell me losing their home was tough but say the repeated burglaries have been demoralizing. 4101 maynard avenue, home of 30 years for delane sims and her husband. it was where they raised their children and hosted holiday dinners until the october 18 keller fire severely damaged it. >> it's really horrible like they're snatching your heart out all over again. >> reporter: delane said different people broke into the yellow-tagged house at least

eight times to steal anything that was salvageable in november and december. they first broke a lockbox meant for the contractors to gain entry. after that burglary contractors changed the locks. >> this is one of the ways in which the thieves came in and they just broke the window and literally crawled in and took a whole refrigerator and took it down the street and put it in a vehicle. >> reporter: one of her sons slept in a car parked in the driveway to prevent burglaries. delane said the burglars came back and threatened him when her son confronted the man. >> one person slowly put his hand in his pocket and my son was able to back his car out of the area. he shortly thereafter saw the police and they were able to -- and flagged them down and they were able to come and look for the people, but by then they were long gone. >> reporter: nothing left in the home. most items not damaged by the fire were stolen by thieves. >> this is just one of the times that they came in and went into our garage. so

everything's been taken out of our garage. there's just nothing left here. >> reporter: the oakland police officers association president says officers feel extremely bad about the burglaries. they wish they could do more, but it's been challenging due to the staffing shortage. >> we didn't come till like eight hours later. another call we didn't come till three hours later. so i understand the frustration of our community member. it's very difficult for us to provide the needs of our community with the small number of officers that we have. >> reporter: delane says she supports the first responders, as they experience budget cuts, and she hasn't lost faith on humanity. she's speaking up so other fire survivors can learn from her experience. >> i'm convinced there are more good people in the world just because of how people showed up for us after the fire and how they're showing up for those in southern california. >> reporter: police say no one has been arrested in these burglaries of one investigator tells me because the oakland police department is so severely understaffed, unfortunately they don't have

anyone to investigate these so-called low priority cases. >> delane has advice for anyone whose home is damaged in a fire. hire contractors to board up the house immediately to at least slow down burglars. she says it's not something survivors think about after a very traumatic incident. two stations that were critical in the fight against the keller fire are temporarily closed because of the budget crisis. coming up at 6:00, we'll look at how the fires in l.a. are adding to the concerns of the cuts to the oakland fire department. we're talking about fires in southern california in the dead of winter in the middle of january, but really not surprised because last year was the hottest year on record. >> right. globally, hottest year on record and in the united states the hottest year on record as well. climate change is a very heavy foot on the accelerator of whatever the

climate would be doing. back in 1880 the record keeping gets a little dodgy, but you can use some other data to fill in. this is the first year we cracked the 1.5-degree celsius threshold globally depending how you measure things. there are different ways these agencies do compile data. the numbers have come in between 1.46 degrees and 1.64 degrees. it rounds off to that 1.5-degree threshold that's so important we do not exceed. 2024 has eclipsed 2012 as the hottest year on record. most of these have occurred in the last 20 years. 1998 was the outlier, a strong la nina year. holding

onto 63 in san jose after mid-70s this season, right now a mix of 60s and 50s and will continue to drop off. fog will not be a big factor through tonight which may be surprising considering how aggressive it's been so far. the offshore winds are going to kick in through the rest of tonight. so another burst of offshore winds, not nearly as strong as what they've experienced in southern california, but it will help disperse the fog as the wind advisory goes into effect midnight tonight for the higher elevations of the bay area, not the valleys, bayside or the coast. most of the bay area's population is excluded from the wind advisories because they wouldn't be as strong in the valleys. look at some of the forecast peak wind gusts, 28 miles an hour in san jose, half moon bay 44 miles an hour, but generally 25 to 35-mile-an-hour gusts on the high end of the spectrum. one of the exceptions, fairfield, up to a 48-mile-an-hour gust

expected there, especially late in the day tomorrow. we'll keep an eye on all that through the next several days. what we really need is some rain. we won't see that anytime soon. let's look at the six to ten-day outlook. the longer these offshore winds persist, the longer we're rain-free, eventually our fire threat will go up. short term we're okay, but drier than normal conditions likely in the six to ten-day outlook and eight to 14-day outlook all the way to january 24th. i was looking at some of the really long range data and it's showing maybe we go through the rest of january without any rainfall. that's really speculative. that's why we don't show that on television very often. it's something we'll watch very carefully. let's look at our forecast for tomorrow and talk about tomorrow's high temperatures which will top out in the 60s for most of the bay area, not quite as warm in the santa clara valley where temperatures climbed to the mid-70s today, upper half of

the 60s tomorrow. with the offshore wind stirring the atmosphere around, there won't be a lot of variation, everybody between 62 and 67 degrees as we head through tomorrow afternoon with very similar temperatures in store for everybody for the second half of the weekend. let's look at the seven-day outlook. we'll see temperatures reaching down to closer to normal levels by wednesday and thursday of next week and beginning already tuesday, but the big drop in temperatures happens a week from today down into the mid-50s with a little additional cloud cover but still absolutely no rain in sight, ryan. >> thanks, paul. southern california could definitely use some rain now. let's take you back down to southern california, a live look from above the fires now. you can see flames continue to burn, smoke billowing up into the air. the good news is there's not much wind right now, at least today. that's giving firefighters a chance to actually create some type of perimeter and get some containment on all these fires, but as you can imagine, because it's so widespread, there are so many hotspots right now, the

fire continues to burn. here's a wider look at that area. you can see that fire is still burning for the most part out of control. coming up, president-elect donald trump is formally sentenced as a convicted felon. up next, what today's unconditional discharge means moving forward. emergency officials in southern california making a plea to the public today after evacuation warnings were mistakenly sent to millions of people. >> there is an extreme amount of

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when you overdo it... ...undo it with pepto bismol. president-elect donald trump was formally sentenced today in the hush money case in new york. he will have a criminal record but not face prison time for probation. the president-elect who was with his attorney at his mar-a-lago home listened via video link before the judge announced his

decision. trump spoke to the court. he had faced up to four years for the conviction, but prosecutors agreed to the unconditional discharge after trump's presidential win. >> this is the proverbial slap on the wrist. it is symbolic. it is acknowledgment that there was a conviction and it is essentially no more. >> that sentence comes a little more than a week before his inauguration. trump vowed to keep fighting the conviction through the appeals court. the supreme court appears likely to uphold the law that could ban tiktok in the u.s. in nine days unless it is sold. during hours of oral arguments today justices appeared to view the ban not as an issue of first amendment rights, but as a regulation of potential foreign control. this is all due to national security concerns about the app's chinese parent company, bytedance. if the ban does go into effect, tiktok would disappear from the mobile app stores. users would still be able to access the platform, but new posts and updates would

not be available. stocks spiraling down after an unexpectedly strong jobs report. the nation's jobless rate was 4.1% last month. that's in line with prepandemic norms. analysts say the sturdy labor market helped boost consumer spending which benefited from the overall economy. that means investors may not get rate cuts they hoped for this year. the dow was down nearly 700 points today, the nasdaq and s&p 500 suffering significant losses. the palisades fire could become the costliest disaster in california history. up next, we'll hear from residents returning to find their communities that they love unrecognizable. >> i literally dropped on my knees when i saw it. it was devastating. then i got around the corner and said how is this possible? the head of the national bee platoon is headed down to the fire zone, how his unique talents will help crews on the ground.

plus, we'll have details on the great diaper debate raging on in the united kingdom. hey, the toyota is loaded up and ready to carve some new lines. let's look at what mother nature cooked up for us. the toyota tahoe report is cued up. let's take a look. >> mother nature did not cook up any additional snowfall the last 24 hours, not a surprise given the very dry weather pattern locked in place over the entire western united states, but with the active weather we had to end 2024, all the resorts have a good base and temperatures will be favorable over the weekend for resorts to add some manmade snow, a 2-foot to 6-foot basin generally in the 3 to 5-foot range. winds are not a problem at lake level, but there will be higher gusts on top of some of the peaks. teens and 20s for overnight lows, high temperature at lake level in