ground. >> firefighters are bracing for more powerful winds that threaten to fan the flames yet again. >> we are not in the clear as of yet and we must not let our guard down. this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. >> i'm anne makovec. firefighters are afraid that the powerful winds moving into southern california could erase the progress they've made over the past few days and potentially make things even worse. the conditions are such a concern the national weather service calls it a "particularly dangerous situation." here is the latest from los angeles right now. the number of people killed in those wildfires has risen to at least 24 and at least 23 people are missing. more than 12,000 structures, including buildings and cars, have been destroyed and about 92,000 people are still under evacuation orders. the good news, cal fire says they've seen very little fire growth over the past 36 hours.

the palisades fire along the coast and the eaton fire further inland have burned about 59 square miles so far. that is an area about the size of san francisco and the city of alameda combined. the palisades fire is 14% contained. the eaton fire is 33% contained. fire crews still on high alert because of the dangerous fire conditions. they prepositioned in vulnerable areas like the topanga canyon just west of the palisades fire and fire crews from the bay area have joined the firefight. this is video from napa's fire department. they helped hose down a home completely engulfed in flames. laura hey haefeli is live for us now. >> reporter: i'm in palisades

village along sunset boulevard, massive amounts of devastation here in what's the heartbeat of this community, the buildings behind me that have been destroyed, mostly commercial buildings. we have banks, restaurants, a grocery store all gone and, of course, residents have been destroyed as well, so a really heartbreaking scene, but as you said, neighbors coming together to support each other with basic necessities. tons of volunteers and donations have been made to support people who have lost everything. >> what are you seeing as far as the air quality? >> reporter: the air quality is not good right now for several reasons. first of all, a lot of the buildings that were destroyed again were commercial buildings which means you're

talking about septic tanks that have been destroyed. you're talking about plastic and toxic chemicals that have been released into the air that make this air quality that bad, right? this fire at least where i am has not burned through forests. that air might be slightly less toxic. so again, making the air quality really toxic in this area. moving forward, obviously firefighters are going to do their best to control this fire, but we are expecting up to 70-mile-per-hour winds in the coming days which could obviously make this air quality worse. >> laura, i know you've covered a lot of wildfires up here in northern california based out of sacramento normally. any comparison, any thoughts on sort of what you've experienced and what you're seeing down there? >> reporter: well, i covered fires in the sacramento, northern california area for three years and all of them are devastating in their own way. i mean, for example, the caldor

fire up in the tahoe area was incredibly devastating. homes were lost, but a lot of that fire did burn through the forest which again is just as devastating, but you don't get that incredibly toxic air quality. the air quality is still bad, but it's not like what you're going to see here. the other thing to keep in mind is that acreage. right now the acreage here is significant, but the real disaster comes because the fire is burning through communities and neighborhoods. in northern california we see fires that have reached up to 400,000 acres or more like the dixie fire which happened years ago, but again, a lot of that fire spread through the forest. so very different types of wildfire, but all disastrous and all heartbreaking. >> good perspective there. appreciate it. firefighters are concerned that the winds could ground

firefighting aircraft yet again and cause tiny burning embers to fly for miles like they did last week. that means current fires might have the potential to fuel new ones all across los angeles. >> we have a burning index which is a percentage of ember flies. so like yesterday if an ember hit the green, if you will, 60 to 65% chance that will start a new fire. so that's what we're really concerned about. that's why they're keeping resources here because there's not too much smoke because the aircraft did a lot of good work and the guys did a lot of good work and the crews went in there, but that's the big pieces. the winds can blow embers two miles away. let's get over to meteorologist zoe mintz for more on how the conditions are looking in the near future there. >> the winds unfortunately are going to continue to blown at least through wednesday when the red flag warnings will stay in effect, something to keep a very close eye on, and i want to compare it to the fires they saw in september. those fires

are not nearly as groundbreaking as the ones we're seeing now not nearly as exceptional. the bridge fire, air fire and line fire were bigger than most of the fires we're dealing with now, but look at the location. it's so important. these fires, even though they were bigger, didn't destroy nearly as many structures because they were farther away from people, farther away from the general population. look how close both the eaton fire and the palisades fire are from neighborhoods and that's the biggest issue. it's not only burning places in forced areas, places where people don't live, it's burning where people do live and the plastics and carcinogens are really, really bad not only for us, but for the environment. we'll continue to see that offshore flow at least one more day as that low pressure system makes its way offshore. the winds will blow most of the smoke offshore, so it shouldn't be sitting stagnant over california. for us, we'll be

seeing breezier conditions across the north bay through this evening, but our wind advisory already expired. it's going to be quiet in the bay area, calm and really not much to worry about over the next several days. that's good news for us, quiet and calm conditions. if you want to get outside overnight tonight, you'll have to grab a very warm jacket. we are going to see our temperatures getting to the 30s overnight, a couple degrees below average, maybe even near freezing for some of our locations across our more inland east bay communities. still, though, everybody does need to bundle up. you got to grab that warmer jacket as you step out for your early morning hours, but these above average temperatures aren't sticking around forever. over the next seven days i do want everybody to enjoy the quieter conditions while you can. oh, i don't know why that happened, but either way we'll continue to see quieter conditions over the next five to seven days, little to no chances for rain. what

you'll also notice are cooler temperatures that arrive this upcoming weekend. so enjoy the warmer weather while you can. anne, back to you. >> thank you, zoe. along with the homes and businesses that we've lost, some places of worship also burned down in the palisades fire. that includes corpus christi church. displaced parishioners were welcomed to attend mass in santa monica. a woman who lost her home said she is grateful for the church to open its doors. >> i think it was the first offer of support that would heal us spiritually and physically and emotionally. i know some people that are here who are not particularly regular churchgoers, but whose souls needed a place to come. drone footage from the santa anita park in arcadia close to the eaton fire is showing the power of community. thousands of people looking to lend a helping hand to those

impacted by the fires, they are waiting in long lines now for a chance to help sort through donated stacks of food, water, and diapers. >> sorry, i feel so bad for the people. just wanted to come help somebody. >> i have donated the water. i donated the food, cereals, and pasta. >> my family and i, we all came out because we want to give back to our city. >> a volunteer credits social media for the huge turnout. he said all it took was a few posts online and thousands of helpers showed up. as people watch the wildfire disaster playing out in los angeles, a lot of people in the bay area are looking for practical ways to help. for the last few days, businesses and individuals have been organizing relief efforts to try to help people in need. john ramos has the story. >> reporter: after all the tragedy we've seen coming out

of los angeles in the last few days, it's time to put aside the normal rivalries. people in the bay area are stepping up to help in any way they can think of. with the images coming out of l.a. it didn't take long to realize this was going to be a major disaster and help was going to be desperately needed. westgate church in san jose began an emergency donation drive thursday and by friday they collected enough to fill a semi truck donated by a local trucking firm to be delivered to a nonprofit relief hub called the dream center. >> everybody came together, community, faith communities, engaged citizens, trucking folks. everybody came together and it's just beautiful when people are willing to be compassionate and empathetic. >> reporter: the same thing was happening in oakland where joodooboo, a korean tofu restaurant, became a collection point for more essentials. that shipment went out sunday thanks to a caravan of volunteers. >> we all have friends and family in affected areas. we

all know what it kind of is to be in an area that's heavily affected by wildfires. >> reporter: people are putting whatever talents they have to work to help out. violinist rose crelli staged a benefit concert in patricia's green in hayes valley and at the hella bagel shop in albany workers were busy making a special huevos rancheros bagel with the proceeds going to an organization called feed the streets l.a. >> running a bagel shop we're in here all day every day. i mean there's not much time for anything else. it felt like a perfect marriage for us of what we do and understanding the importance of a warm meal sometimes. >> anything you can do to make yourself feel like you're involved somehow with the misery that's there and maybe relieve it somehow i think helps us in our sense of being part of a greater community. >> reporter: but if there's a place where the terror of wildfire hits home, it's in

the north bay. vonnell osmidoff owns a beach-themed clothing shop in novato, but she lives in santa rosa and remembers what it was like when she had to evacuate her home in 2017. >> explosion after explosion after explosion and i went outside and everybody on the street was already packing and i'm like oh, my gosh, i think we need to pack. so we started packing and it's just kind of weird the stuff that you grab. i mean i was a little unorganized and i grabbed my most fanciest dresses like the stuff that i knew i couldn't replace, yet i didn't have any socks. i didn't have any underwear. i didn't have shoes. >> reporter: that's why she started a clothing drive donating a bunch of new inventory and taking contributions from her clients. >> a woman came yesterday and she's brought these nice coats that are brand-new. >> reporter: from her experience, she knows that practical items will be needed, but so will some things to help ease the emotional toll as well. >> trying to just get regular clothing together that i know

everybody will use, plus i'm donating the stuff that maybe someone had something like that in their closet and it's like this really pretty dress that they're like i feel so pretty in this and all of that's gone. >> reporter: she'll still be checking donations for the next ten days or so and will then rent a trailer to deliver the items to a location near the fire zone. in ways big and small, people are doing what they can to try to help in a situation where a whole lot of people are feeling pretty helpless. cbs is partnering with the red cross to raise money for people impacted by the southern california wildfires. you can go to redcross.org/cbs to donate or call 1-800-red cross. you could also text red cross to the number 90999 to make a $10 donation. still ahead, with so many resources in southern california already stretched thin,

we have some breaking news this afternoon out of jose. firefighter were on the scene of a house fire on monterey road, some video in here within the past hour. you can see the plumes of smoke. we still don't know the cause of that fire, but all the people that lived in that house are out and safe. other headlines around the bay, two san francisco police officers were taken to the hospital after an early morning chase ended in a crash in the portola neighborhood. the officers were trying to pull over a vehicle wanted for reckless driving the day before and during that pursuit the suspect's car collided with a pole and the police car crashed into a building, bruno and paul avenues. two people were taken into custody. police did find a gun at the scene. the two officers are expected to be okay. another one of these in oakland, police investigating another sideshow. this one took

over the road late last night along macarthur boulevard near 106th avenue. the driver and spectators took off when officers arrived. they've not said if they've arrested anyone. also in oakland police investigating a series of overnight armed robberies. thieves targeted at least four convenience stores, including this food mart on martin luther king jr. way. an employee says they took cigarettes and cash registers and this isn't the first time. >> everybody, four guys, three guys coming, broke in the window, take cigarettes and money. >> police say thieves also broke into a pair of 7-eleven stores on thornhill drive and pierson street. it's unclear if the same people were responsible for all of those robberies. back to southern california and a civilian drone that took down a firefighting aircraft has drawn the attention of the fbi. a drone punctured the wing of a canadian super scooper

during the fight against the palisades fire last week and that aircraft is now grounded. fbi agents are analyzing parts of the drone and asking for the public's help to find whoever was operating it. >> through our investigation we're going to try to determine those facts. we're going to look for serial numbers and try to identify fingerprints and dna to try to put those pieces back together as part of our investigation. >> the fbi says the drone was private and unregistered, making it more difficult to identify the owner. it is illegal, by the way, to fly commercial drones in restricted flight zones. our first alert weather now, the north bay is feeling the wind this afternoon. a wind advisory was in effect today for the interior mountains with potential gusts up to 45 miles per hour. this advisory had people living in wildfire prone areas on high alert as we have unusually dry weather for this time of year. >> concern among my friends is

legitimate for high winds now. if they weren't before, i'm not sure, but they certainly are now. >> coming up at 5:00, we'll hear from local fire departments on how they dealt with the winds as fire danger remains top of mind. meteorologist zoe mintz has a look at some of those conditions. >> the whole reason this setup is taking place because of that inside slider system. so a storm that moves across the sierra and brings the offshore winds, not just for us in the bay area, but for southern california it's the santa ana winds and it's the reason they're so dry and through wednesday the santa ana winds will persist for them. something i like to point out are the winds on the ground, so looking at that big picture pattern. the offshore winds noticeable. the santa ana and

diablo winds are funneling through the mountains. you can see them right below my feet because this is the action we're looking at, this offshore flow, because normally our storm systems head towards us west to east. that's the way storms just move across the country, but the fact we're seeing an east-to-west flow is not necessarily good news when it comes to bringing in moisture. it's bringing in dry air. we'll continue to see those drier conditions over the next several days as well as windy conditions. it's that inside slider. it's now made its way over the pacific but still ushering in more of that offshore flow. that's going to persist through today, tomorrow and early wednesday as well. we'll continue to see these dry and quiet conditions for us in the bay area for at least the next seven days. it's a breezy afternoon, but our wind advisories have already been canceled. at one point they were in effect through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. it's breezy but not windy, not advisory

criteria. upper 50s now to low 60s, a couple degrees cooler than yesterday because of that northerly wind. that area of high pressure is going to build overhead bringing very minute changes day to day. you probably won't notice a difference between yesterday and today. it's still going to be breezy and above average, temperatures remaining well above what they should be for this time of year by about 5 to 10 degrees. if we see our temperatures from the early morning hours in the 30s and 40s, warming up to the 60s all across the bay area. it's going to be a gorgeous day once again tomorrow afternoon to soak up some sunshine if you haven't been able to for the past couple days. i highly suggest you do so by tomorrow. if not tomorrow, do so by wednesday, thursday, or friday. those are the last days we're expecting above average conditions before a slight cooldown by the weekend. more news and weather coming up after the break.

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>anne>and back to southern back to southern california, one local group is it helping any way they can. they call themselves the heat hawks. they're driving around the topanga canyon putting out smaller spot fires and turning on of propane tanks, but they leave the more difficult tasks to the professionals. >> we are again like just some artists, musicians, carpenters, blue collar dudes who just love this place and wanted to help. >> the first request was literally please go to my house. smash my back window. try to save my cats. please get the money out of there. please get my birth certificate, photos of my family, things like that. >> one of the heat hawks says he hopes to be certified and eventually officially serve the fire department in some way, but for now he is just looking for ways to be helpful. coming up next at 5:00,

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right now on cbs news bay area, powerful santa ana winds have returned making for another nervous night for exhausted southern california residents and first responders, the effort to fight three active fires and a new lawsuit alleging a utility company sparked one of them. >> did you look at pacific coast highway? the fire jumped five lanes. that's huge. that's massive. so that's the concern. and the wind also picking up here in the bay area where first responders will be on high alert for downed trees, power lines and much more. >> those embers just find that one little spot of leaves that you didn't clean up or that one little twig you didn't pick up. and a string of armed robberies targeting east bay businesses overnight, the

investigation into the frightening crimes. plus, what sparked this police pursuit that came to a very, very abrupt end right here in san francisco. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. we begin with a return of those dangerous winds to southern california refueling those deadly wildfires putting residents on high alert once again. >> good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. crews are still battling the palisades fire, eaton fires and the hurst fire which is mostly contained. 24 people are confirmed dead, at least 23 more reported missing, more than 12,000 homes and other structures reduced to rubble and ash. nearly 100,000 people remain under evacuation orders. a red flag warning for the area will remain in effect through wednesday. now today a new lawsuit filed against southern california edison claiming the eaton fire was