now at 11:00. that instruction left behind in the socal fire has people in the east bay taking steps to stays repaired. how a fire in the hills in a major budget crisis are playing a role. the palisades fire forced them from their home nearly a week ago and tonight frustration is building as people still

aren't being allowed back home. the clock is ticking for tiktok. >> everyday is holding your breath to see what happens. >> how bay area influencers are preparing to lose the app and maybe their livelihood . hi, i am sarah. fires are on people's minds here and across the state. you can't blame people for seeing that instruction in l.a. and wondering if their own neighborhoods are as protected as they possibly can be. who went through the keller fire last year in the open hills are trying to plan for their future. >> reporter: the fire is raging in and around los angeles are fueling questions for those in oakland neighborhoods vulnerable to wildfires. delaine sims, who lost her oakland hills home to a

brush fire in october, is now pushing for neighbors to prepare for what to do in case of an emergency. >> we need to be proactive. to get as much information as possible to come together and be a think tank and support for each other. >> reporter: sims neighborhood is one of the districts in the wake of oakland budget deficit. she says it's imperative for them to -- and prepare for safe measures . both sims and the fire state counsel shared critical to to help those impacted by the fire to prepare and recover. >> some people can recover from that but there's a lot of people who can't . it's a very difficult or it -- recover emotionally and mentally. it's very difficult. so that's important as well. >> reporter: hutchins, one of the neighbors, says the fires played a role in how to protect her family from disasters. now the responsibility may fall on her she says she is trying to

adjust her escape plan is much as she can. >> i have a plan in place now. i didn't really have one before. we have an emergency back to grab. had some personal sentiment items , letters, some things i would be sad about their loss. i've added more personal items to the bag. >> reporter: the meeting emphasized the safe routes and escape ways before fires grow to dangerous sizes. but since, like most of her neighbors, hope it never comes to that. >> we are seeing more videos of people posting what they think for the first moments of the eaton fire. pedro rojas took this from his backyard in pasadena. a fire burning around an electrical tower last week. he says it was only about 30 minutes after he shot this that he had to all of a sudden evacuate. we should note there is no official cause for the eaton fire but investigators are looking at the tower in the canyon. atf investigators were at a popular hiker trail to look at the cause of the palisades fire.

teams are rounding up photos and video from people nearby and social media. but there's no timeline on how long that investigation could take or the investigation into the eaton fire for that matter. at least 25 people have died in those two fires. it's been a week since the palisades fire started and people are unable to see if their homes burned down or not. kelsey is in the brentwood area of los angeles where people have been trying to get to the evacuation zones. >> reporter: we have been here in brentwood pretty much all day right on the edge of this evacuation zone. you can see the checkpoint here behind me. they have it staffed with both of the national guard as well as police. they are only letting in first responders and residents who have a very specific permit with the city at this time. all day we have seen residents try to get in and being turned away because they don't have a permit. that has led to a lot of

frustration. >> i want to go home to get some medicine for my wife and they don't let me go even one block up. >> reporter: emotions are running high in los angeles brentwood neighborhood where mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as the area braces for another round of high winds. >> i don't know where zuma beach is and what to do. >> reporter: the national guard and police have been deployed to keep the neighborhood safe but residents say they are being turned away. not allowed to even run into their own homes to grab medications or important documents. >> two days ago i was able to go through without any documents. this time we have to go all the way to zuma beach to get a permit , which makes things a lot harder for us. >> they say they are staying at

a hotel in another part of town. we understand the fire risk is high for the neighborhood but they still wish they could get back into their home more easily. >> has medicine for another two days. hopefully by thursday it will open so hopefully we can get to the garage and go to the house. >> reporter: sandy touched told us she too wishes the city could make it easier for them to get back into their homes, if only briefly. she says she just wants to make sure everything in her home is still there and secure. she was hoping to do that today because she knows the winds are expected to get worse. >> the fire is actually right now control more or less on mandeville road. if anything goes past that then bring what is next. >> reporter: the area still remains without power. police and national guard troops are

expected to stay as long as the area is evacuated. >> we will go back to the fires in just a minute. for now, another story making headlines all over the country. say goodbye to hours of scrolling when you are supposed to be sleeping or working for that matter because tiktok might be going dark on all of our phones in the u.s. in a matter of days. the supreme court make a decision on the 19th that could change things. right now it looks like most of the justices are ready to and it. kevin talked to bay area content creators who built their entire livelihoods on tiktok. >> yeah, i come up with ideas throughout the day and then i pull them to life. >> reporter: steph anderson has more than 36,000 followers on tiktok with 5.3 million likes. it all started when she moved to

the bay area in 2022. she started making videos about her adventures. >> i get dan's every sunday being like, and scared to would to san francisco. you make me feel better about it. i'm like, fabulous. because i wasn't scared to move. i was really excited. but if other people are scared to move i want to show them that it's the best move of their life. >> reporter: one move by the supreme court could change everything for steph and content creators. on january 19th the supreme court is expected to apply the law with bipartisan support requiring them to sell the app to a u.s. company. if not tiktok would be forced to shut down. national security concerns are the primary factor behind the band. >> congress and the president were concerned that china was accessing information about tens of millions of americans, including teenagers. >> is like a double-edged sword because they have a lot of my data to get payments from tiktok. they have to have a lot of information from me, which

was really scary to submit originally. but then i get emails every sunday from other companies, insurance companies, everything, saying that my data was compromised in a data leak. some like, it's not just tiktok. it's a viewer. >> i'm actually working on a video today. i went and stopped by a brand-new spa that opened up the arena. >> reporter: cara has 353,000 followers on tiktok. featuring small businesses across the bay area. >> there is still the stigma that tiktok is a dancing app for children. it has evolved to this point where it is where we are getting most of our news and how we are connecting with each other. >> reporter: here has created content for 10 years but says she finds more personal connections on tiktok. she also says tiktok opened doors that other apps didn't pick >> and resealed it was kind of like holding your breath and waiting to see what happens. i

have some brand deals on supposed to post in february. i don't know if going to get to post those or not. i don't know if i get to complete that contracting get the income or not. >> reporter: president elect donald trump has asked the justices to put the lawn hold until he takes office. >> while peeper are waiting to figure out what's going to happen to tiktok they are turning to another app called red note. one of china's most popular apps. today became the number one most downloaded free app in the u.s. apple store. red note is used by 300 million people. many users are based in china, where tiktok is not available. normally firefighters go to a call and back to the station. but what about the strike dreams that traveled all over the place to help out in l.a.? >> we work 24 hours on and 24 hours off. >> how is that? >> it can be challenging at times. >> we will take you through the day in the life of firefighters that have no station to go back to. san francisco firefighters are part of a group risking their lives to battle the palisades fire. how they were able to keep one beloved home

standing. another night and day tomorrow of critical fire weather conditions in southern california and then some very welcome improvement to conditions down there. we will talk about that and a look at our very calm forecast around the bay area. we will see if we can find any rain coming up in the first alert forecast.

fremont fire offered a new company to its ranks that brings on a new fire engine and 18 new

firefighters at station six pick it's been a decades long dream in the making for one captain. >> we worked in the city of most 20 years. there is an addition that we know is going to be beneficial to the communities. but also members are trying to do a job. it's monumental. it's more weapons for us. it's more tools in the toolbox. >> fremont's population has jumped since 2004 which underscores the need for more firefighters and equipment. thousands of firefighters have answered the call to help in southern california. while a regular call might be over in a couple of hours battling wildfires could mean being on the ground for days or even weeks at a time. barry spoke with one team about their life on the road. >> reporter: tucked away at the back of his firetruck at 6:00 a.m., just after light begins to peek into the sky, this firefighter is grabbing to brush his teeth. a few moments later he's with his team, traveling from san diego to l.a. to battle

los angeles largest natural disaster in history. this is his and his fellow fighters life for the next few days, or next day , or few weeks . here is the battalion chief and strike team leader. how often do you work and how often do you have off? >> we have 24 hours on, 24 hours off. >> reporter: how is that? >> it can be challenging at times. you don't sleep pretty much the whole 24 hours. and you go and rest so you kind of catnap in the camp. >> reporter: eric is the chief of this unit . they are stationed in a section of l.a. that could burst into flames at any moment. it is right for the rapidly spreading forest fires here. as a precautionary measure cal fire has them stationed in the neighborhoods throughout the affected areas. that stationing means they are here on a 24 hour on , 24 hour off schedule.

>> and the sleep trailers, tents you have, fire engine or staff vehicle. >> i couldn't help but notice when we were down here doing our live shot earlier some of your guys brushing their teeth on the side of the truck it's kind of like life on the road for 24 hours. >> it's camping without the them entities. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. >> reporter: these firetrucks have no beds, no comforts of home, seats that won't even recline. in the overnight hours they can get a few moments of shut eye but overall they are working 24 hours straight , every other day, always at the ready. >> you are alert full-time. even like today our guys will get too much rest because you are amped up still. you will take a moment, take a shower, get some lunch and hang out. then all of a sudden you go to sleep and then we are up tomorrow morning at 5:00. >> reporter: a rough calling to be sure. a welcome calling . they say, yes. so what kind of person does it take to do this

job? >> i would say dedicated and humble. >> reporter: humbled how? >> humbled to where you just want to help people out and you are humbled seeing stuff. you are just humbled every day. first alert weather. powered by kia. learn more at kea.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> the thing that is so hard about meteorologists jobs is you have to predict these threats when they come. i would say that in the case of these winds underperforming is what a lot of them were hoping for. but they do have to warn people in l.a. that was the big threat tonight. >> right. the winds are picking up now. at least the part of the day tomorrow the concern will be the santa ana winds. it doesn't have to be that bad to be a significant threat. let's take a look at the fire weather threat for tomorrow. there is one tiny bit of good news. we don't have any red on the map. the fire weather conditions are

expected to reach the critical level but not the extremely critical level, which is where they were earlier today and into this evening. the changes we will see later on this week involve a change in the wind direction. still offshore tonight and tomorrow. but as we wind the clock forward through the day tomorrow and into thursday the winds are first going to shift and they are going to weaken. first we get the wind running parallel instead of directly offshore. that's going to help by the end of the work week on friday. we are going to get a week onshore wind . fire crews are not necessarily excited about shifting winds, as they have to adjust their tax based on the shift in that wind direction, they will welcome the increased humidity levels of the onshore breeze. but they could really use some rain. don't have any of that in-store over the course of the next several days unfortunately. let's take a look at what we have in store as we head through the next several days. dry weather will continue for the foreseeable future. around the bay area, around california in general. high temperatures are still above normal tomorrow and again on thursday. then we back down a

little bit . light offshore winds are helping to keep skies clear but the winds will pay the as we head to the end of the workweek. a little bit of a cooldown setting us back to near normal temperatures by friday and saturday. some perspectives looking toward downtown from treasure island, we are cooling off pretty quickly this evening. down to 39 degrees in santa rosa. 40 degrees in livermore. a bit warm, 50 degrees on the nose in san francisco. it is the clear skies and light winds. there's no wind to speak of tester the atmosphere around and keep anyone at the ground level so temperatures will continue to drop off. a lot of 30s on the map by early tomorrow morning. even the chilies spots will stay a few degrees above freezing in the valleys of the north bay. also a couple of degrees above freezing around antioch in brentwood. on the coast temperatures are in the low 40s, which is cool only about three to five degrees below normal.

temperatures in the santa clara valley, a mix of upper 30s and low 40s. after the chilly start we warm-up. upper 60s in the santa clara valley. a bright spot is staying a couple of degrees below 70. most of us will top out in the low to mid 60s. low 60s along the coast and then low to mid 60s dayside and farther inland. again, warm spots are likely to climb farther into the 60s. with the light offshore wind string the atmosphere bound -- around a bit. pretty much everybody within about six or seven degrees of each other by tomorrow afternoon. what we don't have any of in the forecast's rain. which would help to improve our air quality. that's going to deteriorate as we get into the stretch of dry weather that's going to continue for several more days. into the moderate category for the air quality tomorrow. play staying until the end of the workweek . basically zero rain chance and a seven-day forecast and not much of a hint of rain even as we look at the long-range data for the rest of the month. we might go through the rest of january without any more measurable rainfall. that would make it the third driest

january on record in downtown san francisco dating back to 1850. we will see a few passing clouds on friday, saturday and sunday that will accompany our return to near average high temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. staying at that level monday and tuesday. but another burst of offshore wind results in breezy conditions around the bay area monday and monday night. unfortunately, another bout of probably critical fire weather conditions for southern california next monday. we will keep you updated. still ahead in sports, it's a good night to be a san jose state spartan. sharks are nice. what are we going to do with the warriors? it's one loss record is of huge concern. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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we are still finding some stories in socal amidst all this destruction and terrible, terrible loss. tonight we continue that theme at the end of our show. this story is a personal one. a lot of the reporters down there that you have seen on tv are covering the story. while they are doing that for covering the story while the stories affecting them and their families directly, i used to work for our cbs station down in l.a., where i'm from. one of my former colleagues and dear

friends was reporting for hours on end covering the fires while faced with the harsh reality that his family's home had probably burnt down. but thanks to some luck and some incredible hard work and heroism from the area firefighters tom's story had a happy ending. take a look. >> just two days before christmas. my aunt posted at her house in the palisades where she has lived since the 1970s. we were also happy to be together in the space we gathered in for decades. >> this is the view coming off of bullinger. >> how would it be possible that in just a couple of weeks my aunt's neighborhood would look like this? >> everything is gone. >> complete and utter destruction and devastation . every house around my aunt's is gone. only a few houses in the entire area remain intact. on

the day the fire started my aunt wasn't too worried. she snapped a few photos of the smoke from the backyard. but then the evacuation orders came . she complied, leaving with almost nothing. when i arrived at work i was sent to the palisades. as day turned to night the terrifying inferno raged. and it exploded. the palisades was burning. >> there is so much burning right now. >> it was like nothing i had ever experienced as a socal native or as a reporter covering fires here for more than a decade. the next day my aunt and cousins kristin and brian were told their childhood home was gone. burned to the ground. but then came news the house might still be standing . i raced over to see what was left . by some miracle it was basically untouched. the moment was overwhelming. >> the house is okay. the house. everything is fine.

>> the euphoria of seeing my aunt's house still standing turned to sheer panic because the house next-door was on fire. but the hero firefighters on scene from l.a. and san francisco were battling the flames with everything they had. still, i figured i only had a few minutes to grab some photos and other valuables . and then a second miracle happened. two of my coworkers happened to be driving by in the news van and saw me . they jumped into action, helping me grab whatever valuables we could. lapd officers on patrol also came upon us and help us grab whatever we could. we loaded up my car . firefighters stayed. they were relentless. they would get the upper hand. my aunt's house was saved. at least for now. our families so lucky but it's hard to feel joy when you

look around and realize how many other people lost everything. >> shout out to san francisco fire. the men and women of that department should feel very proud of themselves. if you like to help the victims of the wildfires go to red cross.org/cbs. also call one 800 red cross to make a $10 donation. that was such a powerful perspective from tom and i've got to say, i can tell you that knowing him personally he is such a lovely, kind person. somebody people lost everything. the little winds that people have you have to celebrate. >> it's hard to get a scope of the damage until this is all done. >> and something jarring about seeing regular >> according to "the washington post," the u.s. government runs on the energy drinks lcs. they drink is marketed to athletes but it's all the rage on