right now on cbs news bay area, the news we've been waiting to hear. firefighters in southern california making significant progress. we are live in los angeles with how

neighbors are banding together as they start that long road to recovery. >> we want to help and that's what we do. we mobilize the community to help. bay area residents lending their unique skills to help those in southern california impacted by the wildfires. we have inspiring efforts. and the world is reacting to a temporary cease-fire and hostage deal between hamas and israel. agreement and what happens next. san francisco's new mayor wants to declare a state of emergency over fentanyl. we're digging into the potential impact of this plan. >> anything that can help, you know, people that are in a crisis. exhausted firefighters can

finally see the end of the tunnel. crews battling the major wildfires that have devastated the region. good evening, i'm ryan yamamoto. officials say they have seen little to no growth from the palisades over the eaton fires as a red flag warning now set to expire in half an hour. while tens of thousands of people remain under evacuation orders, the region is shifting towards recovery efforts. crews are combing devastated areas to pinpoint any hidden dangers. looking for remains so far. 25 people are confirmed dead. >> and all those who have lost loved ones to this fire. we're all in this together. >> well heartbroken communities now coming together to mourn the lives that were lost. a vigil was held in altadena in honor of rodney nickerson. officials estimate more than 5,000 homes, buildings,

vehicles have been destroyed by the palisades fire alone. this 3d map will show how widespread the impacted area is. it is spread out over 37 square miles. that's an area larger than the city of concord. and our kelsi thorud is live in pacific palisades where she got a look at some of the devastation upclose. kelsi? >> reporter: hey, ryan. yeah, i mean the devastation here is just really hard to comprehend once you get on the ground and you actually see it yourself. but the good news is the recovery effort is slowly inching forward. now those who live here, most of them are not allowed back in this area. first responders are going through all these houses. what they're doing, they're looking to make sure water, gas, power, all of that is turned off and the structures are somewhat stable. so when people come back, they're not walking into debris and having things fall. but only local person that we

saw here all day today was a local man who would own a construction company. he was out here with a crew of about 30 people going down these streets, cleaning up debris and trees. his neighbor was chuck hart, where he was out there as i said with a crew of people. he's the owner of the local construction company, as he told us he's been here in the palisades since the fire started last week. now on the day of the flames, he would race from his home to his mother's home to do all he could to protect those two places. miraculously, he was able to save both of those homes. but it was hard for him to watch really as the city would burn down around him. once those flames would stop. he jumped in to action and grabbed all his construction equipment and his crew and headed out to help clean up as much as he could. and they have been working non-stop since. >> and this convoy that you

would see going up and down. it loaded everybody up. cain had saws in, like fueled up, ready to rock 'n' roll, everything, just start sectioning trees, getting stuff out of the way. >> reporter: and chuck told us they have been weaving their way through the streets, cutting down all the burned out trees, and even more than a week now until they first tore through here where they are still finding more trees falling down. that's because he says it seems like some of the trees would burn out from the inside out, where they might look okay at first, but then they're just crashing down onto the road. so this guy specifically, ryan, he's been working day and night. they were here when that fire started. they have not left because they said if he leaves, he won't be let back in, and he wants to do all he can as someone who grew up in this neighborhood to help clean up. that's really what they have

been doing tirelessly since these fires tore through here. >> yeah, they always say in the face of the disaster, look for the helper. reporting live in the pacific palisades. students from two elementary schools that were burned down in the palisades fire returned to class today. the superintendent of the l.a. unified school district says in addition to those, a local high school charter school has lost about 30% of their campus to the fires. we will bring in paul right now. some good news. the winds have finally died down. starting to get a handle on the fire? >> and they were not much of a factor. it's in the higher terrain that we're concerned about with the hills. they got started there and it would be fanned by those winds and potentially cause more problems for areas that have not burned. take a look at the fire weather outlook for today. the orange indicates critical fire weather conditions, evaluated by the storm prediction center. but as we would look at the fire

weather outlook for tomorrow, the yellow area has shrunk. there is no orange or red elevated for tomorrow. after that, things are looking better as we would head into the weekend. a look at the current conditions right now around the various fires that will continue to burn in southern california. and the humidity has been the issue today along with the gusty winds. as the breeze will start to reassert themselves, the humidity levels will climb, and that will aid the fire crews. no actual moisture any time soon, which there isn't. the rain chances are essentially going to be near zero with a little bit of moisture carried by the onshore breeze and a slight increase on the charts, indicating the presence of a little bit of fog. hey there, is moisture. they will take what they could get. they look dry for a while, looking further down in the line coming up. >> thanks, paul. well a group of bay area nurses are in southern california to help out a local hospital during the wildfires. regional medical center in san jose sent 12 nurses to their

hospital in las robles high school in thousand oaks. wildfires have impacted staff who lost their homes or are under mandatory evacuation orders. and they are helping los angeles free up space in their animal shelters impacted by the wildfires. 30 cats and dogs were flown up to the bay area today. this is their plane actually arriving at moffitt field in mountainview. this afternoon, the los angeles shelters were already over capacity and needed to free up space to bring in animals displaced from the wildfires. >> and we need people to adopt the animals that we've got up here to go down and take some more in stages from l.a. to help people with that, we actually just launched a free puppy promotion. so that is helping to move a lot of puppies necessary, giving us the space to bring us more animals. >> you can go to cbs. and call

or text red cross to 90999 to make a $10 donation. after more than a year of war in many months of negotiations, israel and hamas have reached a deal to end the war in gaza. we have the latest from tel aviv. >> reporter: celebrations on the streets of gaza with word of a breakthrough deal after 15 months of bloody war. announcing a cease-fire and hostage release agreement between israel and hamas. >> and it deal will bring us peace, hopefully at the end of it. >> reporter: as soon as sunday, hamas could begin handing over hostages to israel, bringing new anticipation among friends and family in tel aviv's hostage square. president biden claimed the success. >> this is a cease-fire agreement i introduced last spring. >> reporter: in the deal agreed, phase one would last 42

days with hamas releasing 33 hostages including women, the elderly, and sick. israel would pull back their perimeters and humanitarian aid would start flowing again, something civilians have been desperate for. in phase two of the agreement, another 42 days, they would release the remaining hostages, alive and dead with the focus shifting to rebuild gaza and who will govern it in the future. this conflict was sparked by hamas led invasion on october 27, 2023, more than 1,200 were massacred. more than 250 were kidnapped, taken into gaza. in retaliation, they have obliterated much of the tiny strip in their goal to destroy hamas. more than 46,600 men, women, children have also been killed, says the health

ministry with thousands more buried under the rubble. and that agreement still needs to be approved, but expected to go into effect in the coming days. his envoy was involved in the road on social media. we have a deal for the hostages in the middle east. well up next, falling through a campus, pushing for the fentanyl state of emergency. but how exactly would it work? >> and we can no longer treat this fentanyl crisis like a 9:00 to 5:00 issue. >> will and why they say smoke from the wildfires in southern california are now

a live look at san francisco city hall, making moves attacking the crisis. it comes as the city is already

seeing improvements in the first 11 months of last year, where they reported a drop of 23% in fatal overdoses compared to the year before. we have more on how they hope to expand on that progress. >> reporter: just one week ago on tear own inauguration, vowing to declare a feint fill had state of emergency. today, we're seeing the beginnings of that, but not without hurdles. >> all i could say is around this market, things have improved. >> reporter: in civic center plaza, things are looking up, at least during the day. they have worked at this farmers' market that will provide a critical food source. but it has not always been easy. as they saw the safety issues during the pandemic as they would exacerbate the drug use in crime. in the last two

years, extra resources have made a big difference. >> and there is a lot of help that we have now that is helping out. park rangers now that will come to the area of the market. they will show up every now and then. so we just have a lot of wide range of support that i was having trouble getting. >> reporter: daniel lurie wants to fast track even more resources to fight fentanyl through a new emergency ordinance. they will aim to cut red tape for hiring and contracting services. in some cases, they could be rewarded without going through the competitive bidding process. they will also open the door for raising private funds for resources for those struggling with addiction, drug use, mental health crisis, and homelessness. >> we can no longer treat this crisis like a 9:00 to 5:00 issue. this is a crisis that will happen 24 hours a day.

>> reporter: and they have been backed by five members from the board of supervisor, who would battle addiction himself. >> had and i do not believe there is a problem facing san francisco today that is not caused by or made significantly worse by street level drug addiction, and by far, fentanyl is the biggest culprit. >> reporter: and they need the support of at least six supervisors for the order to pass. and they could face more hurdle les for those who would voice concerns to the mayor. in a statement, she told cbs news bay area, that she was open to providing the mayor the tools necessary to tackle the fentanyl crisis, that they must maintain the legislative branch. and progress has been made during the daytime hours, but they say the order could unlock even more resources to take on the area when drug use and crime will return overnight. >> i know that we have issues

at nighttime when things move around. but it's like this every day now. that's what we want. >> reporter: meanwhile the vendors are grateful to still be serving the community. optimistic that new leadership could bring about more change. >> and we made it out of it alive. anything that could help, you know, people that are in that crisis. and that i won't have to say more. and a school community is in mourning after three students from holster high school were killed in a car crash. this happened last night. police say one of the students driving lost control, hit another car going the opposite way. this happened on the road between gilroy and the city of hollister. another former hollister high school student was also critically injured from that crash, flown to the hospital. police are still investigating whether drugs or alcohol were a factor. and one of the victims said tomorrow would have been their

18th birthday. >> i'm very shocked. i couldn't believe it. i just have moments because i remember the smiles. i remember things that he would do. >> had and their principal said the accident and loss of their classmates have hit the community really hard. a live look at the oakland airport where passengers of southwest airlines have endured months of chronic delays. and the government is suing southwest over those delays on two routes between oakland and chicago, as well as baltimore and cleveland. and the justice department says those flights were consistently delayed for five straight months back in 2022. and the airline was responsible for 90% of those disruptions. as the fire fight will continue in l.a. county, the smoke could be posing a bigger house risk than thought. 17 million residents are under advisories for the wind blown

ash and dust. they say readings could be inaccurate because they could evade protection. and officials are advising people in that area to stay indoors if possible. and air quality is one of those many concerns that we continue to track. it is not necessarily going to be great because it's a very tranquil weather pattern that's locked in place. there is really no cloud cover anywhere close to the bay area. and this calm pattern has been steering the rain up to the north and will persist. it is rearranging themselves just a little bit, where they will diminish. it's a work in progress for the warnings. some of them set to expire at 6:00 this evening. rest will expire by tomorrow afternoon, and it will take a little while for them to pay a visit. just have to be patient as we would wait for that to

occur. what things look like outside right now with beautiful sunset as we would look towards downtown from treasure island. temperatures are backing down into the 50s. 6 f 1 degrees in santa rosa where they were five to eight degrees above average. and still that breeze is helping to keep skies clear except for the heat. and that will help allow temperatures to drop off quickly throughout the rest of tonight. a look at our forecast lows as we will drop down into the 30s in a widespread basis away from the water. the mostly in the 30s. temperatures east of the oakland hills are dropping down. even the chilliest spots should be a couple degrees above freezing. even in the valley, there will be a couple of spots that will dip down. one more day of temperatures that are rising up from 3 to 8 degrees above normal and most of the valley. temperatures inland in the east bay. that is basically where most of our temperatures are

going to end up in the low to mid-60s. along the coast, that's one of the cooler spots at 68 degrees. just enjoy the temperatures that are above normal. a cool down if stored for us on friday, saturday, sunday, it will not feel chilly. but a bit of a shift compared to the pattern that we have been over the course of the past several days. that change will bring in a change in cloud cover and some patchy clouds that will float through. a little bit of fog along the coast. and that will mean nothing to scrub that haze off the horizon. air quality in that moderate quality, remaining in that category, which is not going to do over the next several days. maybe they will shift to a greater extent and send that long awaited rain. we'll keep you updated on that. for the first time in a while, showing you a couple. not everybody will have that identical forecast. and a

return of near normal, which means to the 60s. but the temperatures along the coast will be a little bit cooler and you will see more fog, especially on saturday. before you would rejoin everybody else in the upper 50s by monday through wednesday of next week. >> thanks. the fear of bird flu is spreading

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a bright blue beacon of hope. the bus managed to survive the fire. the owner evacuated the area in the other car, leaving the bus azul behind. a few days later, a neighbor sent her a picture with the bus in the background. look at that, still intact, unscratched, unscathed. they snapped the photo and it has been shared on tv and online giving people some hope. by the way, the home survived as well. the neighborhood is still closed to the public. amazing there. that's it for us at 5:00. cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich starts right now. >> truly amazing. thank you. right now at 6:00, a red flag warning just expiring in southern california. the calmer winds giving crews their first

chance to inspect some of the neighborhoods ravaged by wildfires. >> and there's a couple of times where i have broken down because it is intense. this is no joke. >> reporter: he stayed behind to fight for his home. now he's playing a critical role in the fire zone, while anxious neighbors wait to return and sift through what's left of their homes. >> it's a cease-fire and a hostage deal has been reached between israel and hamas. a long-awaited breakthrough in the middle east. >> elation, relief. a little bit of caution and fear. >> reporter: a break down of the cease-fire deal and how bay area activists on both sides are reacting to the news. >> it's hard not to feel overwhelmed. >> and later. >> the climate. >> reporter: the