(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news. it is wednesday december 6th 20-17.im robin winston.lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland

valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.

(robin@landing)our top story this morning.strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fueling several raging wildfiring burning in southern california this morning. thousands of acres scorched, more than 180 structures destroyed, and thousands more in danger.kristen holmes has the latest for us this morning. tens of thousands of people in southern california flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in southern california. sot"i'm not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so i'm outta here." in los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by evacuation orders.the city of ventura has declared a curfew until it's no longer necessary...as governor jerry brown declared an emergency for ventura county to free up state resources.some residents say the situation is hard to

comprehend. sot"it's almost like an out of body experience, is what it is. this is your home. this is your neighborhood, but this is the state that it's in now. it's kind of hard to comprehend."dry conditions and the season's "strongest and longest" santa ana winds are fueling at least five blazes. sot mayor eric garcetti, los angeles"this wind could pick up and go a different direction. so if you're asking hey isn't it going west, why are they evacuating me from the east. we simply don't know what this fire will do. reporting from ventura county, i'm kristen holmes you.

(robin) strike teams from several bay area fire departments are responding to the thomas fire which is the biggest fire. its burned 50 thousand acres so far with zero containment. marin county, san rafael, ross valley and tiburon firefighters are down there this morning. alameda county, mountain view and san mateo county fire crews are sending ten- engines and more than 50 - firefighters. (robin) big news to tell you about ... áfederal officials filed new immigration and gun charges against the man aquitted in kate steinle's death. last week in san francisco ... jurors found jose garcia zarate not guilty of murder and assault with a deadly weapon.district attorney george gascon believes zarate should have been convicted of murder. but a jury rejected that charge ... apparently convinced by the defense that the shooting was purely accidental.zarate was convicted of one count of being a felon, in possession of a firearm. his lawyers want that gun conviction tossed. (robin)for a second straight

day ... thousands of oakland city workers will be on strike ... shutting down hundreds of city services.(áááboxesááá) negotiation between the city and the union have been ongoing for months. according to the union ... the strike was triggered after the city rejected a pair of propsoals the union had put forth.the city meanwhile is saying that they couldn't act on the proposals until the oakland city council has a chance to review the offers. the earliest that could happen is today.the mayor says she is eager to sit down with the union to resolve this issue. the mayor also has claimed that the strike is unlawfull because the two sides have not reached an impasse. the union says the strike is lawfull and

protected ... and that the mayor must be getting bad legal advice. (robin) this strike is affecting a number of city services. they include. senior centers... public libraries... recreation centers and after- school programs .... city hall services.. also the parking ticket assistance center... the housing assistance center... are all áclosedá. right now, there is no parking enforcement... there is also no street sweeping ... and no crime or traffic reports can be filed. (robin) a murder mystery in the south bay.the hunt is on for the person who shot and killed a man in san jose. the body was discovered yesterday morning on the campus on mount pleasant high school.kron 4's rob fladeboe spoke with a woman who heard the shots. yvonne sawyer/neighbor"....it was just two quick shots, you know, bang, bang,...."yvonne sawyer heard what she thought might have been firworks just after 11 o'clock last night here near the intersection of mt. blanc and mt. ranier court. she would later learn thatwhat she heard were probably gun shots. the

parking lot just behind sawyer's home became a crime scene after students and others arriving for school spotted and reported what appeared to be a dead body just inside the northeast gate. officer gina tepoorten/san jose police"....we received a call about 7 a.m. about a possible dead body here at mt. pleasant high school. we were told the body was found by staff. when officers arrived they found an adult male was deceased on campus near the football field..."police and school officials quickly determined that the body was not that of a student of staff member. homicide investigators spent the entire day at the scene. evidence markers could be seen near the body. later, after the coroner had come and gone, police said the victim was an adult male and the victim of a homicide. he had died of at least one gunshot wound. neighbors suspect the shooting may be gang-related.yvonne sawyer/neighbor"....it was right here next to my house, that's way too close...it's very scary...the neighborhood is going down hill, it's really gotten bad lately...." the school remained open. at no time were students in any dangerbut parent rose vasquez criticized the staff for it's slow response and for not keeping the kids away from the scene right away. she says students are now sharing videos of the grim scene on social media.rose vasques/parent"....it was a student who took the video and you know with social media these days, the kids had access to it within seconds so they shared it...it's something they have seen and they can't un see it..."rob fladeboe"....police went door to door looking for witnesses and possible surveillance video that might help them solve what is san jose's 31st homicide so far this year..."

(robin)coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... for the first time we panicked 9--11 calls from the night the north bay fires started in sonoma county. county.sonoma started in north bay fires night the calls from the panicked 9--11 are hearing panicked 9--11 calls from the night the north bay fires sonoma county. county. (robin)and he is one charged in the deadly ghost ship fire. now, derick almena is (robin)coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... for the first time we are hearing panicked 9--11 calls from the night the north bay fires started in sonoma county. (robin)and he is one of two men charged in the deadly ghost ship fire.now, derick

almena is speaking with kron 4 from behind bars.who he thinks should be held responsible for the fire. (robin) and after the break ... an east bay couple gets their car back months after it was stolen... but what's worse ... is what the thief used it for. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge.

(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west

coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (robin)(robin) (robin) the 9-1-1 calls made during

the deadly north bay firestorm have been released. they are dramatic ... and illustrate just how quickly the fire consumed parts of sonoma county. kron 4's justine waldman shares them with us. the first call comes in at 7:25pm.. from woman in kenwood on adobe canyon road.sot "i am seeing some weird lights that could be sparks i am not sure if there is a fire or not." not long after - callers report sot see sparks from powerlines and trees on fire with smoke alarms blaring - home security companies call in.as do numerous people reporting seeing and smelling thick smoke.sot sonoma county is inundated with fire i don't have anyone in santa rosa to respondby 1:30am the calls pour in urgently asking for help.sot ring someone was calling a family trapped?the

911 center buzzes as operators calmly try to field the calls coming from all over the county.sot cause it is big and i smell smoke there are 100 fires burning in the county right nowsot your vineyard is on fire? i am standing here the whole hillside everything is coming my way the whole hillside is on fire it is huge sot it is coming over the hill i can see it now we have a major fire comingin the first 24 hours, county emergency dispatchers handled more than 1,300 emergencies.sot help is on the wayjustine waldman kron 4 news (robin) (robin) now a story you will only see on kron 4.

the victims of a car theft in livermore say whoever stole their car used it to work as a lyft driver for months. the couple just got their car back on monday ... months after it was stolen. kron four's spencer blake explains the details and the couple's concern. this car was basically brand new when somebody stole it from this parking lotand when that happened, it didn't have these lyft stickers on it.(pkg) since getting their car back, joshua and cierra barton have been able to find everything out of place with their honda h-r-vwhich was stolen in augustand recovered in a hayward tow yard monday."oh, it smells."aside from a stench of cigarette smoke.(nats)and some damage to the hoodit also has these very recognizable pink stickers that it didn't have before. cierra had expected it to have been burned or stripped down to the shell."but the lyft stickers was actually worse than all of those scenarios because this whole time the car was actually in perfectly fine condition and was driving around on the road, which

should have made it easier to have been spotted."and whoever drove itdid a álot of driving - 11 thousand miles of driving in the few months it was gone. "it's tough when somebody takes your personal property. it really, really just bums you out."now the bartons want to know what happened that allowed a thief to apparently sign up as a lyft driver with a stolen car.we reached out to lyft, and the company is trying to track down details about this specific casethough it is a little difficult because the car only ever had paper dealership plates on it before it was stolen.the whole thing is reopening wounds the bartons thought had healed."we had actually come to terms with the fact that it was gone, so we had grieve, kind of gotten over it, moved on. we got a new car."which is why they are sure to use a steering wheel lock now."no, we use uber, and we'll be using uber exclusively after this!" (looklive)the bartons say there was also a sticker put on the car by law enforcement. apparently it had been abandoned for a couple weeks before it was finally towed by that company in hayward.in livermore, spencer blake, kron four news. (robin) a jury is deliberating

the fate of a man accused of committing one of the most gruesome murders in san francisco history. five members of one family were brutally killed ... inside a home in san francsico's ingleside district back in 2012. kron 4's maureen kelly has more. it was an early morning in march of 2012 that a 12 year girl dropped by her grandparent's house on howth street near san francisco city college and instead stumbled into a bloody horror show.the grandparents, their daughter, son and daughter in law all dead.. bludgeoned to death with a hammer. a crime even grizzled police veterns like then chief greg suhr found unnerving. "it's a genuine tragedy at 16 howth street." bin luke was eventually arrested and charged with the mass killing. an acquaintence of the son, vincent lei, the two often played mahjong together. in closing arguments the proscutor told the jury how luke, seen here in an eariler court appearance, had recently lost a lot of money gambling and was poised to be evicted from his apartment. the alleged motive to the crime.robbery. since vincent lei was known to keep a lot of

cash in the house.the defense says there was no evidence of a robbery and suggested the style of murder was more in line with a gang style loan shark style killing and that the real killers were never caught because the police stopped looking when luke was arrested.coincidently the trial ended up being heard directly across the hallway from where the kate steinle murder trial was held. both trials overlapped, but the quintuple slaying got a lot less media attention.but these two cases have more in common than the location of their courtrooms.like jose garcia zarate luke is an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history. luke was convicted of robbery and assault in san jose back in 1998.but luke was turned over to ice when he was released from state prison and an attempt was made to deport him back to his native vietnam. but vietnam declined to take him back. maureen kelly kron4 news. (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a

father of two... gunned down while trying to sell his phone through a popular app...now two teen suspects are behind bars.find out how police managed to track them down.

welcome back.in your entertainment headlines today ... we have movie award news, plus your chance to help a "star trek" original celebrate a milestone. here's david daniel with the hollywood minute... "do you know about me?"yes, jessica chastain, we know all about you -- and so does the palm springs international film festival, which is honoring you with its chairman award, for your starring role in "molly's game." you can pick up your prize at the festival gala january second. "all the astronauts, would you stand up so we can all see you and give you our love?"now it's time to give nichelle nichols some love! the original "star trek" actress is turning 85, and fans can join her birthday celebration in los angeles. space is limited... details are on her official website, nichelle-

nichols dot-com."this set of the alleyway looks exactly like the real alleyway!" "that's right.""well, why don't we just shoot it in the real alleyway?""because it's real hollywood movie.""no, yeah, sounds good.""okay, action!"here's a "disaster" of a double feature! this thursday, 21 regal cinemas in the u-s will show "the disaster artist" and the film that inspired it, "the room," a movie so bad, it's become a cult classic. tickets are available now at r-e-g-movies dot-com... if you have the stomach for it. in "real hollywood," i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more ( robin ) here is a live look

at the fire burning in southern california. so far more than 60-thousand acres have burned. we'll be

back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break. (robin) welcome back. checking in welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with

freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

(robin@landing)in our big story today ... in our big ) (robin@landing

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

(robin@landing )in our big story today ... the two people facing charges for the deadly ghost ship fire ... will be in court.max harris and derick almena face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter ... one count for each death in the fire a year ago.kron 4's dan kerman sat down with almena at the santa rita jail for his take on the fire and the charges. i've been here 6 monthsghost ship warehouse master tenant derick almena is in protective custody at the santa rita jail, meaning he is alone 23 hours a day. it's given him a lot of time to think about

the fire and the multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter he is facing sot of course i'm being scapegoated almena is frustrated and angry. he says almost from the time he rented the place in late 2013, he had numerous visits from oakland police officers, firefighters, and even child protective services who said nothing negative about the space. ááásot derick almena/charged with involuntary manslaughter 34-44if you're going to hold me responsible i want the fire department , the police the landlords, my kids school teachers who had parties inside my space and knew we were living there and one of the teachers husbands was a firefitghter who said this is a great space this is awesome. almena maintains the lease he was given gave him the right to build rooms and have people over. and he maintains what he created along with others was a safe spacesotit's a fire it happened, they don't know how it started. i want to talk about how people got trapped, who was the cause of that, it wasn't me , those were staircases we brought pianos

and organs up every day. that staircase saved people . if i didn't put that staircase in there would have been no way out.and still, not a day goes by that almena doesn't think about the friends he lost in the fire and their familiessot i'm a father of three children, i would never want this to happen and i wish i could have been there to save your children to guide them out of that , it wasn't a horrible place they were in it was an amazing place they were in with wonderful artists ááástandup dan kerman/dublin 145-155almena and max harris each face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. they're preliminary hearing is expected to get underway wednesday morning in oakland. at the santa rita jail, dan kerman kron 4 news. (robin)attention bart riders ... hopping on a train is about to get more expensive. fares will go up by two - point- seven percent starting january first. that includes discounted fares. the minimum fare will increase by two- dollars for adults,

one- dollar for kids, and 75- cents for seniors and disabled clipper users. this is a standard inflation- based increase that was re- authorized by the bart board of directors in 20-13. they will also increase the age for a youth discount to 18. (robin)an update for you now ...arrests have been made in the murder of the man who was trying to sell his cell phone in san leandro.18-year-old marcus fortune was arrested in the deadly robbery case.18 year-old jordan patton, the alleged accomplice, was arrested shortly after the shooting. daniel carlos was shot and killed on november 18th .... at a 76 -gas station in san leandro. officials say carlos was there to sell his new i-phone 10. he used the 'letgo app' to set up the exchange.

welcome back ...a man's plan to steal from a store backfires in san francisco. stanley roberts has more in this morning edition of people behaving badly. inside seacliff optometry in the outer richmond district of san francisco sits some high-end glasses, with names like jimmy choo, tom ford, and prada just to name a fewnats: ambiance rewind to 3 am on a sunday morning when security cameras captured a random man standing outside holding a random brick just chilling outside the store this is dr lianna rudyak owner of seacliff optometry . you see him walk up to the door he looks inside smokes a cigarette, what seems like a cigarettethen as a car passes he ducks behind a pillar brick still in hand and then he puts his hood on .. at that point it becomes a classic case of man vs glass .. his

first attempt the brick bounces off the glass and lands near the pillar (glass 1 bad guy 0) then he takes his second shot at the glass where he hurls the brick at full force again the glass is unphased then he tries the doors thinking the glass gave up now its glass 2 bad guy 0 then he grabs the brick again this time he picks on the smaller window and now it looks like its glasse 2 and bad guy 1 but let's take a closer look . he also proceeds to use a little place vase the we have steps on it uses that as a leverage to get higher and throw the rock this battle goes on for close to five full minutes where he repeatedly threw a brick at the window . in the end, the glass won 7 to 1 which means all the high-end glasses are safe . the owner has no idea who this guy is or why their particular shop was targeted but she thanks the double paned windows for keep the brick and the man from entering the shop . the interesting part ..is there was no way to see what was inside the shop at 3am because normally the curtains are drawn . the shop has only been open a few months. we just need people like that off the streets this is a great neighboorhood people here are

great and things like this don't really happen so it's very strange. do you recognize brickman? the san francisco police department wants to know who he is .. and now so do iin san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... steph curry sprains his ankle on the court ... and may be out for a while.we'll give you an update on his condition. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international airport.

,$8drw (robin) welcome back.

checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be

very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge

wb 80 is less then 30 min from the no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from

the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (robin) happening today... president trump will announce plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel... and move the u-s embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. president trump told palestinian authority

president mahmoud abbas about the move yesterday in a phone call. a spokesperson says abbas warned president trump of the dangers of such a step. jerusalem is the home to key muslim... christian and jewish shrines. (robin) also happening today... donald trump junior will meet with the house intelligence committee. he'll appear before the panel for a closed- door interview... on the russia probe. today's meeting follows a similar one in september with the senate judiciary committee. trump junior faces growing questions about his meeting with russian operatives at trump tower during the 2016 campaign. trump junior denies any wrongdoing. (robin) a man is behind bars this morning in connection with the death of a toddler in sacramento county. deputies say, 29-year-old frederic mcdonald had " care and custody" of two-year-old gabby doe ... when she died last week. it's unclear how she passed ... but authorities believe mcdonald is responsible. gabby's family was in court yesterday as mcdonald was arraigned...

they say, the suspect ... was actually in a relationship with little gabby's mother ... and the couple was living together ... when there was a 9-1-1 call for an ambulance to their sacramento apartment. (sot) (robin) once sherrif's arrived to the apartment ... they served a search warrant and found probable cause to arrest mcdonald. while an exact cause of death has not been pronounced ... mcdonald will remain beind bars until at least late january... when he's due back in court. (robin) massage envy is making big changes following reports of sexual misconduct. executives say their new plan will improve the background screening of all massage therapists. it will also require that franchises provide law enforcement contact information to clients who are making an allegation. this follows an investigative report that claimed more than 180 people across the u-s had filed either sexual assault

lawsuits... police reports... or other sexual misconduct complaints against the company. (robin) the trump administration is proposing a labor department rule change for workers who earn tips. it would allow employers to ask workers earning at least the federal minimum wage to share tips with co-workers who do not. the proposed rule change reverses an obama-era rule that tips could only be pooled among employees who all earned gratuities. (robin) u-p-s is a little behind schedule after a surge in cyber monday sales. the company says some of its packages will be delivered one to two days late. u-p-s is trying to clear a cyber week backlog. they believe just a small percentage of packages will be delayed. but it still expects most packages shipped between thanksgiving and christmas to arrive on time. u-p-s predicts that it will deliver 750 million packages between thanksgiving and christmas. (robin)moving on to the warriors now ...we have an

update on steph curry's injury. an mri revealed no structural damage in curry's right ankle. he sprained it stepping on etwaun moore's foot with less than a minute to go in monday night's win over the new orleans pelicans.although there is no structural damage and x-rays were negative as well the ankle is severly sprained and swollen it will be evaluated in two weeks.so the warriors will be without the 2-time mvp until at least december 20th against the memphis grizzlies.they play lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers in the nba's marquee cristmas day gamethe right ankle is the same one curry had surgically repaired early in his career. the giants continue to wait for giancarlo stanton to decide who he wants to play for and giants outfielder hunter pence made his pitch on twitter.pence tweeted these halloween photos of stanton in

his "popeye" costume and pence in his "napoleon dynamite" costume with the caption"hey giancarlo can you imagine our powers combined?!? ... hashtag come-bash-in-the-bay "stanton is expected to choose between the giants ... dodgers ... and cardinals sometime this week. (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... colin kaepernick honored in new york last night ...find out which superstar singer presented him an award. ( robin ) and here is a live look at the fire burning in southern california. so far more than 60-thousand acres have burned. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.

(robin@landing)colin kapernick gets another honor.this one in new york ... where last night ... he received the sports illustrated muhammad ali legacy award.and it was presented by none other than beyonce.

would of have protested, and if was not for the support from the people, i would not be on this stage today."> (robin)the ali award goes to an individual who displays sportsmanship, leadership and philanthrophy. other winners inlude kareen abdul-jabbar ... bill russel and jim brown. (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news... day two at the picket lines in oakland.we'll give you the latest on contract negotiations between the city and the union. (robin)plus ... bart fares are on the rise.we'll have a live report with reaction from passengers commuting to work. (robin)plus the latest on the raging wildfires in southern california ... which have burned thousands of acres and dozens of homes.

( james ) it's a very cold morning in the bay area temperatures with a freeze warning in some areas of the bay area.

( darya ) battling the flames and the wind... where the fire fight in southern california stands this morning. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week.

overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) breaking news out of southern california... strong winds and dry brush are fueling a number of raging wildfires.( james ) those fires have burned more than 65- thousand acres total... and have already destroyed nearly 200 homes. as kristen holmes tells us... thousands more are in danger. tens of thousands of people in southern california flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in southern california. sot"i'm not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so i'm outta here." in los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by evacuation orders.the city of

ventura has declared a curfew until it's no longer necessary...as governor jerry brown declared an emergency for ventura county to free up state resources.some residents say the situation is hard to comprehend. sot"it's almost like an out of body experience, is what it is. this is your home. this is your neighborhood, but this is the state that it's in now. it's kind of hard to comprehend."dry conditions and the season's "strongest and longest" santa ana winds are fueling at least five blazes. sot mayor eric garcetti, los angeles"this wind could pick up and go a different direction. so if you're asking hey isn't it going west, why are they evacuating me from the east. we simply don't know what this fire will do. reporting from ventura county, i'm kristen holmes now back to you. ( darya ) ( darya ) strike teams

from several bay area fire departments are responding to the thomas fire. marin county... san rafael... ross valley and tiburon firefighters left yesterday morning. as well as alameda county... mountain view and san mateo county fire crews. they're sending down ten- engines and more than 50 -firefighters. ( james ) attention bart riders... hopping on a train is about to get more expensive.( darya ) starting january 1st, fares will go for everyone including discounted fares. kron 4's lydia pantazas has more. lydia? the minimum fare will increase to two- dollars for adults, one- dollar for kids,

and 75- cents for seniors and disabled clipper users. this is a standard inflation- based increase that was re- authorized by the bart board of directors in 20-13. they will also increase the age for a youth discount to 18.

( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) áfederal officials are filing immigration and gun charges against the man aquitted of killing kate steinle near san francisco's pier 14. jurors found jose garcia zarate ánot guilty of murder and assault with a deadly weapon last week. he was convicted of one count of being a felon... in possession of a firearm. district attorney george gascon says he still believes zarate should have been convicted of murder. but a jury rejected that charge. gascon also says the case was used by many for political gain. ( james ) a jury is deliberating the fate of a man accused of committing one of the most gruesome murders in san francisco's history. in 2012, five members of one family were brutally killed inside a home in the ingleside district. police say bin luke killed the five people inside the home with a hammer. prosecutors say luke had lost a lot of money gambling

and was about to be evicted from his apartment. adding the motive for the murders was robbery since one of the family members was known to keep a lot of cash in the house. the defense says the style of murder was in line with a gang-style killing and that the real killers have never caught. luke is an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history. he was convicted of robbery and assault in 1998. he was turned over to ice when he was released from state prison. an attempt to deport him back to his native vietnam was declined by the country. ( darya ) police have made an arrest in the murder of man who was trying to sell his cell phone in the east bay. marcus fortune and jordan patton are charged in the murder of daniel carlos. carlos was shot and killed on november 18th at a gas station in san leandro. he was there to sell his cell phone. police say he used the 'letgo' app to set up the sale but the suspects had created a fake 'letgo' profile. police used that fake profile to track them down. ( darya ) now to a story

you will see only on kron 4... the victims of a car theft in livermore say whoever stole their car used it to work as a lyft driver for months. the car was almost brand new when it was stolen back in august. it was just recovered earlier this week and had lyft stickers in the windows and the car had been driven 11-thousand miles. the couple that owned the car... says they expected the car to be burned or stripped down. ( darya ) now the couple who owns the car wants to know how a driver was allowed to sign up with lyft using a stolen car. kron 4 reached out to lyft and the company says they are trying to track down details about this specific case... but they say it is difficult because the car only ever had paper dealership plates on it

before it was stolen. ( james ) a go-fund-me account has been setup up for the toll worker... killed by a man suspected of driving under the influence. we've learned si si han came in early for her shift saturday after a co-worker called in sick. we're told her husband had just gotten home... after dropping her off... when he got the news that she had been killed. daniel berk of foster city is accused of driving under the influence and crashing into the booth were han was working. he remains hospitalized. si si han was a 10-year employee of caltrans. she leaves behind her husband and a 10 year-old daughter.

men facing charges in the deadly ghost ship is speaking out... only to kron 4 news. what he's saying before he heads to court. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza in the cah lanes

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back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. rebecca:a strong ridge of high

pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend.

no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. ( darya ) today... the two men facing charges in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire will be in court. max harris and derick almena face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. that's one

count for each victim. kron 4's dan kerman sat down with almena at the santa rita jail... for his take on the fire and the charges. i've been here 6 monthsghost ship warehouse master tenant derick almena is in protective custody at the santa rita jail, meaning he is alone 23 hours a day. it's given him a lot of time to think about the fire and the multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter he is facing sot of course i'm being scapegoated almena is frustrated and angry. he says almost from the time he rented the place in late 2013, he had numerous visits from oakland police officers, firefighters, and even child protective services who said nothing negative about the space. ááásot derick almena/charged with involuntary manslaughter 34-44if you're going to hold me responsible i want the fire department , the police the landlords, my kids school teachers who had parties inside my space and knew we were living there and one of the teachers husbands was a

firefitghter who said this is a great space this is awesome. almena maintains the lease he was given gave him the right to build rooms and have people over. and he maintains what he created along with others was a safe spacesotit's a fire it happened, they don't know how it started. i want to talk about how people got trapped, who was the cause of that, it wasn't me , those were staircases we brought pianos and organs up every day. that staircase saved people . if i didn't put that staircase in there would have been no way out.and still, not a day goes by that almena doesn't think about the friends he lost in the fire and their familiessot i'm a father of three children, i would never want this to happen and i wish i could have been there to save your children to guide them out of that , it wasn't a horrible place they were in it was an amazing place they were in with wonderful artists ááástandup dan kerman/dublin 145-155almena and max harris each face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. they're preliminary hearing is expected to get underway wednesday morning in oakland. at the santa rita jail, dan

kerman kron 4 news. ( darya ) the m-t-a has approved a demand-based parking plan in san francisco. this means that drivers will see parking rates surge... in some of the city's busiest areas. the program would use "smart meters" to regularly adjust the parking price based on demand. transportation officials say this will reduce the time people spend looking for parking... by opening up more spots. the new program will take effect next month in different parts of the city. ( james ) happening today... president trump will announce plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel... and move the u-s embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. president trump told palestinian authority president mahmoud

abbas about the move yesterday in a phone call. a spokesperson says abbas warned president trump of the dangers of such a step. jerusalem is the home to key muslim... christian and jewish shrines. ( james ) also happening today... donald trump junior will meet with the house intelligence committee. he'll appear before the panel for a closed- door interview... on the russia probe. today's meeting follows a similar one in september with the senate judiciary committee. trump junior faces growing questions about his meeting with russian operatives at trump tower during the 2016 campaign. trump junior denies any wrongdoing. ( darya ) coming up at 5-30... bay area roads are getting more dangerous. we'll tell you about the startling new report on ( darya ) and after the break... who's in better shape -- men or women? science now has the answer. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge.

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from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the ( darya ) for your health this morning... a new study says women are naturally more fit than men.( james ) researchers directed nine men and women between 18 and 30 years old to do exercises that brought their heart rates up.( darya ) each person wore a face mask... to measure how much oxygen they used and how much carbon dioxide they produced. doctors found that women adjusted to exercise after about 30- seconds ... and it took men 42 ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... he's still not playing in the n-f-l... but the honors are rolling for colin kaepernick.

the award he now has. (rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break. let's think about what goes in here, renee. oh. and we think ba-blam's gonna kill the stomach flu? i'm scared to use the facilities. i don't blame you. if you want clean, your cleaner needs bleach in it. clorox means clean. ( james )( darya ) welcome

kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with

freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) happening today... for a second straight day city services in oakland will be shut down. thousands of city workers will walk off the job today, affecting hundreds of operations.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live oakland with the very latest. will? ( will ) as far as we know there have been no negotiations today and union workers will return to the picket lines tomorrow morning.

right now we are outside the marriott hotel hotel where mayor libby schaaf held a re- election campaign event. union workers were here this afternoon to express their frustration with the mayor.now , negotiation between the city and the union have been ongoing for months. the situation came to a head yesterday when, according to the union, the city rejected a pair of propsoals they union had put forth. that's what triggered this strike . the city meanwhile is saying that they couldn't act on the proposals until the oakland city council has a chance to review the offers. the earliest that could happen is tomorrow. this afternoon, the mayor said she is eager to sit down with the union to resolve this issue but she repeated her claim that this strike is unlawfull. the union disagrees.

( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( james ) we're following breaking news out of southern california... the same vicious winds that made three southern california wildfires so destructive... are also making the firefight itself more difficult.( darya ) the water-dropping the water- dropping planes and

helicopters essential to fighting massive fires have been mostly grounded because it's too dangerous to fly in the strong gusts. right now... ( james ) we're following breaking news out of southern california... the same vicious winds that made three southern california wildfires so destructive... are also making the firefight itself more difficult.( darya ) the water- dropping planes and helicopters essential to fighting massive fires have been mostly grounded because

it's too dangerous to fly in the strong gusts. right now... crews are battling three major fires. the biggest is the thomas fire in ventura. it's burned 50- thousand. in los angeles country... the creek fire has burned more than 11- thousand acres. and the rye fire in valencia has burned 5- thousand acres. ( darya ) hundreds of alarming phone calls made to 9-1-1 during the deadly north bay firestorms have now been released.( james ) the panic and concern can be heard in the voices of all those who called. you can hear just how quickly the fire consumed sonoma county.( james ) in the first 24 hours...

county emergency dispatchers handled more than 13- hundred emergency calls. ( james ) traffic deaths are up significantly in the bay area.... in fact, the numbers have been getting

higher every year since 2010... last year.... 455 people died on bay area roads... that's up more than 130 since 2010. a new report found that the traffic death rate is even growing faster than the population. and it's not just drivers who are dying. last year... 34 percent of all collisions ended in the death of a pedestrian or bicyclist. city officials in san francisco say they are taking steps to improve safety.... launching a project called "vision zero". it's aimed at eliminating traffic deaths by 2024. ( darya ) in the south bay... the hunt is on for the person who shot and killed a man in san jose. the body was discovered yeserday morning on the campus on mount pleasant high school. the body was found in the parking lot of the school. neighbors near the school heard what sounded like fireworks going of at about 11 the night before the body was found. police say the victim was an adult male. he had died of at least one

gunshot wound. neighbors suspect the shooting may be gang-related. police confirmed the man is not a student or staff member. ( darya ) san francisco is one step closer to green lighting recreational weed sales in january... after supervisors approved marijuana regulations in a mandatory second vote. mayor ed lee's office said he will sign the rules. but san francisco will ánot be ready for recreational weed sales new year's day when adult-use becomes legal throughout california. the legislation will take effect 30 days áafter the mayor signs it. ( james ) and here is a live look at the fire burning in southern california. so far more than 60-thousand acres have burned. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break.

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(rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break.

firefighters have another new

brush fire to deal with wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood area of los angeles.the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a.m., los angeles fire department spokeswoman margaret stewart said.the fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said.a sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405

freeway just after 5 a.m., according to the california highway patrol's traffic incident log.officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well.the fire began as crews are spread across southern california fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. forecasters are calling for another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday.check back for updates on this

developing story.

( james )( darya )( robin ) checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. through all of conditions likely weather result in dry west coast will over much of the high pressure a strong ridge of rebecca:

rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101

firefighters have another new brush fire to deal with wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood area of los angeles.the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a.m., los angeles fire department spokeswoman margaret stewart said.the fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said.a sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 after 5 a.m., according to the highway patrol's log. breaking news this

morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand

drive just before 5 am. crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. (james) here is video from here is video from overnight of the fires

burning all over southern california. more than 65- thousand acres scorched, at least 180 structures destroyed, and thousands more in danger. on the left... the largest -- at more than 50-thousand acres. the "thomas fire" in ventura county. it was clocked as burning more than an acre per second on tuesday. several large wildfires are burning in los angeles county as well. in the middle of your screen is the "creek" fire burning just north of lake view terrace. that fire has destroyed more than 11-thousand acres and has prompted 150-thousand evacuations. on the right -- the "rye" fire located west of valencia. it has touched at least 5 thousand acres and is just 5-percent contained. about

43-thousand homes are without power this morning due to the fires. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. we'll have more on the fires in just a moment. for now, morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will

gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from

880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the richmond less than 20 min from the ( darya ) breaking news out of southern california... strong winds and dry brush are fueling a number of raging wildfires.( james ) those fires... the thomas fire in ventura county -- and the creek and rye fires in los angeles county -- have burned more than 65-thousand acres total... and have already destroyed nearly 200 homes. kristen holmes has the latest. tens of thousands of people in southern california flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in southern california. sot"i'm not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so i'm outta here." in los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by

evacuation orders.the city of ventura has declared a curfew until it's no longer necessary...as governor jerry brown declared an emergency for ventura county to free up state resources.some residents say the situation is hard to comprehend. sot"it's almost like an out of body experience, is what it is. this is your home. this is your neighborhood, but this is the state that it's in now. it's kind of hard to comprehend."dry conditions and the season's "strongest and longest" santa ana winds are fueling at least five blazes. sot mayor eric garcetti, los angeles"this wind could pick up and go a different direction. so if you're asking hey isn't it going west, why are they evacuating me from the east. we simply don't know what this fire will do. reporting from ventura county, i'm kristen holmes now back to you.

( darya ) strike teams from several bay area fire departments are responding to the thomas fire. marin county... san rafael... ross valley and tiburon firefighters left yesterday morning. as well as alameda county... mountain view and san mateo county fire crews. they're sending down ten- engines and more than 50 -firefighters. ( james ) happening today... for a second straight day city services in oakland will be shut down. thousands of city workers will walk off the job today, affecting hundreds of operations.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live oakland with the very latest. ( will ) as far as we know there have been no negotiations today and union

workers will return to the picket lines tomorrow morning. right now we are outside the marriott hotel hotel where mayor libby schaaf held a re- election campaign event. union workers were here this afternoon to express their frustration with the mayor.now , negotiation between the city and the union have been ongoing for months. the situation came to a head yesterday when, according to the union, the city rejected a pair of propsoals they union had put forth. that's what triggered this strike . the city meanwhile is saying that they couldn't act on the proposals until the oakland city council has a chance to review the offers. the earliest that could happen is tomorrow. this afternoon, the mayor said she is eager to sit down with the union to resolve this issue but she repeated her claim that this strike is unlawfull. the union disagrees.

( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning.

( james ) developing story this morning. áfederal officials are filing immigration and gun charges against the man aquitted of killing kate steinle near san francisco's pier 14. jurors found jose garcia zarate ánot guilty of murder and assault with a deadly weapon last week. he was convicted of one count of being a felon... in possession of a firearm. district attorney george gascon says he still believes zarate should have been convicted of murder. but a jury rejected that charge. gascon also says the case was used by many for political gain. ( james ) a jury is deliberating the fate of a man accused of committing one of the most gruesome murders in san francisco's history. in 2012, five members of one family were brutally killed inside a home in the ingleside district. police say bin luke killed the five people

inside the home with a hammer. prosecutors say luke had lost a lot of money gambling and was about to be evicted from his apartment. adding the motive for the murders was robbery since one of the family members was known to keep a lot of cash in the house. the defense says the style of murder was in line with a gang-style killing and that the real killers have never caught. luke is an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history. he was convicted of robbery and assault in 1998. he was turned over to ice when he was released from state prison. an attempt to deport him back to his native vietnam was declined by the country. ( darya ) police have made an arrest in the murder of man who was trying to sell his cell phone in the east bay. marcus fortune and jordan patton are charged in the murder of daniel carlos. carlos was shot and killed on november 18th at a gas station in san leandro. he was there to sell his cell phone. police say he used the

'letgo' app to set up the sale but the suspects had created a fake 'letgo' profile. police used that fake profile to track them down. (darya) still ahead on the kron4 morning news. one of the two men facing charges in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire is speaking out... only to kron 4 news. what he's saying before court. (darya) and after the break -- a couple that had their car stolen for a very unusual purpose. what they discovered after their car was recovered. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ♪

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brush fire to deal with wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood

area of los angeles.the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a.m., los angeles fire department spokeswoman margaret stewart said.the fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said.a sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 freeway just after 5 a.m., according to the california highway patrol's traffic incident log.officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well.the

fire began as crews are spread across southern california fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. forecasters are calling for another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday.check back for updates on this developing story.

(darya)(james) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning.

rebecca: a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all

of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san no major hot bridge wb 80 is

less then 30 min from the mateo bridge min from 880 to 101. news this morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just acre fire has morning -- a 50 news this breaking (darya) (darya) breaking news this morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand drive just before 5 am. crews are shutting down the crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand?

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the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a.m., los angeles fire department spokeswoman margaret stewart said.the fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said.a sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 freeway just after 5 a.m., according to the

california highway patrol's traffic incident log.officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well.the fire began as crews are spread across southern california fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. forecasters are calling for

another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday.check back for updates on this developing story. (james)(darya) right now... battling three other major fires. the water- dropping planes and helicopters essential to fighting massive fires have been mostly grounded because it's too dangerous to fly in the strong gusts. the biggest is the thomas fire in ventura. it's burned more than 50-thousand acres. in los angeles country... the creek fire has (james)(darya)

(darya) now to a story you will see only on kron 4... the victims of a car theft in livermore say whoever stole their car used it to work as a lyft driver for months.

the car was almost brand new when it was stolen back in august. it was recovered earlier this week with lyft stickers in the windows and 11-thousand additional miles on the odometer. the couple that owned the car... says they expected the car to be burned or stripped down. (darya) now the couple who owns the car wants to know how a driver was allowed to sign up with lyft using a stolen car. kron 4 reached out to lyft and the company says they are trying to track down details about this specific case... but they say it is difficult because the car only ever had paper dealership plates on it before it was stolen. (darya) a go-fund-me account has been setup up for the toll worker... killed by a man suspected of driving under

the influence. we've learned si si han came in early for her shift saturday after a co-worker called in sick. we're told her husband had just gotten home... after dropping her off... when he got the news that she had been killed. daniel berk of foster city is accused of driving under the influence and crashing into the booth were han was working. he remains hospitalized. si si han was a 10-year employee of caltrans. she leaves behind her husband and a 10 year-old daughter. (darya) breaking news this morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand

drive just before 5 am. crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. sfx: squeak

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morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand

drive just before 5 am. crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. ( james )firefighters have another new brush fire to deal with wednesday morning as a flames area near the getty center in the brentwood angeles.the fire broke out near the 405 freeway mulholland drive (darya) breaking news this

morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand drive just before 5 am.

crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. ( james )firefighters have another new brush fire to deal with wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood area of los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a.m., los angeles fire department spokeswoman margaret stewart said.the fire had burned about

6 acres, stewart said.a sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 freeway just after 5 a.m., according to the california highway patrol's traffic incident log.officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well.the fire began as crews are spread across southern california fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. forecasters are calling for another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday.check back for updates on this developing story.

rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the rebecca:a strong ridge of high pressure over much of the west

coast will result in dry weather conditions likely through all of next week. overnight conditions will be very cool through at least into thursday morning, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend.

no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. . richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (darya)(darya) breaking news this

morning -- a 50 acre fire has sprung up just outside the getty center in los angeles. the fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mullholand drive just before 5 am. crews are shutting down the northbound lanes of the 405. ( james )firefighters have another new brush fire to deal

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are fueling a number of raging wildfires. this is a live shot from ventura county this morning.( james ) those fires have burned more than 65- thousand acres total... and have already destroyed nearly 200 homes. kristen holmes is in southern california this morning with the latest. ( james ) firefighters have another new brush fire to deal with