exit is out of pacific palisades in southern would fsafarrell said he would fire san francisco police chief bill scott. i california tonight. >> as a devastating fire continues to grow in size and asked lori of drastic changes

ripped through the community. like that can be expected when he goes for mayor elect to good evening, everyone. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm grant mayor. i will announcing every lotus. this is bad. the fire is burning homes as it day over the next few days. continues to rage earlier and so people can expect today. it was just a little over 200 acres in size. but it change in my administration. california attorney general rob bonta announced tuesday has ballooned. it is now more than 1000 acres and it's not that sfpd reached a milestone by implementing 263 of 272 letting up. cal fire says that more than 10,000 homes are still threatened by this fire. reform recommendations. it was an 8 year long reform process. evacuation orders are in place right now. some people they and chief scott says crime has reached historic lows as a even left their cars behind, result. lori says the progress making it really difficult for should be commended and crews to get up into the hills to fight that fire as a result continued incredibly hopeful. we have to continue to do our of fire crews have to use a bulldozer to move those cars work. i've commended them on those crimes that's going out of the way. yeah, it's a down. i want to consider mess. governor newsom is on continue to improvements the ground in southern california. he says although there. in addition to many people have evacuated, addressing public safety, lori there are still some folks who says during his first 100 days are staying behind. in office will also be >> i think just qui-e addressing what he calls a literally. now or so ago. got budget crisis and lowering downtown vacancy rates. up the canyon saw firsthand reporting from the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. impacted the swirling winds and embers and the number of structures that are destroyed, thanks, robin. tomorrow, not a few many structures daniel lurie will be sworn as the new mayor of san

francisco. >> vicki and i will have already destroyed and the fact special coverage of his that people were still not inauguration beginning at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. evacuated still did not heed the warning. we're just coming mayor london breed was in our down the canyon. is a reminder studio this afternoon for her last official interview as mayor with kron 4 we asked are of how serious this moment is if she feels like there's any and how important it is to unfinished business she's leaving behind. and here's what she had to say. listen to these evacuation orders. >> so much feels unfinished. but here's the thing. it's always going to feel that way. >> yeah. and crews are saying that the strong winds, you're there's always going to be something we can do better as only making the situation worse. meteorologist kathy a city. so, you know, mayors, trafton is with us now. kathy they come and go and ultimately the decisions we so 80 to 100 mile an hour make have a lasting impact in. i think there's always going winds. it's just unbelievable. to be a feeling of being i just feel so sorry these unfinished. but my hope is that those types of things people because these winds are will get finished. but as soon hitting an atmosphere. that is as they get finishes on to the next to had so little rain was next thing, they'll be something else to do. but we've had a lot of rain over gosh, over 10 inches since the that's what makes san rainfall. you're started. francisco great city. we're always looking for the >> they've had 16 hundredths possibility of making something better. of an inch. >> here is the area where we >> mayor breed says she plans have the warnings out. apds on being at lori's warning. it's a particularly inauguration tomorrow morning. dangerous situation warning as >> to the east by now, red flag warning. and of congresswoman barbara lee d

course, this in los angeles had registered a campaign county, ventura county. it's finance committee with the secretary of state's office also a red flag warning for for possible run as mayor of santa barbara county. so it's oakland. then as we await her a real concern as high decision, kron four's dan pressure is over the great kerman speaks with the current basin. the low pressure over frontrunner in the race. southern california. the pressure gradient tightens up former oakland councilman loren taylor. and that is a real problem. >> unfortunately, we have a also, there's a lot of upper winds support. so this is not kick the can down the road good. the weather is not helping out with this fire until there's no more road left. and so we have to make situation for us. we have a wind advisory. it's across the tough decisions. there's there's nothing easy about bay area and that is in effect what's laid out for oakland until wednesday morning. mayoral candidate. loren tomorrow morning. and there is taylor says he knows the dire beach hazard to if you head to situation. oakland is now in. >> due to its budget deficit the beach highways, 20 foot, and if elected, he's ready to breaking waves are possible face it head-on. what i bring and that that hazard continues through tonight at 9 o'clock. and what i think oakland has and then the see start to been missing is a vision on settle down. there's a risk of not just how we address the sneaker currents and also strong rip currents. dry immediate urgency. but howie. weather, though, for this week. and next, our winds >> rebound from it. so a longer-term vision for the really peak just after city so that yes, we may feel midnight or so. and then tomorrow morning when the sun rises will be back toward a little bit of pain now, but normal winds, not nearly as that allows us to really grow impressive to see sunrise happens in 7.30, or so.

and restore in the longer taylor who lost the 2022 >> and you see these winds mayor's race by just under 700 really died down for us. so that is great news for us in terms of wind and our fuel our votes. >> says public safety remains a top priority and the way to trees. our grasses are restore police and fire brushes, have had a lot of services is by growing oakland's economy and rain to moist compared to increasing revenues. we have those tinder dry conditions in to develop more of a cause southern california. vicki grant. thank you, kathy, i year's model. we have to move oakland out of the way to daniel lurie will be sworn in allow our local businesses to as san francisco's 46 mayor be successful and not in tomorrow during the campaign, comber and uncover them and he talked about his commitment to improving public safety. he keep them give them more bureaucracy that they have to went back to that time and time again. he's been visiting navigate. taylor supports increasing the city's sales each police station in the tax rate by a half a percent. city and today was his final stop before he takes office. as long as there are guardrails imposed to quantify >> kron four's rob nesbitt reports. if the additional funds are being used effectively. he >> daniel lurie has an 8 right says the city can no longer along with police officers and may 10 visits to police rely on one-time revenue such stations in san francisco as the coliseum sale to pay for ongoing services. promising changes to the force after he is officially sworn >> and he says the city must in as the next mayor. crime look past its general fund and was one of the main concerns for voters who chose daniel investigate whether restricted lurie to be san francisco's funds can be used to restore next. mayor. the day before services. as for the his inauguration, lori made expectation that congresswoman his 10th police station visit barbara lee may enter the

central police station in north beach, realizing that mayor's race, taylor says technology updates need to be oakland does not need a career politician to get through this a part of the changes he calls for while in office and their crisis. well, i greatly police cars, for instance, sf state police. if these respect and admire barbara lee her 27 years of public service. computers have screens they're >> i believe the oakland needs going up to an address, they can actually see picture of the residents that they're about to approach. a new fresh perspective, fresh approach to leadership and >> sfpd doesn't have if sf governance. one that's state has it, sfpd should have informed by working on the during the campaign for mayor. other candidates were more ground in community solving the complex challenges that we drastic with their calls for police reform. have far really is expected to >> from the start of his campaign, mark farrell said he make a decision about running for oakland mayor sometime this week. >> that would put it a little over 3 months before that april special election. dan kerman kron, 4 news. 2 people are in custody after a stabbing at the hayward bart station happened just before 10 this morning. >> on the ground level there, the victim was taken to the hospital. no word on their condition tonight. plus, a much needed changes to the bart tracks might affect your commute next weekend give you a closer look. >> just weeks before president joe biden leaves office. the

biden-harris administration is allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster relief funding to california capitol correspondent eytan wallace. i'll tell you how much money we're talking about and i'll explain why president elect donald trump says he may withhold such funding for the golden state in the future. >> and former president jimmy carter is lying in state in the capitol rotunda tonight. we're live in washington with the latest.

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georgia. our washington correspondent basil john joins us live. >> from washington tonight with the very latest. good evening, basil. >> we'll grant vicki good evening as president carter is currently inside of the capitol building behind me where he is now lying in state. and this comes after a ceremony for his arrival. that included 21 gun salute. and now the nation honors its longest living president >> 44 years after president jimmy carter left washington, d.c., on the heels of a re-election loss, the one term president returned for a final goodbye special occasion. obviously one of the rare opportunities that we have to honor a former president in this manner. >> former president carter was first honored in washington at the navy memorial downtown. >> before a procession down pennsylvania avenue brought his casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday.

>> lawmakers like senate democratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. a president senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment. >> and while i join all americans in mourning the death of president carter. i rejoice at the thought that he and rosalynn are again together. >> now president carter will lie in state tonight. and for 24 hours straight starting tomorrow morning for the public to pay their respects. reporting live in washington. basil, john. basil, thank you for that. have a good evening. >> president elect trump wants to take over control of greenland and the panama canal and says he can't rule out using military force to do that. our washington correspondent hannah brandt explains. >> president elect donald

trump is making waves with a promise to take over greenland and the panama canal. we need them for economic security and he refused to rule out the possibility that he'll use military action to seize the territory's. i'm not going to commit to that. and how might it might be that he'll have to do something. president elect trump has repeatedly talked about his desire to expand america's territory. >> and he argues taking control of greenland and the panama canal would have benefits for u.s. trade and military power giving the panama canal to panama was a very big mistake. we need greenland for national security purposes. this pledge comes as the incoming president's son don junior land in greenland. this morning, though, officials in greenland say he's there is a private citizen and he didn't share any thoughts on his father's plan to seize the arctic territory. that's for me to talk about. that's for others to talk about we're just excited to be greenland is the territory of denmark and danish leaders quickly pushed back on the idea of a u.s. takeover money to telling reporters greenland is not for sale. the president of panama

has also rejected trump's plan. let's do it on same the sovereignty and independence of our country are non-negotiable, but the president-elect is promising his upcoming term will be a golden age of america, even saying he wants to rename the gulf of mexico and instead call it the gulf of america. what a beautiful name in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> my weather time here and what a beautiful site that is sunset. the sky be on golden gate bridge. yeah. looks like a painting, but it is very real. kathy trafton joining us now fill in the blanks here. >> it does look absolutely beautiful. you know, sanchez set. so we're officially in twilight. >> and we see all the red graze and that, you know, it's because of the scattering of the light. so what happens is that this time of day, the light has to go through a thicker amount of atmosphere to reach our eyes. and that means that scattered way the shorter wavelengths. and we see a lot more in red area.

temperatures today were beautiful so many areas in the 60's 50's 60's for the most part today. not right now in san francisco at 64 degrees. 66 in this is, of course, warmer than you normally would expect and certainly warmer than yesterday. it is as many as 9 degrees warmer. and that's in san francisco novato north bay areas. plus 9 in napa warm. a lot warmer everywhere. 8 degrees warmer in heyward. 7 degrees. warmer in so what a beautiful afternoon. beautiful air quality. in most areas we have good air quality. it's moderate in napa. so we're really lucky because we have a lot of moisture in the air from all in the in the atmosphere and also in the fuels from all the recent rains. and that means weekend. >> to enjoy these beautiful conditions and less of a chance of fire. although we have really gusty winds. some areas overnight are going to really gusty, especially in the ridges. we could see 40, 50 mile per hour gusts where you see these areas of

>> magenta and the purples and the reds. so very gusty winds, but they die down overnight. >> so by tomorrow morning when the sun rises at 7.25, the winds are really unremarkable. and through the day they remain that way. so here is the headline for you. we have a wind advisory that's in effect till tomorrow morning. and beach hazards for breaking waves to 20 mile to 20 feet high possibility increasing risk of sneaker waves, strong rip currents and dry weather next week. here's the high wind advisory that's what's going on with the weather. so we're really lucky here partly because of all those rains we had so very recently. our fuels are much drier. we don't have much rain to look forward to the near future dimension yet phoenician at that. yes, i we have a very dry weather for this week and into next week. so we'll see. at least we have enough moisture for now. ok? thank you, kathy. >> well, with just 13 days until president-elect donald trump takes office, the biden

administration presented california with half a billion dollars for emergency disaster relief. trump has warned that he may withhold emergency funding for california. if governor newsom does not change course on some policies. and capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> this >> is likely one of the final acts of the biden administration set to impact the golden state. the presentation of this check for more than 500 million dollars the money specifically allocated for disaster relief set to eventually go to california to are impacted by winter storms that resulted in severe flooding, wind damage and mudslides between december 2022. in january 2024. presenting the check u.s. department of housing and urban development. senior official marion mcfadden here on behalf of the biden-harris administration to bring half a billion dollars. >> which i know is much needed

and folks have been waiting on for some time. >> she notes, well, fema is in charge of immediate disaster assistance. this federal funding from the u.s. department of housing and urban development also known as hud is meant to help rebuild down the road. people are not always aware of the long-term component of disaster recovery. >> and that's where the hud community development block grant disaster recovery funds come in because they stay with communities for months and years to ensure that that long-term work can happen. >> california department of housing and community development director, gustavo, velasquez, fao's. the funds will go toward their intended recipients. 2. most importantly, to rebuild infrastructure after disasters rebuild. >> single-family homes rebuilt, multi-family properties and money to good use to become more resilient and mitigate the effect the future of stirred that much as we. wish they would not

happen. it's very likely that they will continue happen. >> but if and when natural disasters strike the golden state in the future, not so clear is how president-elect donald trump would respond just a few months ago while on the campaign trail. and he's rancho palace. verdes is golf club. trump signaled he'd be willing to withhold emergency fire early funding if governor gavin newsom does not sign off on trump backed efforts that supporters say will lead to increased water deliveries and water supply statewide. but opponents, including the governor argued trump specific proposals will reverse protections for some endangered fish species and the environment of a new scam is going to sign those papers. and he doesn't sign those papers, we won't give him money to put out fires. >> and we don't give them the money to put out fires. he's got problems is a lousy governor at his budget. preview monday, newsom expressed concerns about what could happen when trump takes office and said there are several uncertainties that lie ahead for california walking into headwinds.

>> radically different moment in u.s. history. world history, arguably. and as a consequence, we need to be prepared and a half a billion dollars in disaster relief funding will soon be distributed to local governments and agencies. if you think you are eligible, you're urged to check in with your local government. >> reporting in sacramento, eytan wallace kron. 4 news corneas, high-speed rail project. >> break ground just a couple of months. details straight ahead.

>> next weekend, there will be no train service between walnut creek and concord, bart stations. that's because the

agency has to replace decades-old tracks. he's going to happen on january 18th and 19th the map you see there on your screen. it shows the area that will be affected. there's a free bus, though that will be available between the 2 stations. riders can expect a 20 to a 30nd delay early morning and late night train stops will also be affected. and you can find those schedules on our website at kron 4 dot com and update now on california's high-speed rail system. governor newsom says the tracks will be laid down starting this spring in central california. the multi billion dollar project that was approved by voters back in 2008l but yeah, it's taken more than a decade to greenlight it. the governor says he has a plan to keep the project funded responsibly. officials say passengers will be able to ride that train between 20 32 2033. martinez refinery officials are giving people a heads up of more

traffic noise and flaring in the coming months. maintenance projects will be running from early january through early april. you can expect more traffic on marina vista avenue between 6 ad and shell avenue and on pacheco boulevard at 6.80 and how road. >> still ahead on the news at 5, the wildfire is still growing. so the palisades forcing evacuation and destroying homes will have the latest on the efforts there to put it out southern california. plus, the man convicted kidnapping and assaulting a berry woman is now facing new charges. this game national headlines. we have the latest and antioch as a new acting police chief there. we'll hear hwelcome back

kron. 4 news 5. and we're taking live look there in southern california. >> where an enormous fire is burning in pacific palisades tonight. extremely dangerous, scary situation. many homes have already burned thousands more are threatened. you're talking about 30,000 people who have been evacuated as the winds down. there are just raging in some cases, people to leave their cars behind on the road because folks in front of them did the same. they couldn't go anywhere in their cars in the fire was coming up on the yeah. panicking. this fire now bring more than 1000 acres of 1200 at last count, not letting up a fire. crews described the blaze. >> as a blow torch, they're urging people get out of the way as soon as possible.

first, meteorologist kathy trafton joins us now with the latest on conditions down there. kathy, so ominous, its ominous and it's utterly heartbreaking. fuel is so dry. the grass is the trees that had almost no rain since a rainfall. your began