>> good evening and thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 11. i'm dan thorn and i'm noelle bellow. our breaking news coverage continues out of los angeles county tonight where multiple fires are tearing through neighborhoods. >> forcing at thousands of people to evacuate. take a look at this. this is video from our sister station in los angeles, ktla. it shows a house in studio city on fire

and there it is collapsing. there. fire officials say this home likely caught fire because of embers from the sun set fire, which has been burning in the hollywood hills. the sunset fire is the 6th major fire to burn across la county over the last 48 hours that erupted just before 6 o'clock tonight south of sunset boulevard north of sunset boulevard and has burned about 19 acres near the hollywood walk of fame and other iconic landmarks. of course it is at 0% containment tonight. this new fire adding to the chaos in la county that fire crews are having to deal with there battling the massive palisades fire as well. yeah. it's now been dubbed the most destructive fire in los angeles county history and it's left many people without homes. >> it's just it's just shocking just to look around. it didn't seem real. >> the palisades fire has grown to nearly 16,000 acres and it is still at 0%.

containment. >> there are the 6 fires burning in the la county. if you see on this map here, the eaton fire is also continuing to rage near pasadena. it's grown to more than 10,000 acres. so many homes devastated their the lydia fire burning in the angeles national forest near 350 acres. but it is 40% contained tonight. crews also battling the smaller woodley at hurst fires. those are both 0% contained as well. of course, all of these says seeming to be a wind-driven fires. it is very dry down in southern california as well. they have not had any significant rain a kron four's. kathy trafton is here to talk a little bit about the weather that they're dealing with there. kathy. >> well, part of the palmers just terrifically gusty santa ana winds coming from the land to the sea. that's the offshore directions of those gusts are amazing 100 mile per hour. gusts reported at mount

lukens magic mountain 90 mile per hour gusts in the santa monica mountains. settle pick 86 miles an hour. deer creek canyon, 80 miles per hours because of strong, gusty winds and those winds are blowing some of these particulate matter offshore. take a look at this forecast model, as you see the particulate matter from the wildfires surface smoke, if you will, going right down, baja, california and then taking a loop around. out to sea and then starting to stretch back again. he's this kind of that particulate matter. the smokes a very, very difficult. you don't want to breathe in. there's a red flag warning in southern california until 6 o'clock pm. that is for strong, gusty winds and low relative humidities as low as 5% isolated gusts up to 70 miles per hour. but the strongest winds hitting on thursday night into friday. noel debt. kathy, thank governor gavin newsom announced the state is mobilizing up to 140 additional. >> water tenders to assist in the ongoing firefight in los

angeles county. and right now, more than 7500 firefighting and emergency personnel from up and down the state are in los angeles and they include dozens of firefighters from right here in the bay area departments in san francisco, santa clara, alameda and sonoma counties sent strike teams and fire engines. most of the bay area crews are expected to help with the palisades fire, which is the largest fire of the 6. so southern california, 6 print fees in the past. just like we had up here in santa rosa. >> you know, those those kind of fires develop really quick once they get down into some of those neighborhoods and stuff like that the which would be the wildland urban interface where a lot of these neighborhoods meet the wildland areas with the winds couple that it can move very fast. and i think it caught a lot of people off guard. >> this deployment is all part of a mutual aid program with the state. >> pg e is also sending aid to southern california. the utility says they sent 2 black hawk helicopters to help cal

fired. also dispatched a 25 member crew to help apply fire retardant. other equipment checking fire, damaged utility poles and making the area safe for crews to restore power. >> all los angeles county schools will be closed tomorrow because of the fires. and the superintendent says 2 elementary schools in the district have already been destroyed. those buildings are among thousands of facilities that have been wipe down by these wildfires. kron four's dan kerman has more. >> wednesday evening, fires continue to burn along the pacific coast highway in santa monica and malibu up the hill. much of pacific palisades has been destroyed and what hasn't been continues to be threatened. this incident is very, very dynamic as we speak. the good news, the winds have subsided a bit enough to allow are fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft to provide critical. >> support. to this fire more

than 1000 structures have been destroyed so far. and that number. >> is expected to climb. i think the house is gone, but i just want to make sure, you know, just i just want to see it for myself. residents took electric bikes to make their way up. smoky hills. what they found were neighborhoods burned to rubble. go, go, go, go, go go. one group of hikers got caught off guard and had to run for their lives as we got to the bottom of the rock we started here. the fire crackled like rate behind us. >> and the wind was starting to pick up really fast and like to be, we got her things and completely booked as fast as we like. yeah, it was. it was terrifying to like feel like running for your life. others who evacuated tuesday weren't sure they were going to make it gridlock. >> and there's no police at all doing traffic management. so people are because thought we were going to burn up because we had fire going over our heads. the eaton fire just north of pasadena and altadena

is also continuing to wreak havoc. >> i went by the residential streets, evanston northwest, out that, you know, where i went to school at saucon mesereau. almost everything is burwed out specially in the northwest area right now. it's very some haven't made it back home to find out if they have a home. >> but they're expecting the worst. we pretty much can assume that it's gone. and it is agonizing. >> it's the 3rd time that had to evacuate for fires. first time. then it's gone this way. excess water demand is also made some fire hydrants run dry, making firefighters efforts all the more difficult. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> here in the bay area. we are, of course, no stranger to devastating fires. the images being shared here on the news as well as on your social media can be triggering for some a psychiatrist with kaiser permanente. santa rosa says it's important to take care of yourself. >> at fires can be very triggering is absolutely

normal and expected to have either physical, emotional or behavioral changes are responses to them. but if they reach that threshold or of where the symptoms are impacting your daily functioning, don't hesitate to reach out to health care provider either through a community resource like miami, your 7, 4, 1, 7, 4, 1, texting that. number 3, your healthcare provider. >> dr. catherine does suggest if you are feeling overwhelmed or worried, take a break from tv and social media. get outside. go on a walk. try to get as much rest as you can as well. we are staying on top of the deadly fires in los angeles for the very latest information you can head to our web site kron 4 dot com. we'll be right back. stick with us. a grim discovery in

the north bay santa rosa. police say they found 4 people dead inside a home. investigators are calling this a homicide case. kron four's lindsey ford has more >> on our core to west of downtown santa rosa. and you can see behind me that police are still on scene investigating this crime. and i spoke to one woman who lives in this neighborhood and she tells me this is scary. this is something that's never happened in her quiet mobile park neighborhood. >> you know, you hear the sirens out. occidental over by stony point, but not out here. you don't hear much. and here in this happened it was like, oh, my scary. jerry tapp road moved to monarch court neighborhood in santa rosa because of its tranquility. she says she never would have imagined to find a crime scene.

>> just steps away from her home just the police officers. racing down the road. santa rosa police say they got a call around 3 wednesday afternoon to conduct a welfare check at a home on monarch court. officers entered the home through a window. >> and found 4 people dead. very large response immediately from petrol and then our entire violent crimes investigations. team of detectives and their surgeon are out here currently santa rosa police say this type of incident is very unusual for this quiet neighborhood. >> this neighborhood is a 55 and over mobile home community. it's very quiet, very peaceful. and this is highly unusual for santa rosa will help. sarah's is a very safe community. and in 2024, we only had 2 homicides. says she never met the people who lived in the home but says she has seen police visit them a couple of times shortly after wednesday's grim discovery. tap for us said she saw police

and animal control remove a dog and cats from the home. she spoke to other neighbors who said they are in disbelief of the incident as well to all of us to just kind of and, you going over this in our heads, what commisson van. >> and santa rosa police confirmed with me that the public is not in any danger and that this investigation is still undergoing in the early stages. and once they get more information, they will it release that information. >> to the public in santa rosa. lindsey ford, back to you. >> all right. let's get you a check. your forecast now taking a clear view right here from our sutro tower cam of a san francisco nice-looking night out very clear dry for us. that's for sure. no rain in sight. kathy? >> what's going well, you know, you would expect to see quite a bit of rain in january. it's one of our rainiest months, but no, he wouldn't. you wouldn't expect to see such clear dry conditions, but that's we've got day after day for san

francisco in the entire bay it's beautiful. all right. no doubt about that. temperature change. well, last night was really warm. if you thought it was you were right tonight is not chilly, but it is a lot colder than last night. as many as 21 degrees colder in napa down 20 degrees compared to last night at this hour in novato down 12 degrees in san jose and down 9 in francisco. so wow, what a change. so let's see these temperatures. okay. 40's 50's. 43 degrees in half moon bay and in san francisco, 50, 40 in fairfield. 48 calistoga. so it's not terribly chilly. but wow, what a difference a day makes. here's the forecast model. high pressure is in control of our weather and it continues to be in control. quite a few days. you see this. high-pressure can actually texas from the storms. storms go up and over the raindrops go up and over and look at this. day after

day through the weekend into monday into tuesday. it is dry and dry. weather is in our forecast for quite a long time. probably through the end of the month is quite possible. forecast lows overnight tonight we're in the 40's for the most part. forecast highs tomorrow. we are in the 60's for the most part. and a look ahead shows beautiful conditions. it is just cookie cutter. day after day. it's sunshine, beautiful weather, but it drops off a little bit in terms of temperatures just a little bit in the next 7 days or so. we'll see those high temperatures come down but still remaining above normal. so well, what a difference. a very, very different than the spent the last like to january's. we've had so much at this time. so so much actually earlier this season. yeah. and you know, into the autumn and early winter, quite a bit of an and that is one of the factors that really protected us from the fires such as they have right now in southern california. so are hills or green. we are lucky

so thanks, kathy. >> mayor and city of san francisco. congratulations. daniel lurie officially sworn in as san francisco's new mayor today. hundreds of people packing civic center plaza earlier. >> for his inauguration, he renewed his promise to move the city forward and address the growing issues of homelessness and drug addiction. lori gave an insight to his first 100 days in office. introducing a package of fentanyl, state of emergency ordinances, creating 24 7 police friendly drop-off center and launching an sfpd hospitality zone task force francisco has long been known for its values of tolerance and inclusion. >> but nothing about those values instructs us to allow nearly 8,000 people to experience homelessness in our city. widespread drug dealing public drug use and constantly seeing people in crisis has

robbed us of our sense of decency and security. >> lori gave insight to his first 100 days. as we mentioned, he is ed. introducing a package of fentanyl, state of emergency ordinance as and creating those new spots to help with safety across the city. and celebrations for the new mayor continue tonight in san francisco's chinatown. >> a night market there ended with edm star deejays. you putting on a show kron 4. sarah stinson has been there all night. she has more. >> day one for new mayor daniel lurie. and it was quite the day into the night full of celebrations. people packed to enjoy live music and atown vendors. time for us to roll up our sleeves and get tonight celebrate a celebration in san francisco's chinatown for the new year. and the new mayor, daniel lurie. fireworks and

dragon dances kicked off the inaugural night market on grant avenue. >> it's historic event, really, from what i know. this is the first time that mayor has chosen to celebrate in chinatown. about 1000 people gathered at far east cafe for a banquet really >> some of the big names include senator scott wiener, california attorney general rob bonta sf district attorney brooke jenkins and police chief bill scott. so every know, every what the wants to staff, you guys up. i mean, obviously, that's always your go that hear that. that's a that's really important. we've been running at about 75% of where we should be. so. >> as we get higher as that we can do better and do more

thing. former mayor willie brown was also in attendance. well, he admitted mayor london breed was his pick. >> he says he has faith in what larry can bring to the table. i do think he's going to try to get the town open again by starting with having the public employees go to work. >> rather 3 days a week, all 5 days a week. >> after back-to-back events lure ending his inaugural night market with live djs, including dj zoom, who's from here. so we've got our boba. we're ready to listen some music people having a good >> gets to define san francisco except for us. >> promise to be an ally for the api community. he also promised to deliver on improving public safety and many people here say they're feeling hopeful do just that. i'm sara stinson reporting back to you.

>> in the east bay today, former congresswoman barbara lee announced her bid for mayor in oakland dot. comes ahead of the special election set for april. lee joins a list of candidates including former city council member loren taylor. one of the many concerns in the city currently is the closure of fire stations due to a budget deficit. however, many firefighters in the city do believe lee will figure something out. >> the nba's all-star weekend coming to the bay area next month in along with the on court events. the weekend will feature a concert series here in san francisco. it'll be 3 nights in music starting on february 14th, featuring performances from adm artist z and grammy. award-winning duo. the chainsmokers additional performances. >> will be announced at a later date. the concerts will be held at pier. 48 which is across from the covid cove from oracle park. coming up next in sports, the forty-niners john lynch and kyle shanahan met the media today to explain.

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>> well, after a nightmare, 6.11 season filled with all sorts injuries and drama. the forty-niners >> are beginning to look toward next year and figure out how to get things back on track. head coach kyle shanahan and general manager john lynch discussed about today in santa clara shanahan revealed that clay kubiak is going to be promoted to offensive coordinator. all those shanahan. we'll continue to be the play caller. still,

though, kubiak becomes the team's first official offensive coordinator since mike mcdonald in 2021. it also means the niners are going to have 3 new coordinators next season with defensive coordinator nick sorensen and special teams coordinator brian schneider. both of them not returning in those roles. of course, the biggest topic, this offseason quarterback brock purdy and a potential big money extension 30 pretty entering the 4th and final year of his rookie contract and both shanahan and lynch said today they're hoping to get a deal done. an extension sooner than later. parties numbers took a step back this year. but you got to keep in mind all the injuries that his offense had to deal with. he was out without guys like christian mccaffrey. brandon, iu trent williams on the line on and on. and he still threw for nearly 4,000 yards, had 20 touchdowns. 12 interceptions, of course, last season. pretty was an mvp candidate for 1208

passing yards. 31 touchdowns. 11 picks and he's got the full support of lynch and shanahan, phyllis. and i think what we know about brock is that he's our guy. we've got. >> you know, we have interest brought being around here for for for a long, long time. he's done so much for our organization is one. >> big games. had a little tougher task as we all did this year with some of the things that happen throughout the course of the year. we just never can stream games where we're all together. and through that, he continued to lead. he continued to play at a high level. so we have every interest in him being around. brock is the leader of our love these 3 years of brock. i plan on being with brock hears the whole here. so braxton, a stud. guy got a lot of confidence in and just as a human. but it starts least on the field these last 2 and a half years capable won a super bowl we just almost dead and i know he's capable going under serve on the future.

>> well, that duo of shanahan lynch also addressed the team's overall performance this season. defense had good and bad moments. they were in 5th overall in past events. team in rushing, they gave up almost 26 points per game 4th worst in the entire league. now, despite the injuries on offense, the team ranked 4th in the league in passing 12th in rushing. they were penalized 111 times for 843 yards. that's 15 for right in the middle. and as we can all figure out, unfortunately, special teams once again, the major issues that all added up to the disappointing 6 to 11 season. >> john got in this for the right intentions. it was to try to put together a team to win a super bowl. and that's what he's committed to that's really the simplest way that everyone says, you know, but like in this business, you always go through hard times. but it's it's never just coaching. and it's never just personnel that says that everything. that's why there's

never the quick answer like on on football. there's 22 variables out there. every play. there's a long season. there's lots of scheme that's involved. there's lots of talent that's involved. there's lots of just random stuff with injuries. referees like schedules, whether there's so many things that goes into play and that's why i feel so fortunate. and just the situation i am and what someone like john, with someone like can always just so what i think from a football standpoint and i know when to get from john what he thinks from his football standpoint, it's not always the most fun answer you got amid a lot that you didn't do right. but that's the the truth of it. and that's the only way that you can consistently overcome things and find a way to consistently be successful. >> couple of college basketball games tonight, cal and stanford, both winning stanford any tech cal beat virginia. so i guess we we on the state of virginia something we takeaway are now. when we're going to you think spencer, that's all we've got tonight. comfort level. have a

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♪ ♪ [sirens blaring] >> nischelle: tonight... los angeles is burning, with three major wildfires causing mass destruction. >> more than 80,000 people have been evacuated, including several major celebrities. >> nischelle: we're with stars who have lost their homes.