>> while >> our devas ation in los angeles and the level of destruction, it's just jaw dropping. thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. i'm justine waldman. we will continue our coverage hour about the deadly wildfires that are burning in

los angeles county. >> evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings for the archer fire. that's the fire that started this morning. and forward progress was stopped at 31 acres. but there are still 5 other active fires that are burning in los angeles right now. the 2 largest, the palace eights and the eanes fire. the palisades fire has burned more than 21,000 acres. it's 8% contained right now. more than 5,000 buildings have been lost in this fire alone. many of them homes and businesses in the eaton fire. that fire has burned nearly 14,000 acres. it is 3% contained this afternoon. authorities believe the 5,000 buildings have either been damaged or destroyed here. pasadena officials announced today that people who have been displaced will be allowed a one time trip home as long as they have verification. but a curfew is going to go into effect tonight for the mandatory evacuation areas for both the palisades and eaton fires.

this is to protect people and also to prevent looting. anyone who is caught in these areas without authorization will be arrested. so those are just the 2 bigger fires right now. the palisades fire get about just 21,000 acres. that's 8% contained. the eaton fire almost 14,000 acres. it's 3% contained. there's also the kind of fire that had 1000 acres. the hearse fire and lydia fire. those are in comparison, but still very large. and the archer fire we're learning now. they've also put some containment around it. so we're going to continue to follow this story for you. and we have lots of new pictures and images coming in to kind of paint a better idea of what's happening there in southern california. one of the reporters on our team coverage today is kron four's terisa stasio. she's in our newsroom. thank you very much. just staying. well, there is so much information coming in so quickly, hard to sort through all of that, but really important to get to officials just held a briefing

about the even fire. >> where 5,000 homes, including apartment buildings, businesses and vehicles have been destroyed. >> 3% containment, some progress. the current red flag event that we are under right now will expire at 06:00pm this evening. las angeles county officials providing details about helping residents navigate the chaos created by the massive wildfires. >> that have wreaked havoc in southern california. one of the most common questions i'm hearing from the residents impacted especially by the eaton fire is. >> what do i do now? and when can i go home? our neighbors want to know where to go for immediate help. >> with damage totals continuing to climb, officials say that they're working to provide as many answers as possible. the major hearing that people i know yesterday we announced that fema has set up a website and i'm seeing that people are filling out the form and being denied. i'm following up on that to find out what is going on because

it is completely. mind boggling to me that people who lost everything are filling up form has told and then are getting an immediate denial. so if you have done that, please, please, please. i'm gonna try to get nance within 24 hours. find out what's going on. the winds have died down compared to the hurricane like strength force on monday where the winds were approaching 100 miles an hour. >> but there is fear those santa ana winds will return on sunday. fire officials say that the fire level of destruction is jarring and bleak for the thousands impacted dozens of blocks are wiped out. new flare ups continue to pop up. >> we do anticipate another red flag event beginning on monday. and i can assure everybody. >> now, as for the reports of the loss of water, pressure to fire hydrants in limited water

los angeles department of water and power. he did that today. we're gonna have a lot more always on kron. 4 dot com and also here on kron in the news. you're theresa stasi. back to just 8 theresa, thank you. we're going to take another look now from the sky of the flames from the one of the fires that's burning there in los angeles county. thousands of firefighters are working around the clock to try to put this out. we know that there are several departments from the bay area that have gone down to help in all so far, 10 people have died in these fires. we are expecting that number to go up as search crews are able to go into neighborhoods now andoto rescue and recovery operations. the fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and businesses and other buildings since tuesday. we want to find out what's happening with the fire weather right now with our meteorologist program. right? so they have dropped red flag warning. >> a los angeles area right now, but you can see they are now under a fire weather watch that was set to drop at about 6 o'clock. and that is still

the case with san diego in areas kind of between la and san diego. but now there until 06:00pm on sunday that we're under a fire weather watch. and then after that, as you heard, it sounds like they may go back into that red flag warning as we head into monday and more wind is expected, but obviously very active area right now. still a lot going on. the wind right now has been giving them a little bit of a break here and that will be the case as we get throughout the evening. but notice as we start to move into saturday, you start to see things pick up a little bit inland and then a little bit more. and then as we get to the latter part of the weekend, that's where we could see some more wind. and here's why there's high pressure here. low pressure there. notice the low pressure has kind of scooted away. that does start to break that when gradient. but there's another low pressure system right now bringing rain to the pacific northwest. that's going to slide down. and when that happens, that is going to kind of a place that low pressure keeping that wind gradient going. that's when that next push of wind will be coming. now. temperature wise, we've been warm again today. you can see las angeles is at 68

degrees, obviously above average there we to been seeing above average temperatures. nothing extreme. that's really been hindering the firefight. having said that, doesn't help that it helps to dry things out in those relative humidity levels go down even more when you've got warmer temperatures bring it back to the bay. we've got some blue skies out there today. it's been an absolutely beautiful day in the bay area. temperatures again have been warm. you can see in a spot like livermore. san jose. we're up to about 69 degrees. we have a pretty nice weekend on tap, but we also have a wind advisory for the bay area. i'll talk about that when i come back in just a bit. >> thank you. president biden and vice president harris hosted a briefing today and how federal resources are helping the los angeles area fight and recover from the massive fires. this is coming as president elect trump is criticizing the federal and state response. washington correspondent basil john reports now on the devastation that has turned political. >> wildfires are playing los angeles and back here in the nation's capital, the president is offering all the help possible fires raging

throughout los angeles have destroyed thousands of buildings, displaced thousands of people and killed at least 10 scope scale and the erratic movements of these fires truly interest. president joe biden says firefighters have made progress combating the fires in the last 24 hours by police to go along coal dust from the santa ana winds power, the flames and 8 of the spread. >> president biden says his administration initiated every federal agency to help with this. we're going to make sure california has every possible resource fight these fires and help survive. >> california governor gavin newsom welcomes the assistance. there's tremendous anxiety out there around getting immediate assistance. the reality of this starting to come. there is criticism from president-elect donald trump around fire hydrants running dry because of water distribution in the state. the hydrants were empty. they didn't have any water. can break? >> but president biden pushed back on that narrative as state and local officials say

it's because of the sudden high demand for water to fight the flames. this is complicated stuff. when asked about coordinating with president-elect trump, president biden says they've kept the future administration updated and hopes they follow up on this. >> reporting in washington, i'm basil, john. >> a fire fighting aircraft crash was an illegal drone over the palisades fire. the los angeles county fire chief says the super scooper was damaged in yesterday's crash and now as a whole and its wing, the fixed wing, the tanker is grounded now they can't use it and it usually can hold up to 1600 gallons of water. it's a very valuable resource on the front lines. it is a federal crime to interfere with firefighting efforts. you can get up to a year in prison if convicted here. the fbi is planning to come now to the area with what they're calling aerial armor to make sure that no other drones will interfere with the firefighting operations. and

businesses from around the bay area are offering what they can to help those displaced by the southern california wildfires. for anyone displaced who comes here to the bay area and they need care and the intern for their pets. the grateful dog daycare center is offering space for them. they say they will take the pats that they can accommodate for free. more help under way now from other bay area organizations. a marine nonprofit called loves animal rescue, was collecting donations for thousands of pets impacted by the devastating fires. the group will be giving back to the spca in los angeles and the spca says there is an urgent need for supplies to take care of all the displaced animals. they need things like pet food supplies. and also to help free up some shelter space loves animal rescue is hoping to help with all of that. the group is taking the donations to las angeles over the weekend and they plan to bring pets back with them so they

can get them into foster homes here in the bay area. >> it's just it's devastating. it's heartbreaking. there's so i wish i could say that every single one of them, i hope that other people step up and tenant can help any way they can. >> the organization says they've helped rescue and find homes for the 300 dogs in marin county. they're hoping to add to that number over the weekend. so there's a link to donate on our website. kron 4 dot com and that will take you to their web site so we could possibly see what pets they bring back with them over the weekend. if you want to help out. a san francisco business owner is offering free close to the victims that have local ties after they lost everything in one of the fires. the even fire kron 4 sleep to all reports the owner is helping out even though she's recovering from a recent burglary. >> gina ross stares at what used to be her home in altadena which to come to the eaton fire in los angeles county tuesday, her friend kristin klein owns the big

store vacation sf in san francisuo and is helping ross. >> feel whole again. it would be cool to offer to friends of friends and people that follow the store, someone to be able to come in and pick up things that they would actually normally wear. ross's younger sister michele slater stopped by clients are a storage container on treasure island friday to pick out clothes before driving down to southern california to console her family. she's in shock. >> she's with i'm just desperate to get out there and be with and bring her anything that will provide. comfort very apocalyptic watching, like an entire huge city burned down. kristin klein is responding to inquiries made through social media. she says she cannot help everyone and her selection of vintage clothing may not fit everyone's taste. but having managed through her own house fire in the past and pushing through 5 burglaries at her store in 6 years. the most recent last month, klein says

it is important to help others in need everyone being safe is the obviously the most important thing. but you do want to just go in your favorite blanket or put on your favorite jacket and when you don't have that. it takes a while to get over. i want her to feel like a person like not just have targets what hands just. >> a little bit of joy the spark back to like a person on treasure island, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> and if you want to make a donation to wildfire victims, you can scan this qr code on take you to be verified. ll donation page. >> for the american red cross, we're staying on top of the deadly and devastating fires in los angeles. for the latest information you can always go to our website. kron 4 dot com. still ahead here at 3 o'clock this afternoon, macy's and kohl's. >> some of the stores are closing here in the bay area where residents will soon have to say so long. plus, san

francisco is about to have a new fire chief people here from the department veteran. his goals as he takes over this job. and after the break, president elect trump sentence in new york money case. we have a live report coming up for you about what's next. if you're president.

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>> president elect donald trump has officially been sentenced to this hush money trial in new york just days before his inauguration. we're going to live now to john mueller in manhattan for more, what the judge decided and what this means for the incoming president.

>> yeah, another day of history here in lower manhattan. the verdict, the sentence rather finally given mr. trump bought this every step of the way, but it happened this morning inside the building behind me, mr. trump zooming into the courtroom from his cow of florida. home skews me. he did not have to come to new york to attend this sentencing. the judge giving mr. trump what's called an unconditional discharge and that means no jail time. no probation, no fines. and it just really officially puts the conviction in the books mr. trump desperately tried to stop today's hearing. the appeal all the way to the supreme court to no avail. he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection, of course, with the hush money payments. the star stormy daniels. that was back before the 2016 election mr. trump addressed the court via zoom and he said what we've heard before. he said this case is a disgrace and he called it a witch hunt.

interestingly enough, now that he's officially sentence, it does open another legal avenue for the trump team where he can try to get the verdict overturned. but again, that would be a very complicated legal process. it could go the supreme court against a 10 days from now on mr. trump takes that oath of office second term and the presidency. he's going to be something we've never had in this nation sentenced phelan. that story from lower manhattan. i'm john muller. back to you. >> john, thank you for that live report. we're now take a live look out here at the city of san francisco. so we could talk about the forecast here in the. and callous here now. so we can go over what's going on, especially for the weekend. yeah, it's beautiful out there today. no doubt about. we've got some wind on the way, though, for the weekend. so let's start with where we're at, which is gorgeous. a gorgeous friday afternoon. blue skies at coit tower. >> temperatures yesterday got up to 78 degrees in santa rosa. we actually be to record a daily record in redwood city by hitting 75. you can see we also got up to 73 in concord and san jose sfo. 71 that tied

a record and oakland set a record yesterday by hitting 70 degrees. livermore was right there with them at the 70 degree. mark obviously warm again today. not quite as warm as yesterday. certainly we are in the mid 60's and santa rosa, not the upper 70's today. 61 in san francisco, but you can see some warfare in livermore down in san jose up in those upper 60's as well. another nice day out there. blue skies as we take a live look at storm tranker and as we zoom out here, the set up for what's going to happen as we head across the next few days. you can kind of see it playing out here. high pressure off the coast, low pressure, the kicked off. those santa ana winds has now started to track away. however, we are going to have another inside slider and that is going to set up the same situation. hopefully not quite as intense, but i'll show you what happens here. so we're nice and calm right now. but as we work our way towards the weekend, again, you can see that next low pressure system starting to drop in setting up that wind gradient to get that northerly wind. so we're going to be under a wind advisory for the weekend and then you

can see as we get into the getting of next week, what's happening here in southern california, obviously keeping a very close eye on this. we have the setup for that offshore wind to continue. so the wind advisory for us kicks in at midnight tonight and it does go through 10:00am on sunday, 20 to 30 mile per hour when we could see gusts higher than that for our north bay mountains are hills in the east bay and santa clara hills and also in the santa cruz mountains. and then i did want to mention as well, the weather service just put out a coastal flood advisory for tomorrow. high tide tomorrow. 08:34am and that is when we have low lying areas that are around the bay. also coastal areas you might see where you have some places that are blocked off because there's just a little tiny bit of minor coastal flooding that happens. so just make sure you pay attention to next week, looking sunny, a little cooler, more seasonal, really, but still quite nice. look ahead. >> how has the san francisco department of public health announcing that a possible case of bird flu has been detected in a child in the

city. health officials say the child did not need to go to the hospital and has fully recovered to add that the risk to the general public remains low and that there's no evidence of person to person transmission. it's not yet known how the child may have gotten the disease, but the department of public health is encouraging people to avoid direct contact with sick or dead birds. the san francisco fire department is about to have a new chief mayor daniel lurie has tapped a department veteran to take over this role. kron 4 charles clifford has the details. rhetoric. >> friday morning, san francisco american the worry announced the battalion chief christman, a veteran of the fire department, would become these new chief lurie says he believes christman, a san francisco native has the necessary skills. battalion chief chris been brings. 34 years of distinguished service, unwavering commitment as a first responder and advocate. >> for underserved populations. my goal for this department is to ensure it

remains in touch with the community. it serves. department members must concern themselves, not just with the beauty of the fire engine or ambulance, but the beauty and health of the neighborhood. i will ask our members to engage with the public to form bonds that will move our city forward. his appointment comes as the city grapples with an expected budget deficit of 876 million dollars over the next 2 years. >> i'm acutely aware of the potential budget shortfalls we face. work collaboratively with other departments in the mayor's office to tackle these issues head-on. kristen will spend the next few weeks transitioning into his new role before officially taking over as chief. >> on january, 21st in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> major retailers, macy's and kohl's are shutting down stores at several bay area locations because they are underperforming, according to the companies. macy's is closing 60 stores nationwide. kohl's shutting down 30 and

kohl's is closing 5 locations here in the bay area, including the stores in fremont mountain view in sandra fell. they're all going to be closed by april and macy's is closing 2 locations in the bay area. one of them, some fremont, the others at the village in corte madera. the company says the closures they're going to happen over a three-year period. still ahead here. >> a quake shakes part of the bay area rattled awake this morning earthquake. we're going to hear what residents belts after this. after the break. our coverage will continue. wildfires that burning in los angeles for taking another live look from the sky right now through the sea. some of the devastation that is happenin

>> want to go back to one of the live pictures getting out of los angeles, an aerial view showing us just how close the fire and smoke is approaching to homes between the palisades in the eaton fire. those are the 2 larger of them. there are about 20 excuse me. 33,000 acres in size. there's very little containment. so we're continuing to follow of that story for you. and as we get more live images and pictures, we'll bring them to you here on kron 4 this afternoon. there have been several earthquakes that hit near daly city and san francisco. the initial 3.7 quake was centered about 6 miles north west of daly city and about 7 miles west of san francisco is valley. so people did feel it. and then a couple of hours later, there was smaller magnitude earthquake that struck that both quakes were centered near the san francisco zoo and reporter joey horta has reaction now. >> the san francisco fire

department confirming no reports of damages across the city, although they say it was mostly felt on the ocean beach side of town. and that's where we're at. as you take a look out at the water. the quake's epicenter struck just about 3 miles off the coast, according to the u.s. geological survey kron, 4 viewers calling our newsroom about this today saying they felt it is it some along the beach are saying about today's trevor? >> was feeding my son and all of a sudden just felt this huge jolt. it felt kind like some hit the brakes in a car and sprinted into the doorway expecting more and then nothing came. is there any kind of someone awake and just that despite the clerk told them quick and went back to >> you know, before my alarm came off, i felt just like, you know, like a vibrating bed situation. you know, just took me right up. >> mayor daniel lurie saying this morning, i promise to make the safety of san franciscans. my first priority

as mayor and i am keeping that promise today with this morning's earthquake, i ordered city government into action immediately this morning and our first responders have been out across the city, ensuring the safety of our residents. other folks we spoke with out here at the beach saying water earthquake. what are you talking about? because they didn't feel it or the aftershock either. and ocean beach in san francisco. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> still ahead here, recovery efforts already underway for communities impacted los angeles fire speak with a nonprofit that is stepping in to help. and if you're wanting help, this could be some good information and fire crews from across the state, including many from the bay area helping to fight the wildfires. the santa rosa fire marshal shares. why this get so close to home to him? well, a safe area based at keeping residents alerts about any new wildfires that might start. we're going to hear from them. founder about this (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo,

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>> now at 3.30, there is a large and aggressive response by firefighters in los angeles county. as we take another live look from the sky here. we could see all the firefighters there on the ground, even a helicopter trying to fight this fire from above. these fires are burning more than 10,000 homes and other structures since tuesday. the fire chief there in los angeles county said that the red flag warning in the area is going to expire at 6 o'clock tonight. so that should provide firefighters. some sort of break because they have so much work to do to contain the flames. there's about 8, 3%, containment on the 2 bigger fire. so

hopefully this weekend they can make some good progress. and the palisades fire alone has destroyed more than 5,000 homes, businesses and buildings. it is also claimed 2 lives since this started on tuesday. just that fire alone. reporter xavier walton has been in los angeles county. one of the first reporters on the ground there and he shares a look now at the destruction that has been left behind. >> the sun is of winds certainly dying down, but is still very smoky out here. still, families are are starting to get a clear picture of the damage, the destruction, the devastation. we're going give you a tour of this home here. i mean. >> beautiful home. this is all that's left. you could still see there in the middle. i don't know if that used to be a pool, but you can still see smoke coming up the sea. the appliances may be and of in a bath tub. it's really unrecognizable as you keep coming up this hill here, you'll see as far as the eye can go, chimneys. here's the thing, though. unit for every chimney that you see standing on its own. that's a house

that essentially has burned down and you see the the wires here, another problem, power. we watched on wednesday and thursday. you know, power poles and power lines catching fire. that's the sort of situation people are dealing with. is it going to circle there? you see the pool spoke to one gentleman who said his home was built in 1969, his family's house asked them, you know, what are you gonna do from here? are you feeling he really did not have the words really describe his feelings at the current time because he was in shock. from passes. xavier walton news nation. >> and bay area firefighters are in los angeles, including the santa rosa fire marshal, paul lowenthal. all he had a large group of firefighters are on the ground providing aid to the crews there in l a he says the very dry conditions in southern california are very challenging. plus the area so big. so it's a lot to go over.

he also mentioned that for many of the firefighters who lost their homes and fires in northern california that fighting these fires and allay becomes very personal. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen that become a personally affected by these incidents. it's not unfortunately a common out to hear stories about firefighters that had their own homes damaged or destroyed. but at the same you know, it makes it a little bit more personal for a lot of us. >> partial there did also lose his home during the wine country fires. so it is personal for him. he's just one of many from the bay area down in the pasadena area trying to help. we know that their crews from oakland, alameda, santa clara counties, all they're trying to help out. the family of a uc berkeley football player is among those who lost their home in los angeles. calif ball says the family of freshman camden jones lost their property in the eaton

fire. they were able to evacuate safely. and the devastating fires have really hurt a lot of communities in los angeles county. we're taking a live look now at some of the flames still burning right now. crews are working to get a handle on the situation, but they're still very little containment right now. a lot of neighborhoods i have been left to nothing but ash, you can see as this live shot there moves from place to place their smoke and fires popping up all over. there are still do a lot of organizations that want to help and support the people who are going through really hard times right now. and one of them is the california community foundation. their efforts aimed to rebuild and restore the people who are impacted by these wildfires. and joining us now to share more about their mission is the california community foundation president and the ceo. miguel santana. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much for having us. we are so grateful

for the generosity that we've been experiencing from all californians. this is part of what looks like to live in california. certainly in northern california. you understand clearly what we're going through, but the amount of support we're getting from folks up in the bay area has overwhelming and for people are not familiar with what the >> ccf wild fight. wildfire recovery fund does. can you help us out? >> so this pond has been around since 2003 and it serves the entire state. and it's really a place for angelenos. comes together to support other california and certainly during the paradise fire that was so necessary. but in the bay area, as you mentioned earlier now, we are in need and this one has given out over 23 million dollars since that time. and we set up specifically for la now in the last 48 hours, donors from around the state indeed around the country have given 4 million dollars to this fund specifically to support. those

were the most vulnerable who are often fall through the cracks when these moments happen, a senior citizen that doesn't have access to home insurance. a worker who's been displaced, even animals that, you know, get lost without a home because of the fire. so we're here to complement the emergency response that really be focused on supporting the most vulnerable in the mid term and the long term. >> and so for someone here that maybe has a family member or friend or a co-worker in southern california that they know needs help. how can they get them connected to your foundation so they can get some assistance from you. >> 2, we support nonprofit organizations specifically working in communities to support the most vulnerable. our funding is at the california community foundation website. khalfan doubt word to first thing that pops up. we invite everyone to support this effort. thousands of californians have come up

and and supported this important work. so come to that website and you'll get more information of the organizations that were supporting and how you could be part of this effort. >> and does most of the fundraising that you do go to help underserved communities. >> it really doesn't really focus on those who are the most vulnerable folks who may not have access to resources who may not have access to the support to take on an insurance company who need mental health support. given the trauma supporting children, senior citizens really the most vulnerable angelenos who are experiencing this traumatic event. >> it feels like this is something that we're going to need for years to come between fires and flooding. california just seems to be hit with a lot of natural disasters that really devastate people. >> that's right. i this funding has been around since

2003 because they need for tild, final believe has been so significant. and we've been supporting efforts to work out california. we work closely with the community foundations in each region and they're nonprofit organizations, unfortunately. now it's our turn. now it's our turn to get support, it's not. i wish this was the last time we're going to need this fund. we know it's going to be ongoing need. but the in that crisis is really a cute as horrible as it sees. this looks like on tv is much worse in person. there isn't a single angeleno that hasn't been impacted. i have family friends, colleagues who have lost homes. many members of my staff or are currently evacuated and just simply breathing the air. if you'll recall what it looks like in the bay area when these things happen, it's impossible to escape just a scene here in are you doing okay? i'm doing ok? i mean, fortunately, i'm inspired by the generosity of

people from around the state, in fact, around the country, i have colleagues up in the bay area reached out in their foundations being very generous to support this word. this is where california really comes together where we really are. one state where we we share this common bond, the bonds between our 2 communities run deep, many northern californians have family here as we just talked about, the impacts to declare cow. this is something that really isn't the california experience and californians are really stepping up to help each other. and that's really hard to find someone. >> who doesn't know someone who's lost something in los angeles county this week. this is the president and the ceo of the california community foundation. miguel santana, thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> and there is a bay area based app that's helping people in la stay safe from wildfires and can really be downloaded. anyone can use it.

it's called watch duty and its focus is to get information out in real time. the nonprofit that runs it says that firefighters dispatchers and first responders. they listen to all of it. they monitor the radio scanners and then provide updates in real-time on the app. >> so our team is already behind the scenes and like we've organized ourselves regionally and the incident channels. and so we have a plan signals, a potential wildfire starts coming into there. and then the first thing that they do is start validating those thing. those through radio traffic and what we're waiting for us. firefighters to come on scene and tell us the fires 5 acres with rapid rate of spread structures were immediately threatened. evacuations are being requested and then we start conveying that through the wash to out. and as soon as the first fire started, we enacted our rapid response plan which starts 24, 7 coverage in 12 hour shifts. and so we were able to cover this. and then 0 down time. >> watch duty does plan to

expand its services to cover floods and other disasters. the app is free to download. well, take a look now from the sky. again, when the cameras over the fires that's burning right now in la with 10 people killed 10,000 plus structures destroyed in the spire still actively burning right now in hillside that's drive. you can see the the when they're whipping the smoke around pilots. now in the weather center going over the different fires, how big they are. and, yeah, any containment so want to talk about the fact that we have had some progress here and i'll start of first fire, which is 771 acres. they down 70% containment on that one. the lady of fireworks that 395 acres now at 75% containment. so that's done pretty well. this is the newer brush fire. the archer fire. >> that one obviously much smaller, just 19 acres that we haven't gotten a whole lot of containment on the palisades fire. that is unfortunately just at 8% and the other large

dire straits here. and you just heard our last person we were interviewing. they're talking about how the air quality was, you know, really difficult there under that air quality alert. that is not surprising. and you can see where some of the dots there are orange. they were read earlier today, sir, actually doing a little bit better. if you're wondering if any of that is coming our way so far, not really. we're holding steady here with green and yellow. and as we look at the smoke forecast, i mentioned we're going to have that other low pressure system that drops in and that's going unfortunately kick off a little more wind. but it also it's going to bring more northerly wind, see, see what happens as we get into the weekend. it's actually going to start pushing some of that down and away from us and towards the south. so that bodes well for our air quality. not obviously for those who are to the south of los angeles. as far as the wind is concerned, we're not too bad right now. we are

expecting that as we get later into the weekend, we will see another push of wind. this is your saturday morning and now you get into saturday afternoon. you start to see things picking up there. so really sunday into monday is what they're looking out for the potential of a little more wind as that low pressure system again drops down into the inside there and sets up. that's an and when once again, i'll be back in a little bit. we'll talk more about our local forecast and still ahead 3 as well. we're tracking some major winter weather that is. >> hitting several states in the south. part of the u.s. like a winter wonderland. there. we'll see how the conditions are impacting travel. also details on the state's proposed multi-billion dollar spending plan. a great tiktok. lawyers are making a last-ditch effort to save the social media platform. here social media platform. here dark. excited about saving big

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>> a quick live look here. what's happening in los angeles. the palisades fire is the most destructive wildfire in los angeles. history continues to spread. there is some improved containment. we did get that confirmed today that containment went up to about 8%. we can see here the conditions that firefighters are dealing with. it is dry. it is rugged. it is steep. this is a hillside community there with the fire actively burning right now. as of last check here is i just going to quickly refresh here. cal fire's page, the palisades fires at 21,000 acres. the even fire is about 14,000 acres. those are the 2 larger fires that are burning there. several these fires that start

tuesday. they were just fanned by these hurricane force santa ana winds. it quickly ripped through residential and commercial areas that some 10,000 plus structures that have already been destroyed and that see the fire is still burning. the firefighters are on scene there trying to attack it from the air and the ground to get this under control and try to return some peace to these communities. we'll continue to follow more breaking news and live images. but we'll talk about some other things now, including the california insurance crisis that's happening here. the insurance commissioner, ricardo, lara, has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium that would stop insurance companies from not renewing are canceling coverage for homeowners with in the palisades and the eaton fire burn areas. in a statement, the commissioner made it clear that this rule applies to all homeowners in those areas, regardless of whether or not they suffered a loss. it also applies to homeowners in joining zip codes near the fire zones. and so this rule is going to stay in effect

until next january. year from now, january 7th. and today the newsom administration unveiled the governor's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, but not there was the governor himself. he remains in southern california due to the destructive wildfires. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace, though, has a look at newsom's spending proposals and what it means for fire victims. >> well, here it is. all 140 pages of the governor's preliminary budget for the next fiscal year. it's a proposed budget allocating billions of dollars to address key issues facing the state, including homelessness and education. but right now the big focus. >> it's on the as governor gavin newsom remains in the fire zone in southern california. and here in northern california at the state capitol on this deadline day to present the governor's proposed preliminary state budget for the next fiscal year as a result of the fires. unlike most years, it was not the governor who presented the state's proposed spending plan. instead, california

department of finance director joe stephen shop filled in the budget is balanced in total. this is a proposed 322.3 billion dollar budget among its spending priorities, fire resources. stephen shot saying the state has allocated 2.5 billion dollars in ongoing spending for fire prevention fuel reduction and forest health. another 1.5 billion is going toward climate protection programs, including those addressing extreme heat and dry conditions. the budget also proposes 60 new helicopters and 7 new c-one 30 aircraft. as for other resources, the state has hired 2,400 new cal fire firefighter since 2018 and the governor's proposed budget calls for funding to hire an additional 700 in the coming year. and as for the fire victims themselves, the governor's team saying any money victims received from a settlement over wildfires would be tax exempt. what is the message? you hope this budget sense?

the wildfire victims were. >> not only thinking of them, i'm doing everything that we can to help them as they navigate through responding >> to this incident, stephen shots as a commitment from the biden administration to cover 100% of the cost of the fires for the next 180 days will help. but governor newsom and his team have long acknowledged they feel an easy about remarks. president elect donald trump has made threatening to withhold certain wildfire disaster relief funding. if newsom does not approve certain trump backed policies trump says will result in more water for california. newsom disputes that walking into headwinds. and as a consequence, we need. >> to be prepared. we hope we continue to the support that we've always had from the federal government has for other spending priorities. the budget allocates more than 118 billion dollars for public schools and 100 million

dollars for local governments to address encampments. while the newsom administration says the budget comes with a 363 million dollars surplus, the non-partisan legislative analyst's office recently released this report showing the state faces 20 to 30 billion dollar projected deficits in future years. >> 2, 2029 republicans accuse newsom of presenting a budget that spends too much and focuses on results. 2 little we need to look at outcomes. what's good is spending if you don't know what you're going to accomplish. >> so next for newsom in the coming months, he'll negotiate his spending priorities with the legislature. then in may, he'll provide his updated proposed budtet for the next fiscal year reporting at the state tom wallace kron 4 news. >> all right. let's take a look at weather and i want start off with a national look. you may have heard about the huge storm that is on the east coast and not only is it bringing to snow places like chicago, but it also brought snow to atlanta and to nashville. and you can see still a lot of the southern areas that don't see a whole lot of snow are dealing with

some of these frigid temperatures. you can see it up in canada like -8 degrees, right? so all of that cold air has dipped down as that jet stream takes a dive and it brings those cold temperatures down into places like atlanta, nashville, where they are below freezing right now. at this hours, you can see all of the winter storm warnings that are up there in fuchsia and then the purple there. those are the winter weather advisory. so this will take the weekend to work its way out. a very, very big system, bringing it back to the bay beautiful day here in the bay. we've had lovely weather above average temperatures once again thankful to say we've also had calm wind. we are going to see that change as we get into the weekend. but let's take a look at temperatures here. 69 in san jose. you can see we've got some of those mid to upper 60's and many places across the bay right now. 68 right now nevado 61 in san francisco and oakland coming in about 66 degrees. so i mentioned we're going to see things change a wind advisory for starting at midnight tonight. going through sunday at 10:00am. so that means we're looking at for 20 to 30 mile per hour winds. you can see the areas interior portions of the north bay, the east bay, the south

bay, santa cruz mountains and also right along as we head down the estuary there and head into places like solano and yolo counties. so that means it's going to be a breezy saturday for you. so just be prepared for that. a quick look at your extended forecast shows you that we will start to cool it down as we get into next week. no rain in the forecast and really nice. nice sunshine really over the next 7 days. stay with us. kron for news at 3. we'll be

>> effort to save tiktok from a looming ban. the social media giant took its legal fight to the supreme court. and the high court did seem likely to uphold the law to ban tiktok lawyers argue that leaders in washington are unfairly singling out take tax data collection practices and

then turn violating users first amendment rights. but if the justices do not appear to be so sympathetic, though, to take tax freedom of speech argument. if the ban goes into effect, it would happen on january. 19th. thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 2, 3, in all this week. i'm justine, really appreciate your time. there's been a lot of breaking news to go over. >> so send things over now to grant and vicki to find out what's coming up next on kron. 4 news at 4. >> you're right about that. thanks, justine. today at for a possible case of bird flu found a child in the bay area. >> what health officials are saying about how to protect yourself. >> plus, firefighters are finally making some progress as those wildfires in southern california continue to threaten thousands of homes. now governor newsom is calling for an investigation into the issues that prevented wrist from having enough water to fight them. i'm grant lotus and i'm liviakis. the news at 4 is next.

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those horrific fires in the los angeles area and the level of destruction is just gr what we're learning about the winds still to come and the investigation that just started. the news at 4 starts now. good afternoon. thanks for being with us today for kron. 4 news at 4. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis this