we're once again on wildfire watch in la county. after 4 days of relentless fires. >> firefighters are making some progress on the palisades and eaton fires. but the danger is certainly far from over. thank you for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, i'm grant lotus and i'm

vicki liviakis wildfires forcing 10's of thousands of families. >> from their homes and many, which those homes no longer standing tonight, at least 11 people are reported dead forward. progress has been stopped against a new fire that erupted in granada hills today. evacuation orders there have been down graded orders as though we're still in place for the palisades fire and the eaton fire zones and orders have been lifted for the hearst and the kenneth fires. a red flag warning, though, remains in effect until 6 o'clock tonight, more than 36,000 acres have burned and more than 12,000 buildings are damaged or destroyed. making this the most destructive and costly fire la has ever seen. >> authorities are still assessing the full scope of the utter devastation from the historic palisades fire, which is decimated. much of that coastal community. it looks like a bomb went off the fire is now a percent contained. so they're starting to get a

little bit of control on it. but you have thousands of structures, most of them homes and businesses that are gone. despite the overwhelming losses, many homeowners are expressing gratitude, thankful they're alive, even as they mourn to the irreplaceable memories lost in the flames. >> this is what's left >> the home that i grew up in for 31 years. we just had. we just had christmas morning. great right over here. thank you for that chimney. and this is what's left. and, you know, it's it's. everybody. it's not some mean if you look around this, this whole neighborhood wiped off the map. >> truly hard to wrap your head around. the damage is expected to take years to recover from with. city officials and statewide agencies vowing to support people through the long process of rebuilding.

>> the eaton fire that has scorched nearly 14,000 acres along the edge of the angeles national forest containment. that stands at just 3% is it has claimed at least 5 lives and damaged or destroyed at least 5,000 buildings, evacuees, they're struggling to come to terms with the painful reality of their situation. as many are forced to leave their homes to save their lives. >> everything that we know and love is gone. >> not just this city go home and whole like everything, my whole neighborhood, everything. and i grew up to loveland know. >> it's burned. the >> the national guard has arrived. it is position now to protect the impacted communities from looters. a curfew orders going to be taking effect tonight in about an hour beginning at 6 through 06:00am. tomorrow. anybody caught in the affected area without authorization is going to be arrested. they are facing a jail time as well as a possible $1000 fine. so far

20 people have been arrested for looting in areas destroyed by both the palace states and the e buyers. >> governor newsom has ordered an independent investigation into the los angeles department of water and power. this comes amid reports of the loss of water pressure to fire hydrants and water resources in fire zones. the governor's office says they've ordered la county officials to swiftly prepare a comprehensive review of water systems. document, water supplies. earlier, president biden spoke with local leaders including governor newson la mayor karen bass about the federal wildfire response. the president says for the next 6 months the federal government will cover 100% of the costs dealing with the fires ravaging la that includes debris removal, setting up shelters and providing federal firefighters to assist the president also said he will ask congress to approve emergency funding.

>> also announced fema asked hernandez critical needs assistance program. this program gives one time $750. she quickly purchased critical after not a mask that has been met. >> a major disaster declaration for president a game changer you're able to do that within 36 hours. i don't know the other president in american history for disaster it is unclear what will happen when >> biden leaves office in less than 2 weeks. president elect trump has blamed california lawmakers including governor newsom for the fires. >> the california insurance commissioner has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium. it prohibits insurance companies from not renewing or canceling coverage for homeowners within the palace aides and eaton fire burn areas. now this rule applies to all homeowners in those areas, regardless of whether they suffered a loss or not. it also applies to homeowners

in adjoining zip codes near the fire zones. this rule will expire on january 7th of next year. now insurance ensures they were bailing on homeowners around the state before the giant la fires. it was system that was just stretched to the max or so says a climate and energy expert. >> you cannot ensure your way out of this state cannot ensure its way out of crisis. we're also going to have to do things to try to reduce the likelihood that anything like this if palisades ever happens again and and we should want to do that anyway. >> stanford professor michael wara says city county state infrastructure has to be updated to take into account things like climate change. also, he says homeowners need to go the extra mile to make sure that their homes are sparse, fire safe, even if it means cutting back landscaping and using fireproof building materials. onour's parent company nexstar has partnered

with the ameran red cross to launched a donation page for wildfire victims in southern california. you can scan the qr code to make a donation >> all right. let's talk weather down here in southern california. this is a live chopper shot as the sun is about to set. this is courtesy of our sister station. ktla, where they have been covering this since late tuesday morning. when the first of now 6 fires began. that was the palisades fire that night. you had the eaton fire start in altadena. that one more than 10,000 homes have have been lost, just really and that day. and the overnight that followed alone. it's it's remarkable. you know, shot like this really doesn't tell the story. it looks so peaceful. and, you know, you can't really see. >> the devastation on the ground, but maybe it's a chance to, you know, take a deep breath. lawrence, will, though firefighters be able you know, take that deep breath yeah. for long if they do get those active fires

there, they did get. >> a little bit of a break today. the winds have backed off. now in southern california, not everywhere. we're still seeing some gusty winds in the malibu area. and of course, that's near one of the fires. so watching that very closely. but elsewhere, you can see some of those winds about 5 to about 8 miles per hour down below. and so that is some good news after another round of gusty winds overnight last night and early this morning in the meantime, though, yeah, we are seeing some changes as far as the humidity. we saw a little bit of a seabreeze kick in and all of a sudden you watch the humidity pop up 50% now in santa monica to over 40% in los angeles downtown, still very dry and some of the inland valleys there down near 10% relative humidity. so still dry conditions in many spots inland. so it's going to take a while. but unfortunately, we're going to watch those winds ramp up again. we do have some fire weather watches that are going to be posted and also some high wind advisories going up as we head through time again, another round of some offshore

winds likely to kick fire. weather watch is posted there until 6 o'clock in the afternoon on sunday. and we're expecting even more winds next week. we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. all right, lawrence, and we are staying on top of the deadly fires in los angeles for the latest information head to our web site. kron 4 dot com. 2 fire stations closed in the oakland hills this week talking about station. 25. >> and station. 28. yeah. residents there have started a petition. they have those stations reopened. kron four's rob nesbitt reports now on the concerns that another fire could spark. >> the trainer, the oakland hills is very similar to the area burning right now in southern california. the palisades fire sparked one day after station. 25 1 other station in oakland were closed buyers in la. and just a stark reminder. >> of what can happen year-round. our fire season has gotten longer and longer while firefighters battle flames in southern california, firefighters in oakland were busy consolidating stations

station. 25 and station. 28 close monday moving firefighters and engines to other areas of the city. president of the oakland firefighters union older says the closures are difficult for firefighters already dealing with a heavy workload structure fires every day, a building, fire kitchen fires. multiple car fires, encampment fires every day. i mean that the workload here a membership is and residents are also upset with the closures. elisa rodriguez and allen burton's live less than a mile from station. 25 concerned that their neighborhood will be dealing with a longer response time from firefighters. disaster ever strikes open country here directly opposite. >> on the other side of the highway. and ryan, here's you probably see in this neighborhood. there's a lot of vegetation that could easily these events have happened before the oakland fires in 1991 killed. 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the most recent blaze in october burned multiple homes and forced evacuations in oakland hills. 2 examples of why residents have started a petition to reopen station. 25

28. >> and engine 10 that closed 2 years ago. and the grand lake neighborhood, the change dot org petition is gaining traction as multiple fires in la have destroyed more than 12,000 homes, especially considering that the orientation of the oakland hills is exactly the same as some of those areas and >> los angeles, you know what, really tight line the streets with houses dalton, just into the hillsides, limited access flyers for the petition to reopen the oakland fire stations have been posted around the city. they have a qr code that people can scan to sign that petition reporting in oakland, i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> thank you, rob. well, vick, did you feel? neither did but it was a 3.6 magnitude quake that get this morning near the san francisco zoo followed by some smaller quakes, you know, but a lot of people did. we heard from them. >> kron gayle ong joins us now live in the studio to give us some of the details. hey, gayle, vicki grand. so according to usgs, there are a total of 3 earthquakes that

3.7. now a 3.6 struck just after 07:00am and then followed by some smaller earthquakes around the same area at 09:39am. and just before 11:00am. that's when the 3rd struck a magnitude. 3 quake all considered small quakes. but people we spoke with about that shake. just took me right up. >> i was feeding my son and all of a sudden just felt this huge jolt. people at ocean beach describing that jolt friday morning. the epicenter of multiple earthquakes struck offshore just 3 miles west-northwest of the san francisco zoo and about 6 miles south west of the center of the golden gate bridge. it felt kind like someone hit the brakes in a car and >> sprinted into the doorway, expecting more and then nothing robert de groot with the usgs earthquake science center describes that shaking as a level 3 intensity. well, a lot of people felt even at the zoo. >> in other parts of the of of the peninsula is something equivalent to heavy truck were

to pass by your house. this are rumbling any kind of wonder what that is. the usgs says the quakes had more than 5 miles and death. >> the location is eerily close to the epicenter of the big 19. 0, 6, quake that struck san francisco. it looks as if it's in that same general location of the 19, 0, 6, earthquake, which everybody knows about is heard about. and we always talking about the future of big earthquakes in california. >> just occurred right off the peninsula right off the golden gate in 19. 0, 6, and so that particular region we know is is active. and here in the bay area is for that. >> the clerk told them earthquake and i went back to >> we are no stranger to earthquakes. this is just a reminder that we live in earthquake country and and california has on the order of 15 per square today. we just want people to be safe. and that's really the important thing is know what to do. drop cover and hold on if you kill shaking or if you get that alert on your phone.

>> and at that usgs seismologist says these quake did not prompt an alert to phones because they are too small. an estimated magnitude 4.5 or larger would generate an alert as for which fault line this took place. the usgs is still looking into that. but it seems to be very close to the san andreas fault. meantime, no reported injuries or damage in connection to this quake. and the zoo business as usual today, ok? well, good. yeah. animals do seem to have a sensitivity to that. yeah, they sometimes will anticipate it right with >> ok, thank you, gayle. thank >> still ahead, bay area state legislature. >> legislators calling for an audit on repeated a bridge toll hikes. >> plus, tiktok future is in the hands of the supreme court. what's at stake? and after the break, the local child. it's presumed positive for bird flu. the latest on for bird flu. the latest on that case next. (humming)

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>> the people run san francisco's health department think a kid in the city had bird flu. health officials say the child did not need to be hospitalized and has since fully recovered. they add that the risk to the general public remains low and there's no evidence of person to person transmission. it is not yet known how the child may have gotten the disease, but the health department is encouraging people to avoid direct contact with sick or dead birds and they say do not drink unpasteurized milk >> state legislator is not sure repeated bridge toll hikes are absolutely necessary to maintain the bay areas. 7

state owned bridges and now he's calling for an audit to make sure all the money that's collected is going where it should be. kron four's. dan kerman reports. >> with the new year came, i can bridge tolls. those crossing the bay area. 7 state-owned bridges are now paying $8. but that's just the beginning. another $0.50 increases on tap each of the next 5 years, meaning by january, first of 2030, drivers will be paying $10.50 to cross. i think that our the bridge toll is already really expensive. my things ending that's crazier it's not going to want to driving in law. >> well, drivers are almost universally opposed to continued hikes. if you are very clear as to where the toll money goes, don't know what it goes for directly them sue mean goes back to you may be infrastructure, hopefully for the roads. you know where the money i don't i have no idea. i would guess it goes to maintain the bridge area. state senator dave cortese says specifics to answer that

question have been hard to come by. just been difficult to get to the bottom of. >> we're old buckets of money. are that this to goes 2, you know, when that was where does it go up? the the bay area toll authority says tolls go towards maintenance, repair and operations. plus, some toll money is spent to support and expand public transit and reduce traffic congestion. i think part of the issue what you do, the maintenance and there's a surplus of preschool money which are typically is or understanding. then what? where does that money go? and how's it? the port it utilize stores. it, you know, maybe there should be a philosophy that if there's a surplus if you do the day, that's that you do it. a total reduction. >> now, court as he plans to colin fellow legislators to order an audit of tolls collected at the 7 bay area. state bridges. become clear that talking people for extra money. >> it's not something to take

lightly and something we want to make sure that absolutely necessary for its part, the bay area toll authority says we believe it's vital that the the bay area toll authority uses the bridge tolls. we administer we're committed to full transparency and look forward to working with our bay area legislators and the state and any study that may be requested. >> dan kerman kron, 4 news. graduate. >> the san francisco fire department will soon have a new chief. daniel, let lurie. the new mayor has kept a battalion chief dean, chris, but to take over that role, he is a san francisco native with 34 years of service chief chris penn spoke earlier today sharing his goals for the department. >> 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. >> chrisman replaces sandy tong who has been filling in as interim chief since september chrisman will spend the next few weeks transitioning into his new role before officially taking over the chief duties on january. 21st. >> speaking of the chief here is chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with the forecast love chiefs going around, right? yeah. yeah, guys. hey, we've got a change in the weather pattern now. you can really see it this afternoon. of course, we've had those offshore winds and beautiful conditions all the way. the coastline. now, the sea breeze has started to kick back in. and guess what shown up yet? you good old friend. that fog starting to roll back on shore and of course, just a sign of the times as you get that onshore breeze, that fog rolls back in. and here we go. things change but not for long temperatures right now. you look at 57 degrees in san francisco. 59 in oakland, 63 in san jose. you've got clear skies and 61 livermore concord at 63. 58 in santa rosa and

foggy. 54 in half moon high pressure. yeah, it's just still sitting off the coast line. kind of breaking down a little bit. there's a weak front that moved in and that frontal system. well, unfortunately in a drop southward is a drop southward. all of a sudden we're going to start to talk about those offshore winds. again, as high pressure begins to build right behind it. so see some gusty winds, even as early as tomorrow are going to watch some of those winds begin to pick up locally as well in southern california, too. outside right now, you can see that sea breeze, the winds to 70 miles an hour on shore in the san francisco in all around. just a light breeze out there. now, as we take you through time, things are going to get to pick up overnight tonight and tomorrow you're going to watch the wind direction begin to switch to more of a northerly when all of a sudden there you go again early tomorrow morning. you start to see those colors, some 30 and some 40 mile an hour gusts the mountain tops. wind advisories going up around the bay area to specially the higher elevations above 1000 feet. expect some gusty winds that front slides on by behind that. allison, you see those offshore winds setting themselves up again here in

the bay area. so, yeah, we've got the fog now. it's going away. we're going to clear things out. bring you more sunshine. it looks like a nice weekend ahead. not high fire danger here for the bay area because we've had the rain. but southern california, another round of those gusty winds down there. they're going to be dealing with those fires and more of those embers and possibly more fires in the coming days. let us hope that's not as bad forecast did write. that can always happen that that happens. in fact, i don't think it's going to be as strong, but there's another run. there's another round winds probably kicking in around tuesday. little more concerned about that. one. we'll see if works out or all right. keep an eye on it excellence. in a last-ditch effort to try to save tiktok from a looming ban which is set to go into effect. >> january 19th, the company took its legal fight to the supreme court. >> its lawyers are urging the justices to intervene. our dc's raquel martin has the story. >> we're talking about a social media platform that is regularly used by 170 million

americans. >> get its creators hope. the supreme court will say the app from a fast approaching federal ban that is half the country friday. tiktok lawyers argued leaders in washington unfairly singled out tiktok data collection practices and in turn violated users first amendment rights, whether it's the bbc or npr. >> people can choose to express themselves on whatever platform. >> they wis the justices did not appear sympathetic to tiktok is freedom of speech argument. at one point justice alito asked why tiktok users couldn't simply move on to a different platform. just wondering whether this is like. >> some of these attachment to and old article of clothing i really love this old shirt, but i could go out and buy. something exactly like that. the justices repeatedly pointed to the federal law in question. >> it states tiktok chinese parent company bytedance poses a national security threat. we

supposed to ignore the fact that the ultimate parent is in fact, subject. >> to doing intelligence work for the chinese government did talk asked the court to delay the ban until president elect donald trump takes office on january. 20th trump campaign to save the app. the biden administration urged the justices to uphold the law forcing tiktok to sell to an american company or go dark january 19th in washington, raquel martin. >> still ahead, the area's joining in to help angelenos who lost everything and fires down there. >> and more people in the bay area being left without a job to department stores closing their doors next.

>> several department stores announced they are closing their doors. macy's and kohl's are going to be shutting down multiple locations across the bay area later this year for stephanie rothman has reaction from shoppers. >> all the shoppers i spoke with whether there are frequent or not, they did tell me that these closures are going to be felt throughout the community and they're just hoping that the area will still have some more stories for them to shop at. >> shoppers say brick and mortar stores proved vital during the holidays are really did rely on kohl's and macy's in particular on my last minute gifts i had given sunglasses from coles that i could i was able to get in ames on time, but in the coming months, macy's and kohl's will close almost 100 stores between the 2 companies nationwide. >> the major retailers saying underperformance is to blame

in-person shopping. but to be honest since covid, favorite stories, >> it's really unfortunate. shoppers at the macy's location in corte madera taking advantage of big sales ahead of the march. close, the chopped almost my. >> 20's 30's 40's 50's 60's at the store and it makes me sad. you know, i was really sad when macy's in san francisco close, it's just a different world. >> nationwide macy's is closing 66 stores, including 2 in the bay area, one in newark and the other in corte madera cole says they're closing 27 stores with multiple locations included in the bay area. fremont's mountain view. napa plus intent and sandra fell all on the chopping block. and with that a loss of jobs and a hit to the local economy. we really thrive on. >> locals coming purchasing whatever it may be or maybe just coming in saying i love to see people could face it. you know, you know, your faces and really build on people.

>> something that will be messed was a go-to place. and just another change. >> and just a reminder that none of these closures are going to happen any time soon. will be later in the year around march or april. we'll, of course keep you updated on that on air and on our website. that's com for dot com reporting in corte madera. stephanie rothman kron. 4 news. >> still ahead on the news at 5, how an app may here in the bay area's helping people in southern california state wildfire aware and as the fire rages on, a massive winter storm continues to dump snow other parts of the country. will look at that. and then he avoided jail time. but is now officially a felon. what happens after trump's hush money case.