jack: thanks for joining me on today's adventure. from the columbus zoo, i'm jack hanna, hoping you'll come along next time, as i go into the wild! >> we didn't know if the house had down. we hired. look anyone who could go down there. we found out that this fire so quickly so fast. now on the kron 4 morning news, a ring of fire continues to burn in los angeles county. >> we have the latest on the damages and containment, including this wild new video

of a fire tornado. plus in the wake of so much tragedy, california governor gavin newsom launches an investigation into why some fire hydrants in la county have water pressure. >> fires in la and just start your mind or of what can happen year-round structure fires every day. >> and a southern california burns. there's growing concern in the east bay after the closure of several oakland fire stations. the action, some neighbors are now taking. >> it said. good morning. thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday january, the 11th. let's get started with a look at the weather with kathy trafton. i can. >> well, happy saturday morning to you, stephanie. it's going to be beautiful day across the bay area. >> with generally clear skies at night, you're seeing some areas of some patchy fog may be are some low stratus. well,

things will start to clear out very quickly. here's what's happening in the bay area. minor coastal flooding is possible through noon today and that flooding is due to high tides, which will be about 8.35. for this morning basically and we areas maybe around the coastline of the bay shoreline, possibly some low lying roads, you know, parks parking lots, places like that. so that's a minor concern. also wind advisory that's in effect through tomorrow morning for gusty winds. 20 to 30 up to 50 in some of the hills. in fact, when this first went into effect, that advisory, we had 54 mile an hour winds at 10 minutes later around healdsburg offshore flow continues throughout the weekend with periods of strong wind. get clear, dry weather and some very cool mornings. so here's the area of the flood advisory. you see right ringing the entire san francisco in san pablo bays heading up into sonoma county.

parts of napa county and even marin county high wind advisory. you bet that's in effect for parts of the north bay, the east bay hills, santa clara hills, and also right through the santa cruz mountains. so that wind high wind is a concern. once again, we have those strong northeast winds. stephanie, lots more to talk about right now. back to you for news. all right, cathy, thanks so much. we're staying on top of the latest out of southern california. >> those deadly flames killing at least 12 people. the la county medical examiner says 5 of those deaths were tied to the massive palisades fire. the eaton fire burning in altadena caused 6 deaths. fire officials say at least 10,000 structures were destroyed. the ventura county sheriff's office adds another man died while trying to escape the 28 acre. all of us fire. and take a lo at the map on your screen now shong a ring of fire in southern california right now. cal fire reports there are 6 larger blazes burning thousands of aes and structures. you can also see smaller red dots representing a lot of smaller fires. here's

the latest on the larger fires. the archer fire is responsible for 19 acres of damage so far, no containment on the blaze yet. thankfully, crew stopped forward progress on this fire. it sparked friday morning near granada hills. all evacuation orders and warnings in that area have been lifted. meanwhile, the levy, a fire has burned nearly 400 acres and now sits at 9 8% containment, who's also stopped forward progress on this fire. it started wednesday afternoon near acton and the antelope valley, about 50 miles north of the city of l a r-la sister station ktla, posting this image showing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. and in the sylmar area. cal fire says the hearse fire burned more than 700 acres. it's no, it's 70% containment. this is video of crews dumping fire retardant in the area to get the blaze under control. it started tuesday evening forcing evacuation orders. and now to

the deadly eaton fire burning in altadena. cal fire says this is now the second largest fire in la county. it's burned 14,000 acres. 3% contained. this sparked tuesday evening while winds in the area were gusting at more than 100 miles per hour. and finally, an update of the largest blaze in the area. the palisades fire. new scary video shows what appears to be a fire tornado spinning over a mountain side. cal fire data says these massive flames burned more than 21,000 acres. it's now 8% contained more than 150,000 la county residents remain under evacuation orders. well, maybe hard to look at, but this is what some people in la county are waking up to. homes burned down, cars, charred and businesses turned to ash reporter alina abovian spoke to neighbors in malibu dealing with this devastation. >> it's gone but walking through what's left of his

malibu home. ryan bassford thinking back to his memories here. i tend to say that in life and now i'm tested have the same philosophy. really feel bad for the kids who lost or stuff. >> the firefighters are working hard his home is one of dozens along pch to burn during the palisades fire. >> the view from his house along this picture, a stretch of the california coast now unrecognizable like a war zone. >> we didn't know if the house had burned down. so we we hired. i look for anyone who could go down there, send a drone trying if there was still a way that we could salvage it. but we found out that this fire which so quickly so fast, david dm and his family to lost their malibu home. >> wednesday morning he saw video posted on social media and recognized only his door about my parents all the time. my friends would use it all the time. i've had friends. >> do their wedding proposals in there birthdays. every

memorable. >> kind of experience that our family went happened happened that. >> as a father and a spiritual person, also one of the leading speakers of kabbalah, david shares these words with those who have lost so much. >> you lost something physical be going lose the energy of it. and so that energy vibrates recreate that does occur. reality such a new and beautiful way. >> and that was alina abovian reporting. president biden met with governor newsom and la mayor karen bass friday. the president saying for the next 6 months the government will cover all wildfire response costs. that includes debris removal, setting up shelters and staffing federal firefighters. the president also said he'll ask congress to approve emergency funding. >> also announced fema has turned on critical needs assistance program. this program gives 01:05pm, and

$750. she quickly purchased critical after simply 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's unclear what will happen when biden leaves office in less than 2 weeks. president elect trump has blamed california lawmakers including newsom for the fires. meantime, governor newsom is ordering an independent investigation into the la department of water and power. this comes amid reports of no water pressure to fire hydrants and water resources in fire zones. the governor's office says they've ordered la county officials to prepare a full review of the water systems. and a parent company nexstar is partnering with the american red cross to launch donations for wildfire victims in southern california. you can scan the qr code on your screen to contribute. and we are staying on top of those deadly blaze is happening right now in la county for the

latest information head to our website. kron 4 dot com. back here at home. there is a new effort to reopen to fire stations that recently shut down in oakland to help save the city millions of dollars stations. 25 28 are in the oakland hills, a neighborhood, particularly vulnerable to fires and as kron four's rob nesbitt reports, people there have started a petition to >> the train of 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 close fires 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 the heavy workload structure fires every day, a building, fire kitchen fires. multiple car fires, encampment fires every day. i mean that the workload here on the 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 if disaster ever strikes think getting through the city. >> for anyone, even a fire truck is going to take time. and this is obviously lengthening that time and the damage that will be done. the oakland fires in 1991, killed. 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the most recent blaze in october burn multiple homes and forced evacuations in oakland hills. 2 examples of why residents have started a petition to reopen station. 25 28 and then jen, 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 built and 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. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen become personally affected by these incidents. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news we're hearing from bay area. firefighters responding to those massive wildfires raging in la county. plus, many folks may be wondering how can i protect my home from wildfire? the new expensive option. some people in the bay area are already turning to. and after the break, a local business owner working to help victims of those wildfires. one outfit at a time. a wind advisories in

effect for the san francisco bay area also a coastal flood advisory. what is that all

>> the usgs says a series of minor earthquakes that tool to the bay area friday morning. we're likely caused by the san andreas fault. the quake struck just off the great highway near the san francisco zoo. not far from the epicenter of the big 19. 0, 6, quake. no injuries or damage is reported in connection with those quakes. and officials say, though, it's a good reminder to make sure you're prepared in case a more severe incident strikes. >> 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 feel shaking or if you get that alert on your phone.

>> the usgs says these place did not prompt an alert because they were too small. people can download the my shake up to be notified of an earthquake. that is a 5 or rather a 4.5 magnitude or higher before it strikes. incredible technology. alright, 7.14, this morning live look outside at the skyline of san francisco. could see sales force tower right in the middle of the screen. there as folks start to wake up all across the bay area. kathy? >> stephanie official sunrise this morning is at 7.24. so it's twilight. the suns about to rise on a beautiful bay area day. we're in for gorgeous, clear day with minor coastal flooding. now that's about the san francisco bay shoreline and also parts of the north bay. and that's due to high tides wind advisory continues in effect. this is through tomorrow morning at 10 and it strong, offshore flow strong at times, at least periods of strong winds

fluctuating. but it's clear it's dry with some cool mornings ahead. so here's a look at the area where the flood advisory is. first of all, the north bay, this is just for low-lying areas. areas that are flood-prone, maybe some parks parking lots. you know, the jail and also down in red county east bay, all the communities running the shoreline of the bay shoreline into the eastern santa clara mountains. and even the santa cruz mountains. temperature changes warmer today than yesterday. at this hour, as many as 8 degrees warmer in napa, 13 degrees warmer in livermore and 11 degrees warmer in half moon bay. it's going to be a beautiful day. gorgeous, start 40's and 50's for the most part. and the air quality only so-so. and part of the problem really is just high pressure has been park building in again right across the central coast. and that acts like a little bit traps. particulate matter close to the surface and also, of course, there's smoke that could be blowing a little bit from southern

california. high wind advisory, santa ana winds pushing out of the northeast. that high wind advisories for much of the bay area. not not everywhere, not san francisco, winds at this hour, 33 mile per hour gusts at a napa. but fairfield, 38. 22 livermore. so you can see how these gust continuing. they fluctuate little bit off and on throughout the day. so it's really quite impressive. as you can see, high pressure continues. we get the northerly northeasterly flow and then look at little cut off low starting to circulate off southern california. that will help to increase the winds once again. i've got more details coming up. stephanie, back to you. all right, kathy, thank you. here in the bay area, a san francisco business owner is offering free close to wildfire victims who have ties to the bay area. frank was philippe djegal reports aaron. the bags free guys before michelle slater drives down to southern california to reconnect with her older

sister, gina ron's. there's nothing says that. >> friday, she stops by kristin klein surplus storage container on treasure island. we're just going through the container trying to find anything that might fit anything that you might be excited or feel good line owns the vintage clothing store vacation sf in the city's north beach neighborhood and is offering free clothes to eaton fire victims like ross whose house in altadena burned to the ground on tuesday. this picture shows her facing the devastation that 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. slater's says her sister operated her business out of her home and we'll have to start over to slater's colleagues at the solano county public defender's office covering her case is well, she tends to her family. everything's on all this stuff. obviously. >> and her partner who passed away a few years ago has belongs his last along kings were in there.

>> it's just all christian 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. there's gofundme is in their support for people that. >> all of that helps you rebuild. but there is a very heavy weight of realizing that everything that you on and all of your memories and everything is calm and anything that resembles what you used to have. >> can help an emotionally broken person. feel whole on treasure island. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> police arrested a nap, a man accused of having bomb making materials at his home. the suspect. 31 year-old justin fischer is believed to purchase chemicals known to be used for making bombs. fisher

had been arrested in 2019 and convicted on bomb and weapons-related charges. albany police say they found this loaded firearm and replica bb gun after they arrested for shoplifting suspects including 2 teens. police say the theft was reported around 8.30 wednesday night. police tracked the suspect's car and recovered the stolen goods. the teens were cited and sent home. openai ceo sam altman is denying claims made by his sister that he sexually assaulted her multiple times when she was a child. any altman filedea lawsuit monday alleging her brother sexually assaulted her between 1997 2006 sam altman released a statement on behalf of himself and his family denying the allegations and adding that his sister is facing mental health challenges. lawsuit asks for more than $75,000 in damages. the oakland police commission is seeking public input on proposed changes to the city's vehicle pursuit

policy. after criticism from governor gavin newsom, a special meeting happened yesterday at city hall at 05:30pm. a town hall is slated to take place next wednesday at east bay church of religious sites. any proposed changes could affect high-speed chases, which have led to accidents and fatalities. oakland's current policy restricts pursuits to only violent crimes that has resulted in higher than average collisions when compared to state data newsom continues to ask for support from the city. and we will continue to follow that story closely for you. in a last-ditch effort to save tiktok from the looming ban. the social media giant took legal fight to the supreme court urging the justices to intervene before the january 19th deadline. lawyers say lawmakers are unfairly singling out tiktok data collection practices which in turn violate user's first amendment rights. the justices did not appear sympathetic to take talks. freedom of speech argument asking why users

simply couldn't just use a different app. >> we supposed to ignore the fact that the ultimate parent is, in fact, subject to doing intelligence work for the chinese government. 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. >> tiktok is asking the court to delay the band until president elect trump takes office on january. 20th. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a bay area company is supplying la cruz with a new kind of fire suppressant as they work to tackle the massive fires burning in southern california. >> how this cutting edge technology is being used.

>> happening now, oakland police need your help finding a teenage girl who's been missing since last week. investigators say 16 year-old joe serra kirkendall was last seen on telegraph avenue across the street from the fox theater. she's described as 5 foot 3 with red and black hair braids. if you see her, please call police. well, your money this morning, it may be expensive, but people can protect themselves now by hiring private firefighters when it comes to wildfire concerns. joe torres is a firefighter on the central coast. he started a company called all risks shield. he had fire defense experts in pacific palisades ahead of the fires. but with extreme winds like the ones on tuesday, the

neighborhood was a lost cause. but torre says in many california wildfires, he's helped save homes in places where others have burned. this company offers folks varying levels of services, including using pool pumps to help firefighters use water drawn from those pools. and he's also offer fire from this company to help monitor homes during red flag warnings and also assisted plying more fire retardant to properties as well. >> if you haven't any of including that, you may need, you know, some sort of assessment or, you know, to get eyes on your property, get it done, you know, get it done and see what can be done. don't do anything that's unnecessary or, you know, kind of extravagant. there's so many different professionals folks out there that to offer services lines what we can fire safe councils are really good. start. but, you know, get these assessments done and get that information that you need, get it in hand and then get to work.

>> torre says his clients in all different parts of the bay area, but mostly in wine country. the cost per year for the most popular bundle of services ranges from about 4 to $12,000. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news insurance companies already wary from of covering california homes. >> we're taking a look at what recent devastation in southern california could mean for homeowners in the bay area.

>> welcome back. if you're just waking up with us here at 7.29. this morning, check out this new video we got overnight showing what appears to be a fire tornado tied to the massive palisades fire in

la county. that fire is the largest wildfire burning in southern california right now. cal fire reporting more than 21,000 acres burned just 8% containment on that massive blaze. meantime, the fight continues this morning to push those multiple wildfires back. let's take a live look now at los angeles county this morning from our sister station out there, ktla. we see quite a bit of smoke rising from those flames on the right-hand side of your screen. there burning dangerously close to properties. we know the firefighters are working hard to put those flames out. let's check in now with kathy trafton for more on the conditions as fire crews are facing out there. hopefully they're getting some relief today. kathy. >> well, we do have some strong santa ana winds still in the forecast, often beautiful across the bay area for us. we have flood alerts in effect. advisories for parts of the north bay and also parts of the south bay

ringing the bay shoreline into the san francisco in san pablo bays. that's in effect until noon. this is because of high tides high tide today. 8.34 6.8 feet, but thismwill affect some of the low-lying areas that could be some road closures. so give yourself extra time. >> bay area air quality is pretty good in many areas, but not so great in some spots as you'll see. a lot of this is due to high pressure because that actually acts as a lid. it actually keeps particulate matter closer to the ground. so it's a mixture of good to moderate air quality. but then we look at the surface smoke forecast and start to head towards southern california where the fight wildfires are raging and a lot of the smoke, of course, is from the wildfires. and this is actually being heading out to sea and also southward to the northeast winds to those same strong santa ana winds that are one of the main culprits for this complicate conflagration. goes all the way down. baja, california,

heads right out to sea and kind of comes right back again. so this is one of the big concerns. is it so terrible to breathe in this particulate matter? the wildfire smoke can cause heart attacks and strokes. it can go very deep into the lines. so there air quality down there in southern california. not so good and some areas as poor moderate, even a few areas of good. it depends topography and also depends on the wind flows. got a lot more to talk about that right now. back to stephanie for news. all right, cathy, thanks so much. we are hearing now tonight or rather hearing at this morning from bay area. firefighters responding to the crisis in southern california. >> santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal is among those on the ground. he says extremely dry conditions are making the fight challenging. he also mentioned that for many firefighters who lost their homes in northern california fighting these fires is personal. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen 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. >> multiple firefighters from across the bay area are in southern california right now. they're expected to be there for up to 2 weeks. as thousands of firefighters continue to battle those flames in la county. there is a growing health concern related to the use of toxic fire retardants. a south bay company is aiming to protect firefighters from from those toxic chemicals was jack moment is in santa clara with more. >> well, outside the city of santa clara spyer department because like dozens of other agencies around california, they have fire crews in los angeles helping take care of those devastating wildfires. but it's not just fire departments. there are private companies who are also helping as well, including a startup based out of morgan hill, which says they have a new fire suppressant, which they say could revolutionize the way we fight fight. in a

warehouse in port. this startup is ramping up production of its signature product. as we speak. it's being applied right now. it says see xp, sean, far is the ceo of komodo fire systems. it's a fire suppressant that will not only extinguish the fire. >> will also prevent the fire from spreading according to the company, the left side of this pile of straw was treated with the suppressant even when it's torched. >> this side doesn't catch fire. >> is basically saying that we can put a firewall around any kind of asset fires throughout the bay area in 2024. saw a lot of fire suppressant used the national institute of health, however, says much of the brands that used by firefighters are toxic. >> so far he says this product uses natural chemicals and is nontoxic, though they're still working on getting statewide

agencies like cal fire and local governments to use their product. they do say pg e is using it. they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a >> power station, whether it is a battery maybe a pole, a power pole along with private fire companies who are hired to protect property and forced to bari. it's personal. his family home in napa was burned within just 2 hours during the tubbs fire a few years back. but, you know, for me, this is a passion. and for me because of what happened, my doubts house when i watch what's happening in la, it's personal, right? we can't we can't allow that to happen. so you could buy tubes like this to protect your own property. you may be wondering why cal fire and other state agencies are using it to fight wildfires to start up tells us it's because it hasn't gotten to the point where they can load planes full of it to fight the fires. they say once they do that. >> they hope state agencies be more lenient to use it in the future. reporting at santa clara jacmel. but kron 4 news.

>> a clothing drive happens this weekend for the la fire victims. the drop-off is at trader vic's in emeryville on sunday afternoon from 12, 30 to 3.30, organizers are looking for new or gently used clothes for people of all ages as well as new underwear, socks and bronze and toiletries. you're asked to put a label on any box or bag that's dropped off. organizers will be driving down those donations and a truck to the relief center in la. and a parent company nexstar is partnering with the american red cross to launch donations for wildfire victims in southern california. you can scan the qr code on your screen to help out. and we're staying on top of those deadly blazes burning now in southern california for the latest information. stay with us here on air. or you can check out our website. kron 4 dot com. a graduate. san francisco has a new fire. chief mayor daniel lurie, tapping battalion chief

crispin to take over the role. kristen is a san francisco native with 34 years of service. his appointment comes as the city grapples with an expected budget deficit of nearly 900 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. >> crispin spends the next few weeks transitioning into that new rule before officially taking over his chief duties on january. 21st, he replaces sandy. tom, who has been filling in as interim chief since september. the sonoma county board of supervisors has voted to protect the civil rights of immigrants approving a resolution that limits county resources for enforcing federal immigration laws. the move aimed at reassuring the county's 27,000 undocumented residents comes amid uncertainty over federal immigration pile policies. supervisor lynda hopkins emphasize that immigrants are vital to the community and that local government will

uphold their civil rights. the resolution also directs county departments to comply with state laws protecting immigration status. information. and now to the fentanyl crisis in san francisco. new mayor daniel lurie pledging to declare a fentanyl state of emergency. meanwhile, a four-year-old city-run program is finding success in helping those addicted to the deadly drug. for sara stinson explains the story of how a mom is turning her at her life around for her child. >> the program specifically helps pregnant women. i sat down with one mom who, after more than a year of getting help is thriving with a job, a home and a healthy baby girl. a new beginning for a new mom issues. farmers like my first day. >> so i think leans inches for him. >> crystal stephens says she was addicted to fentanyl when she learned she was pregnant with delilah. i was in a really hard time in my life with the addiction. i had came

from a homeless. steven says a case manager connected her to the city's perinatal stabilization program. that's when she started working with public health nurse. dan allows robots to get for up to she helped me get stable. >> methadone at the hospital allows pregnant. so i could have a safe delivery. when the boy issues in the nicu to help me through that process and help me cps case so that she wasn't removed for me at birth. then stevens went to a residential treatment facility with her newborn and a robot supported her through it all every week visiting her. >> at her treatment facility. >> weighing delilah making sure that she was meeting all her milestones and then supporting her. when she graduated treatment, stevens moved to permanent family housing and has been working at a cafe. >> she just got a new job that

will allow her to give back at the treatment center that i was out with july. less excited to be able to help fill in >> keep them there. let them know that only good things come from staying sober and stay in your baby. the perinatal stabilization program provides services to pregnant women suffering homelessness, addiction or mental health disorders. the department of public health says this program was launched in 2020 after increase of an house pregnant women miscarrying or giving birth on the street. people are capable of change that people who want to stop using drugs can. >> and with the right support do as the fentanyl crisis continues to take lives. stevens hopes programs like these stick around to help families thrive. so it. and so birth to for their children. and just it's really important to keep programs like that. >> up an unfunded, the perinatal stabilization program is one of 3 programs in the city with nurses that help pregnant or postpartum mothers by the end of 2020 fort served 311 people and 90

clients are currently enrolled. i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to. the oakland zoo is sharing an update on the spider monkey. the chp rescue during a traffic stop in the central valley. >> vets say she's still thin and has muscle loss but is recovering and taking just following a healthy diet, i should say. the zoo named the little one less after the marches as biased fear preserve in mexico, which is home to the spider monkeys. that's think she is 5 to 6 months old. the zoo is still figuring out where she will be moved to when she's fully recovered. heavy metal band. metallica comes to the bay area on their tour. the ben announced their tour dates on their website. they plan to perform at levi stadium in santa clara dates are set for june 20th and june 22nd is when they will also perform tickets. go on sale, january 17th at 10:00am. still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news. a bay area based is helping

people in la stay safe from those wildfires. >> the services that developers are offer. >> how the latest technology can help in a natural disaster from cbs 2025. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up richaun tack. >> and in the bay area, a wind advisory is in effect through tomorrow morning for winds gusting up to 50 miles per

>> the golden gate bridge, the sun has risen on our saturday. it's going to be a beautiful day, but there are a few flies in the ointment. first of all, we do have a wind advisory in effect, and that's for the much of the bay area. and that you know, especially the hills, the inland hills. ensure your heels of the north bay and also including the east bay hills, also, including the santa clara mountains, eastern santa clara mountains, and the santa cruz mountains. it's all about the wind. that's one of the big things. in fact, you look at the shot about 10 will pius. you see cameras jiggling a little bit, especially in the hills. we'll see the wind. so here are the areas of the high wind advisory. this is in effect until tomorrow morning and its throughout much of the bay area's i just mentioned. and if planning to drive a high-profile vehicle could be a bit of a challenge. also, bay area air quality is good to moderate. and here you see some areas of yellow, especially down in san jose at this hour, we've actually improve some of these meeting since earlier this morning.

but still, we do have high pressure in control and that can trap particulate matter close to the ground. so we're lucky compared to southern california looking for rain. it is not going to happen. not on this image because day after day we have very gusty northeast winds and we don't have any rain in the forecast. you'll notice this little area here. this is what made our returns off southern california. that is an area of low pressure cut off from the jet stream and that will help to exacerbate the winds out of southern california later this week, especially into monday. you see on these winds just kind of whip around this area of low pressure, even as high of low pressure, even as high pressure is further to the big concerns is the off again on again, increasing strengthening santa ana winds at times. and that really affects of firefighters because my goodness gracious you see these winds strengthen and even shift a little bit direction that can change. not only the trajectory of the smoke, but also changes behavior of the fire back

home. temperatures today. beautiful numbers in the 60's just about everyone. the mission district, 66 degrees. if you go half moon bay, 63 a beautiful day at the coastline. clear skies. if you had toward bay shorelines millbrae 64 degrees and down toward mountain view. 65 a little bit warmer down in san jose. i'm not seeing any readings and sat 70 but wouldn't be surprised to find a 68% say and the east bay 65 in pleasanton north bay area's also in the 60's mid-sixties for fairfield and sonoma and napa. 68 1 of the warmer spots in santa rosa and point race is 64. so for the next 7 days, it is just a lot of sunshine. temperatures above normal, continuing through the weekend and then they start to drift down chest a little bit. but it's really a beautiful spell of weather for us. stephanie. kathy, thank you. with wildfires devastating southern california. some wonder what

teck resources can help. >> during a disaster, rich demuro takes a closer look in this week's richaun tack. >> i'm rich demuro hair richaun tack in las vegas at cs 2025. or the wildfires have impacted this show as well and unique way. many attendees from los angeles either didn't come in all or they had to go home early to check on the situation back at home. and everyone at the show. so many attendees came up to me to express their best wishes for everyone in los angeles impacted. now with that in mind, we decided to scour the show floor for any technology that might help in an emergency situation. >> at cs 2025, in las vegas. in addition to the gadgets and ai another key topic, the devastating wildfires in los angeles. i'm also one of the people who live in california was also very concerned about wildfires. disaster tech has always been on display. now it's being noticed. we're always looking out be more

proactive and detecting threats and also environmental first one of the most recognizable safety brands out there that used to be about 20 years ago that he had 17 minutes to escape a house fire that time has now been reduced to minutes or less. and that is if you have a working smoke alarm open floorplans synthetic materials and lithium ion batteries make today's homes burn faster and hotter the living room from lithium-ion battery fire can go up in 45 seconds >> and cloud makes an ai-powered video camera when it sees fire or smoke. it sounds an alarm to activate water suppression systems. >> while but nano jack clean smoke particles and more from the air without filters or chemicals able to do is to spray into the air. trillions of nano size, water droplets.

>> and what those dew is a go and and goals. all the particulates matter in the atmosphere drop it down to the ground and in state they're donating systems in the la area. >> their booth did seem to have cleaner, fresher tir. then the vicinity. drones used to get a bad name, but they're increasingly helpful in disaster planning and relief. >> you have planes and helicopters are a little bit higher when you have a drone, you're getting centimeter level data you can understand individual trees into plant. individual structures and they're also now, the idea is to have them help fight fires using very, very large roles, almost the size small planes, ally, information that, you know, put out fires. so not ask the recovery, but also helping to prevent the worst disaster can do, especially when it comes to fires. >> i think what's most interesting to me throughout

all of this is that when disaster strikes, you got all the technology in the world, it may or may not help, but it's really the human cycle. back to basics. and they just want to help each other in any way that they can more information on any of the solutions i showed you go to my website, rich on tech dot tv in las vegas. i'm rich demuro. that's richaun tack. >> a mandatory one-year moratorium has been issues stopping insurance companies from not renewing or canceling coverage for homeowners within the palisades and eaton fire burn areas. state insurance commissioner. well, he says the rule applies to all homeowners in those areas, regardless of whether or not they suffered a loss. it also applies to homeowners and adjoining zip codes near the fire zones. rule expires on january 7th of next year. it sure is. we're bailing on homeowners before those massive fires. it was a system that was stressed 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 we should want to do that anyway. >> stanford professor michael wara says city infrastructure must be updated to take into account climate change. also, homeowners need to go the extra mile to make their homes fire safe, even if it means cutting back on landscaping and using fireproof building materials. trouble department stores are closing their doors across the bay area. macy's and kohl's announced they'll be shutting down multiple locations later this year, including the new park mall in newark and the village, a corte madera. we spoke with locals who share their mixed emotions about losing the stores. >> it really does 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 on time

in-person shopping. that to be on it since covid. my favorite stories. it's really unfortunate shopped 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. >> for many, it's a sad sign of changing shopping habits while others said they're concerned about the impact on the community while closures could be on the way as retailers address to new trends. we'll be right back.

the bay area based a bay area based app is helping people in la stay safe during those dangerous wildfires. this is called watch duty and its focus is to get information out in real time. the non-profit says firefighters, dispatchers and first responders are monitoring radio scanners and providing updates. >> so our team is operating 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 is 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 watch gt out 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 thih and and was 0 downtime.

>> watch duty says it plans to expand services to cover floods and other disasters as well. the app is free to download. and we continue to stay on top of those deadly wildfires burning right now in southern california. coming up next at 8, we take a look at the latest numbers as fire crews worked to keep everyone safe. pete g. writes, "my tween wants a new phone. how do i not break the bank?" we got you, pete. xfinity mobile was designed to save you money and gives you access to wifi speeds up to a gig. so you get high speeds for low prices. better than getting low speeds for high prices. right, bruce? -jealous? yeah, look at that. -honestly. someone get a helmet on this guy. xfinity internet customers, ask how to get an unlimited line free for a year, plus a free 5g phone.

>> we didn't know if the house had burned down. we hired. look for anyone who could go down there. we found out that this fire went so quickly so fast. now on the kron 4

morning news, a ring of fire continues to burn in los angeles county. >> we have the latest on the damages and containment numbers, including this while new video of a fire tornado. plus in the wake of so much tragedy, governor gavin newsom launches an investigation into why some fire hydrants in los angeles county of low water pressure. >> fires now and just as stark reminder of what can happen year-round, we structure fires every day. >> and a southern california burns. there's growing concern in the east bay. >> after the closure of several oakland fire stations. the action, some neighbors are now taking. good morning. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday, january, the 11th. let's get you started with the weather with kathy trafton. i

>> well, good morning, stephanie. it is a beautiful day. here's a view of the care of the exploratorium right there. >> on the embarcadero in san francisco, blue skies of birds are flying. we're off to a great start. but there are a few concerns. minor coastal flooding in effect through noon today. this is due to high tides wind advisory that continues through tomorrow morning. and it's going to be lovely day with these gusty winds, though, and periods of strong winds. things will be clear that we will have some cold mornings coming up. so here's the area of the flood alerts. this is 2 parts of santa rosa and for the north bay as well as parts of the east bay shoreline and south bay of just the entire area, bringing san francisco in san pablo bays. so that concern is for parks in low lying roads, parking lots, places like that high wind. yes, wind advisory ia in effect until tomorrow, 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts out of the northeast gust to 50 in some of the higher elevations. and that's where the interior north bay hills,

that's also for the hills of the east bay and santa clara mountains and also the santa cruz mountains. so those are concerns. if you're driving high profile vehicles, that's a concern. make sure things don't blow around. also at your house, southern california, it he elevated to critical concerns about fire danger. a lot of that is due to the strong santa ana winds and the very dry conditions fueling terrible air quality in some areas. it just depends on how the winds flowing where you are. but the surface smoke is blowing away from us through los angeles. and it's all due partly because of the drought and dry, dry conditions. severe in southern california, stephanie. all right, kathy, thank you for staying on top of the latest out of southern california. >> those deadly flames killing at least 12 people. the la county medical examiner says 5 of those deaths. we're tied to the massive palisades fire. the eden fire burning in altadena cars. 6 deaths. fire officials say at least 10,000

ventura county sheriff's office adds another man died while trying to escape the 28 lives. fire. and take a look at this map on your screen showing a ring of fire in southern california right now. cal fire reports there are 6 larger blazes burning thousands of acres and structures. you can also see smaller. red dots on your screen there representing a lot of smaller fires. here's the latest on the larger fires that we know of. the archer fire is responsible for 19 acres of damage so far, no containment on this blaze yet. thankfully, crews stopped forward progress on this fire. it sparked friday morning near granada hills, all evacuation orders and warnings in that area have been lifted. meanwhile, the lydia fire has burned nearly 400 acres and now sits at 98% containment crews also stopped forward progress on this fire. they started wednesday afternoon near acton in the antelope valley, about 50 miles north of the city of los angeles,

areli sister station ktla, posting this image showing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. and in the sylmar area. cal fire says the hurst fire burned more than 700 acres. it's now at 70% containment. this is video of crews dumping fire retardant in that area to get the blaze under control. it started tuesday evening forcing evacuation orders. and now to the deadly eaton fire burning in altadena. cal fire says this is now the second largest fire in la county burning 14,000 acres. its 3% contained. this sparked tuesday evening while winds in the area were gusting and more than 100 miles per hour. and finally, an update to the largest blaze in the area. this is the palisades fire and new scary video shows what appears to be a fire tornado spinning over a mountain side. there. cal fire data says these massive flames burned more than 21,000 acres. it's

now 8% contained. more than 150,000 los angeles county residents remain under evacuation orders. well, this may be tough to look at, but this is what some people in la county are waking up to this morning. homes burned down, cars, charred and businesses turned to ash reporter alina abovian spoke to neighbors in malibu dealing with this devastation. it's gone but walking through what's left of his malibu home. ryan bassford thinking back to his memories here. i tend to say that in life and now i'm tested. >> have the same philosophy. really feel bad for the kids who lost or stuff. >> the firefighters are working hard his home is one of dozens along pch to burn during the palisades fire. >> the view from his house along this picture, a stretch of the california coast now unrecognizable like a war zone. >> we didn't know if the house had burned down. so we we hired. i look for anyone who could go down there, send a

drone, trying if there was still a way that we could salvage it. but we found out that this fire went so quickly so fast. david dm and his family to lost their malibu home. >> wednesday morning he saw video posted on social media and recognized only his door about my parents all the time. my friends would use it all the time. i've had friends. >> do their wedding proposals in there >> birthdays. every memorable. >> kind of experience that our family went happened happened that. >> as a father and a spiritual person, also one of the leading speakers of kabbalah, david shares these words with those who have lost so much. >> you lost something physical began losing the energy of it. and so that energy vibrates recreate that does occur. reality such a new and beautiful way. >> and that was alina abovian reporting. president biden met with governor newsom and la mayor karen bass friday. the

president says for the next 6 months the government will cover all wildfire response cost. that includes debris removal, setting up shelters and staffing federal firefighters. the president also said he'll ask congress to approve emergency funding. >> also announced fema has turned on critical needs assistance program. this program gives one time $750. she quickly purchased critical after simply 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's unclear what will happen when biden leaves office in less than 2 weeks. >> president elect trump has blamed california lawmakers including newsom for those fires. meanwhile, governor newsom is ordering an independent investigation into the la department of water and power. this comes amid reports of no water pressure to fire

hydrants and water resources in fire zones. the governor's office says they've ordered la county officials to prepare a full review of the water system. a parent company nexstar is partnering with the american red cross to raise donations for wildfire victims in southern california. scan the qr code on your screen. tap. of course, our coverage continues online of those deadly wildfires in southern california. you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. and here at home, there is a new effort to reopen to fire stations recently closed in oakland to help save the city millions of dollars. the impacted stations are in the oakland hills, an area vulnerable to fires. kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> the train of 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 close 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 seth 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 on the 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 if disaster ever strikes think getting through the city. >> for anyone, even a fire truck is going to take time. and this is obviously lengthening that time and the damage that will be done. the oakland fires in 1991, killed. 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes. the most recent blaze in october burn 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 built and 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. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen become a personally affected by these incidents. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news we're hearing from bay area. firefighters responding to those massive flames raging in la county. and after the break, a local business owner working to help

wildfire victims. one outfit at a time. well, southern california is parched. they haven't had much rain, significant rain since last spring. >> there's no rain in the forecast through probably the end of this

>> the usgs says a series of minor earthquakes that juul to the bay area friday morning were likely caused by the san andreas fault. the quake struck just off the great highway near san francisco zoo. not far from the epicenter of the big 19. 0, 6, earthquake. no injuries or damages reported from friday's quake. but officials say it's a reminder to make sure you're

prepared. >> 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. >> the usgs says these quakes did not prompt an alert because they were too small. people can download the my shake up to be notified of an earthquake. that is a 4.5 magnitude or higher before it strikes. pretty incredible technology. kathy? >> that's some wonderful. we need all the help we can get. >> and what isn't it? pretty a great view of mount temple. pius at times has been really jumping around due to the winds right now looks to slightly calmer. >> but we've got a beautiful day. the sun has risen. on just the best possible day for us. so far, golden gate bridge shot. that's a beauty shot for you and the bay area weather looking over the exploratorium over the embarcadero in san francisco is a-ok. people are out jogging this morning. what a great way to start the day. >> here are major concerns. first of all, minor coastal flooding is possible through

noon today in parts of the bay area. there's a wind advisory in effect through tomorrow. and also there's an offshore flow with periods of strong winds across the bay area. overall clear, dry weather and some cold mornings for us. so here's the area of the flood alerts, including the north bay parts of the north bay and also areas ringing the bay shoreline, the san francisco bay and the san pablo bay as well. so that expires and at noon or so. and the concern really is coastal flooding may be some parking lots. that kind of thing in terms of temperatures right now. it is so much warmer than yesterday. it's amazing at this hour. plus 11 degrees in santa rosa. plus 12 in napa. plus 11 in half moon bay. so it's just going to be a beautiful start to the day if you're heading out but wonder what exactly are these warm temperatures. 40's 50's for the most part across the bay area at this hour. you areas still in the 30's, fairfax at 37 concord.

39, but saline, a 56 degrees. air quality is good. it was actually less good little earlier, but now it's improving. still we're seeing moderate air quality. many other areas are seeing greater quality, even though high pressure is in control, which tends to trap particulate matter close to the surface, a high wind advisory is in effect across the bay area through tomorrow morning. and that's the concern is a north bay inland hills, concerned also for the east bay hills, the santa clara, the eastern santa clara hills and the santa cruz mountains. so the concern about wind gusts as high as 50 look at the colors lighting up this image. we're seeing some areas, a purple and reds and yeah, and orange is that shows really strong winds out of the north, the northeast. these are strong, offshore winds, diablo winds, if you will. it's kind of the same deal as santa ana winds. and you can see it dies down a little bit, but some areas, including overnight in the santa cruz mountains looks pretty strong to me. high pressure continues to be in control. but look, here's an

area of low pressure that cut itself off from the jet stream and that will serve 2 in strength and enhance the winds, especially across southern california. so we'll see continued concern, elevated to concern, especially in southern california for critical fire risks for us. we still have enough moisture in the air from our recent rains that we're not concerned always. of course, a concern across the bay area. look at these northeast winds. so what we've got going on today are some more warm temperatures, maybe not as warm as yesterday. we actually saw some records in yesterday. we've got 70's in san francisco, but today in the 60's pretty much everywhere at the bay shoreline. and also along the coast numbers in the 60's. also south bay, as you head toward woods. i did. 65 68 degrees in san jose. and 67 from milpitas as you see the east bay numbers mid 60's as you start to head northward toward the north bay with numbers. 64 and yacht bill and

66 in petaluma and pretty close to that in stinson beach for the next 7 days. the outlook is okay. we get some sunshine, beautiful conditions. and again, the drought monitor shows we do have very dry conditions across much of california, especially southern california, with no rain in sight. los angeles, of course, still very dry and could use that moisture. stephanie, back to you. >> all right, kathy, thank you. here in the bay area, a san francisco business owner is offering free close to wildfire victims who have ties to the bay area. kron four's philippe djegal reports. >> aaron, the bags free guys before michelle slater drives down to southern california to reconnect with her older sister, gina ross is says that. friday she stops by kristin klein surplus storage container on treasure island. we're just going through the container trying to find anything that might fit anything that you might be excited or feel good line owns the vintage clothing store vacation sf in the city's north beach neighborhood and

is offering free clothes to eaton fire victims like ross whose house in altadena burned to the ground on tuesday. this picture shows her facing the devastation that it would be cool to offer to friends of friends and people that follow the store, someone to be able to co e in and pick up things that they would actually normally wear. slater's says her sister operated her business out of her home and we'll have to start over to slater's colleagues at the solano county public defender's office covering her case is well, she tends to her family. everything's on all of her stuff. obviously. >> and her partner who passed away a few years ago has belongs his last along kings were in there. >> it's just all kristen 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. there's gofundme is in their support foi people that. all of that helps you. > rebuild. but there is a very heavy weight of realizing that everything that you on and all of your memories and everything is calm and anything that resembles what you used to have. >> can help an emotionally broken person. feel whole on treasure island. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> police arrested a nap. a man accused of having bomb making materials at his home. the suspect. 31 year-old justin fischer is believed to have purchased chemicals known to be used for making bombs. fisher had been arrested in 2019 and convicted on bahman weapon related charges. avenue. police say they found this loaded firearm and replica bb gun after arresting for shoplifting suspects including 2 teens. police say the theft was reported around 8.30, wednesday night. police tracked the suspect's car and recovered the stolen goods. the teens were cited and sent home. well, bernie, i ceo sam

pittman is denying claims made by his sister that he sexually assaulted her multiple times when she was a child. any altman filed a lawsuit monday alleging her brother sexually assaulted her between 1997 in 2006 released a statement on behalf of himself and his family denied the allegations and adding that his sister is facing mental health challenges. the lawsuit asks for more than $75,000 in damages. local police commission is seeking public input on proposed changes to the city's vehicle pursuit policy. after criticism from governor newsom, a special meeting happened yesterday at city hall at 5.30. a town hall happens next wednesday at east bay church or religious science. the changes could affect high-speed chases, which have led to accidents and fatalities oakland's current policy restricts pursuits to only violent crimes. and in a latch to latch. excuse me. last ditch effort to save tiktok from a

looming ban. >> the social media giant took its legal fight to the supreme court, urging justices to intervene before the january 19th deadline. tiktok says lawmakers are unfairly singling out the company's data collection practices violating users first amendment rights. the justices did not appear sympathetic and asked why users couldn't just use a different app. >> we supposed to ignore the fact that the ultimate parent is, in fact, subject to doing intelligence work for the chinese government. 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. >> tiktok is using a rather asking the court to delay the band until president elect trump takes office on january. 20th. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a bay area company is supplying la cruz with new kind of fire suppressant. >> as they battle massive flames in southern california.

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>> happening now, oakland police need your help finding this teenage girl who's been missing since last week. investigators say 16 year-old cause kirkendall was last seen on telegraph avenue across the street from the fox theater. she's described as 5 foot 3 with red and black hair braids. you see her, please call police. and the rush to respond to the southern california fires continues this morning. governor newsom announcing this week more than

7500 firefighting and emergency personnel have been deployed. the response also includes hundreds of fire engines, dozens of water tenders and more than 30 helicopters assistance is also coming from out of state and from the california national guard. >> hello, yes. is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. >> well, the state operation center will continue to be active until those fires are brought under control. well, here's what the san francisco spca are heading to los angeles to bring back animals impacted by the fires to make space for them. the spca needs to find forever homes for more than 50 puppies currently at the shelter. these are all the puppies available for adoption on your screen right there looks that there is some full grown dogs as well. a very cute. looking for your support and the shelter is waiving adoption fees for all these dogs. so definitely if you have the chance you have space in your home, maybe make room

for one of these adorable little ones. there. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news insurance companies wary of covering california homes. >> but the devastation in southern california could mean for homeowners up here in the bay area.

>> it's 29 this morning and welcome back. thank you so much for joining us here on the kron 4 weekend morning news. and if you're just waking up, we'd like you to check out this new video we got overnight. it shows what appears to be a fire tornado tied to the massive palisades fire in la county. that fire is the largest blaze burning

in southern southern california right now. cal fire reporting more than 21,000 acres burned. this is just 8% contained. again. a another look at the palisades fire there now, meanwhile, the fight continues this morning to push those multiple wildfires back. this is a live look now at los angeles county this morning from our l a sister station, ktla. and you can see from this perspective, a lot of smoke up there in the air and it is pretty close to a number of residential areas. we know that fire crews are hard at work out there working to contain those flames. we might even catch a glimpse of some aircraft working to fight back the fire as well. we're going continue to stay on top of this breaking story and update you with any new developments coming out of those southern california fires. in the meantime, let's check in with meteorologist kathy trafton for more. what we should know with the weather. kathy. >> well, the winds, course, factor southern california. it's just tragic. those strong santa ana winds are fueling

those fires. >> but also the winds can shift just a little bit and of smoke, but also of the fire - itself. so it's very tricky. >> here in the bay area, flood advisories in effect until noon. >> for the shoreline locations around the san francisco bay in the san pablo bay than parts of north bay. this is a concern due to high tide. so maybe some of the parking lots and parks could be flooded. minor concerns, high wind advisory in effect, and that is through tomorrow morning. and that is for the interior mountains of the north bay, the east bay hills, down to the santa clara hills and also the santa cruz mountains even into the evening. so that's a real concern. our air quality is very good compared to southern california. of course, there's a lot of smoke from that for them. it's moving southward because of those northerly winds. it's pushing southward right down to baja, california and out to sea. so so far we're protected more or less from some of that smoke. but we do have our own

wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour with this wind advisory. you can see these colors just lighting up. magenta isn't reds and yellows and oranges that shows the areas of strongest wind and even overnight looks like we're going to see some strong winds even in the santa cruz mountains. so we're looking for is raining not on this, not in this for future cast. what we're seeing is just the continued offshore flow of winds. here's area of low pressure cut off from the jet stream that moved out of off to sea. but it also serves to strengthen the tightened that pressure gradient, which is what causes the winds to really well. so we're just seeing dry, dry, dry conditions. and that will continue for quite some time. stephanie. kathy, thank you. >> we are hearing from bay area. firefighters responded to the crisis in southern california. santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal. among those on the ground, he says extremely dry conditions are making this fight challenging. he also mentioned that for many fire crews who lost their homes in the northern california fires tackling this crisis feels 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. >> the area fire crews are expected to stay in la county for at least 2 weeks. it was a growing health concern related to the use of toxic fire retardant. now a south bay company is aiming to protect firefighters from those toxic chemicals. profit is jack moment. reports from santa clara. >> more outside the city of santa clara spyer department because like dozens of other agencies around california, they have fire crews in los angeles helping take care of those devastating wildfires. but it's not just fire departments. there are private companies who are also helping as well, including a startup based out of morgan hill,

which says they have a new fire suppressant, which they say could revolutionize the way we fight fight. in a warehouse in port. this startup is ramping up production of its signature product. as we speak. it's being applied right now. it says see xp, sean, far is the ceo of komodo fire systems. it's a fire suppressant that will not only extinguish the fire. >> will also prevent the fire from spreading according to the company, the left side of this pile straw was treated with the suppressant even when it's torched. >> this side doesn't catch fire. >> is basically saying that we can put a firewall around any kind of asset fires throughout the bay area in 2024. saw a lot of fire suppressant used the national institute of health, however, says much of the brands that used by firefighters are toxic. >> so far, he says this product uses natural chemicals

and is nontoxic, though they're still working on getting statewide agencies like cal fire and local governments to use their product. they do say pg e is using it. they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a >> power station, whether it is a battery maybe a pole, a power pole along with private fire companies who are hired to protect property and forced to bari. it's personal. his family home in napa was burned within just 2 hours during the tubbs fire a few years back. but, you know, for me, this is a passion. and for me because of what happened, my doubts house when i watch what's happening in la, it's personal, right? we can't we can't allow that to happen. so you could buy tubes like this to protect your own property. you may be wondering why cal fire and other state agencies are using it to fight wildfires to start up tells us it's because it hasn't gotten to the point where they can load planes full of it to fight the fires. they say once they do that. >> they hope state agencies for be more lenient to use it in the future. reporting at

santa clara jacmel. but kron 4 news. >> a clothing drive happens this weekend for fire victims. the drop-off is at trader vic's in emeryville on sunday afternoon from 12, 30 to 3.30, organizers are looking for new or gently used clothes for people of all ages as well as new underwear, socks and toiletries. organizers plan to drive down those donations to a relief center in la. and our parent company nexstar is partnering with the american red cross to launch donations for wildfire victims and you can scan the qr code on your screen right now to make a much needed fun, bit of financial support there for much more on southern california. you can also head to our website kron 4 dot com. rhetoric. a new fire chief mayor daniel lurie, tapping battalion chief crispin to take over the job. christman is a san francisco native with 34 years of service. his

appointment comes as the city faces expected budget deficit of nearly 900 million dollars. >> 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. >> crispin officially takes over his chief duties on january. 21st replacing sandy tong who has been filling in as interim chief since september. the sonoma county board of supervisors this week voted to protect the civil rights of immigrants. lawmakers approving 8 excuse me civil rights immigrants. lawmakers approving a resolution, limited county resources for enforcing federal immigration laws. the move aimed at reassuring the county's 27,000 undocumented residents comes during uncertainty over federal immigration policies. supervisor lynda hopkins emphasized that immigrants are vital to the community. the resolution also directs county departments to comply with state laws protecting immigration status. information. and now to the

fentanyl crisis in san francisco is city-run program is finding success in helping those addicted to the deadly drug call for assistance and brings us the story of a local mother working to turn her life around for her child. >> the program specifically helps pregnant women. i sat down with one mom who, after more than a year of getting help is thriving with a job, a home and a healthy baby girl. a new beginning for a new mom. issues is like my first day. >> sober. and so i've been clean since she born. >> crystal stephens says she was addicted to fentanyl when she learned she was pregnant with delilah. i was in a really hard time in my life with the addiction. i had came from homeless. steven says a case manager connected her to the city's perinatal stabilization program. that's when she started working with public health nurse. dan allows robots to get for up to she helped me get stable. >> methadone at the hospital

allows pregnant. so i could have a safe delivery. she was in the nicu to help me through that process and help me cps case so that she wasn't removed for me at birth. then stevens went to a residential treatment facility with her newborn and a robot supported her through it all every week visiting her. >> at her treatment facility. >> weighing delilah making sure that she was meeting all her milestones and then supporting her. when she graduated treatment, stevens moved to permanent family housing and has been working at a cafe. >> but she just got a new job that will allow her to give back at the treatment center that i was out with july. less excited to be all that helpful in ontario. >> keep them there. let them know that only good things come from staying sober and stay in your baby. the perinatal stabilization program provides services to pregnant women suffering homelessness, addiction or

mental health disorders. the department of public health says this program was launched in 2020 after an increase of an house pregnant women ms, caring or giving birth on the street. people are capable of change that people who want to stop using drugs can. >> and with the right support do as the fentanyl crisis continues to take lives. stevens hopes programs like these stick around to help families thrive. so it so birth to for their children. and just it's really important to keep programs like that. >> up an unfunded, the perinatal stabilization program is one of 3 programs in the city with nurses that help pregnant or postpartum others by the end of 2020 fort served 311 people and 90 clients are currently enrolled. i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to. the oakland zoo is sharing an update on the spider monkey. chp rescued during a traffic stop in the central valley. >> but mary and say the animal is thin and has muscle loss but is in recovery and is following a healthy diet. the

zoo named her as us after the montezuma spies here preserve in mexico, which is home to spider monkeys. that's think she's around 5 months old. the zoo is looking into where she will go once she has a full recovery. and heavy metal band, metallica set to perform in the bay area. the band announced tour dates on their website. they plan to perform at levi stadium in santa clara dates are set for june 20th in june. 22nd tickets go on sale january 17th at 10:00am. still ahead on the kron. 4 morning news at bay area based app is helping people stay safe during those devastating wildfires in southern california. >> hear from the developers and how it works. >> how the latest technology can help in a natural disaster from cbs 2025. i'm rich demero. that's coming up and richaun tack. >> and what a beautiful start to your saturday. but there are some concerns we have flooding concerns and also some

>> and it's a beautiful start to the day. just a beauty shot of the golden gate bridge with the shadows of the bridge cast upon the marin headlands. what a way to start our day. we're in great shape. it's beautiful. but there are some concerns. yeah, here's a view from the better the berkeley hills and it's just nothing but blue skies. earlier, there were some areas of status, even some patchy fog. so heading into work. but the there's a lot of mixing in the atmosphere, dry air above dry air at the surface. and so we

cleared out quite nicely in most spots, but there's a flood advisory in effect for the bay shoreline and the bay shorelines of the san pablo bay and the san francisco bay and parts of the north bay as well. that goes through about noon. the concern is not that we've had rain. it's flooding because of high tide. high tide. 8.34 this morning 6.8 feet is the high tide. high wind advisory in effect for parts of the north bay. that would be the north bay interior mountains that me the east bay hills, the eastern hills of the santas santa clara area and also the santa cruz mountains. we see 20 to 30 mile per hour offshore gusts gusting 60, 50 miles per hour in the very highest peaks. our air quality is pretty good. just about everywhere. san jose is the only spot now that showing moderate air quality and weather is moderate air quality is because of particulate matter. that is in digs in existence. and it's kept like a lit by high pressure. so high pressure

traps that particulate matter by the atmosphere. but there's a lot of wind going on and that wind is pushing the smoke from the los angeles fires not toward us, but it's the offshore winds heading out of the north to the south ted inc, how to baja, california and out to sea as well. so are air quality is pretty good because of the winds. but here are the wind gusts and they're really impressive. we see the orange is the maroons and the reds. 39 mile per hour gusts in fairfield by tomorrow morning and overnight, even in the santa cruz mountains, very gusty winds, which makes it hard to drive a high-profile vehicle makes it all. so you concerned about anything that might fly around concerned about downed power lines, downed trees. so that's all something we're keeping an eye on in the meantime, yes, high pressure continues to keep us dry. we're in in a situation where would be nice to see a few raindrops. we'd like to see a lot of rain drops in southern california, but that's not going to happen. the computer models are showing continued dry conditions continued offshore

flow, which brings us warm conditions, but also brings us a very gusty winds. here's area of low pressure that cut off from the jet stream headed out to sea, but it actually helps to make the winds tighter. the pressure gradient tightens up when high pressures to the north. and we have low pressure to close by and that makes things very gusty. so we have a bit of a break in the winds for southern california today. the red flag warning was allowed to expire is still have wind advisories. but the red flag warning starts up again this evening in southern california. so the firefighters have a bit of a break now terms of record temperatures yesterday that we had a few in the bay area, oakland, 70 degrees at beats the old record set back in 2015, redwood city hit 75 degrees. be field 1962. records and san francisco sfo, 71 degrees. we're not going to any records today. temperatures will be in the 60's in san francisco. 65 alcatraz. 66 in the mission

and along the coastline. beautiful conditions, daly city, 64 pacifica, 63 degrees. if you're headed toward burlingame numbers again in the mid 60's and if you start to head southward towards stanford toward palo alto, 65 degrees, little bit warmer as you head toward the santa clara valley. 68% is a 68% clare itself and in the east bay start to see numbers a lot like the other ones numbers in the mid 60 66 walnut creek and richmond. 65 in yacht bill and napa. and 66 in petaluma warm also long the coastline. the 7 day forecast is sunny and clear. little windy at times. of course, numbers trend downward just a little bit. once we get past the weekend, but nothing dramatic. so, stephanie, back to you. all right. thanks so much, kathy, with wildfires devastating southern california. some wonder what teck resources can help. >> during a disaster rich demuro takes a closer look in this week's richaun tack.

>> rich demuro hair richaun tack in las vegas at cs 2025. or the wildfires have impacted this show as well and unique way. many attendees from los angeles either didn't come in all or they had to go home early to check on the situation back at home. and everyone at the show. so many attendees came up to me to express their best wishes for everyone in los angeles impacted. now with that in mind, we decided to scour the show floor for any technology that might help in an emergency situation. >> at cs 2025, in las vegas. in addition to the gadgets and ai another key topic, the devastating wildfires in los angeles. i'm also one of the people who live in california was also very concerned about wildfires. disaster tech has always been on display. now it's being noticed. we're always looking out be more proactive in detecting threats and also environmental first one of the most recognizable safety brands out there that

used to be about 20 years ago that he had 17 minutes to escape a house fire that time has now been reduced to minutes or less. and that is if you have a working smoke alarm open floorplans synthetic materials and lithium ion batteries make today's homes burn faster and hotter the living room from lithium-ion battery fire can go up in 45 seconds to >> and cloud makes an ai-powered video camera when it sees fire or smoke. it sounds an alarm to activate water suppression systems. >> while inova nano jack clean smoke particles and more from the air without filters or chemicals able to do is to spray into the air. trillions of nano size, water droplets. >> and what those dew is a go and and goals. all the particulates matter in the atmosphere drop it down to the

ground and inactivated. they're donating systems in the la area. >> their booth did seem to have cleaner fresher air. then the vicinity. drones used to get a bad name, but they're increasingly helpful in disaster planning and relief. >> you have planes and helicopters are a little bit higher when you have a drone, you're getting centimeter level data you can understand individual trees into plant. individual structures and they're also now, the idea is to have them help fight fires to very, very large rose, almost the size small planes flying in formation that, you know, put out fires. so not just disaster recovery, but also helping to prevent the worst disaster can do, especially when it comes to fires. >> i think what's most interesting to me throughout all of this is that when disaster strikes, you got all the technology in the world, it may or may not help, but it's really the human cycle. back to basics. and they just

want to help each other in any way that they can more information on any of the solutions i showed you go to my website, rich on tech dot tv in las vegas. i'm rich demuro. that's richaun tack. >> a mandatory one-year moratorium has been issued stopping insurance companies from canceling coverage for those who are homeowners and who live within the palace aides and eaton fire burn areas. the state's insurance commissioner says this rule applies to all homeowners in those impacted areas. regardless of whether or not they suffered a loss. it also applies to homeowners and adjoining zip codes near the fire zones. the rule expires january 7th next year. and insurers were bailing on homeowners before those la fires. it was a system that been stressed or so says a climate 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 we should want to do that anyway. >> stanford professor michael wara says city infrastructure must be updated to take climate change into account. he advises homeowners to make their homes fire safe, even if it means cutting back on landscaping and using fireproof building materials. we'll be right back. a bay

area based app is helping people in los angeles. stay safe from those recent wildfires. it's called watch duty and its focus is to get information out in real time. the non-profit says their team is monitoring radio scanners

and providing live updates. >> so our team is operating behind the scenes and like we organize ourselves regionally and the incident channels. and so we have a plethora signals, a potential wildfire starts coming into the air. and then the first thing that they do is start validating those thing. those through radio traffic and what we're waiting for is 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 watch gt 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 and was 0 downtime. >> and watch. judy says it plans to expand its services to cover floods and other disasters. the app is free to download. we're staying on top of the deadly wildfires that continue to burn in southern california. >> coming up next at 9, a look at the latest numbers as

firefighters work to keep everyone safe.

>> we didn't know if the house and we hired. i look anyone who could go down there. we found out that this fire went so quickly so fast. now on the kron, 4 morning news, a ring of fire continues to burn in los angeles county. >> we have the latest on the damages and containment, including this wild new video of a fire tornado. plus in the wake of so much tragedy, governor gavin newsom launches

an investigation into why some fire hydrants in la county have low water pressure. fires in la and just start their 9 of what can happen year-round. >> we have structure fires every day and a southern california burns. there's growing concern in the east bay after the closure of several oakland fire stations. the actions some neighbors are now taking. good morning. thanks so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm stephanie lin. >> it's saturday january, the 11th. let's get your day started with a look at the weather with kathy trafton eye-catcher. >> stephanie. well, there's a flood advisory in effect for parts of the north bay and parts of the bay area. it's from minor coastal flooding along the bay shoreline. >> parts of the north bay, but also the bay shoreline and also the san pablo bay shoreline. now, this concern would be for areas that you might see flooding in parks,

maybe parking lots, low-lying roads that'll be because of the high tides. not because of any rain. we have not seen. rain is also a wind advisory in effect for us for the north bay mountains. >> and that's in effect through tomorrow morning. so that's north bay mountains, east bay hills, the hills of a santa clara eastern, santa clara hills, and also the santa cruz mountains. concern for high profile vehicles. concern for any downed power lines, downed trees, downed tree limbs. all that's a possibility in southern california. there are watches and warnings in effect. red-flag warnings. there's a bit of a break in the winds not quite as strong. so they're actually some red flag warnings have been dropped until 6 o'clock tonight. the still there are wind advisories and there are still some wind warnings because those santa ana winds are still pretty strong. but there is a bit of a break. this is a good day for the firefighters to really get a handle on things air quality, not so good in many areas, as you might expect in southern california. this is because of

fine particulate matter from the wildfire smoke that could get into your lungs. and that would be a huge problem. you see very different areas seeing varying amounts of ag good or bad air quality, depending on topography and exactly how the winds blow. speaking of how the winds blow, those winds are blowing away from us. la fire winds are going right down to mexico and out to sea. there's a drought in effect, severe drought in some parts of the day, western western u.s.. but it's exceptional drought, severe drought in parts of los angeles. and that's one of the big problems with los angeles fires. stephanie. >> all right, kathy, thank you. we're staying on top of the latest out of southern california. those deadly flames killing at least 12 people. the la county medical examiner says 5 of those deaths were tied to the massive palisades fire. the eaton fire burning in altadena cars. 6 deaths. fire officials say at least 10,000 structures are destroyed. the ventura county sheriff's office adds another man died while trying to escape the 28 acre. all of us fire. take a look at the

map on your screen here showing a ring of fire in southern california right now. cal fire reports there are 6 larger blazes burning thousands of acres and structures. you can also see smaller are red dots representing a lot of smaller fires. and here's the latest on the larger fires. the archer fire is responsible for 19 acres of damage so far, no containment on this blaze yet. but thankfully, crews stopped forward progress on this blaze. it sparked friday morning near granada hills. evacuation orders and warnings in that area have been lifted. meanwhile, the lydia fire has burned nearly 400 acres and now sits at 98% containment crews also stopped forward progress on this blaze. it started wednesday afternoon near acton in the antelope valley, about 50 miles north of the city of los angeles r-la sister station ktla, posting this image showing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. and then the sylmar

area. cal fire says the hurst fire burned more than 700 acres. it's now at 70% containment. and this is video of crews dumping fire retardant in the area to get that blaze under control. it started tuesday evening forcing evacuation orders. and now to deadly eaton fire burning in altadena. cal fire says this is now the second largest fire in la county. it's burned 14,000 acres, 15% contained. this sparked tuesday evening while winds in the area gusting at more than 100 miles per hour. and finally, an update to the largest blaze in the area. the palisades fire. and we've got new scary video. check this out. it shows what appears to be a fire tornado spinning over a mountain side. cal fire data says these massive flames burned more than 22,000 acres. it's now 11% contained. more than 150,000 la county residents remain under evacuation orders. it may be hard to look at that. this is what some people in la county

are waking up to this morning. homes burned down cars, charred and businesses turned to ash reporter alina abovian spoke to neighbors in malibu dealing with the devastation. >> it's gone but walking through what's left of his malibu home. ryan bassford thinking back to his memories here. i tend to say that in life and now i'm tested have the same philosophy. really feel bad for the kids who lost or stuff. >> the firefighters are working hard his home is one of dozens along pch to burn during the palisades fire. >> the view from his house along this picture, a stretch of the california coast now unrecognizable like a war zone. >> we didn't know if the house had burned down. so we we hired. i look for anyone who could go down there, send a drone trying if there was still a way that we could salvage it. but we found out that this fire went so quickly so fast. david dm and his family to lost their malibu

home. >> wednesday morning he saw video posted on social media and recognized only his door about my parents all the time. my friends would use it all the time. i've had friends. >> do their wedding proposals in there birthdays. every memorable kind of experience that our family went happened happened that. >> as a father and a spiritual person, also one of the leading speakers of kabbalah, david shares these words with those who have lost so much. >> you lost something physical began losing energy of it. and so that energy vibrates recreate that does occur. reality such a new and beautiful way. >> that was alina abovian reporting. president biden met with governor newsom and la mayor karen best friday. the president says for the next 6 months the government will cover all wildfire response costs. >> that includes debris removal, setting up shelters and staffing federal

firefighters. the president also said he'll ask congress to approve emergency funding. >> also announced fema has turned on critical needs assistance program. this program gives one time $750. she quickly purchased critical after simply 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's unclear what will happen when biden leaves office in less than 2 weeks. president elect trump has blamed california lawmakers including newsom for the fires. meantime, governor newsom is ordering an independent investigation into the la department of water and power. this comes amid reports of no water pressure to fire hydrants and water resources in fire zones. the governor's office says they've ordered la county officials to prepare a full review of the water system. and a parent company

nexstar is partnering with the american red cross to raise donations for wildfire victims scan the qr code on your screen to help. and we continue to stay on top of the latest news coming out of those deadly fires in los angeles county. for the latest information you can stay with us on air or you can also head to our website kron 4 dot com. back here at home. a new effort to reopen to fire stations that recently closed in oakland to help save the city. millions of dollars. the impact is stations are at the oakland hills, an area of vulnerable to fires. kron four's rob nesbitt reports. >> the train of 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 close 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 seth 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 on the 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 if disaster ever strikes think getting through the city. >> for anyone, even a fire truck is going to take time. and this is obviously lengthening that time and the damage that will be done. 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 built and 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. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters as events like this continue to happen become personally affected by these incidents. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news we're hearing from bay area. firefighters responding to those massive blazes raging in la county. and after the break, a local business owner working to help wildfire victims. one outfit at a time. and the areas southern california that weather wildfires are raging are in areas of

>> the u.s. to gs as a series of minor earthquakes that jolt of the bay area friday morning. we're likely caused by the san andreas fault. the quake struck just off the great highway near the san francisco zoo. not far from the epicenter of the big 19. 0, 6, earthquake. no injuries or damages reported from friday's quake. but officials say it's a reminder to make sure you're prepared. >> 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 feel shaking or if you get that alert on your phone. >> the usgs says these quakes did not prompt an alert

because they were too small. people can download the my shake up to be notified of an earthquake that has a 4.5 magnitude or higher before it strikes. 9.13, this morning. live look outside from our mountain camera at the beautiful city of san francisco. could see a little bit of camera shake their possibly from some wind that might be pushing up against the camera there. quite possibly, stephanie. after all, there is a wind advisory in effect. no surprise. we see the wind shake the camera beautiful shot of the embarcadero beautiful shot of the exploratorium. be a fun thing to do today. but plenty of sunshine outside concerns today. minor coastal flooding is flood advisory in effect until noon for the bay shoreline and parts of the bay area. wind advisory in effect for much of the bay area through time. 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. and it's gonna be offshore flow with periods of strong winds for us across the bay area. clear dry conditions with cold mornings is in our future. so here's

the area or the flight of advisory is parts of the north bay parts of the san pablo bay ringing the shorelines of the san pablo bay and the san francisco bay. and the concern is minor coastal flooding. it's due to high tides high tide at 8.34. this morning 6.8 foot heights and so parks may be some parking lots, low-level flooding areas where you might expect to see it. we're starting out a little warmer today than we did yesterday as up 6 degrees in santa rosa. plus 9 for nevado and napa. plus 4 for san francisco in half moon bay. plus 2 in mountain view and santa's ace or temperatures now mainly in the 50's to areas still in the 40's. 46 in concord, but 57 and saying alina and 52 in santa rosa. so it's a beautiful start to the day with fairly warm conditions and our air quality and like southern california is quite good. few areas of moderate, including santa, say that's because high pressure is in control and trapped. particulate matter is close to ground in the meantime, the

high wind, what advisory that's in effect for the mountains of the north bay, the interior mountains that is also for the east bay hills of santa clara, eastern hills and the santa cruz mountains. so the concern would be for possible downed power lines or trees are tree limbs. and of course, it's hard to drive hope, high profile vehicles and that kind of with what kind of wind well gusting to 50 is possible. but ghosh by this afternoon we'te seeing 36 mile per hour gusts out of fairfield forecasting. 31 there little bit later on the day. so you see how just fluctuates, but you see certain areas such as the santa cruz mountains and part of this santa clara valley and part of the north bay are still seeing very strongest throughout the day into the evening into tomorrow morning, futurecast showing future forecast model showing that continued santa ana winds. diablo winds. these offshore actually strengthening at times and is backed southern california sees much stronger red red flag conditions. again, starting at 6 o'clock tonight. so we've got this dry

pattern going on. it's going to continue for the rest of the weekend. the rest of the week, the west of next week and possibly the rest of the month. so rain is not what it's what we need, not what we're getting forecast highs and for today, nothing in the 70's probably staying in the 60's. so just a little bit cooler than yesterday's record. breaking temperatures, we had records broken in san francisco in redwood city. but overnight tonight, gusty calms down a little bit again. we'll see beautiful conditions. but for the next 7 days, we will see sunshine and slightly cooler conditions at times. stephanie. kathy, thank you. we have major breaking news to tell you about in the last hour. firefighters in angeles county, they announced the massive palisades fire is now moving towards san fernando valley, prompting more evacuation orders. >> it is also now spreading east towards bel air and ucla campus. right now, 10's of thousands of people in la county are under evacuation

orders because of these fires. at last check, the palisades fire has burned more than 22,000 acres and is 11% contained more than 3700 firefighters are battling this blaze. we, of course, are going to stay on top of this developing situation and bring you the latest as soon as we've got it. well, meanwhile, is san francisco business owner is offering free close to wildfire victims who have ties to the bay area. hope was philippe djegal reports on air in the bags. are you guys for michelle slater drives down to southern california to reconnect with her older sister gina ron's. there's nothing says that. >> friday, she stops by kristin klein surplus storage container on treasure island. we're just going through the container trying to find anything that might fit anything that you might excited or feel good line owns the vintage clothing store vacation sf in the city's north beach neighborhood and is offering free clothes to eaton fire victims like ross whose house in altadena burned

to the ground on tuesday. this picture shows her facing the devastation that 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. slater's says her sister operated her business out of her home and we'll have to start over to slater's colleagues at the solano county public defender's office covering her case is well, she tends to her 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. there's gofundme is

in their support for people that. >> all of that helps you rebuild. but there is a very heavy weight of realizing that everything that you on and hll used for making bombs. fisher had been arrested in 2019 and convicted on bomb and weapons-related charges. helping police say they found this loaded firearm and replica bb gun after arresting for shoplifting suspects including 2 teens. police say the theft was reported around 8.30 wednesday night. police tracked the suspect's car and recovered the stolen goods. the teens were cited and sent home. local police commission is seeking public input on

proposed changes to the city's vehicle pursuit policy. after criticism from governor gavin newsom, a special meeting happened yesterday at city hall at 05:30pm. a town hall happens next wednesday at east bay church of religious science. the changes could affect high-speed chases, which have led 2 accidents and fatalities. oakland's current policy restricts pursuits to only violent crimes. and in a last-ditch effort to save tiktok from the looming, looming ban rather, the social media giant took its legal fight to the supreme court, urging the justices to intervene before the january 19th deadline. makers are unfairly singling out the comeany's data collection practices violating users first amendment rights. but the justices did not appear to be sympathetic and they asked why users couldn't just use a different app. >> we supposed to ignore the fact that the ultimate parent is, in fact, subject to doing intelligence work for the chinese government. just wondering whether this is like

some of these attachment to. >> and old article of clothing. really love this old shirt, but i could go out and buy something exactly like that. >> tiktok is asking the court to delay the band until president elect trump takes office on january. 20th. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, a bay area company is supplying la cruz with a. >> new kind of fires to present as they battle the massive flames out in southern california. how this cutting edge technology is being news.

happening right now. oakland police need your help finding this teen girl who's been missing since last week.

>> investigators say 16 year-old josie rucker kendell was last seen on telegraph avenue across the street from the fox theater. she's described as 5 foot 3 with red and black hair braids. if you see her, please call police. we rushed to respond to the southern california fires continues this morning. governor newsom announcing this week more than 7500 firefighting and emergency personnel have been deployed. the response also includes hundreds of fire engines, dozens of water tenders and more 30 helicopters assistance is also coming from out of state and from the california national guard. >> yes, is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. >> the state operation center will continue to be active until those fires are brought under control. well, it with the san francisco spca are heading to los angeles to bring back animals affected by the fires to make space for

them. the spca needs to find forever homes for more than 50 puppies currently at the shelter. these are all the puppies available for adoption right there on your screen. there are some adult dogs there as well. all looking for a forever home and hoping that you'll the the one to adopt them today. the animal shelter is waiving adoption fees for them. so this is a very special promotion that's happening now help clear the shelters of these just adorable animals. so that the best you can make room for the animals that needed need some extra assistance because of the la fires. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news insurance companies wary of covering california homes. >> with this devastation could mean for homeowners.

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back. we're staying on top of breaking news for you this morning. firefighters in los angeles county announcing that the massive palisades fire is now moving towards san fernando valley, prompting more evacuation orders. it is also now spreading east towards bel air and ucla campus. right now, 10's of thousands of people in la county are under evacuation orders because of these massive fires. at last check. cal fire says the palisades fire has burned more than 22,000 acres and is 11% contained more than 3700 firefighters are battling this massive blaze. we're going to continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any breaking developments throughout the hour. and check out this new video we got

overnight shows what appears to be a fire tornado tied to the massive palisades fire and it is the largest blaze again burning southern california right now. meantime, the fight does continue this morning to push those multiple wildfires back. this is a live look now at los angeles county this morning from our l a sister station, ktla. this is an aerial view from their chopper and you can see a lot of smoke coming out from that mountain top there. we know again, lots of fire crews out there on the front lines working to respond to this plays as well as several others burning in los angeles county and a number of bay area. fire crews are out there alongside with those crews to try and step out those flames as well. let's check in now with meteorologist kathy trafton for the latest on the weather conditions. those crews are facing out there. >> well, stephanie, the winds are strong today, but not as strong as they will be tonight. tonight it goes back up into the red flag category. >> this is a chance for the firefighters to land some of that water and precisely the

right places at the winds die down just a little bit because when the winds really kick up again, it's it can be so erratic and so difficult as we all know, a view from have might not have a pious beautiful conditions. our concerns here, coastal flooding, minor coastal flooding along the bay shoreline. wind advisory for us through tomorrow morning and offshore winds, ourselves periods of strong winds and clear conditions. we've got whether it's beautiful, but we'll have some cold mornings coming up. so the flood alerts. okay. the advisories for parts of the north bay, the san pablo bay shoreline, san francisco bay shoreline. this is for minor coastal flooding courtesy of high tides. no wind, no rain. that's not with triggering this flooding. it's the high tides that peak at 8.34. this morning high winds. yes, wind advisory in effect through tomorrow morning. and that's for the mountains of the north bay. that's for the east bay hills of santa clara, eastern hills and also the santa cruz mountains. so we've got some gusty winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. and some of the highest locations.

otherwise, again, out of the northeast, 20 to 30 miles per hour. some of that wind does help clear our air quality. so we've got good air quality through much of the bay area. now. and you know what? the smoke from the fire is not heading in our direction because of the strong northern and northeastern winds. it pushes the smoke all the way southward toward baja, california and out to sea. so we get the good air quality, but it's terrible air quality in parts of los angeles where that fine particulate matter, which could get inhaled. could cause some serious health problems for us. our wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour really lighting up. this image future futurecast for these numbers in this sept weny's and 30's, even to the 40's and 50's all out of the northeast north northeast, we've got some strong, brisk winds, future cast model in terms of precipitation, not going to happen. not in california, not this week. so for this weekend, we start to see again, we've got these

northerly winds and then this area of low pressure comes in and it's awfully close to high pressure that's building in today over the central coast. that will tighten that pressure gradient. that will strengthen the winds. and that pushes then back into the red flag category for southern california, which is not good. again. this area of high pressure is keeping storm's way to the north's. everything's goes way up and over. just like it's a big mountain. and that's not good news. yesterday we had some record high temperatures, 70 for oakland. 75 redwood city. 71 s o today's numbers. we're not looking at that. we're looking at numbers more like the 60's still quite warm and well above normal. typically be maybe in the 50's. but no, we get the mid 60's in many areas from mill beta is santa p2 burlingame to redwood city at 64. and you see some of the warmer numbers as you might expect around san jose in the south bay. 68 degrees there. and again, mid 60's pretty

much everywhere you go across the bay area this afternoon. good air quality, warm conditions. a nice day to be outside and enjoy yourself. and a look ahead. does show great conditions warm above the normal for much of the week and then we start to bring things so the closer to normal in terms of temperatures by the end of the week. stephanie. all right, kathy, thank you so much. we are hearing from bay area firefighters responding to the crisis. >> in southern california, santa rosa fire marshal paul lowenthal is among those on the ground. he says extremely dry conditions are making this fight challenging. he also mentioned that for many fire crews who lost their homes in the northern california fires tackling this crisis feels personal. >> there's obviously a lot of firefighters is as events like this continue to happen 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. >> the area fire crews are expected to stay in la county for at least another 2 weeks. and there's a growing health concern related to the use of toxic fire but targets. now a south bay company is aiming to protect firefighters from toxic chemicals. khan was jack moment. reports from santa clara. >> outside the city of santa clara spyer department because like dozens of other agencies around california, they have fire crews in los angeles helping take care of those devastating wildfires. but it's not just fire departments. there are private companies who are also helping as well, including a startup based out of morgan hill, which says they have a new fire suppressant, which they say could revolutionize the way we fight fight. in a warehouse in mohgan hill. this startup is ramping up production of its signature product. as we speak. it's being applied right now. it

says see xp, sean, far is the ceo of komodo fire systems. it's a fire suppressant that will not only extinguish the fire. >> will also prevent the fire from according to the company, the left side of this pile of straw was treated with the suppressant even when it's torched. >> this side doesn't catch fire. >> is basically saying that we can put a firewall around any kind of asset fires throughout the bay area in 2024. saw a lot of fire suppressant used the national institute of health, however, says much of the brands that used by firefighters are toxic. >> so far, he says this product uses natural chemicals and is nontoxic, though they're still working on getting statewide agencies like cal fire and local governments to use their product. they do say pg e is using it. they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a >> power station, whether it is a battery maybe a pole, a

power pole along with private fire companies who are hired to protect property and forced to bari. it's personal. his family home in napa was burned within just 2 hours during the tubbs fire a few years back. but, you know, for me, this is a passion. and for me because of what happened, my doubts house when i watch what's happening in la, it's personal. >> right? we can't we can't allow that to happen. >> so you could buy tubes like this to protect your own property. you may be wondering why cal fire and other state agencies are using it to fight wildfires to start up tells us it's because it hasn't gotten to the point where they can load planes full of it to fight the fires. they say once they that, they hope state agencies be more lenient to use it in the future. reporting at santa clara jacmel. but kron 4 news. >> a clothing drive happens this weekend for fire victims. the drop-off is at trader vic's in emeryville on sunday afternoon from 12, 30 to 3.30, organizers are looking for barely used clothes for all ages as well as underwear, socks and toiletries. organizers will be driving those donations down to a

relief center in la. a parent company nexstar has partnered with the american red cross to launch a donation page for wildfire victims in southern california. you can scan the qr code on your screen right now to make a donation. and for much more and the latest developments on the southern california wildfires. you can stay with us here on air and also head our website. kron 4 dot com. rhetoric. san francisco has a new fire. chief mayor daniel lurie, tapping battalion chief ken crispin to take over the job. kristen is a san francisco native with 34 years of service. his appointment comes as the city faces an expected budget deficit of nearly 900 million dollars. >> 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 officially takes over the chief duties on january. 21st. he replaces sandy. tom, who has been

filling in as interim chief since september. and now to the fentanyl crisis in san francisco. a city one program is finding success in helping those addicted to the deadly drug kron four's. sara stinson brings us the story of a local mother working to change her life around her child. >> the program specifically helps pregnant women. i sat down with one mom who, after more than a year of getting help is thriving with a job, a home and a healthy baby girl. a new beginning for a new mom. issues is like my first day. >> so i think leans in gisborne. >> crystal stephens says she was addicted to fentanyl when she learned she was pregnant with delilah. i was in a really hard time in my life with the addiction. i had came from homeless. steven says a case manager connected her to the city's perinatal stabilization program. that's when she started working with public health nurse. dan allows robots to get for up to

she helped me get stable. >> methadone at the hospital allows pregnant. so i could have a safe delivery. born. she was in the nicu to help me through that process and help me cps case so that she wasn't removed for me at birth. then stevens went to a residential treatment facility with her newborn and a robot supported her through it all every week visiting her. >> at her treatment facility. >> weighing delilah making sure that she was meeting all her milestones and then supporting her. when she graduated treatment, stevens moved to permanent family housing and has been working at a cafe. >> but she just got a new job that will allow her to give back at the treatment center that i was out with july. less excited to be able to help fill in and >> keep them there. let them know that only good things come from staying sober and stay in your baby. the perinatal stabilization

program provides services to pregnant women suffering homelessness, addiction or mental health disorders. the department of public health says this program was launched in 2020 after increase of an house pregnant women ms, caring or giving birth on the street. people are capable of change that people who want to stop using drugs can. >> and with the right support do as the fentanyl crisis continues to take lives. stevens hopes programs like these stick around to help families thrive. so it. and so birth to for their children. and just it's really important to keep programs like that. >> up an unfunded, the perinatal stabilization program is one of 3 programs in the city with nurses that help pregnant or postpartum others by the end of 2020 fort served 311 people and 90 clients are currently enrolled. i'm sara stinson reporting in the newsroom. back >> how the latest technology can help in a natural disaster

from cbs 2025. i'm rich demuro. that's coming up in richaun tack. >> we could use some rain drops. but the climate prediction center says at least through january, 16th, drier than normal conditions across all of california, southern

>> such a beautiful day across the bay area. we started out on a bright note only a few patches of fog now, which is nothing but clear skies. the golden gate bridge. you see traffic moving beautifully to get the shadows cast upon the marin headlands. we are in for a spectacular day, but there are some changes. first of

all, there's a flood advisory in effect and that is up for the bay shoreline of the san francisco bay, san pablo bay, parts of the north bay. this is for minor coastal flooding because of the high tides. no rain. of that's why we have a flood advisory is because of the high tides at 8.34 so that already passed. but still, we have that flooding possibility for maybe the park's maybe some parking lots, just some low lying areas through noon in the meantime is also a high wind advisory in effect 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts across the highest locations, even 50 mile per hour gusts possible in the north bay mountains in the east bay hills of santa clara, eastern hills. and in the santa cruz mountains. so that's a big concern because the winds can get very, very gusty. could down trees. tree limbs could put up power and also tough to drive u.s. high profile vehicles. air quality. ours is great. we have a northeasterly wind is pushing

up smoke from the la fires away from us. so it's good air quality everywhere you look for us, which is great news. but look at southern california. my goodness, gracious. there's a bull's eye of terrible particulates matter right there, of course, in los angeles. and that smoke is heading out to sea and the smoke is heading right down the baja peninsula. so that's where the bad air quality is. you can see as i step aside areas where of the way the poor and moderate and dc air quality are in southern california depends on the winds of topography. and as those winds shift and change, it makes a big difference in terms of firefighting, not only the smoke but the fire fighting as the winds. we'll actually get fires to respond and moved differently. futurecast, we would love to see some rain drops out of its but no, there all the rain and all the storms going way above the ridge, a new which is building in white across central california today. and there's an area of low pressure here that cut off from the jet stream headed out to sea. and it is going to be

tightening up the pressure gradient. when you get high pressure and low pressure too close together, that's when you can see very strong winds. also, the winds can push right through the canyons and that can cause a strong santa ana winds. winds can come over the mountains and then drop and that is compression. hearings. that will heat things up too, which does not help. so we don't have any rain in the forecast for quite a while. maybe even through the end of the month. we see high temperatures today, a little cooler than yesterday, but still we're seeing numbers mainly in the 60's. yesterday we had some record breaking temperatures from oakland museum to sfo to redwood city today. i don't think we'll break any records, but still we well above normal. a look at the 7 day forecast shows nothing but sunshine. absolutely beautiful conditions. temperatures above normal. 2, we go into about the middle of next week and we start to head closer to normal. stephanie. why? cathy, thank you with devastating wildfires in southern california. some wonder what tech resource can help.

>> what help? but teck resources can help during a disaster. our rich demuro takes a closer look in this week's rich on tech. >> i'm rich demuro hair richaun tack in las vegas at cs 2025. or the wildfires have impacted this show as well and unique way. many attendees from los angeles either didn't come in all or they had to go home early to check on the situation back at home. and everyone at the show. so many attendees came up to me to express their best wishes for everyone in los angeles impacted. now with that in mind, we decided to scour the show floor for any technology that might help in an emergency situation. >> at cs 2025, in las vegas. in addition to the gadgets and ai another key topic, the devastating wildfires in los angeles. i'm also one of the people who live in california was also very concerned about wildfires. disaster tech has always been on display. now it's being noticed. we're

always looking out be more proactive and detecting threats and also environmental first one of the most recognizable safety brands out there that used to be about 20 years ago that he had 17 minutes to escape a house fire that time has now been reduced to 2 minutes or less. and that is if you have a working smoke alarm open floorplans synthetic materials and lithium ion batteries make today's homes burn faster and hotter the living room from lithium-ion battery fire can go up in 45 seconds to >> up to an cloud makes an ai-powered video camera when it sees fire or smoke. it sounds an alarm to activate water suppression systems. >> while but nano jack clean smoke particles and more from the air without filters or chemicals able to do is to spray into the air. trillions of nano size, water droplets.

>> and what those dew is a go and and goals. all the particulates matter in the atmosphere dropping down to the ground and inactivated. they're donating systems in the la area. >> their booth did seem to have cleaner fresher air. then the vicinity. drones used to get a bad name, but they're increasingly helpful in disaster planning and relief. >> you have planes and helicopters are a little bit higher when you have a drone, you're getting centimeter level data you can understand individual trees, individual plant, individual structures and they're also now, the idea is to have them help fight fires to so very, very large almost the size small planes. why information that, you know, put out fires. so not just disaster recovery, but also helping to prevent the worst disaster can do, especially when it comes to fires. >> i think what's most interesting to me throughout

all of this is that when disaster strikes, you got all the technology in the world, it may or may not help, but it's really the human cycle. back to basics. and they just want to help each other in any way that they can more information on any of the solutions i showed you go to my website, rich on tech dot tv in las vegas. i'm rich demuro. that's richaun tack. >> a mandatory one-year moratorium has been issues stopping insurance companies from canceling coverage for homeowners within the palisades and eaton fire burn areas. the state insurance commissioner says the rule applies to all homeowners in those areas, regardless of whether or not they suffered a loss. it also applies to homeowners in adjoining zip codes near the fire zones. the rule expires january 7th next year. and insurers were bailing on homeowners before those giant fires. we heard from the climate and energy expert on this issue. >> 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 pacific palisades ever happens again. and we should want to do that anyway. >> stanford professor michael morris's city infrastructure must be updated to take climate change into account. he advises homeowners to make their homes fire safe, even if it means cutting back on landscaping and using fireproof building materials. fireproof building materials. we'll be right back. ry excited about saving big

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donut shop that was ravaged by a fire in san francisco's west portal neighborhood has officially reopened georges doughnuts and it was supposed to have their grand opening back in september. but that

was pushed back after a fire broke out on east portal avenue between 14th avenue in vincent street for other businesses were also damaged. francisco, maryland, daniel lurie, excuse me, attended that grand opening. and take a look at this familiar face. we first introduced you to him right here on our weekend morning show services goes fire department search and rescue dog basco is in the running to be america's favorite pet basco is in first place right now. but there are still 6 days left until voting ends. if possible winds will be featured on the cover of modern dog magazine and get a $10,000 prize. you can vote at america's fave hat. >> dot com, good luck to you. basco. he often you got a great looking base? yes, he does. hopefully a nice day to walk the dog to i think every day this week will be a nice day to walk. the dog is not much change in temperatures. they come down slightly. we get lots of sunshine, of course, gusty winds. but

overall, it's great dog walking we're lucky so far. fantastic. love the sound of that. thank you so much, kathy, in. i do want to just point out, of course, we are, of course, covering the southern california wildfires as well. just a quick update on just the conditions of folks out there facing well, it's very dry. as you know, that's one of the big factors. it's very dry and very gusty winds. the winds not quite as strong right now. they'd relax a little bit giving firefighters a chance today to try and get a handle on crazy, awful, horrifying fires. again, the red flag warning kicks in again this evening. so we definitely have a some problems okay. got so i mean, how how long? i mean, when do you think that those fire crews out there going to get the weather completely on their side to say, well, i think it be nice to see some rain. and the problem is we don't really have rain in the forecast. we could stay dry through the end of the month. so it's a little hard to tell that they haven't seen much rain in southern california since last spring. it's unbelievable how little rain, 1607 inch 16 hundredths of an

inch varias fallen since last spring. so in los angeles, so that's just it's bone dry. the atmosphere's dry. plants are desiccated. they're thirsty or parks. and that's, of course what's taking up taking aim on us and let the santa ana winds to a just a huge problem. and so really didn't have a climate. and then the weather has been a real problem. then we could just see this kind of thing happening. and unfortunately, it has. okay. all right. well, hopefully they get some relief soon and it sounds like those winds are slowing down just a little bit. yes, thinkers cross that they can get a handle on it it's just horrifying. absolutely. well, thank you so much, cassie. thanks to all of you for joining us here on the phone for a weekend morning news. >> thank you so much for your time we'll see you back here bright and early tomorrow at 07:00am. so then sending our best to all of the families and communities impacted by t e southern california wildfires. and of course, also thinking of the first responders out there on the front lines of most efficient you for tuning in and stay safe and be well, take care of each other.