kron, 4 morning news. firefighters continue to battle 3 major wildfires in la county. the death toll now climbing to 24. plus a violent start to the new year in oakland, a triple shooting at a community center leaves 2 people dead. and san jose begins the process of moving out rv dwellers today. we're live with the latest. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us on a monday. i'm darya and james, it is a windy monday. those strongest of returned bright. as you can see over shoulder there, sun

is out. it's just a little chilly and windy. genevieve, the wind is the biggest deal in this forecast for us as well. as for southern california, neighbors. >> we have plenty of sunshine and honestly, too much of it. this dry trend of weather is not going to end anytime soon. take a look at this view of downtown san francisco. definitely bright as y u're getting outside. winds have already exceeded 50 mile per hour. gusts up in the east bay hills right now, 30 to 40 mile per hour gusts elsewhere. and we do have high wind advisories for the north bay mountains all the way through tomorrow morning. temperature wise, we are chilly. a few of us down in the 30's like in dublin at 39 degrees. in fact, the inland east bay is under a frost advisory this morning because of how chilly some of us are now into the afternoon. not a lot chile about this forecast. it's going to be 60's under sunshine. but you are going to be seeing that windithrough the day. reyna our eyes on thing for that windy gusty right here on a monday morning.

>> lot of drivers taking it easy because of just how gusty things are, especially across our bridges. about 18 minutes on the bay bridge. while rich december feels it's a 14, the san mateo bridge your at 16 over there, not seeing any major delays, but again, the wind slowing you down. 37 minutes across the golden gate bridge darya. james, back to thank you. back to our coverage of the southern california wildfires and the thousands of homes that have been burned so many homes lost to. this is one of him here as we are looking live at the damage and so many lives lost already. >> 24 people confirmed dead in these fires and they continue slowly very slowly to be able to go back into those neighborhoods that have been reduced to rubble. so unfortunately, we are expecting that number 2 go up so horrible and tragic and the number of containment akers is also going up or percentages. i should say. and that's some good news. as we take a look at the progress made so far we

are concerned about fires as john has been covering. it's windy here in northern california as well as in southern california. so we're hoping those santa ana winds do not whip up. yeah, it's here. you can see the map showing you where all the fires are burning. the 3 biggest one. >> pretty evident there. the palisades fire, the first fire and the eaton fire palisades is the biggest 23,000 acres burned so far, containment still only at about 14% firefighters or making better progress when it comes to the eaton fire. that fire is now. 33% contained to a 3rd of the way contained. it is about 14,000 acres in size and then the hurst fire, the smallest of the 3 of about 300 firefighters on the scene of that one. it's 89% contained and that's a jump of new number this morning about 800 acres have burned there. the death toll, though, from the wildfires, as daryn mentioned, 24 and potentially growing. we know rescuers and investigators have been using dogs to try to sift through the rubble and find out if

anybody else has been falling victim to these fires have a bay area continues to help sending crews as half of country. you know, the whole country has come together. >> sending firefighters to that area. there are several crews from the bay area there right now. jack moment has more on the story. >> of all the horrific scenes shown from the thousands of acres scorched and lives ruined by los angeles fires. photos show with the panic and terror cemented into history. photos also show the heroism of firefighters from all over the country to kind of get in job to kind of help. >> so when you kind of have incidents like this. of the magnitude, you always want to go. you always want to go help. >> that includes crews from the bay area. >> a lot buddies back from back home are down here, but they're just keeping busy port carlos or to with cal fire czu. it's a song bird reunion

seeing his bay area colleagues battling the worst set of fires. the state has seen. >> in a couple of years. and then this is what we call over. zoom or test shows us the staging area for cal fire trailers for interviews, press conferences and meetings. he's very much like a miniature city port is job is going to grocery stores or wherever people congregate and give them vital information to keep themselves safe. and about the next face. now that the fires are just starting to get under control was a fire runs through. it's important for us to be able to give the right information for the people when they start to repopulate. so everything gets done right in orderly fashion. and that next phase includes coming home for thousands, knowing many of those won't have a home to return to it all. >> it's like the national guard and dozens of fire departments all helping the cause. the damage here will be felt for generations. the unknowns are up. >> pretty scary. crews are having a cautious mindset, though, knowing increasingly intense weather events are

becoming the norm. are changing. >> but we just got to be fluid and change with them and it will be fine. >> jacques moment kron, 4 news. >> and happening today, san jose has begun temporarily banning rv's that are parked in various city streets. yeah. kron four's joey horta actually live for us in san jose standing in front of. >> one of rv areas being targeted. joey? yes, right. james and darya. there's about 20 rv's parked here on channel with avenue where we're at and it they're taking up about 3 blocks worth of parking spaces here. police were out here earlier this morning talking to one of the rv dwellers. it's unclear what the call was in response to. these are among more than 2000 rv's that people are living in long-term across san jose. according to the city in november city council set aside one of the half million dollars to remove these rv's. >> if you own an rv and want

to live in it permanently will work with you. but you need to find a sustainable, permanent place to live in your rv. and i'm the person that doesn't want to deal with any drawn. i just want to sleep and wake up the next day. >> according to the city, the rv's bring too much noise, trash fires, sometimes crime in this section of chen with avenues. the first of 30 locations where the battle being force, the city will target a new location. each week we're told boynton avenue would be coming up next week. and so once the rv's or move removed from here by towing possibly if they don't move by the owners themselves, they'll come in and clean up the streets. whatever is left behind and get everything back to for now, we haven't seen too much activity out here this morning. again, police out here earlier. unclear why rv dwellers, though, haven't really made much of a parent's here just yet this morning. back to you. >> okay, we'll wait and see how it develops throughout the day. joey, thank you.

meantime, santa clara county is looking for volunteers to help count the number of people who are experiencing homelessness. it's the 2025 count that's going to happen next week on january 22nd and 23rd volunteers will get out and survey people experiencing homelessness. talk to them. ask about the demographic information and their living situation. information on how to volunteer if you're interested is on the county's website. >> well, a man in san jose was shot and killed over the weekd. it happened a little after 10:00pm on loma drive. that man was tan tohe hospital but later died. police have made any arrests yet. and no details yet about the suspect. let you know when they issue some. in the south bay, santa clara county jail reached a 20 year high when it comes to inmate deaths that happened in 2020 for the department of justice here for california says 10 people died while in custody at the of the sheriff's office last year at the elmwood correctional facility in milpitas and at

county hospitals where deputies transported incarcerated people to get medical care. the number of deaths in 2024 doubled from 5 recorded back in 2023. crime, though, is at its lowest in more than a decade in one west valley city. we're talking about cupertino. they had about 741 reported crime incidents in 2024, which is actually the lowest number in 12 years. the city's dashboard is showing the most common pcrime category was identity theft. you can see they had 169 instances of that. it was that followed by the 111 grand fafsa 106 car thefts and the other crimes included 150 commercial and home robberies. they also had 54 instances of vandalism. and 29 stolen cars. >> a battle over residents might not be able to call 9-1-1 because of a problem with phone service. 18 t customers are being affected. so authorities say if you cannot call 9-1-1, you should

call the number on your screen that we've posted here. there's no estimate on when the service is going to be resuming and this problem will be fixed. but in the meantime, you might want to jot down that 707, number happening today, santa rosa city schools hold the first of 5 town hall meetings are going to have to discuss possible school closures. let's take a look at when those meetings are going to happen so that you can weigh in. tonight's town hall is from 6 to 7.30, at montgomery high school. the city is facing the 20 million dollar budget deficit. so the district says they may have to close or consolidate some schools and campuses. these town halls are a way for parents, students and teachers to learn about discuss what position the district is in and what possible solutions. there are. information will be made available in english and spanish at these town hall meetings, santa rosa city schools. they are the largest district in sonoma county. >> we're going to take a break

here at a 10. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, san francisco records show a presumptive case of bird flu in a child. we're going to have more on their condition. plus, after the break, as the death toll increases in southern california because wildfires. governor newsom now responding to some insulting remarks from president elect donald trump. and new technology for the firefighters will tell you how companies supplying a new type of fire suppressant. and we are looking at strong winds for southern california, just like seeing in the bay. >> but for socal, this results in incredible fire danger, especially with all those fires still burning. all of your full wrap up as we go and those strong winds also slowing you down on your bridges and highways across the bay area.

>> a 13 and the more and more we cover the wildfires in southern california. the more upsetting it is for a lot of people in santa rosa's coffee party and their community was devastated by wildfires a handful of years ago. and so a lot of those members are coming up now. >> october 2017, they remember it. well, that whole north bay community was devastated. and it can really trigger those difficult experiences that they had. kron four's will tran is in santa rosa with more. well. if anyone can feel the sympathy, the pain of la victims, its people in santa rosa. >> coffey park neighborhood. that's exactly my location. 7 years ago, it looked just like this 8 years ago, actually in 2017, it looked just like this. and then the fires broke

out and it wiped out this community. look at the homes. what you notice. all of them, the same age because they were rebuilt pretty much the same time they look brand new, even the road is brand-new are relatively new because it had to be rebuilt. coffey park was leveled like a mega ton bomb. >> just landed at this location 8 years ago, forcing so many people to flee. >> i actually got a chance to talk to a woman who was there in the overnight hours. she had to scramble with her family as well. by the time it was over, the tubbs fire cost 1.2 billion dollars it killed. 22 people cost 100 million dollars just to fight leaving behind all kinds of memories. >> like, oh, my help them. took because he feels it easy.

to have get up running with your kids. it's not easy. to leave everything behind. when you left that morning, i left it was 3 o'clock in the morning. i left. i was calling because when i knew that this time the fires kind of started towards that way. >> she didn't answer. i was crying. i was desperate. and she's okay. she's fine thing could actually the head the night before. she had left to mexico and she didn't say anything. i didn't know nobody knew. and i remember i screamed at her and i said, don't you ever leave like that again? i was like everything gone. you have nothing just like what it was like, your car, your everything is done.

whatever you took with you you have no. >> what can you say to los angeles? i mean, it was their hope. just take a hope. there is hope there is hope. it's hard. it's not going be easy, le ecially. for those pe who lost everything. but there is hope. and she said hope comes one day at a time. just put one foot in front of the other and keep trying. and that's exactly what they did. but when i approached or it brought back all kinds of memories that i actually apologize for picking a scab that you can see that this is so personal to them that when i first started the interview, she said help them help them, meaning los angeles. fortunately she is okay. and she passes along a message of love to la victim said she said it's going to be ok and

one final thing she said in that overnight hour as she was desperately trying to get ahold of iran with tears in her eyes. she and her family fled to egg abe because she figured that's the only place they would have water and some shelter for her family. incredible interview will thank you. >> that reality all too well, absolutely up here. we are still looking at a similar forecast, but it's what we've already seen that is giving us some relief that winter rain that northern california seen. but southern california has really yet to get sparing us from that height and fire danger. it is very windy out there. 50 mile per hour gusts in our higher elevations already can see the camera on mount tam really shaking back and forth. these offshore winds are not letting up over the next 24 hours here right now, gusts exceeding 30 to 40 miles per hour. could see isolated gusts high as 50 to

60 miles per hour for the bay likely to see a few more advisories popping up as of right now they're up in the north bay hills all the way through 10:00am tomorrow morning. very similar set up to last week with this cut off low and that dry offshore wind very much so even more breezy for southern california. wind gusts down south could be 70 to 80 miles per hour. and with that, those yellow orange and red areas on the map are indicating critical fire danger for areas like pacific palisades. the hills around both orange and la county. so these areas right here subject to that critical fire danger as these offshore winds continue. the one plus of the offshore wind. it is pushing the smoke out away from us offshore and out into the ocean. so we have very little smoke impacts across the state. temperatures in the 60's for your daytime highs in san francisco and at the coast. a lot of 60's elsewhere to along the bay shore as well as for inland areas. some of our warmest spots, as you

probably could've guessed, is the south bay san jose and santa clara back at 66 degrees today. the catch to getting out there and enjoying this day is going to be those strong winds specially tonight into tomorrow morning. so do note that as you plan out your day today, now temperatures will remain steady in the 60's through thursday after that beginning to cool a little bit closer to seasonal averages into the 50's by the weekend. no chances of rainfall in sight just yet. right now. >> really slowing you down here on a monday morning. we're gonna highways over in the east bay long. 85 80 seen whole lot of rain and a lot less green of a bridge right now about 13 minutes for everybody trying to make their way into the city this morning, followed by an 11 minute richmond, sandra fell bridge drive. so a bridge drive times going down. those highways still seeing a lot of congestion. one on the south bay about 50 minutes as you're heading up from 85 to menlo park darya. james, back to you.

>> thank you very much. rain to a 20 is the time. governor gavin newsom, by the way, has issued an executive order aimed at streamlining the process of rebuilding homes and businesses. it means a wide range of building permits and reviews needed for projects will be suspended and that hopefully will make it easier and faster for people to get the help they need. the measure also extends laws against price gouging for building materials and construction costs throughout the remainder of this year, state agencies will also be empowered to find creative ways to streamline rebuilding and recovery efforts there in la county. california's national guard, by the way, is also sending more than 2600 service members there to la they're helping in the firefighting effort and also freeing up resources. so that. police can crack down on looters. >> we're here assisting cal fire with the wildfires down here in southern california will be flying the ch. 47 chinook with a water bucket truck to the belly of it primarily will be doing pulling water out of

reservoirs, dropping water on the fire were near the fire to slow down. really our intent is to buy calfire more time further down the road to make cuts. >> yeah, national guard is staging at airport in ventura county and that's where they'll be sending their crews out on their missions. >> and as we reported earlier this morning, the la county medical examiner now confirms that 24 people have been killed in the fires in southern california. and in washington, politicians are arguing over who's to blame. we have dc correspondent vinay simlot with the story. >> federal authorities are already on the ground in california helping with the fire and the response it's happening in one of the most densely populated parts of the country. governor gavin newsom says he's worried that the incoming trump administration may withhold 8. >> from above the california air national guard help support firefighters on the ground. the la county medical examiner says 24 people have

died. firefighters estimate the southern california mildfires destroyed more than 12,000 structures. we haven't seen that before. not not in southern california. not like this. california governor gavin newsom says it may be the worst disaster in u.s. history. i think it will be in terms of just the costs associated with it. while we at fema now are starting to help support this recovery piece. last week, president joe biden moved quickly to declare a major federal disaster days before president elect donald trump is due to take office. trump wrote online california governor gavin newsom should resign. adding this is all his fault. there is a serious lack of competent governance in california. incoming vice president jd vance and republicans blamed california democrats for the destruction, the policies of the liberal administration out there, i believe have made these fires worse. i suspect that there will be strings attached to money that is ultimately approved. responded on nbc's meet the press responding to donald trump's insults.

>> we would spend another month. i'm very familiar newsom says he's invited president elect trump to california to see the devastation for himself. >> he says so far the president elect has not agreed to a visit in washington. i'm today some lot back to you. >> it's a 23. and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. more on the destruction from the southern california wildfires and also and investigation into how one may have been caused by fireworks.

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it's 8.26. and for your help this morning, san francisco officials say they have found a presumptive case of bird flu in a child. the patient did not go to the hospital and has since fully recovered. and officials are saying the risk to the public is still low. they say there's no evidence at this point. a person, a person transmission. and it's unclear how the child may have contracted the disease. >> well, the new year comes well, a new tax season. it's going to be honest before, you know, it. fact, the irs has announced the january 27th will be the official start date of the 2025 tax season and they're expecting more than 140 million tax returns to be filed by that april 15th deadline. now just, you know, the iris is expanding its program that allows people to pay their taxes directly with the agency for free. it's called the direct file program. it's going to be available in 25 half the country starting january 27th, which is up from the 12 states that took part in that pilot program last year. we're going

to take a break. a 27 the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news bay-area social media influencers hosting a donation drive to help out those wildfire victims in southern california will have southern california will have the story. ♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club.

>> a 29 right now. checking out the weather for you. lots of sunshine out there. what you can see on tv and this shot is how windy it is really blowing. fact, we've got a wind advisory in effect. john was warning us that this would be the week. we're going deal with it. my job. yeah. started the week with another round of these offshore winds and extraordinarily strong for southern california and very

strong right here at home, too. if you are heading out to the coast today, it's going to be gorgeous and sunny out there, as you can see from happen. bay. >> but you are going to have strong gusts of wind as much as 40 to even 50 miles per hour. we've already seen those 50 mile per hour gusts up in the east bay hills. so far this morning, winds will pick back up tonight into tomorrow morning. we do have a high wind watch is in the north bay through 10:00am tomorrow. wouldn't be surprised to see a few more of these advisories popping up for the bay. now temperature wise, we're pretty chilly for a few spots. we actually have a few frost advisories for the inland east bay. so if you're stepping outside, noticing that cold feel it is definitely not just you later on today, a very mild afternoon. kind of like we saw over the weekend with highs back to the 60's. >> right. all right. on the still very gusty out there. but the good news look at our bridges, but i'm just going to drop. so from 25 14, our richmond center fell bridge. we got up to 14. now we're down 9 and the golden gate bridge still around 32. so that's probably the slowest of the bridge is out there.

checking on those highways are still seeing some red, especially across the east bay and windy conditions. so high profile vehicles just take it easy during. james, back to you. thanks a lot. it's 31 right now. 2 people are dead and a 3rd is in the hospital after a triple shooting that happened in oakland as what happened on a busy area community center. kron four's jack moment explains what happened. >> residents here on telegraph avenue described a pretty gruesome scene here on friday evening just after 10:00pm where police say 2 people were killed and one was injured in a triple shooting. >> washington still left after oakland's 4th and 5th homicides of 2025. left this block of telegraph avenue you people crying props are sides that work right here. >> see right here in the senate which years ago, 9 this. that is not a single blade. and i police say they responded to the shooting just after 10 in evening, 2 were dead on the scene. the other

person transported to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition. neighbors say police were there until 3 or 4 in the morning and the shooting of originated at a community center located in this building where a party was hosted. we reached out to that community center and have yet to hear back. but when walking by the community center saturday, people inside the building told us no comment. but i came up from san jose last night i want something enough. we have the whole area cordoned off taped off. no, i mean, it was a body. lynn, we tested. chandler says the most striking part was how young the victims court. he says this part of oakland is normally safe but says crime flows into this neighborhood from lake merritt. and it's starting to make him concern. >> it does quite often in the middle tonight walking the dogs. also. it's been pretty safe up into the past year. but, you know, things happen. you know, you just have to be cautious when you're outside at night time. that's all i can say to just a tragedy. you know, such a life cut down.

other people say the crime has continuously ramped up here. but awful long time, what kids, what else? she's sweeping new police car. they see the >> a homeless guy didn't know half of >> the oakland police officers association told kron 4 in a statement there is a crime surge occurring in oakland as the city council has continued to cut police services, too many hard-working innocent residents and businesses are being victimized by criminals to see that police are short staffed. we reached out to oakland police for more information on a possible arrest and more details on the victims but have yet to hear back reporting in oakland jack moment. kron 4 news. >> and 2 days after that, there was another shoong. people were shot on garfield avenue by the eastmont mall. that's where officers found e evidence that there had been a shooting on sunday rning. and then later, they learned that the victims were hit by taken themselves to a local hospital. and both of those people are in critical but stable condition at this hour. and police are looking for the shooter. >> well, happening right now,

the sunnyvale department of public safety is asking for your help in finding 76 year-old victor garcia. you see his picture here. he was last seen last week leaving his home on iris avenue between 07:00pm wednesday at 11:30am, thursday. authorities say he show signs of dementia. so they're pretty concerned. anyone with information is urged contact the sunnyvale department of public safety. the chp, by the way, is searching for a missing teenage boy in the east bay, 14 year-old lavelle jones was last seen in hayward on friday. he's described as standing 5 feet. 6 inches tall has brown hair, brown eyes. he's believed to be wearing a gray nike jacket with blue jeans vianey alert has been extended to alameda contra costa and san francisco counties. >> it's a 35 and we continue our look at the damage in southern california and the firefight as it stands this morning, the deadly palisades fire is raging on with

thousands of homes burned, families evacuated and 1000. more thousands more in harm's way. and they're being told to be ready to evacuate. just in case to ming and hear from above, showing giant building that was destroyed by the flames. the washington post is reporting now that the palisades fire likely came from a new year's eve fire in the monica mountains and firefighters are preparing for the worst this morning. this, of course, the winds could whip up today down south as they are here in the bay area. residents are suspecting some of them that this started with fireworks. it was first knockdown with helicopters and then after new year's 6 days later, those strong winds, again that we're getting more of today. they re ignited that fire is the theory right now. the fire department says it's not their practice to monitor locations of past fires. and that is going to be a long time before the report on what the cause was. because right

now, again, they're still battling this fire very actively. and it is not contained. no. and the winds is just talking about are expected to get worse. i'm morgan hill startup is lending a hand with the fires in la county with a new kind of a fire suppressant. the company is called komodo fire systems and their shipping out their fire suppressant spray. and this is a product. the is they say nontoxic and that it cannot only extinguish flames but also prevent flames from spreading. they're still working on getting statewide agencies to have this in their hands like cal fire and local governments use the product. but they say at this point the pg e is using the product. >> they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a power station, whether it is a battery maybe a poll, a power pole. >> right now, the company is still working on a way to get airplanes to be able to drop

big loads of this fire retardant on wildfires. what states do that? they say that other agencies are going to be able to use this product on a larger scale. >> well, a lot of bay area residents of businesses have joined forces now in the east bay to try and help those folks out. yeah, they're sending donated goods to those who have been wiped out by the fires. kron four's. lindsey ford takes a look at donation site in emeryville. >> wildfire victims on their path to recovery after flames tore through homes and businesses in los angeles county. like so many organizations stepping in to help 2 bay area, social media influencers. jesse kept rela and natalie marshall created clothing and toiletries donation site for those affected thinking like i will get some people to show up and >> we're at gridlock down to the highway. so the entire bay area has basically showed cars lined the streets to populate trader vic's in reveals parking lot.

>> where the donations were dropped off. let's bring dog. >> jackie is good for hearing all the way la is inundated with donations. people are being so helpful. this 26 foot moving truck behind me will be delivering hundreds of items from baby clothes, toiletries bags and other goods to families that are affected by the la fires. manager. organizers estimate 65 southern california. families will be helped kapur. ellen marshals say they worked with several volunteer groups who will organize the items and send them to relief centers in la to distribute to families. and they have lots of colleagues and friends who've had to evacuate. and many of my friends their children, schools have burned down. many of the people donating on sunday have family and friends who live in the los angeles area like megan maples who donated baby supplies like unused nursing covers and baby

clothing. as a new mom, i can't imagine having everything that my family worked so hard for taking away. and so i i felt very just heartbroken that. >> so many families are just experiencing such heartache right now in virgina proper local business owner who collected and brought over hundreds of items within her to sprinter vans just like the fires, it spread just like that. that donations and that really makes my heart. i'm definitely adrenaline right now. but my heart is just so open. the rest of the donations that did not make it on the 26 foot truck were sent to other local sites for people in parts go out course, in know that you're not alone. we're here and we're going to do whatever we can. you know, i said one bag at a time in emeryville, lindsey ford kron. 4 news. >> 40's the time. well, you won't have to pay any more dog fees in east bay regional parks, dogs, as we know, are

required to be on a leash in designated areas and a dog permit still required to walk more than 3 dogs at a time. but the dog fee of $2 has been removed now for 2025 along with parking costs, those of changed parking is now a $5 flat fee. bit of a change from the 3 to $6 depending on the park. the district says that they're simplifying the costa trying to encourage more people to visit the parks. >> check this out. the wwe is making a stop in san jose today. it's their second episode of >> monday night. raw. >> and the ring is going to be a feature the bay area native named bailey. she grew up in san jose. she was a 2 sport athlete at independence high. and she was like, well, i could play basketball in college, but not what i can see. rest laying maisie. that is so she was inspired to do that and she's going to be at the big event of safety center starting at 4.30, and it will be also streaming live on netflix. still ahead on the

kron, 4 morning news, more bay area officials are stepping up to protect immigrants. >> as the upcoming trump administration has popped caused promise that is to deport them. we'll see how sonoma county says they are not going to help. and growing calls for the incarcerated firefighters that are working on fires to make more money doing so. and there are thousands of lining up to take part in the la county wildfire part in the la county wildfire fight.

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continuing our coverage of the wildfires burning in southern california. and now there's a growing call for >> incarcerated fire crews working in la to make more money they make about $10 a day. plus a dollar for every hour that they were responding to a fire, an inmate with the lowest skill level could make almost $27 a day and that case and at the same time, cal fire. they pain on incarcerated seasonal firefighters, a minimum salary based of 37 $100 a month for the same amount of work. the ceo of andy recidivism coalition says that the firefighting program offers more than just money. inmates can have today's taken off their sentence for every day that they serve. working in a fire crew. >> because we never know we're going to need. these are people that like oftentimes when people go to prison or

jail, we forget about and we him away and we assume that that they they may not have value as as a society. that's not true. people are resilient. people can change and we should always want to be able to give a person a second or 3rd chance to be able to become the best version of themselves. >> the program is made up of incarcerated volunteers and to qualify. they have to have at least 8 years or less remaining on their sentence. convictions involving offenses. arson and their escape history disqualify and from serving and they also have to have cleared reports both physically and mentally. they have to be declared fit by health care staff to serve and once they pass the tests and they have to complete cal fire's firefighting training program to join a crew. as the wildfires rage on. there is some help coming from private firefighters as firms, wealthy people and insurance companies

can contact can contract their own firefighting personnel to try and save. >> personal private property as a extra line of defense and news nation's ryan bass takes a look at that. when millionaire real estate investor keith wasserman put out a call on social media for someone to connect him. >> with a private firefighting from it sent the social media platform x into a complete firestorm. but it's not as uncommon as you think. and it's not just celebrities that are hiring these private firefighting teams. in fact, the national wildfire suppression association, which represents more than 300 private firefighting groups, says that just under half of the resources across the country are provided by private fire services. but those for-hire firefighters make up just a small fraction of the nonpublic firefighters that are out there and they cost a pretty penny some charging north of $2000 per hour. now, the key thing to note here is they bring their own water and they don't take away from the resources used by public firefighters. they're tasked with battling these blazes there typically armed with their own hoses, their own fire blocking gel

and supplies. now they may coordinate with public fire departments, but they're generally pretty self-sufficient. we spoke with cal fire who said these for hire contractors are on the front lines and they don't get in the way of their critical work. >> of course, you know, corporations are welcome to the higher firefighters to protect their facilities where property or if it's a a series stands, are polls or private. a homeowner wants to have the insurance company hired them. of course. we're not going to stop we cannot and will not delegate to park firefighters of the operations that we need to have complex coordination with private firefighting actually been around for about half a century. so it's not something new here. and by the way, california passed a law in 2018 to regulate. >> these private firefighting teams to make sure that they operate safely and don't interfere with any public operations. that wasn't just rich people, hiring them, actually no 10 to 20% of those

that are private. firefighting teams are hired by the super wealthy. but they're typically in majority are contractors hired by insurance companies to protect their policy holders, homes. and then you've got industrial corporation, something things like oil, gas vineyards that hire some of these private teams to come in here and not just safeguard their properties but also mitigate any fire risk that could pop up. >> without citing the top of mount tam, which is our camera that's been really showing that wind more than anything else just because of how much it is shaking up there. those higher elevations, we are seeing 50 mile per hour gusts already across the bay 30 to 40 mile per hour gusts regularly at the coast and in our upper elevations. the thing that's helping us a lot is things are pretty green out there. not the case for southern california, which is also in the midst of these strong winds. we have high wind watch is in effect for upper elevations in the north bay through 10:00am tomorrow. as for southern california

winds down, there will be even stronger. and with that these dry offshore winds, bone-dry humidity, fire danger remains absolutely critical. and specially in those areas surrounding our already existing fires like areas like pacific palisades and all to dina. now we are going to be seeing strong winds both today into tomorrow that is going to push smoke away from us out towards the ocean. so we really don't have much smoke impacts, especially not here in the bay area. temps today in the 60's, regardless of where you're at the coast, san francisco bay shore or inland were all running above average yet again, the difference between this weekend and today is going to be just a few degrees cooler, but whole lot windier. so maybe not quite as crystal-clear picture perfect as we saw over the weekend. but still a pretty pleasant forecast. oakland at 63, same in napa, vallejo and benicia for your afternoon highs looking ahead to tomorrow's temperatures as well as through thursday, remaining in

the 60'swand are nothing but sun today and tomorrow. our windiest days with common conditions after that, the weekend will bring highs falling back into the 50's reyna. >> all the way down to the south bay. so seeing a whole lot of red on our map. you are going to be traveling. the bridges look great. the highways not so much. 60 minutes on the bay bridge this morning. well, look at highway 4, 40 minutes, antioch and to conquer this morning, we've been seeing traffic building from the early morning hours. it's all because of that wind double down the fremont around 30 minutes. checking on 8.80. also, you can see just how slow and go. things are 5 88 80 both seen delays throughout the morning. all because of the wind rocking out towards the maze. about 23 minutes. you start to build soon as you hit richmond. and let's check on one on one of the south bay. still nearly an hour along 85 to menlo park. 2, 80 82. we're also seeing slight delays because of that all right, james, back to you.

>> thank you. reyna time now is 8.51 in the north bay, the sonoma county board of supervisors has voted to protect the rights of undocumented immigrants in the county supervisors voted to limit the use of county money and resources to enforce federal immigration laws. data shows that about 27,000 sonoma county residents are undocumented immigrants. the resolution directs county departments and employees to comply with state law which limits sharing information about an individual's immigration status with immigration and customs enforcement except in the cases where the person is convicted of a serious or violent felony. the resolution says in part, quote, interacting with local government whether to access benefits, report a crime file, a legal document should not put any resident at risk regardless of immigration status, end quote. >> it's a 52 in san mateo county is looking for its next poet laureate the deadline to apply has been extended to

january 22nd candidates have to lived in the county for at least 3 years engage in community service and must of publish one or more collections of poetry. the poet laureate is a two-year position that includes a $5,000 year stipend. the application is on the san mateo county website. it's a 52 in coming up on the kron 4 morning news death by sugar. how the sweet drinks that you're sipping on could be taking a bigger toll on your health you may realize.

>> it's a 55 right now. and as we've seen a lot of people

flee from the flames in southern california, they're leaving to the hot the hot behind it. some cases, pets, dogs and cats and and they're running free and they need you know, a place. and so the san francisco spca is helping out by creating space here to be able to rescue and take in pets there that are coming from southern california. they want to be ready. there are plenty of dogs for adoption. there are cats that are available to all spayed and neutered and microchipped and vaccinated, especially now we knew we wanted to make space so we can alleviate our shelter partners down south that are being devastated by the fires and so waiving adoption fees is. >> defeating that barrier. getting those puppies home and making space for animals that are adoptable in shelters down south so they can make space for their fire victims and for owned pets that are to be reunited with their owners. hopefully soon. >> and the san francisco spca plans to head to southern

california today and they're also planning other trips in the following weeks. if you're interested and helping out, there's more information at the sf spca website which is dot org website. >> well, a 56 is the time. up next on the kron, 4 morning news. firefighters continue to battle 3 major wildfires burning in la county as the death toll continues to rise. plus, fire crews from all over the country, including here in the bay area, are helping out there as well. we'll get a look at what's happening on the front lines. and san jose officials beginning to move out rv dwellers. we are live with the latest. right now on

the kron. 4 morning news. firefighters continue to battle 3 major wildfires in la county as the death toll climbs to 24. plus a violent start to the new year in oakland, a triple shooting at a community center leaves 2 people dead. and san jose officials begin moving out rv dwellers today. we are live with the story. >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us. i'm daria and i'm james. and today the weather story here in the bay area is going to be the >> return of the wind. yeah, it's also the story down celsius combines with our story about the wildfires. let's get the latest from john. yep. the wind is definitely the problem here. we are seeing it. >> relentless over the next 24 hours for the bay as well a