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 as for southern california.

>> were gusts will exceed 60 even 70 miles per hour. this is your view at mount diablo right now. the hillsides are green and that is our saving grace. we've already seen our winter precipitation and the u.s. our fire danger is that is much a problem is a southern california, 30, 40 mile per hour gusts regularly today. we've already seen gusts topping 50 miles per hour up in the east bay hills. we do have high wind watch is in effect for the north bay mountains through 10:00am tomorrow morning. temperature wise, it's a chilly start. so don't forget the extra layer. lot of 40's and 50's right now as we move into the afternoon day time highs will reach the low 60's and are plenty of sun rain arrives on thing that got those high winds out there. but looking at the commute on our bridges, making a lot of progress. >> just because it doesn't seem like a lot of traffic. there was traffic there. so take it easy as you're traveling, especially in those high profile vehicles, 7 right richness. and with phil, the san mateo, you're at about 15

there on the golden gate. 30 minute ride and those highways across the bay area. you're still seeing a little rant, especially over in the east bay. we're tracking that money morning. drive be right back. all right, james, back to you. ok, we're also tracking the fires in southern california and they are making some progress on the fire fight ahead of another santa ana wind event today, as john has talked about, and that could further complicate the firefighting efforts. the death toll has risen now to 24 and counting. the acreage continues to burn homes continue to be lost, but they are making some more progress. so let's take a closer look at the 3 major fires that are burning as we get a live look from above the la county area. the palisades fire is still the biggest threat at this point. bning 23,000 acres. and it's only 14% contained. you can see it there on the map. clearly the largest fire and the most concern for firefighters at this moment. but they have their hands full as well with the eaton fire.

it is a little bit more contained, though. 33 1% at this hour with 14,000 acres. plus burn. and then the fire that made the most progress on which is 89% contained right now is at the hurst fire and the death toll from all of these fires at this point again, is 24. but they continue mean they're not even able to get into these burned out neighborhood. so as they do that and continue to go in with cadaver dogs, we will unfortunately probably hear more loss of life. yeah. and as we've reported, that number of crews from all over the country, but here in the bay area specifically have gone down there trying to help out. >> with the firefighting effort. and that includes clued crews, of course, from the bay area kron four's moment has more. >> 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 to. >> 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 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 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. 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 scenes like that are reminiscent of what we saw in coffey park in santa rosa all those years ago when they have that devastating wildfire that blew through overnight while people were sleeping. yeah. and the folks who've been through that in 2017 are triggered. >> and so just they're compassionate, but they're also so concerned they go to pieces when they hear about this will tran has been

covering of this morning finding out just how sensitive of an issue this is for them. will. >> this is triggering for them. no doubt about it. some say that they're thankful they night down there because if they see it for themselves, it would be too traumatic. many others, including a woman. i spoke to didn't need to be down there just asking her koster to start tearing up. we're at coffee park and this community was leveled. all these homes. probably only 2, r% 3, 4, years old. this was a game changer. it was gone on that overnight hour in 2017 and october because the fires just race through this community forcing so many people to flee. by the time the tubbs fire was over, it knocked out 5600 structures. many of them in tie coffey park neighborhood. and the one thing that they have in common look at how relatively new they all look, i mean, is only about a year or 2 old looks

like his brand-new pain because it pretty much is it had to be rebuilt. the tubbs fire went through here and by the time it was over, it cost 100 million dollars just to fight the fire. 1.2 billion dollars as far as damage to santa rosa. leaving behind so much heartbreak. 22 people died if in need body, could feel the pain of las angeles victims and want to hug them. its people in santa rosa. >> like, oh, my god, help them. to help them. because easy. to have to 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 when 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 is 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. it take a hope. there is hope there is hope. it's hard.

it's not going to be easy, especially. for those people who lost everything. but there is hope. >> full disclosure, yulia seven's, my camerawoman and i we under and apologized for triggering that memory which obviously is so raw. 8 years later for her. she said that she and her kids while they were frantically trying to get ahold of her aunt, they drove down to but debate thinking that's the only place that you can possibly pull over and maybe get some water, get some help. and then just ride it out. and then the days the weeks ahead, she said her high school daughter. well, her friend lost everything and she asked her mom, mom, can i buy my friend? some clothes. she had not. >> all right. we'll thank you

very much. >> 909 is the time and happening today. san jose has just started temporary banning of rv's along designated streets in the city joy, is in san jose right now at one of the locations being targeted. >> he has the update now. joey. >> james aria, we just spoke with one of the guys that lives in one of these rv's. and he says he's and wait and see mode right now on what's going to happen next to the home that the place that he calls home his rv. that's on the side of the road here. is it the rv's along channel with there's about 20 of them here for the about 3 blocks worth parking spots and they're the first rv's. it could be towed among more than 2000 that have been long-term parked on the side of the road in san jose. according to the city. now back in november city council set aside one and a half million dollars to remove these. but again, this is home for samuel flores after he says he lost his house about a year ago.

>> no, you can't kids getting sleep in cars that can have motor homes. but yet. okay, we just get rid of you. they act like we're nothing would, you know, give got a religion and you maybe have a look passion. >> is helping to move to another location where the rv to continue living there along with his dog but doesn't know where that's going to be for now. he's waiting to be told sometime this week he believes and the city will then be targeting other areas across town as we go throughout the next few months here. up next, a b over on gordon avenue. all right. thanks a lot, tony. it is 9.10. we're going to toke a break. but still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. >> death by sugar. how the sweet drinks you might be sipping on could be taking a bigger toll on your health. then you realize. >> and officials are investigating what started that deadly palisades fire down in la county. why one report believes it might be tied to fireworks will

explain. and new technology, by the way, to fight fires. a bay area company is coming up with a new kind of fire suppressant. >> and today, windy but mild towards the afternoon. we've already seen 50 mile per hour gusts in the east bay hills temps in the 40's to 50's welco

looking at another wind event across the state and we're definitely in the midst of it right now. you may have heard the wind last night. we've already had 50 mile per hour gusts in the mountains. you can see a little bit of shaking going on in the camera here. >> looking down from sutro tower at the golden gate. all

this wind moving from the east out towards the coast. and with that, it is pushing dry air and across the region today is going to be another abundantly sunny one, but breezy through the day today into tomorrow morning. we do have these high wind advisories for the north bay mountains. now, as far as the big picture set up goes very similar to last week below branching off the jet stream and with it dragging this dry air out towards the coast, we are seeing extraordinary fire danger for the southern parts of the state because the fact we got these winds, the dry humidity haven't seen the winter rains yet. so with those fire still actively burning in southern california comes that risk of continued rapid spread. now one plus of the wind is it is pushing the smoke away from the coastline. it's not really dealing with smoke, especially not for the bay area. temperatures today in the 60's, whether you're in san francisco, the coast or along the bayshore inland, it is another above average day across the bay. as far as temperatures go. so we're

keeping this a dry, sunny january trend going. san jose and santa clara at 66 degrees. each pay temperatures low to mid 60's for you. oakland, san leandro at 63 north bay temps. also right at 63 in napa bunny ship allay sandra fell and nevada. a look ahead to show temps remaining steady through thursday. a slight cool down after that into the upcoming weekend. lots of sunshine and calming down after tomorrow. >> a little congestion on. i was like 101. 85 to middle park about 48 almost an hour there. 17 on the bay bridge. everybody traveling into the city. remember high winds been slowing us down as we're traveling. so if you do have a high-profile vehicle, just take your time. 7 along the ridges summer, fill a lot of improvement across that bridge. 80 crockett out towards the maze. traffic starts to build soon as you reach richmond, 18 minutes to make that ride the highway for

antioch to concord. know short of 26 minutes darya. james, back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street. we have financial expert rob black joining us on this monday morning where rob, it looks like the tech-heavy nasdaq struggling a bit. the dow, though, is up more than triple digits. what are you seeing out there? >> you said it. tao of the dow's the leader right now large part because of united healthcare is doing really, really well. jp morgan caterpillar, there's rotation from tech stocks. last year's winners and the 2023 winners in 2 2025 winners. it's not going always be the same things tax. not always be the leader. they have very high valuations right now. and hopes of fed rate cut kind of got squashed on friday with a strong jobs report. going to see producer price inflation on tuesday. we're going to see consumer price inflation on wednesday. second change things a little bit. but the 10 year treasury sits at 4.7 9% to euro money market. you're getting a pretty good

rate of return. no need to move it into stocks thought investors are thinking right now and i guess banking stocks are getting ready to kickoff there. 4th quarter earning season. yeah. thanks for bringing that we are in that earnings calendar. so we're going see jp morgan bank of america, goldman sachs, couple others this week is the big 3 in my opinion. and they tell us how the consumers doing and they tell default on loans and credit cards and situations along those lines. so a lot of insight coming later this week. but to start off the we're doing selling for sure on the nasdaq and s p ok, before we get to the fires in southern california, which i want to talk to you about. >> we have the supreme court, i guess latest indications are perhaps it's leaning towards enforcing that tiktok ban. so what you're hearing now? >> that's what i'm hearing sunday night. so we have less than a week january 19th when the enforcement of that ban

goes into effect, 170 million users, including both my children would be banned from using it. they wouldn't even able to access the data and it looks like that's what's gonna happen unless some sort of last second reprieve reprieve from either the supreme court. they heard arguments on friday there to make a ruling this week. but most people are not expecting u.s. supreme court to help bytedance. ok, alright. now let's get to the effects of the fires in southern california. >> boy, for some of those insurance companies that pulled out of offering fire insurance last guess from their perspective, they did that just in the nick of time. but there's this is a costly wildfire by some accounts, the worst wildfires we've seen in some parts of la ever. that's going to have some effects financially. and you know but what if? what are your thoughts there? but about insurance companies? because many of them hit record profits last year, right? and like you said that including state of california anyway. >> 12,000 structures have burned down. estimates are

right now 435 250 billion dollars in damage just but for the property casualty insurers themselves, they're looking to be on the hook for about 20 billion dollars. mercury general was down 20% last week. 24%, all state was down 5%. travelers was down 4%. now this week, the counter his monday and wall street's rewarding as companies are buying them again in large part because they're gonna raise their premiums and they've been pretty smart when pretty disciplined about not offering insurance to his new homeowners. they've been cutting back their exposure. they've been pretty strategic on it. and again, it stinks to talk about because we're right in the middle of it right but it's catastrophic for, you know, individualize. but for the insurance companies going to be ok. >> but on the flip side, i know it past natural disasters. you've that stocks like, like maybe caterpillar or home depot are things where it's all about rebuilding. it's all about, you know, resurrecting from the ashes. those might be good plays down

the road. i don't know if you're thinking about it in those terms. >> yeah, it it's not as material as you would want to be in disasters. like you're saying on home depot and lowe's. but there is an effect short my question is, with all the structures, how we contractors, that there's just not enough contractors in america, it's a good time to be a contractor or to do have have review. well. one of my friends, his house burned down and united called many such rebuild. and i said he has not wife, doesn't have kids he doesn't live in la anymore. so he may just take the money. pretty interesting staff a it's tragic on so many levels. >> all right. well, let's talk about dry january. i guess it's something that has some hidden benefits. walk me through it. and with the wildfires the stock market like i need a drink now write some. >> by 8.62% of american adults

drink alcohol. one in 5 say that they feel that drink too much dry. january is a it's trending in 2013, it was started by group called alcohol change. united kingdom. i think its fantastic and i participated myself. 25% of american adults participate in dry january up from 16% in 2023. so it's trending on average american. the seams are really small. may spend about $583 a year on all calls. that's about $50 a month but then their secondary costs like tipping a bartender taxis or rideshares. i that pizza late night delivered because you've got beer about as much use peak and then obviously with insurance tightens your healthcare costs as well. so i like the idea of dry january and it's something all participated moving forward for sure. but it is it tough to tell it with wildfires. i don't know how the newsroom is doing right now. but feel really anxious right just, you know, hearing

the stories out of la toya ashura and with u.s. being no stranger to wildfires, a lot of viewers getting triggered by what they're seeing. >> with some of that devastation. rob, thank you. as always. could check with rob again tomorrow. so get your questions and comments and now you can reach him on those points are at the bottom those points are at the bottom of the screen. rob, thank you.

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>> 9.29 right check out the weather on monday morning. setting the stage for i think not just a windy today, but windy yeah, we've got john with the outlook there. how long is this wind advisory going to be with us, john? yeah, we are seeing are core of this wind advisory today into tomorrow and overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. some of the strongest wind, especially for southern california. getting a look from the top of mount tam because this has been showing just how strong those winds are from those higher elevations. we've already seen wind gusts in excess 50 miles per hour. in many areas, 30 to 40 mile per hour gusts so far this morning for areas in

lower elevations, high wind watches are in effect for the north bay mountains through 10:00am tomorrow. temperature wise. we're hanging out in the 50's for most areas. currently a few 40's further inland. so definitely a cold start to your monday this afternoon, mild again, just very windy. that's the big change from where we were over the weekend rain. all right, john, thank you for that. windy, gusty conditions out there on your bridges, but those drive times to start a draft. thankfully. >> 15 minute drive right now. bay bridge. 8 minutes on a richness refill the golden gate bridge around 20 minutes. stay here. if you already had some of those highways like in the south, a 45 minute ride. 85 to menlo park during james. back to you. thank you. reyna 9.30, right now. 2 people are dead and a 3rd in the hospital after a triple shooting in oakland. so this happened at a busy community center. a kron four's jack moment walks us through 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. >> acosta takes still left after oakland's 4th and 5th homicides of 2025. left this block of telegraph avenue you people crying props are 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 with their 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 and 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 my 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 do for a long time. what your 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 who 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 shooting, 2 people were shot on garfield avenue by the eastmont mall. that's where officers found evidence and on sunday that there had been a shooting and then they learned later that the victims had taken themselves to the hospital. they're both listed in critical but stable condition. and police are looking for the shooter. sunnyvale. police have arrested 2 people for a deadly shooting that happened nearly 7 years ago. they sent a id, laura and augustine sandoval have been accused of murder for a shooting that happened at the fair oaks strip mall back in 2017. that's where one person was killed and was injured. the investigation was cold until detectives were able to identify those 2 suspects last year. they were just arrested last week. well, happening right now, tae sunnyvale department of public safety's asking for your help in finding this 76 year-old

man. >> his victory garcia, he was last seen leaving his home on iris avenue sometime between wednesday night and early thursday morning. authorities say he shows signs of dementia, which is why they really want to find him anybody with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the sunnyvale department of public safety. meanwhile, a chp is looking for this missing teenage boy out of the east bay. 14 year-old lavelle jones was last seen in hayward on friday. he's described standing 6 5 feet, 6 inches tall has brown hair, brown eyes and is believed to have been wearing a gray nike jacket with blue jeans when he disappeared. buddy alert has been extended now to alameda contra costa and san francisco counties. >> its 9.34 and as we continue this morning, looking at what's going on in southern california and surveying the damage from the fires, we have the very latest on. as you can see, the death toll, which is 24 right now, thousands of people, 10's of thousands have

evacuated more than 10,000 structures have burned. and now the washington post is reporting that the palace aides fire likely started was a fire that broke out back on new year's eve in the santa monica mountains. and ended up flaring up again. residents suspect that that fire the one from new year's eve was by fireworks and firefighters knocked it down that day using helicopters. but then 6 days later, it's possible that those strong winds that they had reignited that fire the la fire department says it's not their practice to monitor the location of a past fire. so in this case they would put it out and then been gone and they say it's going to be quite a while before they put out a final report on a cause. they are busy still fighting these fires. and of course, today the winds return. so they are braced for more winds that could cause more flare ups. and there are growing

calls for incarcerated fire crews who are working in southern california to make more money. the inmates make about $10 a day. plus a dollar for every hour that they respond to a fire inmate with the lowest skill level. then could make about $27 a day fighting fires. at the same time, though, cal fire pays not incarcerated, seasonal firefighters, a minimum base salary of about $3700 a month for the same amount of work. the ceo of the anti recidivism coalition says that the program offers more than money. they point out that inmates can also get today's taken off of their sentence for every day that they serve on 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 threw 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 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. >> and incarcerated person has to volunteer for the program that saw based on volunteering volunteers. i have to have e 8 years or less remaining on their sentence. and there are cabbie out if there's a conviction of a offense, arson and they also have an escape history that disqualifies a prisoner from being able to volunteer and then even after volunteering to have to be clear physically and mentally and declared fit from health care staff. and then once they pass the physical fitness test, then they have to complete cal fire's firefighting training program. >> all right, 9.38 is the time in the south bay and morgan hill startup is lending a hand now when it comes to those wildfires in southern california, they've come up with a new kind of fire

suppressant. so komodo fire systems is shipping out there. suppressants spray. see examples of that here. the company says their product uses natural chemicals. it's not talk. 6 will be better fort the environment and for the people there. they also say the product notley extinguishes a fire but also prevents it from spreading, although they're still working to get statewide agencies like hellfire and local governments to use their product. they say companies like pg and e are already using it. >> they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a power station, whether it is a battery maybe a poll, a power pole. >> now the company says they're still working on a way to get airplanes to be able to drop loads of this fire retardant on the wildfires. they say once they can figure that out, other agencies will be a lot more willing to use this product. >> and there are many bay area residents and businesses who have joined forces to help out

with the firefight and the relief efforts in southern california. they're sending donated goods to the people affected by the fires from lindsey ford has their story from a 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 toidetries 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 pt bring >> jackie is good for tearing up 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. coach 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, schools and their children's 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 pop our 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. the 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. >> all right. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, the nfl playoffs kicking off and while the forty-niners season is over, neither linebacker fred warner has some pretty nice things to say about his quarterback. aaron was look, wilson, a lot of the story. >> and we are windy in the bay area today. but particular, southern california where we do have red flag warnings and high wind warnings through tomorrow. we'll be talking

about fire danger down south and how long th

>> well, you won't have to pay big fees for dogs anymore at the east bay regional park system. dogs are required to be on ali. still and designated areas and you have to have a dog permit that's always required to walk when 3 dogs at a time. but the dog fee of $2 has been removed this year. parking cars have also changed. that's now flat fee of $5. it used to be 3, $6, depending on the park. the hope is at simplifying this streamlining the fee system

will encourage people to visit the parks and you'll definitely be encouraged because it caution, you know, any more for your doctor job. >> we have that news for dog owners for sure. well, hey, if you are taking the trip up to mount tam hold on because this is what it's looking like up there right now. very windy conditions, 50 mile per hour. plus, gusts already today offshore winds pushing towards the coast in the you know what that means? dry conditions for us in the bay area. we've already seen our winter rains. so these dry offshore winds are not as problematic. just a nuisance. we do have high wind watch is in effect foc the north bay mountains till 10:00am tomorrow. now it's not just us. it is the southern part of the state that is dealing with this tug of wind from the interior out towards the coast. the southern california has extraordinary fire danger today into early tomorrow as we do see the rapid expanse of those fires still without that much containment on so many of those areas. one of the pluses

of the wind, the only plus is the fact that smoke is getting sent off shore. so we're not dealing with any smoke impacts in particular here locally 60's for your daytime highs. pretty much for everyone. and that includes a lot of the coastline. the bayshore low 60's for you today. bruno at 62 saying carlos at 63 south bay temperatures also mid to upper 60's. some of warmest spots east bay hayward. you'll be at 64 oakland at 63 degrees for your high north bay. pretty similar to that with napa and sonoma, both at 62. looking ahead, we stay steady through thursday. as far as temps go, winds start to come down after tomorrow. the weekend gets a little cooler highs falling into the 50's all under dry. sunny skies rania. >> 2 things that remember still got those plans. so if you have a high-profile vehicle, take it easy out there. we're seeing a lot more green on the map in red 18 on

the bay bridge. so that shows you that we're still seeing just a little congestion there. well, a long the richmond, sandra fell and the senate hail that down to 16 one of the south bay about 42 minutes sales. a sunny ville is where you're seeing at school were congestion. 17 along highway 4. antioch is a concord this morning. and let's go ahead and get a look at a to 37. look at that. 33 minutes. tourism is back to you. >> thank tonight, 47 is the time the city of richmond has been awarded a 9.5 million dollar grant now to help improve its streets. those improvements will include retrofitting arterial roads in crossings, adding some lane reduction and bicycle and pedestrian improvements. city officials say these safer and more attractive trails will come to the area along harbor way and ohio afternoon. >> bart is doing some things change up the schedule because they're modernizing their train control system. the work begins tonight at 9 o'clock between the coma and millbrae stations. and the changes also

are designed to synchronize bart's schedule with other transit systems in the region to make your overall trip smoother. speaking of trips in the south bay, santa clara valley, transportation authority is making a change to their schedule and changing some routes as well. there's new stops that are being added, 2 existing routes and some tweaks to certain schedules. most of the schedules are being adjusted to reflect changes in the traffic patterns and also taking a new cause, some construction and that changes the patterns as well. the route you're going to be discontinued in some cases with low ridership at a low budget. all of these changes are happening in april. so just be ready for those vta changes. >> and with the new year comes, yeah, did you can see on the screen there? new tax season. the irs says that january 27th is the official start date of the 2025 tax season and they're expecting more than 140 million tax returns are going to be filed by the airport. 15th deadline.

so the irs says that it's going to be expanding its program, allowing more people to file their taxes directly with the agency for free. it's their direct file program. it's going to be available in 25 states now, again, beginning on january 27th, only 12 states participated last year. so that's a big jump. more than double. so that pilot program really taken off just the story alone, just causes stress and anxiety attacks because if you're disorganized person and you know, like numbers right than think the most stressful time of year, right? i know that you love numbers when it comes to football and of playoffs the nfl. so a lot of people are excited. >> it more excited. the niners says we're not near number 1, 3, 4, of a sudden we're at the bottom season is over for us. and we're looking for the next looking forward to what can be improved as we. >> look towards the next season. cropper's. aaron wilson, though, has the latest on the niners. >> we're on the off season has officially begun for the niners and all eyes on the front office to see how

they'll handle course contracts and free agency. the biggest decision being can they get a deal done with brock purdy quickly and quietly? that's the one thing party is coming off of this stuff this season in the rating go. he at 65% completion rate 20 touchdown compared to last season. 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. but make no mistake about it. it was a h year all around for the niners. however, when it comes to brock purdy, will his contract extension could make him the highest-paid quarterback on the market? and after talking about his quarterback nfl countdown today, will linebacker fred warner, party, quite the endorsement. when asked if he feels the party, he's the guy for the job. >> first of all, let me just say brock purdy. i love you, thank you for being my quarterback. brock purdy last pick in the draft. nobody even knew who this kid was. is our scout team quarterback in 2022, when we had probably the best defense in the league and he's in there and practice with the no look passes. dicen

our defense every single week. we talk about a guy who has the it factor. purdy has had to factor all along and it was only a matter of time when he got his moment, you to cared coming in against miami in. 22. you know, haven't looked back since about very rich man, is there any doubt in your mind that he is the forty-niners franchise quarterback going forward? not at all. i mean, brock purdy's them and he will be the 4th quarter which this area. but sharon, bozak, plenty of super bowl rings on >> suspect he rented >> and speaking sports happening4tonight, the wwe makes a stop in san jose. >> today it's their second episode of monday night raw. and if you love wrestling, you're going to love this. and you know, he's in the ring. bay area, native bailey. she grew up in san jose and was a 2 sport athlete at independence high school. and now she is master this one. she is just loving and enjoying her passion. wrestling here on the big

screen in the ring at the snp center starting at 4.30. and if you can't be there in person, you can stream it live on netflix. >> now let's basketball. the eagles state warriors are hosting a group of middle school girls helping with a program it which will provide a behind the scenes tour of not just the gold state words, but the golden gate bridge. this is led by a senior civil engineer. and as part of the warriors and the rakuten a city calls campaign. this is centered around the team's bridge inspired city edition uniforms. that event takes place at 2 this afternoon. >> we're going to take a break as we're coming up on 9.53. in the next hour. napa valley's bottlerock festival is back. we'll take a look at the musical lineup.

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>> 9.55 right now. and are you a poet? you don't even know it? no mateo county is looking to go for a really good public. the next poet laureate the deadline to apply is extended. now it's january 22nd and what you have to do it as a candidate, you have to lived in the county for at least 3 years engage in community service and you have to be a real public published poet of one or more collections of public publisher e and the poet laureate is a true your position. it includes a $5,000 stipend. the application is on the san mateo county website. >>ell, let's go to south san jose in the south bay right now because that citis getting a new chick-fil-a, the fa food chain's 6th spot in the bay area is going to be on silver creek road right near the target and lver creek

plaza. the new drive-thru is expected to open farly soon. we don't know the exacdate they haven't released that just yet. but we know it soon. it'll be the first chick-fil-a, by the way, in east san jose. >> it is 9.56. and up next on the kron 4 morning news. the fires in southern california continue to burn 3 big ones in la county with the death toll rising. we'll have the latest numbers for you and also how crews from the bay area and the rest of the country are helping out. we'll take a look at with the bay area crews are doing on the front lines. and san jose officials starting today to move out rv dwellers and force them from city streets will tell you where this happened.

>> right now on the kron 4 morning news, firefighters continue to battle 3 major wildfires in la county as the death toll continues to climb. 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 the process of moving out rv dwellers today. we're live with the latest. >> morning and thanks for joining us on a monday. i'm darya and james. yeah, lots to get to this morning. we got more on the fires from still talking about the wildfire coverage going on in southern california's want a little more on the numbers and that and the big concern is the winds whipping up down south and or the band yet today. tomorrow, the core of this wind event right here and especially tonight into tomorrow morning for areas down south are t