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round powerful and dangerous winds. president biden is expected share update on the federal response to the fires this hour. we have live team coverage. infrastructure bay area. transit agencies are making a pledge to hire underrepresented small businesses. thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 to i'm justine waldman. we're going to begin in southern california where a growing force of firefighters moved into the los angeles area. >> to help as more powerful and dangerous winds are expected. at least 24 people have died from the fires and thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed. the palisades fire is 14% contained right now. it has burned more than 23,000 acres and the eaton fire is 33% contained and has burned more than 14,000 acres. crews and equipment from canada in
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mexico all across the u.s., even the bay area arriving to assist the first responders there ahead of what could be some dangerous days as the strong winds continue. kron four's terisa stasio begins our team coverage now. she's in the newsroom after hearing from officials. thanks for being here. i the 4 largest fires in los angeles so consumed an area larger in san francisco following the weekend when crews increase containment of those fires have the gusty winds. they are now threatening that progress. >> the increase in wind event is upon us. doubling down as we speak. the los angeles city fire department has maximized our resource capabilities and response capabilities. all available. elliott, the resources have been staffed. i have strategically preposition engine strike teams and task forces which are dedicated to rapid response for any new fire on monday los angeles, fire officials facing yet another red flag warning with
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high winds predicted to whip through southern california. >> causing more concern on top of already catastrophic conditions. >> the national weather service is predicting close to hurricane force level winds. and so we're making urgent preparations. my top priority in the product. priority of everyone else is to do everything we can to protect lives as these winds approach. la city, firefighters and firefighters from across the npcounty state and nation and even overseas or in a proactive and strategic prost to save lives. >> the wind alert going into effect is not as severe as what unfolded last week, but the worry is that it could start new fires and create more destruction. >> over the weekend, some people were given the green light to return to previously evacuated areas. but los angeles fire chief christian crowley also urging people to stay away from scorch neighborhoods because fires
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are still burning and ash can contain harmful and toxicp materials. about 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders. crews from california and 9 other states are part of the ongoing response that includes nearly 1400 fire engines. 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 people, including newly arrived. firefighters from mexico. cal fire official share that while aircraft are playing a key role in helping stop the spread of fires. the wind alert does pose challenges. >> the problem is, is. when you have a sub state over 40 miles an hour is the issue. the problem is the gop's. so the peek in and the aircraft limitations or capabilities are then limited based on the approach and departures as well as chief mentioned, the
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accuracy. so the usually each aircraft will have that limitation based on the manufacturer's recommendation. and then as far as the safety component, usually the limiting factors gusts over 30 miles an hour. >> and there is now this. a lawsuit filed today against southern edison claims of the utility's equipment sparking fire. not addison has acknowledged a fire agencies are investigating whether its equipment may have started a smaller fire. >> that sparked the same day. the official cause of the fire has not been determined. reporting in the newsroom. theresa stasi, back to teresa. thank you. >> we'll talk about the forecast right now that firefighters facing in. well us and us. here's a live picture there from the scene. we can see some of the mountain sides there underneath. we can see some homes that are still standing with. a lot of the neighborhoods are looking at below here. >> they have been destroyed between the fires that are burning there and the high winds are increasing the fire danger. there's a lot of concern about that. so
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meteorologist kyla grogan is here now. what is the pds? what are they talking about? right? so i'm gonna get into that. we're going to talk about first the red flag warning. you can see all of the area in red that does go until 06:00pm on wednesday the pds stands for potentially dangerous situation. and what that means is it's an extra layer of kind of danger that comes with this where they just kind of pinpoint a time that's going to be the most difficult in that time would be 04:00am, tomorrow morning through noon on wednesday. that's when expecting that the worst of the wind will happen. that's when the biggest danger will be with here we are with the setup kind of different today than we had last week. you have high pressure here now sliding up above low pressure, but the same effect here is that between these clockwise and counterclockwise circulations, you get this wind being driven off shore. so once again, we find ourselves in this position with that north northeasterly wind, a little more easterly today, the northeasterly. but you can see where some of those reds and purples are showing you that as we get into the next 24. 48 hours
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still plenty of wind left to be dealt with as we look at southern california. so they are under high wind warnings up in la and ventura counties and notice this does start to extend a little bit more to the north this week than it did last week. wind advisories, of course, to the south. and if we kind of take a look here, the potentially dangerous situation that's going to be the toughest time again early tuesday morning through wednesday at noon, ventura county, west la are now the places that they are most looking out for. very critical fire. weather conditions are set to improve later this week so they should get a little onshore flow. bring a little moisture and not rain, but at least a little marine layer and that will help. >> one >> new images now from napa. firefighters battling the palisades fire. the napa fire department posted this yesterday and you can see the crews working there to save homes and neighborhoods. crews are working. 24 hour shifts shifts, hoping to improve the
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containment lines and for a lot of people. live in santa rosa's coffey park, the devastating wildfires in southern california are bringing up memories of their own loss. it was october 2017 when a deadly wildfire ripped mhrough that north bay community destroying hundreds of homes and properties. kron four's will trend continues. our team coverage with this part of the story. 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 do 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
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rebuilt. coffey park was level 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 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
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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 really 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. it take a hope. there is hope there is hope. it's hard. it's not going be easy, especially. for those people
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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 victims and 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 her and 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.
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>> today, president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will share an update on the federal government's response to these wildfires. they will be speaking at the white house. it is set to happened about 2.15, but when they do speak, we will bring it to live here this afternoon. and for now are dc's. raquel martin joins us now live with the latest from washington. >> it is the one we're still waiting to hear from the president and vice president. bst we did get a briefing from the white house earlier. they insist that they are working around the people displaced. the thousands of them caught in the middle of this wildfire in also help the firefighters on the ground who right now are preparing for more strong and dangerous winds in the days to come. we'll continue to use every tool available to support the firefighting effort. the white house says hundreds of federal personnel are now in california. >> to help local officials compact deadly wildfires still
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raging across los angeles. the situation remains extremely active, especially as winds pick up again. >> the national guard and u.s. army are providing aerial and ground support. los angeles mayor karen bass in california. governor gavin newsom. they they remain in close contact with president biden to expedite aid to the thousands who have now lost everything as of sunday. 26,000 people registered for fema assistance. he stepped up in a way that american president should step up. incoming president donald trump continues to blast news them and basses leadership on truth social writing. they just can't put the fires out. what's wrong with them? it's incompetence at all levels here. california republican congressman doug lamalfa insist the fires could have been prevented. it's an incredibly unnecessary happening in california. democratic congresswoman judy chu says the blame game must stop these wildfires. don't have any political affiliation. they don't belong
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to any political party. >> now, despite their differences, it does appear that the democratic las angeles mayor karen bass has spoken to the incoming president. she says >> that he plans to visit the area for now washington, raquel martin, back to justin and raquel has president elect trump promised to continue to provide federal aid once he's sworn into office. well, traditionally, we expect the president-elect to supply additional federal aid at the request of california. and we're already seeing conversations start to pick up on capitol hill. but the early indications is that republicans are saying this is not going to be a blank check. it looks like based on some new reporting from speaker of the house, mike johnson, he might try to tie wildfire funding for california to the debt ceiling, which is a bit of a controversial effort on capitol hill in might for some democrat votes when it comes to supporting president elect agenda. raquel, thank you so much.
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>> our parent company nexstar is partnering with the red cross to raise money for wildfire victims in southern california. you can scan the qr code right there to help out. still ahead here to the senate will start hearings on donald trump's cabinet picks. >> the deadline trying to beat. plus, we'll continue our fire coverage as president biden is about to speak live and the federal efforts to help the people of los angeles. and after the break, transit agencies spreading the wealth with a new
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agencies are making a new pledge to hire small businesses. kron 4 s charles clifford is live for us now in milpitas with details on how this works. >> well, in the years ahead, transit agencies around the bay area could spend billions on big projects today. they're making a pledge to ensure that smaller businesses receive some of that wealth. on monday, more than a dozen bay area transit agencies including bart caltrain, the golden gate bridge district signed on to what is known as the equity and infrastructure project pledge. >> it's an informal commitment to try to hire historically underrepresented businesses to work on big projects. for example, if a transit agency is trying to build a new facility, they might try to hire small businesses, especially those run by women for minorities to complete the work. the goal of the pledges to try to spread around the wealth and opportunities created by these projects for the next 10 years. we're looking at about 10 billion dollars right of capital projects. opportunities for
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historically underutilized business is in the bay area. >> to partner with the bay area by increasing the representation of historically underutilized business is we are supporting the economic empowerment and strengthening the fabric of our community. also reinforces our commitment to pursue policies. >> actions and investments. the advance of fair just and inclusive bay area. >> so far nationwide, 91 agencies and private companies have signed on to the equity in infrastructure project. all right, back live now. that is the very latest here in the south bay, charles clifford kron. 4 news. charles, thank you. >> a man has been arrested after trying to shoot a muni driver. it happened this morning. san francisco police say around 06:00am man tried to shoot the driver. this happened in the area. 4th of berry street just south of highway 2.80.he driver was not hit. officers did find the
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suspected shooter nearby. they have arrested him. anyone with information should call police. and the investigation is underway after a car crashed in san jose and left a person dead. this happened near lincoln avenue lona street last night. police say an suv hit a man was crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk. that person did not survive. officers found the suv driving away. they pulled the car over and then arre ted the driver for dui and gross vehicular manslaughter. this is the second fatal crash in the second pastor death in san jose this year. bart is making several changes to its schedule as it tries to modernize its train control system. work begins tonight at 9 between coleman millbrae. the changes also designed to synchronize bart's schedule with other transit systems in the region to make the commute a little bit more seamless for passengers. >> one of the things that the pandemic show to transit agencies is that we need to do
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a better job working together. and so the schedule change with bart and other transit agencies all happening at the same time is realization of that. and it's also the fruition of that. >> changes include the yellow line ending at sfo and set of millbrae the millbrae station being served by a train that runs every 15 minutes after 9 at night. and 2 of those trades will be timed with caltrans schedule by seeking their schedules with other agencies. bart is hoping to make it easier for commuters. riders are encouraged to check the some departure times are going to shift just a couple of minutes. we'll talk about our forecast now as we look outside here across the golden gate bridge. nice and clear out there and a little bit breezy meteorologist kyla grogan. you're no details what's going yes, a little bit breezy earlier, but the national weather service just canceled our wind advisory. so it didn't really develop into much. and that's a good thing. you can see the flag there at half-staff in honor of. >> former president jimmy carter. but it is a little bit of a offshore flow there. you
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see the breeze kind of going in that direction. blue skies out there. temperatures have been nice and warm above average today yet again. in fact, san jose just hit 67 degrees. 66 in santa rosa, low 60's, even out at half moon bay. pretty nice day out there today. >> as far as the wind is concerned, again, you can see the current wind right now. we have pulled back. we were up to about 21 miles per hour earlier this morning in san francisco. now down to 3 miles per hour. so by highest number. the map now fairfield at about 15 miles per having said that offshore wind does dry us out. it drops those relative humidity levels. and certainly you see that as you head inland and we are in the know 22 23% range. so that does indicate that, you know, it is a day to just be mindful when you have any breezy conditions of any fire concerns that are out there. what went out tonight? we've got a full moon. it is the wolf moon so named apparently. >> because wolves, during the colder longer nights would be howling at the moon. they would say right to. that's why so this is our first full moon of the year. it's going to be beautiful. new tonight. we
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have those clear skies out there. but, you know, clear skies, equal cool temperatures and you bet we're under a frost advisory tonight. you can see it's bay area wide pretty much except to the ocean facing in bay facing area. so. >> that means that some of those wind sheltered valleys could get down to about 34 great degrees today. now, that will not be everywhere, but it was a little chilly overnight last night. and tonight. these are the numbers i'm looking out for. so if you are in a spot like santa rosa looking at about 36, 37 degrees looking for those upper 40's, low 40's, upper 30's basically across the bay tonight. so that is going to the case, not just tonight, by the way, but as we go through the whole week runs these cool temperatures in the overnight hours, high pressure in control. and fortunately, the position here is called a rex block still producing offshore wind as that high pressure sits on top of that low pressure. eventually it starts to move away. and when that happens, we'll finally see a pattern change here. but right now, as you can see over the next 7 days, staying dry, staying sunny, getting a little cooler as we head towards the weekend. but other than that, a pretty steady forecast. back to you.
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>> alright, national news. the senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings this week for president elect trump's cabinet picks. they hope to confirm them quickly as trump's inauguration is next. monday, washington correspondent shot hudson explains why it may not be smooth sailing for some of the nominees. >> president elect donald trump's pick for defense secretary pete headset will be in the hot seat tuesday. lawmakers will have a chance to question him during his confirmation hearing, including about allegations of misconduct, excessive drinking and financial mismanagement, which headset denies he will be ripped. we're going to get him across the finish line. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville says he stands with hegseth. i'm here today to tell you 100 and 10% behind because tuberville brought over 100 veterans together in dc monday to rally behind trump's pick to lead
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the pentagon. the only way to transcend politics. >> his service. and sacrifice. >> we don't need. a general from the pentagon. we've tried that. we need a drill. sergeant. >> now that headsets fbi background check is completed. democrats wanted to be made available to the entire committee right now. it's only in the hands of the chair and ranking member. why whether republicans will step forward, which the similar concerns. illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth says hegseth doesn't have the needed qualifications. if just look at his work experience, the largest organization of i can find that he's ever run was a platoon. 13 cabinet picks will face confirmation hearings this week reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> a bay area donating supplies, too. wass angeles evacuees will take a look at
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>> stephen federal funding to install more electric vehicle charging stations. the 12 million dollar project will install 237 ev charging post across san jose. most of them are going to be located at public facilities like libraries, community centers and parks. mayor matt mahan says these charging stations will make ev charging more accessible and convenient for people in the south bay. samtrans has a new and improved app for its riders. it's called ride. plus and it you can download it now. right? plus offers on-demand transportation for riders in
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half moon granada east palo alto and the belle haven neighborhood of menlo park. right now the transit agency is recommending riders keep using existing apps until the official launch of this new app, which is next monday. >> still ahead here to incarcerated, firefighters are hard at work in los angeles. why their working conditions are brings being brought to light. and a south bay started doing what it can to help the firefighters, how suppress and spray. is he in those efforts? and dotting a pet and san francisco could help animals in
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>> first responders from across the country have been hoping to contain those major wildfires in los angeles county. and this includes several crews from the bay area. kron jack molmud tells us what they're doing. >> 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 >> that includes crews from the bay area. >> a lot buddies back from back home are down here, but they're just keeping busy 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.
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>> 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. 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. >> in spite 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
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moment kron, 4 news. >> california's national guard sending more than 2600 service members to los angeles there helping with firefighting. but they're also helping to protect property against 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 it down. really. our intent is to buy calfire more time further down the road to make cuts. >> a national guard is staging at an airport in ventura county and will be sending members out from there. the fires are bringing heightened awareness of incarcerated firefighters. now there's a growing call for them to make more money they make just over $10 a day now. plus the dollar for every hour. they're responding to a fire and in may, with the lowest skill level could make about $27 a
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day. calfire pay seasonal firefighters, a minimum base salary of nearly $3700 a month for the same amount of work. the ceo of the anti recidivism coalition says the program offers more than money inmates could have today's taken off of their sentences for every day that they serve 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 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 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. >> and incarcerated person has to volunteer for the program. volunteers must have 8 years or less remaining on their sentence. convictions involving offenses, arson and escape. history would disqualify them. they have to be cleared as physically and mentally fit by health care
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staff. and once they pass that physical fitness test, they have to complete cal fire's firefighter training program. another controversy that's coming to light is private firefighters, firms, wealthy people in insurance companies can contract their own firefighting personnel to help safe property as an extra line of defense reporter ryan bass explains this process. >> 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
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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 operations that we need to have complex coordination with private firefighting actually
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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. and last week we spoke with joe torre as a firefighter on the central coast who started this company called all risk shield. he says he has clients in all different parts of the bay area. most of them >> are in wine country. his company offers people different levels of service. started by dana find ways to create better defensible space. and then applying long-term fire retardant. the
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cost per year for the most popular bundle services ranges from about $4500 to $12,000. >> we'll take a live look right now. >> helicopters from our station, ktla going over some of the fire zones now we can see some areas there on the hillside that are green neighborhoods there below the chopper. there seems to be searching for maybe some flames or smoke at the moment and some of the destroyed neighborhoods are below. we're going to find out now what's happening there in southern california with college grogan. hi there. and i just wanted to talk a little bit up the ingredients that go into fire. danger happening right at this is what we're looking at. if you take a look at the left side, your screen, that is the drought monitor and you can see southern california and parts of central california. >> much drier than we are. obviously they've been experiencing extreme wind. we've had a little wind this morning, but that offshore wind not quite as strong. and then the last thing relative humidities, see the lighter colors indicating those are the higher relative humidity is lower relative humidities. what you see in southern and central california right now,
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that means they are incredibly dry. and we've talked about santa ana winds and how they happen is basically got high pressure on the other side of the sierra and air is going to come down when it comes down those mountains, it becomes compressed and warmed. then it journeys across desert areas. that's going to continue the drying process. and then it's actually squeeze through canyons. and that's a lot of what we're seeing in southern california. and then it rushes out towards the sea. that's where wants to get to. and that, of course, makes for a dry wind and some of those speeds that we're seeing and all of that, of course, creates incredible fire danger. so that's the typical journey that a santa ana wind or ne call it, diablo winds would take. and that is one of the things that's happening this week with a little twist on it because we're in a rex block situation. but certainly can see the high wind warnings and wind advisories that are out there. and you can see as we take a look at these wind gusts that if you look at the reds, the oranges and purples indicating as we get into the next 24 hours, they still stay relatively active. it's not as extreme as it was last week, but it also hasn't given them a break. and that's what they really need considering how
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much fire is already out there. this is wednesday afternoon. and again, you can see where those reds are kind of taking up. so obviously they've got the red flag warning that does go through 6 o'clock on wednesday. but they also have what they call a potentially dangerous situation. pinpointing the time within that time frame. where is the most dangerous? that will be 04:00am tuesday through noon on wednesday. so still a long way to go on this journey of a fortunate, unfortunate fire danger in southern california. and there's a morgan health startup. that's when they get hand to the wildfires in los angeles county with a new type of fire suppressants komodo fire systems is shipping out this. >> suppressant spray. the company says this product uses natural chemicals. it's also not toxic. they also say the product not only extinguishes a fire, but also can prevent it from spreading, although they're still working on getting statewide agencies like cal fire and local governments to use this product. they do say pg e has it and is using it. >> they use it to protect their assets. whether it is a
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power station, whether it is a battery maybe a poll, a power pole. >> right now the company says they are working out a way to get airplanes to drop loads of this on 2 wildfires. and once they do that, they say other agencies might be more willing to use this new type of product. as for the people who fled the flames in southern california, they left a lot of pets behind the san francisco spca is one of the organization's heading to the south there. to try to help out so they can credit create some space for rescued pets. the shelter is waiving adoption fees for its puppies and they're also plenty of cats available. they're all spayed neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. >> 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
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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 sta head to southern california today and then make another trip the following week. some areas damaged by the fire is now have access to the internet after elon musk donated. >> tesla, cyber trucks that carried the starlink. the trucks are being used as mobile bay stations to provide power to starlink internet terminals in areas without wifi bucs. musk said today that the deliveries of the cybertruck's to future owners may be delayed as a result of this. take a look at this. a fire crew with the las angeles fire department stopped by and in and out burger over the weekend and they got a warm welcome. the entire restaurant
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paused for a meeting to cheer and clap. thank the first responders for their hard work. the burger chain has been providing complimentary meals for those on the front lines. standing ovation. it is. >> still ahead here to our you're ready to hit the mat. >> wwe is in the bay area tonight. a warning your vehicle might get towed after the break. san jose officials
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>> the people who live in these rv's right now on channel with avenue are on, wait and see mode at this point are parked next to the signs that say warning your vehicle may be towed. so there are about 20 of these rv's along channel with they cover about 3 blocks worth of parking spots here. these are among the more than 2000 rv's people are living in long-term here in san jose. according to the city back in november, city council set aside one of the half million dollars to remove the rv's. but this is home for samuel flores after he says he lost his house nearly a year ago. no, you can't. getting sleeping 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 need have a passion is helping to move to another location where the rv to keep living there with his dog but doesn't know where that's going to be for now. >> he's waiting to get towed sometime this week. the city will start to tow vehicles, possibly off. avoid avenue starting next week in san
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jose. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> tonight the wwe is making a stop at the sapd center in san jose for its second episode of monday night. raw. >> and in the ring will be a bay area, native bailey. she grew up in san jose. >> and was a 2 sport athlete at independence high school. she could have played basketball in college. but found her passion in wrestling. could be fun to go. check that out. tonight. we're taking a live look outside here. across the embarcadero in san francisco. lots of blue out there today. going to check in now with meteorologist kyla grogan. see what's happening yet to court to say no doubt about it. i feel little funny about that. i'm sure everyone else is to write because we know that our neighbors southern california are having such a rough ride, but we've got some beautiful skies out there. >> weather headlines for us. warm and sunny today. little bit breezy, but we did lose that wind advisory a little earlier than expected. so overnight tonight, our next stories are going to get really chilly. we got a little chilly last night. so get
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ready for it again tonight, a quiet pattern this week, though, and sunshine for everybody really throughout the week. return to cooler, albeit a more average temperatures as we get into the weekend. here's the wind right now. not bad fairfield, about 15 miles per hour, but notice that are offshore breeze has definitely diminished since this morning. what has not diminished, though? it is our chance for some cool temperatures overnight tonight got a frost advisory advisory. pretty much bay area wide, every place that is a little bit inland. temperatures in those wind sheltered valleys could get down to about 34 degrees, though. that's not going to be everybody. and by the way, notice that we've got a freeze warning as you head down into parts of central and inland california. so if you head in that way, they're good with that colder tonight. but for us, it's going to be about 30, 40. 43 is what we're looking out for. we are going to full moon tonight. and by the way, at about 06:30pm, tonight, the full moon, which obviously will just be getting going for us because have the lake kind of changing. we'll be covering mars for a brief moment. so it's kind of an interesting thing that happens every 14 years. apparently overnight
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lows over the next few days are gonna stay pretty chilly. we will see it pick up just a little bit as we head into thursday and friday. but just be prepared, especially if you're in the inland valleys for those cool temperatures that will be out there. meanwhile, beautiful dave got great visibility here from the berkeley hills. you can see the bridge in the distance. temperatures really nice out there. we are at 65 in oakland right now. 61 in mill valley. and you can see as we head inland, a certain spots like petaluma up to 66 a few of the inland spots. they're getting a little bit warmer today as we look ahead to the next 7 days, we stay dry. we stay warm, at least for the next few days. and then we get back to average as we head towards the weekend. a few clouds rolling in on friday and saturday took lot of bay area. residents of businesses are trying to help out the evacuees in los angeles. >> they're sending donated goods to people impacted by the fires. kron four's lindsey ford visited a donation site in emeryville. wildfire victims on their path to recovery after flames tore
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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 at bring >> 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
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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 for gene to 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. that donations and that really makes my heart. i'm definitely on adrenaline right now. but my heart is just so open. the rest of the
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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. >> are you ready to rock? one of the most popular music festivals in the bay area has
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saskatchewan, canada, where the temperature was negative, 8 degrees with a wind chill of negative. 33 degrees. it was so cold. there was a frost bite morning. looks pretty, though. cuteness alert with this video right now. this is poppy and adorable. baby hippo at in virginia. >> she had her first swim with her mom here again, low bath time. she was born last month to her parents, iris and corwin. she weighed 15 pounds and was the couple's 3rd offspring in 4 and a half the baby theirs get used to her new digs at the zoo in, you know, getting clean cause pretty sure people are gonna want to take a lot of pictures of her. babies back. i was always a popular first photo. all right. here is now napa valley's bottle, rock festivals, music lineup for
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this year. go through some of the big names. now, the headliners green day, justin timberlake and know a con other artists include ice cube flow writer sublime. the festival will kick off may 23rd at the napa valley expo. you can find a link to get tickets on our website. kron 4 dot com eyes that risk and there to see that the 40 flow writer. sophie public enemy. that's kyle is interest there. well, so we see that we know where the kate hudson, seen some videos of find instagram. she's good senior. 4 non blondes. cascade. anyway, you can check it out on kron 4 dot be right back. a lot more news ahead. >> here's what we're working on for next hour. bay area transit agencies. >> are promising to support new businesses will hear how place crews making progress in containing the southern california wildfires. there are still dangerous conditions
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