>> now at 5, a healthcare conference underway in san francisco is set to rake in 10's of millions of dollars for the city. >> but first, many people are leaving la and heading to the bay to try to escape those devastating wildfires.

>> and good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm grant lotus. the fight continues tonight against those deadly wildfires burning in la county. crews have been able to gain some containment on especially the ones burning in pacific palisades and altadena. but high winds could cause them to grow exponentially at the santa anas. here's a look at the latest numbers between the palisades and eaton fires alone. at least 24 people have died. 17,000 structures that homes and cars, businesses, apartment buildings. >> destroyed. and right now more than 37,000 acres are burning. >> a closer look at the fires, the fire pacific palisades is killed. at least 8 people. right now. it is 14% contained after burning more than 23,000 acres. the eaton fire in altadena and parts of pasadena has killed at least 16 people. that fire is 33% contained after burning more than 14,000

acres. >> tonight, tens of thousands of people there are under evacuation orders because of these wildfires, kron four's rob nesbitt has been talking with people today who are still not able to get back to their homes down there. he joins us live in the studio with some of their stories. rob. >> grant, vicki, i've heard from people who came to the bay area because of the bad air quality in l a others who are thankful to still have their home standing and one family whose home was destroyed. over the weekend. some people who had to be evacuated from their neighborhoods in southern california were given the green light to go back to their homes. but many have been advised to stay away from areas like the palisades and altadena. >> because there are still active fires. nearly a week after the first place started. one of those families is tell for. thompson's parents were evacuated. their altadena home around 02:00am wednesday drove maybe a block and a half and saw flames. >> and wasn't expecting to sign that timing quickly turned back around. and by the

time back to our they are already packing up. the eaton fire turned their home into this. everyone in the family got out safely. >> been staying at a hotel while they wait to be allowed back into the neighborhood. a lot of uncertainty. there's a lot of fear. lot of concerns surrounding not just immediate safety, but you know what their life is going to look like after thompson has chosen to stay with his family during mandatory evacuations, but others like dylan henley chose to leave, fly to san francisco to stay with his godmother while the fires rage on what really started add on to the hollywood area was there canyon fire. >> that is just a mile away from mean, you could just see kind of pouring down the mountain air quality extremely poor in la. and halle is waiting for conditions to improve because of a lung condition. getting the grim updates to the news and social media of what his friends and neighbors are going. thru. guess you see the images and videos on television or online or social media. but nothing can quite capture the essence

of like. >> how much is gone? california issued a moratorium friday on insurance companies to prevent them from canceling or not renewing policies and wildfire impacted areas. thompson has been staying with his parents to try to help them with the filing insurance claims process. the says it has been extremely difficult with long wait times and very little answers reporting in the studio. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. rob, thank you. want to give you a closer look at just how much damage and destruction has occurred. >> this is all to dina where the eaton fire is la county has produced this map so people can try to figure out, you know, from a computer phone if their house still stands, all these red little dots, that means home has been destroyed. the black dots means homes are still standing and as you can see, there are areas that you know, extremely decimated like this. but then, you know, you have a little bit of randomness seemingly with how fire has affected

different communities. just, you know, little areas where sparks may have blown, you know, a mile or so and certain homes burned while others, their neighbors are still there. want to head to the coast now head west and give you a a shot at what's going on in the malibu, pasadena palisades area. you can see all along the coast here. it's like every house almost is gone inland a little bit. you start to pick up, you know, some intensity. and then you go from malibu. this is the pacific palisades. the getty villa is in i mean, look at this neighborhood like you have some homes that have made it. but it's, you know, you deal survivor's guilt. if you have a home and your neighbors are gone, what is your neighborhood if it looks like a bomb went off in it, this is the heart of the palace aides here and look at look at this neighborhood. this is one of those where, you know, you

have a few random homes that are still there, but 95 98% of the homes in that neighborhood are gone. so it's it's truly sobering. and and depressing really to go through this map. but obviously, if you're in a shelter at a friend's home, had to evacuate, certainly down there, people are going to this website using this resource to try zoom in and figure out, you know what, what is left of my home. so unfortunately, that's that's where we are southern california. want to send things over to our meteorologist kathy trafton who has been looking at conditions here in the bay and down their hike after. >> i ran well, it really heartbreaking. the situation as it continues. >> critical fire danger, extreme fire weather still in effect. still a number of red flag warnings and they're all kinds of fire watches throughout los angeles. and of course, for ventura county and los angeles counties, the most critical and most concerning. so right now, my gosh, expect

to wednesday, that's when we have the extreme fire danger. and that's, of course, for very gusty winds. us north east and northern santa ana winds continuing 2 parts of the area. here's a look at some of the callers and you see the colors and the reds and the purples that can go from the 50's to 60's. even 75 mile per hour. gusts are possible. so this is our future again into tuesday evening of the wind gusts surface smoke. the winds at least are blowing the smoke away from las angeles out to sea. so that's good news for them. it's not really the temperatures is a look at my numbers right now. 63 in los angeles, 62 in santa barbara. it's not about the temperatures is the fact that i haven't seen any rain for so long. this immunity, one percent of the normal rainfall for this time of year. where is in county? we've got and, you know, tremendous amount of rain. well, but more than normal. so that's one of the big problems when you couple it with the santa ana winds, it's just spells trouble. back to you guys. >> thanks, kathy. and by the

way, our parent company nexstar is partnering with the red cross to raise money for victims in southern california. you can scan that qr code on your screen. if you're able to help. and we're always staying on top of the latests in la county for the latest info you can head to our website always come calm. and as those fires continue to burn in los angeles, fire crews. >> here in the east bay, they're taking steps to reduce the risk of wildfire. might bring the yeah, it's top of mind. certainly kron four's dan kerman gives us a closer look. >> firefighters with the moraga orinda fire district are taking advantage of an unusually dry january. >> to burn piles of trimmings cut down last spring from oak trees that dot the hillside behind saint mary's college. there's a community up in bolinger canyon that would be at risk from a fire that started here on a western north that could blow embers back up into the canyon where we really couldn't get to him easily. dennis rain with the moraga orinda fire protection district says prescribed burns like these are going on

year-round weather permitting and hopes of creating a firebreak gore moat around the communities of moraga orinda and lafayette fire behavior in the wild land is really has 3 influencing factors, fuel, weather and topography. we can't do anything about the topography. the weather's got a mind of its own as we're seeing about what's going on down south. so the only thing that we can really control is the fuels. and so what we're trying to do is reduce those fields. before we get a weather event or a fire starts at the toll of a steep and creates a wild park. but clearing brush or other fuels is not just the work of firefighters. the fire district reminds people that keeping properties for your safest. also the responsibility of homeowners. and should weather conditions allow clearing brush is something to be attended to year-round that something moraga homeowner steve hoyt is well aware of. i grew up in southern california. i used to work in pacific palisades and i lived in the pasadena area. so i know exactly their terrain. >> and there are some striking similarities here. point leads

the campell firewise neighborhood. a group of 400 homes where residents encourage each other to reduce fire risk around their homes. residents have been trained by the fire department to do home assessments. and typically this time of year, we don't get any requests for home assessments. we've had this week since a la disaster. and i think people do realize that what happened there could happen here points as with residents working hand-in-hand with the fire district. the hope is to reduce the risk as much as possible. should fire break out in the area? in moraga. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> a man is in custody after police say he shot at a bus driver in san francisco. about 6 o'clock this morning near 4th and barry streets in the city's mission bay neighborhood. and police say the man shot at the driver then ran off. the driver was not hurt. police say that they later found the suspect and put him in custody. anyone with information about the

shooting is being asked to call san francisco police. >> to san francisco police officers were taken to the hospital after crashing into a building during a chase. it happened just before 3.30, this morning near 9th and howard streets in the city. so many neighborhood police say they spotted a car that had been involved in a chase yesterday, tried to pull it over. the chase ended in the port whole neighborhood. when police say the suspects crashed into a pole in the officers crashed into a building. this happened near san bruno and paul avenue use. the suspects took off but were later arrested. the officers are expected to be ok in the south bay. santa clara counties reached an agreement with hca healthcare to purchase regional medical center in august, hca cut certain trauma stroke and heart attack services. the county says it plans to bring back those services wants. it assumes operation of regional medical center in early april county. officials say this

deal will allow them to restore critical services. >> happening right now, major healthcare conference in san francisco is bringing a big boom to local business conference. lezla gooden has details on that. >> monday kicks off the first day of the 43rd jp morgan healthcare conference at the westin saint francis hotel in san francisco. and it's creating a buzz and filling up union square that this is such an impactful conference to kick off january, which which historically without this type of the conference, is a really slow month in the restaurant business. people like to not drink. they have new year's eve reservation. you resolutions. they. >> they maybe have like spent a lot of money for christmas and january. you know, it usually pours rain. golden gate restaurant association says they are already seeing the positive impact of the conference that you say business is up for you. >> oh, think i think

basically, you know, probably 25 percent to double. i mean, it's it's a huge impact our sales this weekend were up 50%. >> the jp morgan healthcare conference as one of the largest conuerences of the year to come to san francisco and doctor joe biden. first lady is expected to speak during the event on tuesday. we really need it and it's feels great to come in hear how busy it is. s of travel says they expect to see over 65 million dollars in direct spending from the conference telling us in a statement, the conference not only provides a huge boost, our hotels but its economic impact of more than 90 million dollars as felt by the restaurants bars, small businesses and culture institutions that are the backbone of our city. adding that this is a great start for 2025. let's look at kron. 4 news. >> all eyes continue to be on la county with the wildfires.

politicians are watching. we have their take. some of them on the issue will be right back. i take a good

look here. the chp is asking for help. they're trying to find this teenage boy who they say has been missing now since friday night. officers say 14 year-old lavelle jones was last seen in hayward wearing gray nike jacket. blue jeans sees about 5, 6, you see brown hair, brown eyes, anyone with info about where he might be

is asked to call hayward police. >> on the peninsula, man has been arrested after police say he rammed into a car several times because he was apparently upset that the drivers high beams were on. this happened just before 4 o'clock this morning near pacific boulevard. and lori meadows drive in sam, a tail officers say 62 year-old frank felt cone crashed into the car about 3 times and then drove off with police, tried to stop him. he was later arrested and booked into jail. ongoing firefight in southern california certainly would just about everybody is talking about in recent days. that's right. it includes elected leaders, politicians, but >> sharing the focus at times the political finger pointing kron four's. catherine heenan is live in the newsroom with that part of the story. catherine. yeah, it is part of the story. the line between. >> a genuine concern to make things better going forward and political grossing that can get on a little blurry.

but it has been hard to look at the current events and not see a lot of finger pointing. a lot of excuses. >> we'll continue to use every tool available to support the firefighting effort. the white house says the president's staff has been working around the clock to make sure california has what it needs to help families displaced and that firefighters on the ground in the air have the resources they need. las angeles mayor karen bass and governor newsom say they remain in close contact with president biden and are moving things along as fast as possible. >> he stepped up in a way that american president should step up incoming president donald trump continues to blast the leadership of newsom and bass. >> on truth, social trump wrote they just can't put the fires out. what's wrong with them? he says california has not done a good job in forest management or in ensuring the stability of water resources. if that sounds familiar,

newsom remember tangled about things like forest management before during the trump visit to california in 2018, another time of devastating wildfires. trump argued back then the state needed to clean up its forests. some said he was right. others pointed out that almost 60% of california forest land is managed by federal government sources in any event, the political wrangling continues now in 2025. incoming vice president jd vance and other republicans criticized democratic leadership for the destruction. there is a serious lack of competent governance in california. >> i think it's part of the reason why these fires have gotten so bad 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. california democratic congresswoman judy chu says the blame game must stop.

>> these wildfires don't have any political affiliation. they don't belong to any political party. president biden briefed again tonight just a little while ago on the progress in fighting the fires. he is again promising a lot of federal support. he says recovery will require tens of billions of dollars grant and vicki. after newton live for us. >> tonight, thank you for that, katherine. as we take a peek outside, can see mount diablo starting to really turn green as all the the rain has soaked in and we fed a couple weeks of sunshine. now in the combination has started to get the hills change. yeah, kathy, green is good when it comes to love, you know, firefighting, i should say green is good to love this time of year when the hills or green. >> and everything is in good shape for us because we've had plenty of rain earlier this season. so so far we've been at it be able to manage without a huge amount of rain the last few days in the last

few weeks. sunset it just happened about 5.13, and look how beautiful now its twilight and that reddish glow was a little bit of smoke in the air, not really showing up on the sensors, but smoke in the air from southern california a little bit. also from burning in canada. so we get a beautiful, beautiful sunset, even though you see green on just about all our sensors across the bay area, which is the color we like green is good again, right? so they are whether it's really in a calm pattern for quiet weather. it's clear skies, dry air, which translates to kind of cold nights. we do have a weak, offshore flow. we had a wind advisory this morning. it actually died up so quickly that wind, but they canceled the advisory. but there is a frost advisory through tomorrow morning from about 01:00am to 09:00am. tomorrow. and overall, we'll see a little bit of cooling in the afternoon. high temperatures come next weekend. but in the meantime, our wind gusts just gorgeous, okay offshore flow going on. but the strongest gusts are up north of napa in parts of the napa valley and

parts of sonoma county as well. as you see, we go through time through tuesday. no big gust of wind. so that's the good news for us. but we're in great shape. temperature change a little bit cooler than it was just yesterday at this hour. but our numbers are still above normal with numbers in the 60's for the most part at this hour or so, tranquil and cool. it's just the way we like it. pretty thanks, for lucky. still ahead on kron 4. >> it is almost that time of year again. yeah, we can start filing your paperwork for the 2025 tax season.

>> tax season starts on january. 27th and the irs says it's expecting more than 15040 rather billion tax returns to be filed. officials say it's expanding its free program that allows people to file their taxes directly with the agency, the direct file program will be available in 25 states starting january 27th, which is up from the 12 states that were a part of last year's pilot program. the deadline to file as per usual is april 15th. berkeley city officials today celebrating the purchase of a 12 unit building on the corner of california and carlton street. that would be permanently preserved as affordable housing the building went up for sale after the original owner passed away. but after tenants learned of the sale, they rallied together and with the help of the bay area community land trust in berkeley city council member ben bartlett to preserve the

building. >> so we've seen in this neighborhood. >> again and again. >> a building changes owners. the new owner comes in a great plans to change the building in if it up and get everybody out and again and again. we've seen tenants displaced families, displaced seniors. this place. and to start our community. >> so over the next 12 months, the building will be renovated and the 2 vacant apartment will then be made available to the general public. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5, we continue our coverage on this devastating fires in southern california. take a closer look at how our local crews here in the bay are going down to help. we'll be in san jose. they have those rv encampments that they're trying to clear out why some people say. we have nowhere to go. and we're just one week from inauguration day. now more on the security plans in place for that big event to

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>> continuing our coverage tonight on those devastating wildfires. now burning in la county. those wildfires in altadena and pacific palisades. they are the largest ones that crews are facing tonight as they continue to rip through neighborhoods and leaving destruction behind. here's a look at the latest numbers now between the palisades and eaton fires alone, at least 24 people have died. 17,000 structures that homes, cars, businesses, apartment buildings destroyed. and right

now, more than 37,000 acres are burning. >> the fire burning in pacific palisades has killed at least 8 people. right now. it is 14% contained after tearing through more than 23,000 acres. the eaton fire in altadena has killed at least 16 people. that fire 33% contained. it's burned more than 14,000 acres, although crews are gaining some ground in the fight against them. strong winds in the forecast could really undo some of the progress. our first resist osseo has details. >> as the increasing 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 on monday. los angeles fire officials facing yet another red flag warning with high winds predicted to whip through southern california.