>> now at 6.30, firefightersl are racing against time to contain the wildfires tearing across la county. crews were able to make some progress on these fires over the weekend. but the death toll has climbed to 24 the palisades fire now more than 23,000 acres. but containment. that's up to 14%. the eaton fire 14,000 acres. but firefighters have been able to get containment up to 33%. but now the concern turns to the weather as firefighters are really worried that strong winds in the forecast could undo some of the progress that

they made over the weekend conference. resist osseo has details. >> as you increase in wind event is upon us, doubling down as we speak. the los angeles city fire department has maximized our resources 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. >> 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. 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 are still burning and ash can contain harmful and toxic materials. about 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders. crews from california and 9 other states are part of the ongoing response. 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 theresa kron. 4 news. >> all right. breaking news, a

new fire has started and rupa valley that is in riverside county. this is a live look from above courtesy of our sister station, ktla. >> and firefighters on the ground there. as you can see, they're using a bulldozer create perimeter around this so that it doesn't jump up into the higher regions. there. we understand you can't really tell from this particular shot because we're we're live here. but we had seen earlier video the firefighters working to keep this thing from from homes that are nearby. yeah, it's just a couple lakers. it looks like they haven't officially measured it out. but this is apparently in a riverbed mostly where this has been burning the santa ana river. >> and you've had a lot of hand crews out there working diligently to try to create fire lines. vicki mention the bulldozer as we get a little better perspective. you can see the proximity to a pretty populated area. let's go and listen in to our sister

station, ktla. >> those structure, structures, this is a bradford and rutland avenue here where firefighters are staged there across the wash. here you have another set of homes, quite a few homes in there. this is a and so and the sounds like the streets are dodger theme. the former players dangers that the i'm sorry, drysdale and lasorda streets there. but any event, the firefighters are set up in that area as well to protect the homes. in the meantime, the brush fire couple lakers in size was being fought by the firefighters on the ground. they and crews were around all 3 sides of the fire. and they were cutting a line. very quickly working really hard right against the flames. but then they brought in bulldozer to come in kind of really big path around that the fire, which is going to help to

contain it firefighters are are just waiting or the dozer to get done so that they get in there put water on the fire affected to your point water lines. there. let's see if this yeah, there's a looks like water line and that they have. i was like should say that they're getting ready to deployed to be time that bulldozers going to go in there cut the lines are. >> all right. again, this is the group of valley, which is just north of corona, south of rancho cucamonga in riverside county, where crews are working diligently to make sure this fire in the brush does not spread to nearby homes will keep you posted. there. governor newsom has announced he is expanding his special legislative session aimed at taking on president elect trump to also now include billions of dollars to help with the state's wildfire response. our capitol correspondent wallace has the latest. >> the governor says expanding

the special legislative session to increase funds for the state's fire response will help victims, but republicans are calling on him to end the other part of the special session aimed at taking on donald trump. as the fires rage in southern california. governor gavin newsom is now calling for his special legislative session. a session originally scheduled to prepare for and take on the trump administration to now also include a component responding to the wildfires. saying the new component of the session aims to allocate 2 and a half billion dollars toward the state's emergency fire response, including recovery and cleanup or state assistance to rebuild schools and more spending for wildfire preparedness and his announcement. the governor wrote this in part, quote, california is organizing a marshall plan to help los angeles rebuild faster and stronger to the people of los angeles. we have your back. >> we're going to move heaven or >> to get la read to be clear, the special session will still

include its original goal of allocating 25 million dollars to the attorney general to help fund a future lawsuit against the trump administration. it will also add another 25 million dollars to assist with immigration legal services within the state democratic assembly member alex lee fully supports that. amid concerns over mass deportations and trump's threats to withhold certain emergency federal aid as a member of the special session committee. alan, sure, that will continue fight against all the crazy trump policies that harm every detail, france. and that's what's important to trump of california in this way. but republicans at this press conference called on democratic leaders to work with trump, not fight him. they want the governor to stop the special session on trump in the stead create a new one on fires in the state's insurance crisis. look, we called for the special session fire. so if he's following our lead in doing that cool, great. >> you know, but lose the special session idea trump reef in california because not helpful. it comes as the special session's first committee hearing originally scheduled for tuesday has been

postponed due to many lawmakers having to stay in their districts to respond to the fires. as for when that hearing could be rescheduled mean they could postpone this week's hearings at any time during the future. the special session remains in place until the legislature actually adjourns. it. and as for an exact timetable here, the governor says he wants the legislature to advance the special session bills to his desk before trump takes office. >> on january, 20th reporting at th state tom wallace kron 4 news. >> let's talk about the weather here as we go back to southern california and take a look at that. fire that is burning in riverside county. yeah, they been fairly successful in taming this fire before it gets totally out of hand. but there are no guarantees because everything is somewhat dependent. >> on those santa ana winds, should be kicking up. when you kathy, yes, you know, they die down a little bit only to kick up once again. they're kicking up in a big way. so we're

having low relative humidity coupled with once again, these really strong winds gusting 50 to 75 miles per hour. >> it's a pds fire situation, a particularly dangerous fire situations. that's a red flag warning. and here you are. the usual map is once again you las angeles and ventura counties under red flag warning. in fact, much of southwest california. >> is seeing big concerns that got fire weather watches and warnings and the red flag warnings. and this is serious, big problem. probably not going to see as gusty winds and is critical fire conditions as last week's wind storm and fire conflagration. but still the winds gust and they cost. and the gust day after day hour after hour, you can see the areas of the magenta is and you see the areas of the rent. that's where the gust his winds on. just not really dying down. so especially tomorrow morning through wednesday morning, some big concerns. so this is a long duration p d s red flag warning. that's a particularly

dangerous situation that they don't issue paroff. and but i've been seeing a few of them his past number of weeks as these flyers have just continued to burn. so serious conditions, damaging winds. and, you know, these fires, they could catch fire quickly, but they could spread rapidly and burned very hot and kroger ambers. and so this is a big concern as these fires at these winds start to ramp up once again, it's red flag warnings, of course, of the highest risk anywhere. we've got dry vegetation and gusty offshore winds. we always have a concern. the key grant back to you. >> alright, kat, thanks. this week the senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings for president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks fort washington correspondent reshad hudson reports. >> 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, but we're going 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 peak tuberville brought over 100 veterans together in dc monday to rally behind trump's pick to lead 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 repopting in washington reshad hudson. >> next in sports, the warriors continue their road trip there in to rondo. >> taking on the raptors, aaron wilson. let us know how that fell as did sports is next. >> we're just one week out from inauguration day and explain what we know about the security plans in place for the big event. i'm hannah brandt in washington on that story. coming up.

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>> well, the warriors with some notable returns tonight on the road in toronto, all 3 draymond green, steph curry and andrew wiggins available tonight as the try and get back above 500 now wiggins. well, he's back into the starting lineup after missing the last 2 games due to personal reasons. the warriors could definitely use him without jonathan kuminga who's out right now with it, right? ankle sprain. so let's pick it up. 2nd quarter warriors down by one steph curry feeds it to a cutting count anderson, who finishes with the layup. and you can count to the on that one as well to 3 point play. do they take the lead on that later in the golden state trailing by one, temples up from the logo at 35 corridor there. he drains a 3. the warriors. they regained the lead on that one and they would trail by 2, though, heading into halftime. now is the 3rd quarter. and the worry is by 3, 2, we can space out scottie barnes with the stepback. 3 is pass the lead to 6 all part of a 15 to 6 golden state's ron 4th

quarter. now. >> 83 to 77 with the warriors lead. lindy waters pulls up from beyond the drains that 3 as well and extend the lead to 9 of the game is still currently in progress. right now, the warriors daily 96 to 95, but it is close down to the wire in the 4th. >> now when it comes to baseball age ain't nothing. but a number, at least that's what they say, especially when attached to a contract ending with 15 million dollars on the other side. well, that's the case for and the mindset of a 42. you're all right. hand pitcher justin verlander, now the former mvp. he's back. and back in 2011, rather spoke about joining the giants from the front for the first time, the zoom so explain why he is. he actually explained why he decided to make the move to the bay and how he's excited to get back to having a strong season is, you know, last season he was riddled with injuries, nick and shoulder and of course, is stunted. his production out there saying that he wouldn't be back if he didn't think he could be great. >> i think that this team has

a lot of upside that. it's maybe a little bit overlooked, you know, with can coming back. adonis is addition. fitzgerald had a great 2nd half a second base last year. young starters, obviously, you know, you got the guys that do what they've been doing. units. i'm matt chapman. long-term. i just think that there's. >> you know, really good chance that this team can do something special. and from everything that i've heard the guys the like, think the culture that's been built in this organization is something special. and this has that factor to it. it's really important for me at this point. my career, i you know, you want to be part of a team as you can have fun with. and when you when, you know, it really helps gel that it's just magical ride. and i want to be part of that. >> atlanta spoke today. he was the mvp back in the san jose earthquakes announced today that the club has signed free agent forward yosef martinez

to a one-year contract through 2025. with a club option for the 2026 season. now the former mvp has become one of the most decorated players in the major leagues. of course, when it comes to soccer over 8 seasons in the league last season, he netted 11 goals and had 3 assists in. 23, regular-season games for the blue block. no upon joining earthquakes. martinez said i'm happy to be here to be a part of this group and the san jose earthquakes. i'm very excited for the new year and hope that we can make some history. everyone around here trying to make some history. i just hope that able to do yet i am i you know, mean, yeah, i right? a zone around that team. the that's the >> fish is. so it's time to show owner well, i think so. okay. hopefully they're not moving well. know. do you know? i know what that guy never know. yeah. you don't get him started out with grant on is not not good thanks.

thank >> bit berkeley city officials today celebrating the purchase of a 12 unit building on the corner of california and carlton streets. >> that will 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 way, they rallied together. and with the help of the bay area community land trust in berkeley city council member ben bartlett. they were able 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 change the building in if it up and everybody out and again and again. we've seen tenants displaced families, displaced seniors. this place. and to start our community. >> over the next 12 months, the building will be renovated and the 2 vacant apartments

will be then made available to the general public. >> all right. sam trends new improved at for its ride. plus, service is available for download, right? plus offers on demand transportation for people in half moon bay of granada east palo alto and the belle haven neighborhood of menlo park. as of right now, the transit agency is recommending writers keep using the existing app until the official launch on monday, january. 20th mlk day existing customers. we'll also need to make a new account. so prepare for that. alright, weather time here as we get a live look outside at them. adjust to golden gate. >> kathy trafton here to bring us as details on the weather. yeah, it wasn't that a beautiful picture of the set of the golden gate bridge. my goodness, gracious. >> after a beautiful day, temperatures today warmer than normal. as many as 2 to 10 degrees warmer san francisco. 62 as warm a 70 that was in san jose. and it's chilly as

59. and that was in livermore. so there you go with our temperatures. look at contours going now is you go through time. high pressure still remains in control. you see a little bit action, little bit of change. but basically we still get a lot of offshore winds for the next number of days. low temperatures will my goodness. it's going to be chilly overnight tonight. temperatures dropping because we don't really have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere we started don't have any clouds in the atmosphere to trap the earth's he close to the ground. therefore it starts to radiate away. and it's so chilly that they actually have put into effect a frost advisory. look at santa rosa. 37 degrees. and 38 for napa. that's a low temperature overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. 36 for antioch and 36 in concord. so here are the areas where the frost advisory is posted and that frost advisories posted for the north bay mountains for the east bay hills, santa clara hills and the santa cruz mountains. temperatures could be close to freezing. certainly frosty conditions.

the 4 p's of of these kind of advisories protect people, plants, pets and pipes. in the meantime, a look ahead shows us nothing but blue skies. only a few, few clouds here and there as we get closer into next weekend. but still, temperatures are warm through thursday and trending toward normal toward average as we head into the weekend grant vicki. >> thanks. got president-elect trump's inauguration is next week and people in dc been prepared yet from secret service to the fbi as a capitol police agencies are putting security plans into action to get ready for the big event. our washington, d.c., correspondent hannah brandt has details. >> all around washington, d.c.. you can see signs that the city is preparing for inauguration. every 4 years. our city supports the peaceful transition of power. we are proud of that responsibility. but those leading security for the inauguration say this year poses larger challenge is

what's different is what we are in a hi higher threat environment and secret service. special agent matt mccool says they've responded by beefing up this inauguration security plan that includes setting up security screening checkpoints, fencing and concrete barriers. plus they'll have surveillance drones and thousands of officers from various law enforcement teams on patrol. this all-star team is working to keep everyone safe while minimizing disruptions to the public as much as possible. the secret service is expecting hundreds of thousands of people here in the nation's capitol on inauguration day. some in celebration. >> others in protest and they're setting up 30 miles of fencing like this to try to keep things under control. >> we're hopeful that that will keep any of the protests from getting too close to the capitol. the fbi says so far they've not identified any credible threats to the inauguration, but capitol police chief jay thomas manger says they're keeping a close watch. biggest threat i think for for all of us remains the lone actor. he says just last week at services honoring late president jimmy carter. police

stopped 2 different threats from lone actors with just a week to go to inauguration. law enforcement leaders say they're ready. we are 100% confident. >> and the plan that we have put in place for this inauguration that the public protectees will be safe in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 6, the lineup is out for one of the biggest music festivals in the bay who's headlining bottle rock.

>> well, as we know, the news seemingly never stops here a crown. for now, let's check in with dan thorn see what's going on tonight at 10. hi, hey, vicki and grant coming up

tonight on kron 4 news, a major healthcare conference bringing crowds and optimism to san francisco, but also some protests. why ralliers say this is simply another gathering for the rich to get richer. plus, santa clara county finalizes a deal to buy a struggling medical center. we'll have a full report on the big purchase and how the county plans to restore those much needed services for the community. and of course, we'll have those stories and more in the very latest on the wildfires burning in southern california. coming up tonight on kron, 4 news at 10 and 11. take you back to can see you then. check this out. napa valley's bottle rock festival is back. and this morning. >> announced their musical line-up, including headliners, green day justin timberlake and noah kahan. other artists include ice cube floor right and sublime. the festival kicks off. may 23rd ends may 25th doors open 11, 30 in the morning at the napa valley expo linked to get tickets is on our website at kron. 4 dot com. >> and that wraps up kron. 4

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