so can >> right now the kron 4 morning news police arrest a 15 year-old for shooting that killed in oakland. father. plus an agreement that could save lives. santa clara county finalizing its purchase of a trauma hospital in east san jose. and starbucks enforcing a new policy at all of its stores by something or get out. kron. 4 morning news starts >> morning. thanks for waking up with us here daria and i'm james. yeah, lots talk about today. that cold temperatures get to that in a minute. we're also some news we're it was a someone in santa rosa driving around following some young girls from school. so we'll talk about that will tell you the vehicle description coming up. okay. and the weather

chilly but changing the south chile. but change good way to put it is this afternoon will be nice. oh, my goodness. my hands have yet to warn you deal. the it was cold out there to start. we're looking at temperatures now starting to climb and you'll notice winds also not. >> as big of a factor is what we had been seeing. pretty calm actually at the embarcadero right now. but it was cold this morning. in fact, morgan hill, you got down to 28 degrees. this is where winds are at right now. and that actually allowed temperatures to get as cold as they got. most of us at this point are back in the 40's to 50's. we fell into the 30's, though, for so many areas. oakland, you got down to 39 earlier. that makes that 51 not sound so bad at all. now we see those frost advisories expiring. we are going to see several more cold evenings ahead of us, though. so anticipate that we go right back to the 60's here. just a few hours this afternoon. >> all right. thanks a lot, john. 10. 0, one right now. and the jp morgan healthcare conference is underway in san

francisco. yep. they're expecting a lot of people to come by thousands. in fact, to attend millions of dollars, hopefully flooding into the local economy. and they've had some protesting over coverage showing horses live in union square where there is an increase in security. joey? >> yeah, you can definitely notice the increase in police presence here. as you take a look here, the westin saint frincis is where this event is taking place. invite only and police and security are at the door making sure no one gets into the hotel without credentials. security is tight as thousands are expected in san francisco's union square. dozens of police officers on foot patrol. >> and barricades around the westin saint francis for the 39th annual jp morgan healthcare conference. this is like the super bowl of health care on the minds of many december's brazen killing of the united healthcare ceo brian thompson in the streets of new york city in december.

the suspect luigi maggi charged with murder protesters in san francisco demanding a public takeover of the health care industry, which they say is putting profits over people see certain mega millionaires who making billions of profits off of the backs of patient safety is top of mind among some of the attendees. >> i've been coming to this conference for 15 years and i have never seen so many police officers at the jp morgan conference ever before. so i think it really double down on security. those who've attended in the past recall the city's drug crisis, homelessness and crime but say they haven't encountered any violence this week. i think security is very good. things have just gotten a great job. the police presence is significant here. >> i have felt uncomfortable on one or 2 occasions when walking by people >> i have it engage me verbally. i think the security has been top i safety when all you know, i think the cities and a good job trying do the

best they can to make this up. a positive event. >> according to the san francisco travel association. this conference is one of the most significant in the city bringing in an estimated 92 million dollars to the local economy. and today's keynote speaker is to first lady doctor jill biden. she's expected to speak later on today. so far we have not seen any protesters out here. >> this morning. back to you guys. all right. thank you, joey. >> there were some protests because the only hospital equipped to handle heart attacks and strokes. and he said about san jose was going to close. and there was a lot of concern. but santa clara county has just announced a deal 2 by regional medical center last year. the hospital shut down its level too trauma center. and that's part of months of protests and rallies because people who are in the area said they're going to if they have a heart attack or streke, they're gonna have to travel a long way. it'll take much longer to get to a

hospital and get that lifesaving care that they need. well, now the county plans to purchase the hospital and preserve its services. >> in doing so that we're gonna be able to restore the level 2 trauma center at regional that was closed last august. this is about saving lives. this is about access to critical care where minutes mattered. and being able to bring regional medical center in to the county's health care system. it's going to help us ensure high-quality integrated. excellent care. >> it's still just tentative, but county officials are hoping to get it done and have control of the hospital by april. 1st. >> well, in the east bay, the county of alameda is closer to finalizing the sale of the oakland coliseum. the deal would allow the oakland acquisition ac for short to take over the county's half of the property. the city of oakland has already finalized its sale agreement ac. now,

the county has 2 goals with the sale. first is to bring the coliseum under the control of the sole owner so they can make those decisions more quickly. secondly, though, the county also wants to get out of the sports and entertainment business so we can free up money for other things. the board of supervisors will vote to complete the transaction at an upcoming meeting. >> it's 10, 0, 5, and in the east bay, a 15 year-old is in police custody now for a ooting that killed a man at ppened the day after christmas. the man was found shot on foothill boulevard around 4 in the evening and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead in. there's a gofundme page from the family where the victim's son says his dad was shot in the heart right in front of him as he went out to confront 3 people who are stealing the sons, scooter. and if you'd like to help the family again, there is a gofundme page 10. 0, 6 is the time right now. other news that we're following today, police in santa rosa are looking for a

man. >> who followed a group of girls who are leaving their school. yeah, crawford's hard here in the studio with more on what happened right now. yeah, that's right. so what happened last friday afternoon, the girls we're leaving school santa rosa. police say the suspect reportedly drove in reverse against traffic, trying to stay in the girl's path. this happened in the area of lemur street in providence road. we don't know how all the girls are, but we do know that there is an elementary and middle school really close to that neighborhood. these are the photos of a car involved. get a good look at it. okay. it's a black four-door 2008 jeep cherokee. it's got some damage to the back left side. police say he played pop music really loudly trying to entice the girls, jester them to get inside his car. the suspect is described as a white man. brown here, a beard. he is estimated to be around. 25 years old about 5 of 5 in wayne about 12230 pounds. santa rosa police are asking anybody with any information

to get back to send it back to bill to the desk. okay. new this morning, san francisco firefighters put out a fire on the 600 block of ella street. >> this is video provided by the fire department. you can see they have the ladder truck extended there. this was at the 6. apparently the caller to 9-1-1, said that a scooter had caught fire. right now crews are working to clean up all the damage. >> 10, 0, 7 right now and talk about the damage in southern california. as you know, it has been extreme and just last night, another fire broke out. we're taking a look at that latest fire and then also showing you the 2 massive fires in an update with that. so first of all, the one that just broke out is called the auto fire. it's in ventura county and this is from our sister station, ktla of the flames that started popping up around 7 o'clock last night. they spread it near a golf course in oxnard. but crews got the upper hand and that fire is 56 acres. 0 1%

contained. but still fairly small compared to the 2 biggest fires that we've been following. james. >> well, here's a look at some of the damage left behind by the palisades fire. that one 17% contained this morning. it's gone up. it was 14 yesterday. nearly 24,000 acres burned, though, and again, pacific palisades as they pan shots. you can see the damage left behind and the eaton fire was equally as destructive. that's the one burning in altadena and pasadena. it's now 35% contained. so that slowly growing, has burned a little more than 14,000 acres. as you can see. and the death toll to from both of these fires actually rose over the weekend to now. 24 people, at least 17,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. and that includes homes, businesses, cars, things like that. powerful winds were what really triggered this fire and cause it to spread as fast as it did throughout la county. >> and our parent company

nexstar is partnering with kron 4 and the red cross to raise money for the wildfire victims in southern california. if you want to help just scan this qr code and that's the easiest way to make a donation >> okay. in other headlines this probably noticed this. the next time you go to starbucks. if you just step in just to hang out or to work, but not by anything, you might get a tap on fight. just want to use the bathroom really quick in and out. there's a change can't do. that crowd was will tran has been following that live this morning from walnut creek. i will. that open door policy slamming shut. it lasted for 7 years where you can go to the bathroom and didn't have to buy anything. >> no code necessary. but you might have to ask for a code moving forward. remember those days because starbucks they're saying moving forward. if you spend a lot of time in there, well, going to have to buy something. and if you go to the bathroom same deal, you'll

have to buy something because they say this is for the betterment of their coffee community. they call themselves america's coffee house and they say, you know what, that 2018 policy, it's run its course which, by the way, began in a spectacular way. it started in philadelphia when 2 african-american men, they're waiting for a business partner partner by anything waiting for the partner. then they were told to leave. they protested and then officers actually got involved racial overtones. fairness. a lot of those things were discussed and that's why they have the open door policy. but now you will have to buy something. it doesn't have to be coffee could be one of their pastries. but the bottom line is starbucks gets money and you get access to the bathroom. got a chance to talk to some customers. here's their reaction to it. it let me play starbucks their version. they might say, well, michelle toilet paper costs money, water costs, money and

we're going to have to charge what he's saying. make enough money on their coffee. come on. and i mean, i'm a starbucks customer. i have the app and i use their stars in the whole bit. but >> starbucks? well, they say that they're not actually leading the charge. they're going with the current that other. >> restaurants. they've been doing that for quite some time charging their customers, the access to the bathroom. so they're just doing that as well. and they're working with their employees on how to handle it. could be the gentle tap on the shoulder. could be calling police officers so that open door policy, it's run its course. 7 years. that's about it. back to all right. thank you. will. >> time now is 10, 12 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning mulberry officials are stepping up to protect immigrants against the incoming trump administration's plans. we'll

see what francisco is doing. and as you know, thousands of families are out of their homes because of neighborhoods being flagged, evacuated. and southern california. we're going to talk to a man who is waiting here in the bay area to see if there's anything left for him to go back

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wished southern california could be in that same boat. but unfortunately, they've been so persistently dry this winter and these winds have been extraordinary today. we still do have high wind warnings, fire danger, really, really high indicating red-flag warnings to and this remains through noon tomorrow for much the la metro area and surrounding region. in fact, fire danger. gradients on the map, yellow, orange and red really indicating that much of the la metro areas just lit up with continued fire danger today with winds picking up for the middle of the day. high pressure ridge is blocking in the thing from coming our direction. so this is likely to go down as one of the driest januarys that we've had in the bay area. certainly over the past decade. you can see just how nice and dry. we are the way through the rest of the week. that will remain through the weekend and next week for us in the bay area. it's made for really comfortable weather. we've been consistently in the 60's and for a lot of the coast as well. temps in the 60's along the bayshore. we're not quite

as warm as we had been last week and we are going to be seeing temperatures sliding a little closer to normal towards the tail end of the week but still warm. san jose at 66 degrees today. union city, a comfortable 64 oakland and berkeley at 62 north bay. very similar with low to mid 60's and that sunshine is going make it feel really nice. the next 7 days. you can see that very subtle downward slide towards the weekend and next week, it's all sunshine and dry skies all the way through. >> dre, thank you, john. 10, 16 right now. and you might notice some workers picketing outside of this costco in the east bay. it's in hayward and members of the teamsters union are going to be holding a demonstration outside the hayward, costco because they want a contract and there's expires january 31st. and the teamsters they represent about 18,000 costco workers nationwide and they want a strong contract that they like. and if they don't like it, they say they are prepared prepared to strike that

practice pickett as they're calling. it is at 11 o'clock this morning. san francisco superior court clerks had done some picketing that a one-day strike, but they have reached an agreement now with management, you might recall that the workers went on strike. the clerks were striking for one day during the mau mau many murder trial, which was and october and san francisco and now the union says they have worked it out. they ratify the contract january 9th and it includes better training and solves some shorts or short staffing. that was within the court and also provides mandates about management providing ongoing training for court employees. >> well, the san francisco immigrant rights commission held a special hearing last night to address the concerns of immigrants in the city as president elect donald trump is set to take office next week on monday. representatives from various immigration advocacy groups highlighted resources that are available to migrants living

in the bay area. we also provide recommendations on how to handle policy changes that may come from the white house. the commission will now take those recommendations and develop own plan. >> time now is 10 18 and governor newsom is expanding his special legislative session aimed at taking on donald trump. >> it will also include billions of dollars to help with the state's wildfire response. we have capitol correspondent eytan wallace with 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 and earth. >> 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 island. sure that will continue fight against all the crazy trump policies that harm every detail plans. 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 and the stead create a new one on fires in the state's insurance crisis. look, we called for the special session on love fire. so if he's following our lead in doing that cool, great. >> you know, but lose the special session idea that 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 the state tom wallace kron 4 news. >> we continue to follow very

latest with wildfires in southern california and what we're doing in the bay area to help and of auto company. >> is offering free fire service for data recovery because when your stuff burns up, you have little to go on to recover all that stuff they couldn't take with you. you know, special papers and cell phones and things like that. the company is called drive savers and they are pledging a million dollars worth of services for free so that the victims can recovered documents and photos and for hard drive storage cards, mobile phones, anything that was shoot up by the flames. they will provide a free shipping label for those affected too. the deal is this offer stands only until january 31st or until that 1 million dollars runs out. >> well, meantime, a website called lodi could help southern california homeowners navigate insurance. now in the wake of the wildfire, which is a whole process, that's going to be a headache for a lot of folks and maybe this will help out. it was started by a

victim of the 2019 kincade fire up in sonoma county. it's a paid service that helps homeowners recover and rebuild faster. they but they also spend the last 2 years building a free library of information that's available to you can access that information like how to read your insurance declarations page or depreciation. tables for personal items and evacuation checklists and all of that again, check it out. and hopefully it'll help you or somebody, you know. 10. 22 is the time. still ahead on the kron, 4 morning new- bay area. law enforcement finding more than 100 cases of stolen baby formula. >> that one woman had in her house

>> it's 10 25 in the city of alameda has announced the sale of building 92 at alameda point, they issued a request for proposals and now the city is ready to start with store property and have a be redeveloped. this is at west ranger avenue in the former world war 2 era naval air station building. 92 is part of the alameda point ongoing redevelopment and it's located near other reuse projects that they're setting up the city's looking for buyers. now with a plan to a line with their own development goals. the proposed deadline is april 1st. >> well, meantime, the state of california has taken a historic step towards supporting black students in higher education. there's a new law authored by former state senator steven bradford. that's creating the nation's first black serving institution designation which aims to support colleges and universities that are committed to fostering black

student success. currently, 39 community colleges in california. meet these eligibility requirements. there are some other public and private nonprofit colleges in the state that are meeting as well. there will be a podcast to launching by the end of this week by the i can campaign. and it'll talk about how colleges are working to earn that designation. the first episode is set to drop this coming thursday. well, there are links ceo elon musk says that a 3rd patient now has successfully received a brain chip implant. musk says all 3 patients implants are working well, as the company is hoping to add up to 30 more patients this year. musk also says that since the first patient received the implant last year, the technology has been upgraded to include a higher bandwidth and longer battery life. no details were given out about the latest nearly patient. well, you know, when we find out. >> 10, 27 and still ahead on the kron morning news. >> multiple bay area shelters are trying to help southern

california by taking in dogs and cats so that they can free up the shelters. there for all of those that have been lost in the wildfires and they need a home. so we're going to tell a home. so we're going to tell you

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>> 10 29 right now we're looking at the weather. wait for to warmups going take a while because we got so cold overnight. we did. yeah. johns in the weather center with a look at the temperatures where they are now where they were before job. yeah, it is going to take some time. i mean, going from the 30's in some cases, the 20's, morgan hill, you fell to 28 degrees this morning. now we've got that sunshine, though, as we have all morning and things are starting to warm up walnut creek. nice view here at those

green hillsides on mount diablo. very thankful. we've seen those winter rains. our winds are calming down while southern california. not so much yet. we are seeing temperatures lifting most of us back in the 50's at this point. all of us at least out of the 30's where we had spent earlier on hours this morning this afternoon. it is right back to the 60's we go so from a frost advisory early on to what is going to be an above average daytime high this afternoon, rania who will take it. thanks so much, john. 10, 30 right now. and this morning, tens of thousands of people, as you know. >> can't get into their homes in southern california because the wildfires and some right here in the bay area, they are fact kron four's rob nesbitt had a chance to talk with one family as they're hunkering down here in the bay area. i've talked with several people who came to the bay area because of the bad air quality in la. >> others were thankful to still have their home standing. and one couple whose family's 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 expected to sign that timing quickly turned back around. >> and by the time go back to our they were already, you know, 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 their 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 the canyon fire. >> that is just a mile away from mean, you could just see kind of pouring down air quality is 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. i think there's a bit of >> resilience inside to hold it together. but don't think something like that is it's easy. like process right then and there to this on grew up 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 filing insurance claims but says the process has been extremely difficult with long wait times and very little answers reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news.

>> this is what bay area fire crews that are down there are dealing with. this is a group that is working from of the napa area. these are napa firefighters that said this is video from the pacific palisades fire that they are battling. and you can see these are so many active fires. they need lots of help. and the bay area sent a lot of crews. in fact, there is one from crockett. they're working in the altadena area on the eaton fire. and this is these are some pictures of their engine that they sent. plus for firefighters with that engine to help contain fires there. bryn county has also sent a bunch of responders. they deployed some search and rescue team workers over the weekend and here they are gathering. this is a team that's working on the eaton fire and they add grim task of searching for survivors and looking through the rubble and seeing if there are any hazards there. there. a team of 30 that they just sent

other fire departments that have sent their crews, including from alameda county, san mateo county, as we showed in napa county and the san francisco fire department, too. >> ok, well, yesterday we told you how the san francisco spca was waiving adoption fees to help make space for pets coming from those down caught in the wild. fires are trying to free up the kennel space for those. the agency is my taking their pets and then the fire victim. animals can feel those viewers are responding colors. reyna harvey has more. yeah, >> right behind us. a happy family reunited again. this is actually levi and bay area. residents are doing their part to help animals in need a home. so these viewers, they saw our story from yesterday and they went out in the adopted levi. they went out and they made sure that they gave him a fresh home in a social media post. levi's parents said let the memory start. meanwhile, are inhumane welcome. 46 animals from shelters in la county late last night, 2 dogs, 44 small

guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits. brought over to marin so that there's more space to house strays and evacuated animals from the fires and also relieves the pressure on the shelter staff over there. and then we got another. que vive is the strawberry. he's one of 10 dogs and volunteers with east bay spca brought back from southern california this weekend. he's also looking for a home. so the goal of all of this to help shelters in the la area make room to take in animals that are displaced by the fires. and you can do your part by helping and going in adopting some of these little cutie pies from any of the local shelters here in the bay area. send it back to bill to the desk. thank you. grant. >> it is 10 36 and happening today, the fremont fire department is going to be adding a whole new company, including a fire truck in 9 firefighters was back in 2020 that an assessment of the city show that they really did need this additional support. and so now they're getting it. the fire department is adding that additional fire truck to the station that currently serves

centerville and is nearby the downtown district. this also means that station, station 6 will have an engine and a truck fully staffed every day. there's going to be a grand opening ceremony set for 1 o'clock this afternoon with city officials. and in the north bay has a new interim fire chief. there you arthur gonzalez season native. he served this city for years. gonzalez says the fire department under his watch will be a progressive oreanization that provides leadership and high quality safety for the community. city officials say the recruitment process to pick a new permanent fire chief will get underway soon. >> time now 10:36am. bart trains are running on a new schedule. yeah. the transit system made those changes as it starts to upgrade its train control system. kron four's lindsey ford has reaction. >> having the trains be on time, it's super crucial. otherwise i lost an hour? >> alex pereira is familiar with the departure and arrival times from the lafayette bart

station. he writes the train daily to commute to san francisco and visit with family and friends. he says minutes off could mean running late to work and missing out on important moments. be more diligent on scheduling. like even like when i walk here from my apartment. >> getting here on time is crucial. because if i miss this at the wait 20 minutes, plus to get on the next train invites first coming back home parts new schedule went into effect monday morning. >> hart says the changes are necessary for the transit agency to upgrade its train control system. the biggest changes for those writing the yellow line from 09:00pm to midnight. it will end at sfo instead of millbrae. meanwhile, trains that run supple in millbrae will run every 15 minutes. neither of which would affect colleen will birds. honestly, with my schedule and usually pulling up the app to see which one i'm going to be catching anyway. but >> i guess it's a little bit more important, too. checked

the times of arrivals and departures. if they're supposed to be impacting the changes also for bart to sink its schedule with other transit agencies in the bay area. i think one of the things that the pandemic showed to transit agencies is that we need to do a better job working together. and so the schedule change with bart and other transit agencies all happening at the same time is that realization of that and it's also the fruition of that. >> 10 38 is the time in the north bay. the sonoma county sheriff's office has arrested a woman from for what they say are several. >> fraudulent ebt card transactions. so deputies say it's all started with a traffic stop. one of the officers recognize the someone wanted for ebt fraud. they asked her she was and she provided a fake passport and that led to her arrest. and then the search her home. and this is what they found inside more than 115 baby formula containers and what they suspect was stolen alcohol.

>> the south bay, santa clara county is getting 12 million dollars to install more electric vehicle charging stations. they're putting in 237 ev charging ports spread all throughout san jose. most over located in public places like libraries, community centers and parks. the san jose mayor says that the new stations will make ev charging more convenient and more accessible for everybody. >> more than a dozen transit agencies are t making a new pledge to hire small businesses in the bay area. kron four's charles clifford has the story. >> well, in the years ahead, bay area transit agencies are going to spend billions on big projects. they're making a promise to share some of that wealth with small businesses. 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. the next 10 years. we're looking at about 10 billion dollars right of capital projects. opportunities for 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 investpents. the advance a fair just and inclusive bay area. >> so far nationwide, 91 agencies and private companies have signed on to the equity in infrastructure project in the south bay charles clifford

kron. 4 news. >> 41 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. giants officially introduced justin verlander, who you may know from another team that is ours. now. 10. 43, we've been

talking so much about people who lost everything in the fires in southern california. >> and this woman did to accept what's on her finger. her ring finger. yes. her wedding ring was discovered in the rubble of her burned out home by cal fire crews and she's so thankful took a picture with them. there. our name is victoria desantis. her

home was destroyed. she only had minutes to get out. so obviously she left everything behind. and it's just amazing. she feels like the luckiest person alive like she won the lottery or something because this is like a needle in a haystack. the fact firefighters found her ring, the kind of on the rubble of the roof that was left. there was what was the roof of her home. now. all right, 10 44 is the time. and as that fire fight continues down south to battle all those fi wildfires, the political >> finger pointing has begun. kron four's catherine heenan takes a look at that. >> 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. los 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 expected 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. >> to 46 looking outside or just out there. not a cloud in the sky. beautiful and calmer day today. notably. >> still a very slight offshore breeze moving its way into the bay area. winds gusting as max at 15 miles per hour in the bay today. so pretty calm not for southern california. still under red flag warning in a fire weather warning likely through the middle of the day tomorrow. critical fire danger. absolutely does still remain as this offshore wind pushes

on into the southern part of the state, especially for those mountain sides where the santa ana's tend to accelerate high pressure. ridge is in place. it is a blocking high and it is persistent not wanting to be budged. and with that a dry in many cases, a lot of models are showing the rest of the month. nothing coming our way this week. that's for sure. as for temperatures, we are inhthe 60's yet again today. couple of 50's mixed in out along the coastline. all in all, we are still a little bit above our seasonal average is not as much as we were last week, but still very comfortable, especially with all that sunshine and relatively calm winds adds up to a as and forecast san jose at 66 today, union city 62 oakland in san leandro. also at 62 long with concord and walnut creek as well as balais help. looking ahead. we do have a very, very subtle cooldown in the works ahead of us. it's enough to get us down into the 50's towards next week. but we are staying under that sunshine and that dry pattern.

>> john, thank you, jen. 48 is the time in the north bay in marin county. the board of supervisors now is considering a rate increase. former in sanitary service. they want to raise it to 3.6, 1%. and that rate adjustment would come to about $0.50 more per month for the residential service package. and that would come to an estimated monthly total of about $55 and $0.92 now, marin, sanitary services. this rate change will go into effect this year. if it's approved. meanwhile, berkeley city officials celebrating the purchase of a 12 unit building on the corner of california and carlton street. it's going to be a new permanent preserved, affordable housing unit that building originally went up for sale after owner passed away. but after the tenants found out about the sale, they rally together and with the help of the bay area community land trust and berkeley city council member ben bartlett, they were able to preserve the building. >> so we've seen in this neighborhood again and again.

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. it's a starter community. >> over the next 12 months, the building will be renovated and the 2 vacant apartments will then be made available to the general public. it's let's talk sports in baseball. spring training has been a month away and season pitcher justin verlander is ours now. he's going to be wearing the orange and black. we've got kron four's erin wilson with the story. now when it comes justin verlander, you know, they say a j nothing but a number, especially when it's attached to a 15 million dollar contract. that of cocrse, the right handed pitcher who's 42 years old. >> justin verlander, i'm speaking the former mvp back in 2011. if you remember what he spoke about, joining the

giants for the first time via zoom to explain why he decided that his next move would be here to the bay area and how excited he is to get back to having a strong season on the mount. of course, after injuries to his neck shoulder last season started his production saying that he wouldn't be able to come back if didn't think that he would be >> 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. you know, it's i'm matt chapman. long-term. i just think that there's. >> you know, a really good chance that this team can do something special and from everything that i've heard the guys to 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 win, you know, it really helps gel that it's just magical ride. and i want to be part of that. >> suspect he threw at the desk. thank you, aaron. 10 51 is the time. is the time. >> we'll be right back.

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area's cutest marketplace. we're learning all about the hair gq marketplace and how it celebrates japanese culture. plus, a flash food is the app that can help you save big on groceries. we'll check out how it works to help you stretch your budget. >> and we are getting fit in the new year. tish owners is here with an easy way to reduce to burn fat sculpt and smooth. we learn how to use it at home and as always want to hear to have to say. but our question of the day scan the qr code right there today. we want to know when you cook dinner. what is dish that you typically make? let us know your answer could be read live here on the show. 01:00pm, james, i make a mean spaghetti. i love a good spaghetti. love. all thank you, jen. thank you. >> what about great food you ever make that only that i don't know how make a full awful anyway, nick, the greek is coming to mountain view. they already have a lot of nic, the greeks around. if you haven't it's kind of inspired by street food and they have all kinds of greek dishes.

they're founded 2014 by 3 knicks. they're cousins, big nick little make a now they have more than 30 is 30 stores in the bay area. so you can check this one out when it opens today this morning right now and not to view the the you know, what else is awesome to the food that mcdonald's is doing giving free food to the wildfire victims and the first responders and southern california that record 10's of thousands people actually going to be doing this with their mic rig. >> which is that big big, really good may have a mobile. yeah. we food truck on steroids you're gonna roll that thing out to the rose bowl and that's where they're going to be giving out these free happy meals. they're going to use the mcdonald's app so that the residents in the area this place they can go to the app. it's free. just sport or to buy and you pick it up in the firefighters and other first responders could do that. it's pretty amazing. it's a blank check because you got of more than a like probably 150,000 people you

got all the firefighters. so all that they're going to be years a lot of people. >> mcdonnell's can handle that. i they've got the bank account, role that they seem to have the infrastructure. that's amazing. it really well, our forecast is. >> but definitely calmer. yeah, is. still a big win down there. do still a red flag warning that a high wind warnings today and they will come down after today, which is good news for them. but another critical fire danger day to get we've got, you know, rate still on the horizon. theme that high pressure ridge is. so scott, what happened? and i it just doesn't want to leave in. this could be the driest january that we've had in over a decade. looks likely to be that we're going the jail week. january flew by was like new year's really did all right. that's it for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow for more news weather traffic of but by.

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