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already burned thousands of acres since it started just this morning. thank you for joining us here on kron for justine waltman. this fire is being called the hughes fire. it started near castaic lake around 11 o'clock. it has burned more than 5,000 acres since it started just a couple of hours ago. and there are evacuation orders and warnings in place near the lake. there. what we know so far is that it's about 5,000 acres. no containment and that is spreading quickly through this dry brush and trees just on the east side of the lake. it's being fanned by the santa ana winds. that's been real big problem for their that area right now. the cause of the fire >> is not known at this moment, but there are evacuation orders and warnings in place. we are getting a live picture now from our station there, ktla. we're watching a helicopter a plane, do a drop right at this moment is they're trying to gain some containment on this. we can see the thick black smoke that's coming from this fire.

again, it's about 5,000 acres and this helicopter does give us a nice look at the roads that are in the area. there was some concerns about having to close the 5 freeway, which is near this. fire is burning to the north of the 5 freeway. but the smoke is closing some of the on off ramps. so if you're heading down to la for any reason, you should keep your eye on this situation because this fire is spreading its just a little north of santa clarita. and we could see also just there to on the left of the screen, there are some neighborhoods that are being impacted by this. and is there camera he resumes out. see, there's the 5 freeway and that's why they have closed some of the on and off ramps. i have not seen anything officially about the possibly closing the 5 in this area, though that had been a concern at some point during the day, depending on which way the fire grows. but you can see the heavy populated area. that's just where this fire is burning right now. they have evacuation some schools and also a lot of people in that

neighborhood at the moment. so the winds, the real concern here, that's what's fanning this it's exploded in size. we have meteorologist scale on here with the latest on the conditions there. yeah, very dry conditions. i only can you see it and that live shot. >> but you can see it here on the map. we have a pinpoint forecast so cat castaic injunction that is south of where that fire is just by the hills and over by the lake there. humidity levels in that area down to the single digits. we're talking 6% of humidity and we have are seeing a breeze at 15, 18 miles per hour coming from the northeast. even though it's not asked wrong as of the winds we're normally used to with the santa ana winds. it's still fanning those flames as we've been seeing since the noon hour and take a look under red flag conditions. this is and this is a long stretch. once again, we're under red flag conditions in southern california from monday tuesday, wednesday. and this is in told thursday evening and not only in los angeles and ventura counties, there's fires popping up in the san diego area. they're

not out of the woods yet. it's really the dry conditions. we're talking. single-digit humidity levels down to 2% to 10% and gusts anywhere from 50 to 65 miles per hour. winds and the highest peaks. so still breezy conditions. you know, it's really those dry conditions that are driving these fires back here in the bay area. we are mostly sunny. when i come back, we'll have our bay area forecast. it is quite quiet here than it is in southern california. but i'll have that in the extended back to you. >> thank you. do get back to that la fire in just a few minutes. but facing some accusations that it is unsafe and it's failing to protect the public. bart is now the target of a new lawsuit last year. a 74 year old was allegedly pushed in front of a moving bar traded. she died from her injuries. a person has been charged in her death and her family is now speaking out. kron four's terisa stasio is live for us in san francisco with this story. >> well, just and the family says that bart is putting

lives at risk and that is why they are taking this action. >> and expressed the amount of hurt. that my family has gone through. that is the nephew, of course, owned and down the 74 year-old daly city resident shown here. >> was known as a generous, compassionate woman who loved to cook for her colleagues and care for her family members. but on july first 2024 5 minutes after dan dan left her job asea telephone operator park hilton hotel and downtown san francisco. the family says that she was pushed from the platform at the powell street bart station and later died of her injuries. it's not just him. >> there's a lot of people out there. >> cool. >> it's just circling that train station. i know because the moment that that happened to my on i went to that station myself and there's about a dozen, you know, people in there who i didn't feel safe, just we're going to

that station. what more a female at, you know, 11, 11, 30. >> on wednesday, dan dance family announced a lawsuit against bart claiming that the public transportation agency failed in its job to protect passengers such as dan tan court documents, state that trevor belmont had been banned from bart, adding that he had been arrested at least 27 times and 2018. he had been convicted and engaging in lewd conduct when he exposed himself on bart. >> we are. filing this complaint. to make sure it doesn't happen again to to anybody else. a criminal is now under. you know, investigation for murder of hauling. >> ward is on notice. you have to stop and make these trains and stations say for riders. this is appalling. >> now the lawsuit is for

wrongful death. elder abuse as well as public in danger meant we reached out to bart, but they said they do not have a comment right now about the lawsuit and san francisco, theresa back to just theresa, thank you. >> to the south bay now in the santa clara county sheriff's office and san jose police have announced multiple arrests in connection to a large burglary operation conference. charles clifford is live for us there in san jose with the details. >> well, good afternoon. yeah. authorities across the south bay have teamed up and they say they've arrested 3 men yesterday who are responsible for stealing more than a million dollars worth of merchandise from homes all across west santa clara county. thanks for joining us today. the san jose police department announced on wednesday that 3 men, alberto vallejo, gonzalo valencia ramos and jaime martinez, arroyo are facing 72 counts of burglary. the trio is accused of spending 7 months

burglarizing homes in san jose cupertino. saratoga campbell. >> in mountain police say the 3 specifically targeted asian household and would often enter through the rear of the home and take jewelry and other small valuable items while ignoring things like electronics. they are believed to have committed dozens of burglaries in multiple cities. and those crimes were initially being investigated separately until police recognized them on surveillance video and begin connecting the cases. the 3 were taken into custody on tuesday and police searched multiple locations. multiple search warrants were executed in the cities of stockton, hayward and french camp. >> with the suspects are from during the operation, we recovered a large trove of evidence, including over 700 pieces of stolen property ranging from hundreds of pieces of jewelry, large amounts of foreign currency purses, luxury watches and family heirlooms. authorities are now beginning the tedious task of trying to return the stolen items to their rightful owners. they also say the investigation is ongoing additional arrests are possible.

>> all right, back live now. they also say there could be other cases. >> connected to these arrests to these men were arrested. anyone with information is asked to contact the san jose police department or your local police department. but for now in the south bay, charles clifford kron, 4 news. charles, thank you. we'll go to santa rosa now where police have arrested 5 people for a series of burglaries targeting asian business owners. >> they say that the suspects used skies is like delivery driver, outfits and camouflaged cameras during these crimes. police sharing these photos of the uniforms and the surveillance cameras that they say that they found. officers say they know of at least 11 burglaries in the past 14 months targeting asian victims. police have obtained a license plate number from a witness and that's how they found the suspected burglars in a rented home in valais. how december 18th they were able to arrest the group as they were loading. they say cars with bags of the suspected goods that had been

stolen happening today. also, the santa rosa police department is hosting a meeting to discuss the use of drones in its first responder program. officers say the goal is to improve response times by using the drones to provide immediate help during emergencies. that meeting is being held at the utility's field operations building on stony point road tonight from 6 until 08:00pm. president trump has authorized ice to make arrests near schools, hospitals and churches. the department of homeland security says it's rolling back its policy, but consider those places as sensitive areas. kron four's will tran is at the santa clara county department of education where officials are voting to protect students and families. >> the biden era protections they are effectively gone. president trump now allowing immigration officials to go into places like schools and that is not sitting well with santa clara county department of education, not only

schools, but also hospitals and churches. they were off limits under president biden. now they can do that and it is at their disposal and the department of education fighting back now moving forward. they will do their very best to protect the students. they say by law they can allowed undocumented immigrants and their kids to enroll in schools. no questions asked. they are legally allowed to do that even if they're not legally in the country. the president trump wants to reverse that. and that is not sitting well with a lot of people, including this one legal expert that we tracked down. >> this is an important time because it is personal for so many of who grandchildren of immigrants who have contributed so much to our economies and culture in san francisco in the state of california and united states of america. i also think it's

very important time when there's so much fear and uncertainty. that's big showed at the federal level. so we are talking about mass deportations, possibly of the young kids as well. >> i've reached out to the department of education to have a person talk to me this morning and they said no one is available and they stand by this statement. so take a look at your screen. here's what they had to say. they say we reaffirm our commitment to protecting immigrant students and families and ensuring they feel safe. welcome and supported at school. we are from our commitment because the u.s. supreme court has long held that all children in the u.s. have an equal right to enroll and participate in public schools without regard to their citizenship status. they also say they will not ask any parent their citizenship status and if ice agents come into a school without a warrant, they will not cooperate and they will

not give them information. and even if they have a warrant and they're asking for a particular student or so, they say they will seek legal counsel before responding to the immigration official. >> still ahead here to house and senate democrats are sounding the alarm as republicans are pushing for a controversial bill on abortion. plus. >> president trump is taking sweeping steps to enact his policy priorities, especially with immigration. >> i'm hannah brandt in washington. all have that story coming up. we're keeping an eye on the hughes fire as it continues to grow in la county. right now, just over 5,000 acres. there are evacuation orders and warnings in place.

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>> president donald trump is off to the races implementing his agenda and congressional republicans are ready to make it happen. one of his first orders of business is to address the issue of illegal immigration. our washington correspondent hannah brandt has the latest. >> president trump says his administration is working with urgency and speed to confront what he calls a crisis at the border. >> i signed a sweeping slate of executive orders to stop the invasion of our borders as part of the president's immigration crackdown. the pentagon confirmed today it will deploy around 1500 troops to help secure the southern border. and house speaker mike johnson is applauding. the president's quick actions is using executive authority because desperate times call for desperate measures. he says congress is working in close coordination with the white house. what he's doing is kick starting what will

ultimately be our legislative agenda. and lawmakers are also prioritizing immigration legislation today. we're going to send to president trump's desk, his very first bill to sign into law. the laken riley act. the laken riley act requires federal officials to detain immigrants were accused of theft or burglary. democrats are split on the bill with some supporting it and others criticizing the effort saying republicans are pushing immigration bills intended to stoke division. don't do anything to make people safer or to fix our immigration system. and they argue the new president's agendas seeks to vilify immigrants without addressing the real issues at the border. immigrants make america great and immigrants help keep america's economy moving. today, a top trump adviser went to a senate republican lunch on capitol hill to brief lawmakers on mass deportation plans. and what comes next on immigration policy. >> in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> president trump says if his nominee for secretary of

education, linda mcmahon is successful. the department of education will not exist anymore. republican members of congress think they'll be able to turn all the responsibilities from the department of education over to other agencies or back to the states. advocates say abolishing the department of education would hurt vulnerable students. >> why are you doing it's not about actually improving education. it's not about making america strong. it's actually about taking away fundamental rights. >> the department enforces laws protecting students with disabilities, accounting for almost 8 million students. that's about one in every a public schools. on what would have been the 52nd anniversary of roe versus wade house and republicans are pushing a bill to require health care providers try and save the life of an infant. in the rare case that the baby is born alive during or after an attempted abortion. meanwhile, democrats are stressing it is already illegal to kill a baby

that is born alive. >> pelicans are still peddling the lies about how abortion works and the people who get them. more than 140 congressional republicans also sent a letter to president donald trump asking him to expand what they are calling. >> life affirming pro life policies including a bill to defund planned parenthood and other abortion providers. the trump administration has removed the reproductive rights page from therofficial white house website. here in the bay area. the trans community is concerned about president trump's executive order on biological. the president says that the federal government will only recognize 2 sexes, male or female kron four's. joey horta is in san francisco with more. >> and this is one of the first man days the president laid down in his inaugural speech. and critics say that it will undo years of progress that the trans community has fought for. the president saying it's a move to south

those who want to quote, socially engineer, race and gender into every aspect public and private life. opponents of trans rights feel the use of pronouns has gone too far. they oppose taxpayers covering gender affirming care, dr. robert owens who works at the va hospital ways used to dealing with discrimination. there will always be and they're always i'm sure have been. >> people who are. trends and they're feeling who are in the military. we've put up, was it before or, you know, i guess we have to put up with it for another warriors. we can do the pride celebrations all over the country, especially in san francisco this year. >> that will be an opportunity to stand up and be counted and show people that know. >> we're not going to stand for a whole group of people losing their human right. president trump has already laid the groundwork for banning transgender people from openly serving in the military by revoking. >> biden era protections. and here's what the chairman of the san francisco republican party tells us.

>> about this. we've gone too far on some issues should have testing the pronouns proactively were be a pariah, used to be able to offer your pronounced if you want to to, to communicate gender identity people. and he's going to bring moment in time is just going to make bring us back to some more common sense and pragmatic ideas. back in june, the board of supervisors declared san francisco a sanctuary city for trans people leave marginalized community here taking the president's comments and actions as attack in san francisco. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> taking a live look outside here across the embarcadero in san francisco. little breezy out there, but blue skies. and gail in the morning. cold ideas, you like frost on the grass and on people's roofs. yeah. i've been seeing the frost on the windshield leaving for work early in the morning. expecting more chilly mornings and >> nice afternoons. you can see sunny skies from this view from our mount tam up camera a little shaky. we have a breeze

in the mountains, but over at the surface, we have some calm wind speeds bit of some offshore wind that's warming us that here are the current readings out the door upper 60's in dublin livermore lena and same for you in petaluma. so we're starting to reach the daytime highs. very nice temperatures. if you ask me and here's why you could see some light wind and some breezy conditions over by the mountains. and this will stay with us for the evening and into the morning. but that lack of wind is going to be setting the stage for some chilly temperatures. no fog overnight as well. you can very clear skies tonight and into the overnight and into the morning. so bundle up once again. we have a frost advisory. this just popped up that was just issued in the last hour by the national weather service, 11:00pm tonight until thursday. 09:00am. that has been the pattern. our usual areas, our inland valleys and mountains and the hills. chilly temperatures down to the 30's. as you can see here. so as we saw some below freezing temperatures, by the way, this

morning, a 28 was the low in napa. we saw some upper 20's in morgan hill as well. so not as cold. it looks like just some 30's and low 40. so even if you're not in that criteria, you will still need to bundle up because it is still chilly out there in the mornings. however, the afternoons very nice. we're going to stay in this warming trend from now. until friday. it looks like we'll be in the mid to upper 60's. but towards the weekend, we do have a pattern change. notice. it says the chance of rain saturday. you know, we're keeping an eye on that. it looks like it's a bunch of raindrops at this point. but a cooldown nonetheless, but the start of the weekend. but we will be waking up to some chilly mornings. as you can see across the board low to mid 30's and low 40's to start the day back to justine. that's cold. thanks, >> still ahead, a los angeles preparing for possible mudslides this weekend as a new fire is quickly burning right there. the queues fire. we have the latest details in just a few minutes. the great just a few minutes. the great religious leaders an residents gathering in san jose. pray for immigrants as president trump is acting on

one of his campaign promises of mass deportations and ice raids.

>> president trump's executive orders on immigration in our bringing some growing concerns for the undocumented community here in the bay area. religious leaders held a community gathering in san jose to so some should support for the immigrant community, rabbis, priests and pastors were reciting prayers all residents were going up to the podium to express their support for immigrants. this was happening on tuesday night. >> right now, we're very concerned about just a massive organized structural

displacement that's based purely racist agenda. they contribute to our society. >> acd maybe not enough. people understand that and they need to hear that they are very much the fabric in our society. >> yesterday the department of homeland security expanded its law enforcement directives now allowing ice to make arrests in the so-called sensitive spots. that includes churches, schools and hospitals. >> a lot more ahead here. new that 2 o'clock today, nasa wants to drill into the move do this and why that's coming up. also, we're going to go to the local blood drive by. they're saying now is the time to donate. also, when we come back with the latest conditions on the use fire that's burning right now los angeles county. all this

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>> all right. new video now into our news room of the hughes fire. that's first started right before 11 o'clock this morning. it's now grown to about 5,000 acres. it's burning in both los angeles and a portion ventura county right now, ktla or station. they're providing us a lot of these images. they are saying that roughly 19,000 people, including residents of castaic, are being evacuated from communities that are in the south north and west of this fire. and they're still thousands of more people who are under evacuation warnings. we can see all the smoke here. it is impacting at last check part of the 5 freeway that is

goes through that area. this fire his fire is burning just north of santa clarita. it's impacting the traffic there in the 5. they've closed some of on and off-ramps. this fire is just exploding in size. there has been a ground and air attack to try and put it out. we can see all the smoke that is coming from the spire. it said just over 5,000 acres there, 0% containment. but we have seen from some of our images here that there are air attacks happening. they've been dropping water and fire retardant on it. there are so many people, 19,000 people that are being evacuated right now. so there's a massive e0fort right now. is there a saw so many roads that are closed and governor gavin newsom just put out a response to the hughes fire. he put this on ex quote, it says state resources have been deployed to the hughes fire in the angeles national forest to assist in the federal response. we will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide the federal

government with whatever it needs to distinguish extinguish this fire 5,000 acres in just a couple of hours. we're seeing the live images of all the smoke. one of the issues is the weather there. the winds that's just fanning the flames. we have meteorologist gayle ong in the weather center with an update on what's happening there. they just can't get a break. yeah, i know it's still another long stretch of red flag warnings since monday. >> and you can see very dry conditions. 6% humidity. and you could see where that fire is north of castaic junction. that's north of santa clarita and winds are at 17 miles per hour coming from the northeast that classic santa ana wind direction. and as you can see, still under those red flag conditions. now to the other fires that that the palisades fire on the west side of los angeles county than altadena the eaton fire on the east side. there humidities are very dry. 5% are in foot. the readings are right now and we the winds are calm, but it's

still very dry. so that's something that is that has been a huge factor. as you can see, humidity levels expected to be 2 to 10% with barely any recovery overnight. that's why there are red flag conditions and not only in los angeles and ventura county benton says san diego area as well. we are south some brush fires pop up yesterday and today, too, so that it's they're not out of the web's. that's until thursday evening and friday for areas, there is a pattern change for the end of the week. the area of low pressure will be fighting in land. there. and that's going to bring a chance of rain for southern california. that is. and here's the future cast model plated motion for you. we're dry until friday. and look at saturday. maybe some snow in the sierra just a few inches of snow. but then towards sunday, that's when we could start to see a chance of some rain. hopefully it's beneficial. but there is a slight chance of some thunderstorms with excessive rainfall, a very slight chance and that could trigger mudslides over those burn scars. and you. here's the rain forecast about quarter, you know, quarter of an inch

in the fresno area. but a 10th of an inch or more in los angeles. so that would be very beneficial rain. we are trending just around the drier than normal and just around normal over the next few days here for us in the bay area. so temperatures right now, these are daytime highs. very pleasant weather here. and when we come back, we'll be talking about the 7 day forecast. you'll see a cool down. but for now we're going to enjoy these nice temperatures in the 60's. back to you. we're gonna go back to los angeles as they're now preparing for rain this weekend and how that could create mudslides where the fires have burned. >> cal fire and the california conservation corps are making thousands of sandbags to give to people who live in the eaton fire burn zones. that fire did so much damage that there's really nothing to hold the soil back. >> this fire burned 2 feet deep into the roots in the foothills. and so there's nothing holding the soil. we seen this with other significant fires. the mud and debris flows. the good news is we have several days to get prepared. you think is better

than nothing. right? so >> if they have plywood dam up those areas with reinforcing that sandbags, that's a great asset to. >> governor newsom is sending specialized teams and equipment to help protect communities and natural resources from the possibility of debris flows that are already placing fencing and other barriers to try and contain and filter the runoff. water. and this is bringing back memories of the month to see the mudslides from 2018 23 people died in santa barbara as 15 feet of mud came down the mountain side, destroying homes. the mudslides occurred in the thomas fire burn scar area showing just vulnerable that land is to heavy rain following a fire. and the fires down south coupled with really awful winter weather across much of the country is forcing the american red cross to cancel hundreds of blood drives kron 4 certain all reports today the fremont fire department helped by

partnering with the nonprofit and opened its doors to donors. >> fremont fire department put out a public call for help. the community responding by showing up dropping in arm and donating blood. i've been donating blood for years. totally worth it. >> yeah, worth whatever i had to do this today. fremont fire chiefs rated e as among the donors. she says her department partnered with the american red cross to host a blood drive at its administration building wednesday because the nonprofit is in desperate need. both been unable to collect donations. >> in la because of the fires and the and the winter. >> storm resulted in 500 cancel blood drives nationally. and collectively we've missed out on 12,000 units of blood collected. the red cross says donors of all types, particularly type o negative blood donors and those giving platelets are essential to saving lives. this month. i signed up for this before the fires, but

>> still, if regardless of where it helps, it where chief diaz says 14 of her crew members have helped fight. the la fires are making a contribution not only to people who need it such as folks who have sickle disease. >> there's a shortage in plasma and platelets. so we're really excited to be able to make a contribution in this way, a contribution that will go a long in fremont. philippe djegal kron. 4 news. the ongoing devastating wildfires in los angeles is causing san jose's mayor to question if the city is ready. >> for a massive wildfire if it comes to the south bay mayor matt mahan told kron 4 that he asked the city manager's office for a new assessment on the city's wildfire preparedness in october. a report from the fire department says not only has staffing gone down in the last decade, but they also have the lowest number of firefighters out of 15 major u.s. cities. many homes in east san jose are surrounded

by tall, dry grass and that could pose a hazard. if a wildfire starts to run through the foothills, the president of the san jose firefighters union tells us now is the perfect time to learn from las angeles and prepare. >> where prime for this same type of scenario here. it's not to take away from the people down there. what's happened down there. but let's learn from the current events. let's learn from history. this isn't something that's going away. so we need to focus on stopping being prepared and be part of that emergency management cycle. >> the mayor tells us it's now up to the city manager's office to determine what the fire department needs to better prepare for a massive wildfire and they could make some recommendations as early as this summer. >> and i was going happen with our school. why does our school need to close? >> more bay area schools are facing possible closures. the vallejo city unified school district held a town hall last night to discuss the fate of 8

schools. kron 4 sarah stinson has the story. >> vallejo parents from several schools spoke out at the town hall saying school closures would disrupt their child's education and daily lives. >> please, please look be on your numbers. vallejo community members pleaing with the school district to reconsider a proposal to close and or consolidate schools. >> asked you not to place my because my school and parents, students and staff members attended a town hall tuesday night majority representing mare island, health and fitness academy. really sad because we have a good community. sharon johnson says she specifically transferred her daughter to mayor island because the school closest to their home was unsafe is now homeless encampments, drug dealers, this prostitution, everything going on around our homes, schools. currently, there are 19 schools in vallejo serving only about

9,000 students. take a look at this list of schools that could be affected. the superintendent ruben aurelio saying one of the reasons for closures is a decline in enrollment. allay seems significant decline of about 5,000 students in the past 10 we always tell our parents attend this really matters because we are funded that way. not just moment that actual daily attendance families have moved we're feeling that pain point last fall, a committee was tasked with making a plan. >> to make budget reductions so far, they've found ways to cut more than 4 million dollars. but it says the district still needs to make 8 million dollars worth of cuts. so we are currently projected to be deficit spending the next 3 years. so this is really important step for us. but another mare island parent, eva says families shouldn't be the ones having to make a sacrifice is very hard to live and raise a child in the city and. >> and we're all working. parents were grateful for the

island and making making me feel very safe that my kid is there. when i'm working. >> the superintendent says feedback from the town hall will be a part of consideration as they work to make this decision by the board of education meeting on february 5th. i'm sara stinson reporting in vallejo. back to you. >> happening today, the pacific, a school district board will host a meeting ahead of proposed school closures there. this meeting is coming after some parents rally last week in opposition to the closure of the ocean shore k through 8th grade school. here's some video from that rally. the district says the closure is a result of a 3 million dollar budget deficit. the meeting that they're having to discuss. all this is happening tonight at 5 at the district's building. the coalition on homelessness and allied organizations are demanding mayor daniel lurie, protect families facing eviction from san francisco shelters. according to advocate homelessness amongst families now doubled in the past 2 years. they're calling

for the restoration of the family shelter, waitlist. they're hoping it will be a more transparent process for shelter extensions and offer more permanent housing solutions. the coalition on homelessness as 300 families currently live in shelters that have received eviction notices. still ahead here at >> out of this world project, how nasa scientists are aiming for the stars.

>> several major events are coming to the bay area in the very near future, including the super bowl next year. even sooner we have the nba all-star game coming to hear

in february. so barry leaders met yesterday to discuss how they can prevent human trafficking. that's often associated with these big events. kron four's lezla gooden has the latest. >> attempting to address these issues, various law enforcement and local and non profits and industry have working together over the last few months, intense land even before that, obviously for years. but this is an outgrowth of that several state and local leaders are joining forces to combat human trafficking. >> in the bay area and just a few weeks, the nbahall-star weekend is taking place in san francisco, a probable case for possible human that we face. not only is this a difficult crime to investigate. and i was talking about that on the panel. because we have victims who extremely scared, terrified, isolated, often threatened and it's very difficult to get access to them. but we are facing a

significant police officer shortage in our city. that's been the case for over 4 years now. and so what we do have dedicated investigators at sapd who focus on human trafficking amongst other types of crimes. it is a part of their division that we need to bolster. >> according to officials, large events historically attract human traffickers. so they're making sure that everyone is working together, including hotels, law enforcement and multiple state agencies. >> some information from the general public if they see something the that maybe, you know, makes them, you know, ask questions. maybe there's some something suspicious. these guys in many different languages are utilized for the public as well reporting hotline that we've done in partnership with polaris, ourselves and the fbi recipients on those leads. >> not a national news and a group of democratic senators

are working together to protect a part of former president joe biden's legacy. that is the medicare drug price negotiations. they're calling on the trump administration to consider to try to work, to continue to lower the costs. and our washington correspondent basil, john reports. >> concern is growing among democrats after president donald trump reversed some of the former president's executive orders includes efforts refuse prescription drug costs for medicare and medicaid beneficiaries. within 2 days. in one of the first executive orders they pulled the rug out from under what we did. senate democrat leader chuck schumer says they will put the pressure on president trump to continue medicare negotiations for lower drug prices. when you ask americans what is bugging them, what is really ticking them off? at the very top of the list is the high cost of prescription drugs. vermont senator peter welch is among those concerned

and what we're seeing trump administration trying to roll that back? the efforts of the last administration lowered the price of 10 costly prescriptions. >> schumer hopes president trump will continue this momentum into the promised golden age to make more prices affordable. we have another 10, including isn't that can we go the in some of the others? >> it's gonna make that's going to reduce health when you reduce the cost of those drugs in the ability to buy those drugs, you dramatically reduce the cost of health care. missouri republican senator josh hawley is optimistic that president trump will continue this effort. i would be surprised if you see medicare prices, drug prices rise under donald trump. my expectation would be that he will use every tool at his disposal to get drug prices low reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> all right. check this out. this very adorable cat is named maintenance and she accidentally became a frequent flyer after she was left in a plane's cargo hold. mittens

then made 3 trips in 24 hours between new zealand and australia owners. we're moving to new zealand. and when they landed, they will say they waited for 3 hours for the cap to come off the plane and then airport employees told them, yeah, your cat went back to australia. >> so much just looked each other and i'm not that i didn't hear and a simple we want it. you just gotta love that. the cat taken off the plane and they well with a new justice covid now how can this >> the airline said it is stowed wheelchair blocking the baggage handlers view of mittens. cage and the airport told the pilot they had an extra passenger. so he turned on the heating in the cargo hold to make sure state comfortable mittens then was safely flown back to new zealand, reunited there with her family. and the owner says

overall she's healthy and has been extra cuddly since then. 4 mins got a story to tell think they were able to notify the pilot, keep it warm under their kids at i i'm glad city is home. >> my cats don't like to fly. not our cold 3 times. that's terrifying. so could of kitties back out there. now we're switching gears to weather. we are sunny we don't see a breeze here. very light breeze in san francisco. but nice blue skies where dry where in the 60's upper 60's here mid 60's in fremont and a lot warm temperatures. so very nice day out today. if you're out and about we have a light offshore wind here and that's the contributing to those warm temperatures. a bit of more of a breeze in the hills. but that will be the case were in the single digits from now until the overnight. and that's going to set the stage for another cold morning. this

is the future cast model. don't have a lot to show you here. don't have to pause this. usually we see drizzle or clouds or fog. nope. we don't see that. so be prepared to bundle up in the morning once again, it will be in the 20's. it looks like that was this morning in some places like napa, morgan hill. we're going to be in the 30's. a frost advisory is posted tonight until tomorrow morning said the usual areas in our valleys and mountains snaded in blue. there you can even see forecast lows tonight. upper 30's in the north bay and east bay valleys and some low 40's along the bay shore. so it's a chilly morning once again. and here's that 7 day outlook where we pretty quiet for the next few days. we're going to be holding on to the 60's until about friday, mid to upper 60's for daytime highs. we have a pattern change towards the weekend. so saturday, a chance of some raindrops. i don't really see any rain heading our way just yet. but that looks to be a need more towards the central coast and southern california,

which will be a little helpful for the fires that that's not too much rain other than that, we cool down to the 50's and bump back up to the low 60's early next week. but the bottom line, cold mornings and nice sunny afternoons back to justine. thanks, gayle. nasa is working on a new project called blue ghost one. it's the latest lunar mission that will use a special drill too. >> collect data helping astronauts learn more about the moon. the drill is called the stir and it was made at texas tech and lister stands for lunar instrumentation for subsurface thermal exploria exploration with much easier to say now over the next couple of weeks, lister will be busy collecting data and helping nasa send more astronauts to the moon and then eventually to mars about. >> preparing ourselves for for a longer term view presidents on the in longer stretch goals as well we're going our

sunday. and so we've got you know, using the man is a bit of a test bed to to learn how to get to mars and stay there. >> the rocket. just launched last week and it's a 7 week journey to the moon. so they're gonna have to wait a little bit, get some data back from lister. and just like snow on the beach. still ahead, taylor swift fans of texas and go live out there. >> why from dreams of the song's lyrics as the snow in the south continues to pile up.

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storm is moving over parts of the gulf coast right now. it is lead to blizzard warnings for coastal communities along the louisiana texas border in galveston, the sandy beach here covered with a blanket of snow as the storm starts to push through that area. the storm has caused flight cancellations and delays even school closures. and in addition to louisiana, texas, also dealing with snow and freezing temperatures. even parts of the midwest dealing with this dangerously cold weather. there was also a historic storm in new orleans and that made them turned the streets into a hockey rink. even a retired professional hockey player spotted on the icy streets with the skates. and a stick and a puck. the impromptu hockey rink follows this rare blizzard in new orleans which broke the original one day snow total record of 2.7 inches that was set in 1963. parts of the city recorded 9 and a half inches

of snow last night. so it crushed the record. they're not used to that there. that's for sure. all right. we still have a whole other hour is together here on kron 4 today. the hughes fire still burning right now in los angeles and ventura counties. >> the update we're just getting now as a result of this fire that we're looking at here. all the smoke in this area, the 5 freeway has been closed between the one 26 freeway. a great final road. that's according to the california highway patrol on and off ramps up also been closed and there are major backups on the 5 right now because of this closure. and there are more than 5,000 acres already burned because of this. at about 19,000 people have been forced to evacuate and many more are under evacuation warning orders right now as the spire just exploded in size. the santa ana winds fueling this fire. so are the very dry conditions. have an update on that breaking news story as (vo) with wells fargo premier, a team can help you plan for your dreams.

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>> is it free? the breaking news. >> breaking news now at 3. a wildfire that's burning in los angeles and ventura counties. right now. it has exploded in size since it started its now beyond 5,000 acres in size. >> thank you for joining us here during kron for news. 3 o'clock today. i'm justine waldman. this is being called the hughes fire. it's burning near lake castaic. it's just north of santa clarita. this fire has burned more than 5,000 acres. it started just about 11 o'clockmo