>> in games. now for that breaking news is the wildfire that started just before noon

>> it is now raging in los angeles county already burned more than 8,000 acres prompting mandatory evacuations. >> for more than 19,000 people. good afternoon. thanks for being with us today for kron. 4 news at 4. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis the hughes fire is burning near castaic lake after sparking around 11 o'clock this morning. let's go live to a look from our sister station, ktla. 20,000 people so far have been evacuated as this fire has now burned more than 8,000 acres on federally owned land. governor newsom has deployed state resources to help fight the hughes fire. in a statement, he says that we will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide the federal government with whatever it needs to extinguish this fire. we'll, of course, be keeping an eye on the fire and we'll bring you updates both on air and online as we get them. first, though, want to turn things over to kron 4 meteorologist gayle ong who is a look at the weather conditions. the crews

are up against scale looks bat. yeah, we're talking bone dry conditions. >> and southern california have been a red flag warning system. so this is another long stretch of those critical fire weather conditions. >> as you can see, just the castaic junction. this no fires north of that, which is north of santa clarita, a 6% humidity is right now. winds are coming from the northeast at 20 miles per hour. that's that classic santa ana wind pattern. and as you can see under red flag conditions. and let's take a look at the other fires ve in fire on the east side. the palisades fire now notice the wind speeds are calm but the humidity levels are low and that is something that has been driving the red flag warnings. it's because of, you know, one of the driest on record. this area has seen. so the red flag warning has actually extended until friday was supposed expire thursday night. now, friday, not only for a los angeles and ventura counties. we also have that stretching all the way to san diego. so they're not out of the woods yet. we're talking, you know,

to to 10% relative humidity. you just see our fire weather model is just lighting up in red. this indicates high fire risk from now until at least friday. when i come back, we'll have the bay area weather forecast. back to you. >> gayle, thank you. bart. is now the target of a new lawsuit. the transit agency is facing accusations. >> that it's unsafe and is failing to protect the public last year. 74 year-old cars own don don was allegedly pushed in front of a moving car train. she died of her injuries. >> and a suspect has been charged in her death in our family is speaking out court first co has the latest. >> the family says the bart is putting lives at risk and that is why they say that they are taking this action. >> i can't express 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 as a 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. >> bart is on notice. you have to stop and make these trains and stations say for riders. this is appalling as far south lawsuit claims wrongful death. >> elder abuse as well as public endangerment. we reached out to bart that they did not have a comment about the lawsuit in san francisco. theresa kron. 4 news. >> thank you, theresa. we now know the name of the victim who was killed in a 7 car crash in san francisco, soma neighborhood. police are saying 27 year-old mikhail romanenko died at the scene

near 6th and harrison streets sunday night. it happened after a speeding tesla. the driver police identified as 66 year-old jalen chang crashed into multiple cars. 8 people total were injured. 2 of the victims are being treated for life-threatening injuries. a dog in one of the cars also died at the scene and an occupied waymo was rear ended in all of this. the company says the car that rammed its driverless taxi was going almost 100 miles per hour. the tesla driver was arrested for multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter. we will hear from roman. goes mother coming up tonight kron. 4 news at 5. an update now to a story we brought you back in december. a man who suffered a medical emergency on a san jose road before being involved in a 2 vehicle crash has died. police were called to lincoln avenue near willow

street on december 6th after reports of a 2 car crash and when they got to the scene, they found one of the 2 drivers had suffered a medical emergency before the crash and was taken to the hospital. he later died from their injuries on january. 15th, the identity of the victim has yet to be released. the santa clara sheriff's office and san jose police department have announced multiple arrests, they say are connected to a big burglary operation. are first trust. clifford has details. the san jose police department says the 3 men have been taken into custody and they are believed to have. >> stolen more than a million dollars in items from homes all across west santa clara county. good morning, everyone. 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 e 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 him 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. >> when 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. now, the police also believe there could be additional victims out there

who haven't come forward yet. if anyone has any information, they're 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. >> man who allegedly tried to steal an airplane from the charles m schultz, sonoma county airport in november. rather, october's has been arrested. sonoma county deputies arrested 29 year-old august and ortiz for allegedly attempting to steal a private airplane from the airport. authorities say a mechanic at the sonoma county airport was working on a plane back on october 13th when ortiz tried getting inside the plane, the mechanic kicked him away, told him to leave. deputies say ortiz then tried to steal another plane but was unsuccessful and ran away. in santa rosa. 5 people were arrested for a series of burglaries targeting asian business owners. >> and police say these people are using to skies is like delivery driver outfits camouflaged cameras. police

shared these photos of some of the uniforms and surveillance cameras use. officers say they knew of at least 11 burglaries in the past 14 months targeting asian people. police obtained a license plate number from witness and found the suspected burglars in a rented home in vallejo december 18th. they were able to arrest the group is they were loading cars with bags suspected to be filled with stolen goods. developing news now, sonoma state university is making some major cuts to multiple academic departments in order to help close a multimillion dollar budget deficit. the university announced today. 46 faculty members will not have their contracts renewed next year. this includes some tenured positions for management roles and 12 staff positions will also be eliminated and more than 20 degree programs are being cut along with the ncaa division. 2 athletics

department student athletes who choose to remain at the school will be eligible to receive scholarships as long as they meet the current terms. so that scholarship in a statement, the interim, president responded to this huge decision saying, quote, i know this is difficult news for campus community keenly aware of its human impact and how individuals, families, relationships and communities are affected by such news. see ads. we strongly believe these changes are needed not only to close the deficit, but also to reorient the university's operations and workforce. the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce in lunar new year parade. organizers unveiled this year's parade highlights. >> including actress and director joan chen as the this year's grand marshal on lunar new year's day, which is a week from today. china town will see a surge of visitors as streets, alleys and businesses fill up with celebrants enjoying various markets and fairs throughout the week. the big parade will

be saturday, february 15th and the community street fair will be on the 15th. and 16th organizers are saying that this year's parade will be huge chinatown. >> we are finally getting back to that pre-pandemic energy that we had. i think the parade this year is going to be unbelievable. we have a grand marshal and i'm particularly excited about this. john chen, who is a lependary asian american changed. >> last year over a million visitors participated in the month-long celebration supporting local businesses and experiencing chinese culture this year. the lunar new year celebrations coincide with the nba all-star game. so police say that they're going to be out in force to make sure people are safe and protected. officers also say if you're planning on attending any events, they suggest using public transportation. >> still ahead on the news at 4, we are continuing to follow that. new fires started in la county about lunchtime today

and this forced thousands to evacuate. >> and house and senate democrats are sounding the alarm as republicans push for it. a controdersial bill on a portion plus. >> president trump is taking sweeping steps to enact his policy priorities, especially t

and not only will we see rain but look at the snow opportunities up in our local mountains. >> there's flurry of activity in the nation's capital as president trump takes control. he is pushing ahead with a major steps on one of his top priorities. immigration concourse. washington correspondent hannah brandt has the latest there. soon.

>> 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. he's using his 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 d 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. >> why the department of education one exist anymore. republican members of congress think they'll be able to turn responsibilities from the department of education over to other agencies or back to the state 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 such as protecting students with disabilities, according to 7.5 million students, nearly one every 7 disabled and public school. on what would have been the 52nd anniversary of roe v wade house and senate republicans are. >> pushing a bill to require health care providers to try to save the life of an infant. in the rare case, the baby is born alive during or after an attempted abortion. meanwhile, democrats stress it is already illegal to kill a baby that is born alive. >> republicans are still pedaling. lies about how abortion works and the people who get >> or than 140 congressional republicans also sent president trump a letter asking him to expand what they call 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 the official white house website. >> amd here in the bay area, the trans community is concerned about president trump's executive order on biological the president is saying the federal government will only recognize 2 genders, male and female kron four's. joey korda is in san francisco with more jobs. >> 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 there. always, i'm sure have been. >> people who are. trends and

they're feeling who are in the military. we've put up with it before 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 that that no, 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 got to find some issues should have stinger 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 marginalized community here taking the president's comments and actions as attack in san francisco. joey horta kron. 4 news. >> whether time as we get a live look outside at sfo in this clear, relatively warm day. >> yeah, warm during the day. cold at night, though. meteorologist gayle ong is here with the latest to a loan. you can expect that pattern again tomorrow. we have a son out still and we have some warm temperatures. we're talking upper 60's and san jose santa rosa. >> and some low 60's in oakland and san francisco. so very comfortable temperatures during the daytime highs. we haven't been light offshore breeze. that's what's helping keep things warm. little more breezy in the hills. but other than that, some light winds to go with that setting the stage for some chilly temperatures. so bundle up once again tonight and into heading out the door tomorrow morning. and we really don't have a lot show you on our future cast model. it's pretty quiet and, you know, we have the fire is out on the west and we have a

bitter cold record cold and snow out across the country in the south here. so we still have some warnings in place for bitter cold mornings. extreme cold weather out there along the south here and even parts of florida. so we take a look at our highs tomorrow. we're at 62 were warmer than miami tomorrow. and take a look at these chilly temperatures. 37 in nashville, 14 degrees here on the board. 15 degrees in chicago. so 34 in albuquerque not too far from our overnight lows, but not as cold as what others are experiencing. so expect another chilly night were in the 30's again and low 40's. a frost advisory has been posted starting at 11:00pm tonight until 09:00am tomorrow. so does that grab that coat that winter coat? because we're going to in this for the next couple of days. we could see some nice daytime highs in the 60's, but chilly mornings. we see a pattern change towards the end of the week. i'll have

our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. we'll have details with that. back to you. >> thank you, gayle. and also still ahead on the news at 4, president trump is promising to broker a deal with china to save tiktok out. democrats are responding to that. plus is the bay area wildfire ready? how san jose is taking some cues from la to plan for an cues from la to plan for an emergency.

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american buyer or be banned. our dc's raquel martin has details. >> tiktok is back. >> within hours of being sworn in, president donald trump swooped in to save tiktok from a national but his executive order merely restore the countdown. tiktok has 73 days to avoid another shutdown of the wrecking, the sell >> i will make that determination. tuesday. the president told reporters he's met with top leaders from tiktok. >> and is optimistic china could approve his the offer, give the u.s. 50% control of tiktok. so he can find an american buyer or they'll face terrorists. the united states will make it very worthwhile for them. the president calls his offer a joint venture, but democrats on capitol hill say they're still hazy. >> on exactly what that could mean for tiktok users and national security. not aware of what specifics are that the

administration is talking about. i don't think any republicans are. china has signaled an openness to a deal. and president trump says he's open to allowing tech billionaire elon musk to buy the app. when you have any objections to some like elon musk purchasing to >> the only objection i would have is it city that is subject to the control of beijing. republican senator josh hawley says his top concern remains national security. that is the sole criterion. that's the only criterion in the law because of u.s. anti monopoly law. hawley doubts tech giants like meta or google are eligible to buy tiktok. >> in washington, raquel >> still ahead with some local educators are now telling students after finding out immigration officers are allowed to conduct rates in schools. plus, we're at an easr bay blood drive fly. they say now is the time to donate. and the latest conditions at that huge fire raging since

>> back to the breaking news we're following this afternoon. what they're calling the hughes fire is burning near castaic lake right near the 5 after it started just before 11 o'clock this morning. this is a live look at some of the areas burning. this is courtesy of the chopper, but our sister station, ktla has at least 19,000 people have already been evacuated. this fire has grown really fast. it went from 50 acres to 5,000 acres. quickly. it's now up to 8,000 acres that have burned on federally owned land. governor newsom has deployed state

resources to help fight this fire. we'll keep an eye on things says the wind is really whipping this thing really making it spread quickly. we'll have updates on air and online as you see there, fighting it from the air and the ground. but a volatile situation and something they don't need after what happened 2 weeks ago in la county. >> it's just one-off. just a small way. we can help the fires down south coupled with winter weather across the country is forcing the american red cross to cancel hundreds of blood drives kron four's. philippe djegal has that story today. the fremont fire department helped out by partnering with the nonprofit and its opened its doors to donors. >> the 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 worth whatever i had to do 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 been unable to collect donations in la because of the epfires and the and the winter. >> storms has 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, still if regardless of where it helps, it where chief diaz says 14 of her crew members have helped fight the la fires 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 causing san jose's mayor to question if that city is ready, should a massive wild fire come to the south bay? >> mayor matt mahan telling kron 4 that yes, the city manager's office for a new assessment on the city's wildfire preparedness and october report from the fire department says not only his staffing gunned down in the last decade, but they also have the lowest number of firefighters out of 15 major u.s. cities. many homes in the east, san jose area. they're surrounded by tall, dry grass and could pose a hazard if a wildfire ran through the foothills. the president of the san jose firefighters union tells us now is the perfect time to learn from the situation and prepare.

>> 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. >> mayor mahan tells us it's now up to the city manager's office to determine what the fire department sent are and how they can better prepare for a massive wildfire and they could make recommendations side as early as this summer. and in la county teams are preparing for possible rain this weekend. how that could mean mudslides where the fires burned cal fire and the california conservation corps bagging thousands of sandbags to give to people living in the eaton fire burn zone below the foothills. officials say the fire burned 2 feet deep into the roots in the foothills. so there's really nothing holding back the soil. that's why the city will be distributing

sandbags to people with proof of residency in pasadena and altadena >> this fire burned the 0, 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 with sand bags, it's a great asset to so governor newsom is sending specialized teams and equipment to try to help protect communities and natural resources from the possible. >> debris flows already. they're placing silt fencing and other physical barriers to try to contain and filter contaminants in the run-off. water. for many in southern california. the los angeles fires are a grim reminder of the thomas fire in the mudslides in montecito. >> in 2018, 23 people died in santa barbara as 15 feet of

mud slid down the mountain side, destroying homes. the mudslide occurred in the thomas fire burn scar area showing just how vulnerable the land is to heavy rain following a fire. bringing back memories there as we take a live look at that. hughes fire in la county. this is the new one that just started right before lunchtime. today, 8,000 acres have already burned. no homes have been damaged or destroyed, but they have tens of thousands of people out of their homes trying to protect people and property right now. you know, lawrence, we've been keeping an eye on this thing and it seems like this thing is traveling awfully fast. yeah, it's very, very dry out there. you see that smoke laying down and that those winds within in and around that fire zone right now, some. >> gust currently of about 20 miles per hour. santa clarita. we're going to see the winds kind of whipping as we head throughout the evening hours to the temperatures or with that downslope wind. that is more of a northeasterly wind

as that air sinks. it dries out and look at the humidity, very dry conditions there. boy, just about bone dry to start to look at some single digits. santa clarita down to 5 a percent. so extremely dry out there right now. and those conditions playing out again throughout the night tonight. more gusty winds expected overnight tonight. red flag warnings, of course, posted. and so that fire weather warning continuing until thursday at 8 o'clock at night. so one of these fires that get going during this period can do the same. they can run fairly rapidly with those dry conditions outside and continue to see those gusty winds. in the meantime, though, yeah, the humidity, it has really been an issue that things below 15%. that's kind of the bumper where you start to really worry about how fast these fires can explode. you're looking some areas down in the single digits again today with those offshore winds. and while the winds have not been raging down below in many spots, it's still very, very dry. and if you get a fire started those kind of conditions dangerous as well. course, they're not the only ones all the way down to san diego, worried about the fire conditions there as well. the offshore winds

continuing there, too. gusty winds going to be an issue moving forward here as we head into the next 24 hours. here's the latest forecast. molly can see specially over the mountain tops. still some blustery winds over 40, maybe some 50 mile an hour gusts as we head throughout the night. what they need to some rain. of course, the other problem mudslides and other issues there in southern california. all right. thank you, lawrence. president trump has authorized ice to make arrests near schools, hospitals and churches. >> the department of homeland security says it is rolling back its policy. the considered those places, quote, sensitive areas are pours. will tran is at santa clara county department of education where officials there are bowing 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. >> all right. we'll trend reporting for us there. thank you. will need well, contra costa county's sheriff david livingston responded to the authorization on arrests given to i saying, quote, i don't anticipate changes from our role or from state law. the reason is if we follow the law here in california, which limits our interaction with any federal official about immigration. livingston says his office follows the california values act enacted in 2018. it mandates no state or local resources can be used to assist federal immigration enforcement and that schools, hospitals in court houses are safe spaces. it also means local enforcement cannot ask about immigration status share personal info or tell federal

agents when suspects or released, however they can notify ice or border protection. if it's a teeny has felony convictions, warranting prison sentences within the last 15 years and notifying immigration offices and officers of really state if it has already been made public. all right. still ahead on kron for news at 4 lawmakers gather in sacramento for a special legislative session. what the group focusing on. plus. >> a group of democrats senators are working together to protect a part of former president joe biden's legacy. >> medicare drug price negotiations. i'm basil, john, reporting in washington. why they are calling on the trump administration to continue this work.

>> today members of the legislature held their first committee hearings of governor gavin newsom. special legislative session. the bills they took up include a proposal for billions of dollars in emergency fire aid and another seeking to allocate state funds to help pay for future legal battles against president trump. >> kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> with that the state assembly budget committee officially gavel, governor gavin newsom, special legislative session. i am pleased to call this hearing to order at this. the first assembly hearing of the special session members took up the governor's proposal to allocate 2 and a half billion dollars for emergency fireaid 4 million dollars to help with building inspections and expedited approval for reconstruction and 1 million dollars for impacted schools,

republicans and democrats agreeing with this approach calling for to be approved as soon as possible. we are committed to standing with folks in these impacted communities every step of the way. i'm encouraged by we calling this extraordinary session on this issue and i completely agree with the chair. this is the beginning. we have a long ways to go from here as part of that long ways to go members from both sides of the aisle say it's vital the fire make it to all impacted areas, including the lower economic communities where there isn't as much of an incentive to come in and invest to rebuild. so i think that's something to talk about. look at but beyond fire 8, there was a bipartisan call for more fire prevention, including one proposal for cal fire to hire more full-time firefighters instead of part-time firefighters brought on for just certain seasons time cal fire. as a year-round agency. it's crazy that our state department, our state fire department. >> is not your around. it's

something that we absolutely need to look into. >> pension truly is our best medicine. the cost of making cal-fire year round is minimal compared to the cost of continual response to these kinds of disasters. and i think our communities are saying enough is enough of this. and i was just encouraged by the fact that so many folks want to work together on this issue. >> we have a lot of work ahead of us. but later in the day in the senate budget committee, it was a different story as lawmakers took up the other bills of the special session among them proposals to allocate 25 million dollars to the attorney general to help fund future lawsuits against the trump administration. >> it will also add another 25 million dollars to assist with immigration legal services within the state. we're not as a state directly. >> working with immigration, too, to connect him with those folks that have and do pose a safety threat because of our

sanctuary status. so that's that's my concern. the president, the united states. >> unbelievable terror and saying we're going port. >> all of you. threat is absolutely real. i these dollars, although we we would love to have triple the amount 100 pulliam out will go a long way. >> and these hearings were strictly informational. so no formal action was taken. lawmakers are expected to formally vote on the emergency fire aid package in the next 24 hours. and on the trump related bills next week reporting at the state tom wallace kron 4 news. >> all right. back here in the bay. let's talk weather taking a look at the san mateo bridge in the hustle home here beautiful night. that dry as a bone, but maybe not for long. i'd love to talk a lot about rain, but there's not a whole lot to talk about boy. it has been just so quiet january, unusually quiet. there's a hint. >> that thing's going to start to change as we get in the

weekend. we're going take a look at that in a moment. but out the door again. well, what a beautiful day. lots of sunshine to the coastline. beautiful temperatures out there. 60's a few 70's popping up outside today. yeah, no clouds to speak of dry out there toward the golden gate bridge. looking beautiful out there as we get late in the day. but yeah, temperatures haven't get cold. that's the one thing at night. temperatures being get very chilly. but by day they're still at 69 degrees in san jose is currently 63 in lamar. 59 in san francisco. 64 in petaluma and 64 for our friends in santa rosa. so really nice numbers out there. but tonight, again, these temperatures going to get cold, not quite as cold. as last night. we had some overnight lows in the 20's. tonight. you're down the 30's in many spots inland. so frost advisories up in the north bay valleys. so continuing into the east bay, it'll be chilly out there to start out your morning as you're gonna see those temperatures dropping off. maybe not the 20's, but you're in the 30's by tomorrow morning. so some patchy frost, the possibility of 37 degrees in little more about 39 in blair at about 35 degrees for overnight low in santa rosa. all right. speaking of no rain, you can see things

across the state dry out there as we scan your skies with the doppler radar. there's a whole that we might see some changes coming our way as we head in towards saturday tonight, we head out the door, just grab a jacket. it's going to be clear. it's going to be cold out there for tonight. lauren forecast here comes we got this front. that's gonna start to flatten out a little bit finally. and that's go out for a change in the pattern. as we get the weekend, more of an onshore breeze kicking in the temperatures going to cool down and then we've got what we call inside slide of the storm system developing over the continental u.s. instead of out over the pacific. that's important because develop south pacific, you have a lot of moisture with it. it's over land developing. that's just not much other slight chance. we could see a few showers. i think some snow showers in the sierra nevada and it looks like some rain possibly in the southern california and maybe a couple sprinkles here. the bay area not going to be much as it moves on by. and then as we get in toward the next month, well, things start to look a little more progressive as the storm systems could begin roll back in. but boy, we were just hoping right now upon hope about getting before long. you know, if we stay dry too long,

be now. yeah. and we don't want fire concerns here in the bay area. of course, they're already dealing with all that los angeles. let's let up. it's almost a month. mean, haven't looked it up looks like a month that, there are some a few showers right in the first week of january and that was it usually get about 5 inches in san francisco. the good news is, though, that the models are painting above normal precipitation as we get into february. we'll see if let's hope make up for it. thanks, lauren. slice a group of democratic senators are working together to protect a part of former. >> president joe biden's legacy, the medicare drug price negotiation. they're calling on the trump administration to continue this work to lower costs. kron four's 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 pull 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. >> still ahead on kron for news of for a new out and just world project that how nasa scientists are aiming for the stars. >> news nation tonight. elon musk's father errol musk joins chris libras first interview with american media. what he has to say about his son's recent headlines following inauguration day. newsnation exclusive tonight on 8, 7 central only on newsnation border czar tom homan to its chris cuomo 1000 acres.

when we started that was about 50 a little after 11 o'clock. >> nasa is working on a new project called blue ghost one. it's the latest lunar mission that will use a special drill to collect data helping astronauts learn more about the moon. the drill is called lists are and it was made at texas tech and uses compressed air to drill instead of a drill bit. that's why it's called lister and over the next couple of weeks, lister will be busy collecting data in helping nasa send more astronauts to the moon and eventually they say to mars just about. >> preparing ourselves for for a longer term view presidents on the in longer stretch goals as well as we're going to our sunday. and so we've got you know, used the man is a bit of a test bed to to learn how to get to mars and stay there.

>> the rocket launched last week and you're ta king about now a 7 week journey to the moon. so scientists will have to wait to see how well the stir performs on the moon's surface >> all right. appreciate you being with us for this hour. across news at 4. coming up next at 5, we're learning more about the man killed in this horrible crashed. a 7 car crash in san francisco. we're hearing from his ball about the kind of man was. how much will be missed? plus, as president trump continues to reshape this country's immigration policies, am lee's here in the bay area are concerned about how the changes are going affect their lives. and a reminder here, you can always stream kron for news. a new tv for free with the new kron on app. it's available for download on apple tv, roku, fire tv and samsung tv. it also stream kron for news on the go with the kron 4 mobile app or watch us online at kron 4 dot com. keep it here. the news at 5 is next.

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we'll start this press conference off. >> news at 5 >> we're following breaking news in la county. another massive wildfire has just exploded today along i-5 near castaic. this is just north of santa clarita they're calling this one. the hughes fire. we're looking live here at a fire retardant drop from one of the planes. it started just before 11 o'clock this morning at 50 acres