circumstances here. and we will see you tomorrow. los angeles county right now. extreme winds driving a deadly firestorm that's destroying homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. [music] >> this is a dynamic situation. we've got fires throughout the entire county which are spreading our resources very short. >> all of our friends, between the fire in the valley and the fire here. we don't have any place to go. all our friends are being evacuated from ktvu. >> fox two news. this is the four fire crews in southern california spread thin right now, trying to respond to four major fires amid dangerous weather conditions. >> the winds still gusting across southern california, and that is amplifying the risk of

new fires. >> here is a lookt a map of where these fires are burning right now. in the most populous county in the country, the winds continuing to batter the area this hour, hampering the fire fight. welcome to the four. this afternoon i'm cristina rendon and i'm alex savage. >> here's the latest we know at this hour. late today, authorities said five people have died in those fires. the victims were killed in the eaton fire, which is burning near pasadena and altadena. more than 1000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed by the flames. firefighters from all across california have been called in to help out, and the national guard is also responding to southern california. >> ktvu greg lee here. now to kick things off with the latest developments. >> greg, christina, alex, these fires growing out of control all over southern california in preparation for the santa ana winds. crews were pre-positioned in danger areas. but still, it was not enough to contend with four major blazes popping up. and now, as you said, that death toll is rising. the la sheriff confirming at least five people have died at the eaton fire, the

light of day revealing a path of ongoing devastation. cars burned out, entire neighborhoods leveled, flames ripping through other homes along pacific coast highway. the los angeles county firestorm showing no signs of letting up as crews scramble to respond to four deadly wind whipped fires. >> we're prepared to do anything and everything as long as it takes to contain these fires and help reconstruct and make sure that we get back to normal. >> it's going to be a #### of a long way. president biden and governor newsom received a briefing at a santa monica fire station as the fires exploded in size. the president promising federal resources, including firefighting aircraft. >> we got a be prepared to evacuate at 8:00, and about five minutes later it was get the #### out! do not wait. do not pass go. do not collect $200. so we just got every animal we could in the car and left. >> combined, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands of structures remain threatened. >> last night was one of the

most devastating and terrifying nights that we've seen in any part of our city, at any part of our history. >> it began with the palisades fire burning down pacific coast highway, ripping through beachside homes, now the most destructive in los angeles history. evacuations caused traffic gridlock, prompting some people to leave their cars, which then had to be bulldozed out of the way. >> we have an estimated 1000 structures destroyed and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate. in addition to first responders, the eaton fire broke out tuesday night in the angeles national forest, quickly destroying at least 100 structures. >> the flames carried by santa ana winds, with some gusts clocked at 100mph, the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event, with strong winds and low

humidities, placing all residents of los angeles county in danger. the hurst fire ignited tuesday night in sylmar, and the woodley fire started wednesday morning and the sepulveda basin together, these fires are stretching the capacity of emergency services to their maximum limits. l.a. firefighters calling for resources from around the state, including strike teams from the bay area and now requesting aid from nevada, arizona, oregon and washington state. >> this is a tragic time in our history here in los angeles, but a time where we're really tested and see who we really are. and it's critical that at these times we be patient, that we come together, that we focus on saving lives. >> now, some good news in the firefight today after being grounded due to the extreme winds, la fire announced air operations have resumed today, which means some of those much needed water and retardant drops are underway as we speak. hopefully that will contribute to getting some of this under

control. >> yeah that's encouraging. all right greg lee thank you greg. thank you. all right. we are getting an update right now from authorities in southern california on those wildfires. let's go ahead and listen in for a moment. >> and then we have close to another 100,000 people who have been warned to evacuate because they are in a danger zone. hundreds of homes have been lost. i'll let the police chief and the fire chief talk about that. but this is an opportunity for us as a community, as a people, to band together and work to support one another, whether you're affected or not. please take the opportunity to help a neighbor, help a friend, check in on friends and neighbors, and certainly check in on family members to here with me today are council member jason lyon, council member justin jones, council member jessica rivas. my colleagues on the pasadena city council. also

with us today is city manager miguel marquez. our supervisor, l.a. county supervisor kathryn barger, congress member judy chu, state senator sasha perez, assembly member john hairabedian, the superintendent of the pasadena unified school district. doctor blanco, the president of pasadena city college. doctor jose perez, a representative from the humane society. also with us today, our neighboring assembly members, assembly member, kolassa assembly member, and assembly member nick schultz. you'll also hear from fire chief chad augustine and police chief gene harris. so again, i just want to assure people that pasadena is working in conjunction with our neighboring jurisdictions, including the county of los

angeles, particularly the county of los angeles. we, supervisor barger and i had the opportunity to sit down with the with the governor of california this afternoon not too long ago, maybe an hour ago. and the governor has assured us that he will provide whatever assistance you are listening to. >> an update from officials in southern california talking about the numerous wildfires that are burning across that region, driven by those powerful winds. and again, the update a short time ago was that at this point, they believe five people have been killed in those fires and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in those separate fires burning in different communities across southern california. we'll continue following, obviously, this update here from officials in southern california and give you any new information as we get it. >> and at this point, we do know these fires are still burning out of control, 0% containment. that has not changed since these fires broke out yesterday. for more on the weather that fire

crews are facing down there, we'll head over to ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo. hi, mark. >> hi there. christina. yeah, the peak of the real strong winds. that event was last night into early this morning. still some gusty winds out there right now. this was the scene looking out toward the palisades fire earlier this afternoon. we'll show you some of the headlines with the with the fire. the high wind warning that expires 6:00 this evening. so that's one big sign that at least we're trending in the right direction. the red flag warning is in place until 6 p.m. thursday, but then after that, we're going to see the winds pick up a bit later thursday evening into friday. and as a result, a fire weather watch already being prepped. and this will likely turn into another red flag fire warning. with the moderate to strong winds expected for that time frame. as far as that red flag warning that's in place until 6 p.m. thursday, winds will come down, but still it is breezy to windy, especially in the short term. winds around 30 to 50 miles an hour and it's a dry weather pattern. you probably notice that change here in the bay area, and the relative humidity down there. around 8 to 15%. we're showing you the

satellite detection of the fires here. you can see the you can see the out toward the palisades fire. and also closer to closer to pasadena and altadena that fire there. and as you can see here, the red dots do indicate the at least the most recent activity within the past 12 hours or so. we are showing you this as we check out the current wind reports. ontario winds gusting to 47 miles an hour. and look at the timeline here. at this one site close to malibu in the hills. we had a wind gust this morning of 83 miles an hour. quick check on the fire conditions. right now, at least we talk about these fires. the palisades fire right now. winds have been backing off. that's a nice development. gusting to 18 miles an hour out toward, as you can see here, out toward altadena and pasadena. the eaton fire winds have backed off as well, gusting to 12 miles an hour. and as we check out this, this this fire here, the hurst fire, relative humidity is down to 13% and winds gusting to five miles an hour. so at least those real strong winds are trending down. but still, it will be a big challenge once again,

especially as we head to thursday evening and inty morning. >> all right, mark, thank you now to some breaking news that's happeng uin the north bay. santa rosa police are at a home where four people have been found dead. details are very limited rht now, but we do know thiss on monarch court, near west third avenue. santa sa police say they cannot confirm the cause of death for these four people. buthey say that they don'telieve there is any threat to e plic safety right now. there'so word on the idey the victims. we do have a crewhat on the way. we alsoave skyfox headed out to the scene. as soon as we get some more information about these four people found dead in a home in santa rosa, we will, of course, keep you updated. >> all right. coming up this afternoon here on the four, we continue our coverage on the southern california firestorm. and ahead we're going to talk about the strike teams from across the bay area now headed down to southern california, how they will be helping out in the firefight. >> and there were dangerous wind gusts here in the bay area overnight. coming up, details on some of the damage d

fires burning across southern california. we want to talk a little bit more about the challenges that crews are facing in that area. and let's bring in mark nouveau, former battalion chief with the fremont fire department and also a former fema coordinator. >> mark, thank you for being here. i want to start off with the fact that in pacific palisades, fire crews just ran out of water. and earlier this morning, fire officials said the municipal water system in los angeles just is not designed to handle wildfires. can you talk about if they knew this was going to happen in terms of a fire risk, how can they let this happen? >> yeah, i think what we're hearing is that at a certain altitude or elevation, that's where the tanks are located, like a reservoir that you have in your neighborhood. million gallon tank full of water. and those feed to houses as well as the fire hydrants. what's happened is there's such a draw on the water system that it's really depleted those tanks, and they can't get them refilled quick enough to be able to help

them with the fire fight. add to that they're, you know, they've got electricity problems because all the poles are down. so you combine both great usage, no electricity compounds out of water. >> all right. speaking of compounding the issues that fire crews are facing early on, right after these fires broke out yesterday and into the evening hours, the air attack was really limited just by the fact that the winds were as strong as they were. they could not put the planes and the choppers up in the air to do any drops on these fires. that has changed today. as we talked about marcus, talked about mark tamayo has talked about the fact that the winds have backed off. they can get the aircraft up in the air. how much of a difference does that make moving forward? >> it's huge, especially in the areas where they run out of water. right. and we're talking about an urbanized area. we're not talking about a wildland interface where, you know, there are very few homes. we're talking about a high populated area right next to the ocean. so what they've got is what they call very large tankers. that's exactly what it's called. carries a tremendous amount of

water, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. you're going to see water drops on homes, which is very rare. you typically see it where they're going to go out into the wildland urban interface, the brush and the trees and dump the water. they're going to start dropping water on homes. that's how severe this is it. >> when i look at this fire and all of these fires that are burning, first off, the pacific palisades fire by itself is historic. when you look at everything that's happening down in southern california, it's just very overwhelming. but when you when you look at the level of destruction, i feel like this is very different from what we see in parts of the bay area where things are burning kind of in open spaces. this is an urban, densely populated area and it's 0% containment. so our crews are having to change their strategy, know what they're trying to do. >> and you know, we've hit the perfect storm, if you will, here. right. we've got high winds. we've got combustible material, urbanized area. the crews there, they've been on this fire since late last night. they're going in 24 hours. they're literally having to pick which homes and businesses to

try and save, because there's just so much going on now. they've got help coming. right. there's another 250 fire engines. they've got firefighters from different states coming nevada, arizona, washington. that's going to help, but it's going to take time for them to get down there. i've never seen anything like this in my career, honestly, where 24 hours later, we're still battling the fire as if it just started. >> absolutely. and we heard the chief of fire chief in l.a. county basically say, we don't have enough firefighters and, and, and you get the sense that they really didn't have enough crews even from the start, even after bringing in additional resources from here in northern california ahead of what they expected was going to be an extreme windstorm. is there going to be some second guessing about about how many fire crews were brought in ahead of time for, for this event? >> i think there's going to be a lot of after action discussion, but that's for many days down the road. right now. they're just focused on whatever they can do to extinguish these fires and try and get infrastructure

saved to, you know, we're focusing on homes, we're focusing on businesses. but keep in mind that there's infrastructure, the power, the water, the sewer plants, the water treatment plants, all without electricity. so it's an impact not only to homes, but the economic vitality of that area. >> yeah, everyone affected everyone. whether your home is on fire, your neighborhood is on fire. everyone is affected. yes. one way or another. all right, mark nouveau, we appreciate the conversation. we're going to have you come back here later on in the newscast to continue the discussion. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> okay. with regard to these multiple wildfires burning in southern california, they are just too large for any one single department to battle alone. so there are other agencies from across the state, including here in the bay area, that have already sent help, equipment and personnel. we begin with ktvu jesse gary, who is live in san jose, with that part of our coverage. jesse. >> christina. a wave of first responders left the south bay last night and are now on the front lines. strike team zsc 23 01a comprised five engines.

earlier this morning, the next strike team hit the road for southern california. >> while there is a certain excitement and anticipation, every one of us is very aware that this is a dangerous occupation and that we will be in perilous way. >> late this morning, the second strike team from santa clara county. 23 02a packed up, went over plans and then headed to the 101 freeway for the seven hour drive to pasadena to help with the eaton fire. this group comprises five engines, one from mountain view, san jose and sunnyvale, and then two from the county that totals 22 firefighters. they have special wildland firefighting, firefighting training, and tools to lend a hand for up to two weeks. alameda county also sent a fire strike team, which left during the overnight hours. engine companies from oakland, hayward, fremont, two from the county. they are all now in southern california as well. santa rosa sent a third strike

team today after sending two teams last night. the first group is already on scene on the palisades fire. the other two teams in route. san francisco fire engines that should arrive set a fire at five. fire engines that should arrive in southern california in probably the next hour or two. they left early this morning, and san mateo county has deployed its task force 2278 as part of mutual aid to help on the front lines. officials in alameda county say their teams will be ready for anything. >> these crews are going to the palisades fire, which a lot of that is more terrain as opposed to community in the direct line of it, such as at the eaton fire. so they're gearing theirselves up of what they might see, but also they're staying aware that things could change at any time. >> we have to take all of our training and all of our situational awareness and apply it to keep ourselves safe, and also to help out the community as much as we can. >> this is an all volunteer mission south, with firefighters

geared up to survive up to 72 hours on their own before they need relief, and again, they'll be deployed for at least two weeks if need be. officials here in santa clara county say they have plenty of firefighters still here in the county for anything that could crop up here. we're live in san jose this afternoon. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. we'll head back up to you in oakland. >> all right, jesse, thank you for that report. >> coming up this afternoon. san francisco has a new mayor. up next, the inauguration of daniel lowry. and what he says his priori es are

lori was sworn in as the city's mayor at noon today, and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, upon which i am about to enter. a large crowd watched the 46th mayor take the oath, including a who's who of city leaders and celebrities, including warriors head coach steve kerr. lori unseated incumbent mayor london breed in november. the mayor elect expressed optimism for the city despite challenges including a large budget shortfall, homelessness and public safety concerns. >> i'm asking all of you, every single one of you, to join me in reclaiming our place as the greatest city in the world with a new era of accountability, service and change. it's time to roll up our sleeves and get to

work. san francisco. >> before the swearing in, lori and his family served meals at saint anthony's. lori said he will reduce bureaucratic hurdles to address the fentanyl crisis and mental illness on city streets. and he pledged that there will be no cuts to police, fire and other first responders. >> former congresswoman barbara lee filed paperwork this afternoon to run for oakland mayor. she's one of about a dozen people in the race after former mayor shang tao was recalled. lee says she hopes to unite the city, make it safer and stronger, and improve opportunity for everyone. lee served for more than two decades in the house of representatives. we will have a live report on her latest run for office, coming up on the news at 5:00. [music] >> now to the nation's capital, where thousands of mourners are paying tribute to former president jimmy carter as he lies in state inside the capitol rotunda. president elect trump and melania trump arrived at the u.s. capitol this afternoon. they entered the rotunda, where they paused to pay their

respects to the former president. fox news rebecca castor has more from washington. >> former president jimmy carter lies in state for a final day ahead of his funeral service tomorrow at the national cathedral. all day, the capitol rotunda has been open for the public to pay respects to former president jimmy carter. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor was among those paying tribute, along with the secretary of the navy and members of that branch who served with carter. they joined thousands of other mourners, some coming from across the country, to say goodbye to the 39th president. >> it was an amazing man who did amazing things. >> the rotunda will remain open to the public until thursday morning, when carter's casket is brought to the national cathedral for a state funeral. >> we're very honored that the administration and all of the security and patrols and federal agencies have come together to make sure he gets his final send off. >> all five living presidents are expected to attend the service. coming together for the

first time since george h.w. bush's death in 2018. the service will feature eulogies from president biden, as well as posthumous ones from carter's predecessor, president gerald ford, and carter's vice president, walter mondale. they will be read by their sons. >> so many people have come up to us and expressed this idea that democrat or republican or wherever they're from, they have respect for the human being that my grandfather was. >> after the funeral, carter's family will board a special air mission 39 for his final journey back to georgia. in washington, rebecca castor, fox news. >> there will be no regular mail delivery service tomorrow to observe the national day of mourning for former president jimmy carter. all post office locations will also be closed tomorrow. the postal service will still accept and process mail that's dropped by commercial mailers at processing facilities, but other regular services are going to be suspended. u.s. stock markets will also be closed tomorrow.

>> coming up, more on our top story. the wildfires burning in southern california how access to water is causing challenges for fire crews on scene. [music] >> plus, we'll talk about the latest technology being unveiled this week at the consumer electronics show. a live conversation with one of the organi

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pasadena fire department talking about the eaton fire burning in the pasadena altadena area. let's listen in. >> between 200 and 500 structures damaged or lost. we really need as as it becomes safe to do so. and we get a better handle on this fire. we're going to be able to. we need to come in and be able to survey the damage to get an exact total of number of structures that have been damaged or completely lost. we continue to be in red flag conditions, and we expect that to be through thursday with variable and high wind speeds. thankfully not as strong as what we saw last night. we're we are encouraging people to stay updated as the weather can continue to change very rapidly. please, if we issue an evacuation order, heed our request. be prepared. have your go bag and immediately evacuate.

thankfully, the current forecast allow us today to start getting aircraft in to fight this fire. since around 10 a.m, we've had aircraft doing water drops. with the goal of limiting the fire spread, we will come behind those water drops with hand crews and fire engines to get a containment line around this fire. we expect with favorable conditions over the next couple of days, to start making good progress on this fire. and with that, i'll turn it over to the police chief. >> chief, will you take a question? hi. statistics and the current situation. when you have your firefighters, how are they holding up over the past 22 hours now? >> yeah. they're exhausted. we need those reinforcements coming in. but they've done incredible work. where they've. you know, an example was crews that fought 15 house fires over a 28 hour period. they didn't save any of them, but they prevented 2 or 3 blocks away from burning down. so great work, not just from

your pasadena fire, but throughout this entire region. >> yeah. did you talk about strike teams? what's the status of that and how long before? yes, sir. >> great question. so we have multiple strike teams have arrived. we're in the about in the early like 15 ish strike teams. and we expect over the next 24 hours we'll get will be close to 50. even some of our the arizona strike teams should be here by this evening. can you talk about resources being stretched? >> i know that this morning you've been listening to pasadena fire chief chad augustine giving an update on the wildfire that's burning in their area. one of the for the eaton fire in that area has burned 10,600 acres. we understand there are 750 firefighters working this fire. but you just heard there from the chief. that's still not enough as they wait on these strike teams to arrive and hopefully get a better handle on the fire that's burning in the next 24 hours. when additional help arrives, they estimate between 200 to 500 structures

have been lost, but they won't get a full count until they can get an assessment once the entire fire has been put out. so a long road ahead for these firefighters just in pasadena alone as they work on the eaton fire. >> yeah, remember, that is just one of several large wildfires burning across southern california right now, obviously causing so much destruction there. we heard just a moment ago from the fire chief. he says the crews on the ground are exhausted, and they are desperately in need of additional resources, more crews to make their way there to help out in the firefight. and that help is on the way. we're going to get more into that in just a moment here, but we want to continue now, our coverage here on these destructive fires burning across los angeles county that have left at least five people dead. >> the eaton fire was the one where we believe the most deaths have occurred. and as we get more information on these four major fires, greg, you're here with an update on what officials are saying. >> well, it gives you an idea of the massive number of people that have been evacuated there in altadena, pasadena, as well as throughout los angeles county. some estimates, based on census data, show more than

150,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders right now. in the last hour, the mandatory evacuation order in santa monica from the palisades fire was expanded significantly to include an even larger area. there are evacuation orders or warnings for all four major fires. crews are battling in l.a. county, many people saying they only had minutes to grab whatever they could and run from their homes. the red cross and other organizations opening up shelters as people look to any safe place to go. here are just a few of the voices from those evacuees. >> you know, it's really scary when you can see the flames coming up over the houses two blocks away, and you're just getting out of the driveway and the smoke and the ash is so thick you can't even see. you can barely see five feet in front of you. >> my heart just breaks for all my neighbors who have lost their homes. >> we're one community. we're all people, so we all need each other. we need to help each other. and that's what i'm trying to do. we're trying to help people any way i can

because i'm able bodied. so i think anybody who is able bodied should do what they can. this is the worst fire i've ever seen in my life. >> you may recognize the face in that last soundbite. actor steve guttenberg, who was out in the pacific palisades helping neighbors evacuate and directing traffic to the best of his ability. one unified message from officials tonight, especially these fires, continue to grow. you heard it there from the pasadena fire, which is ready. set, go. have a plan if you are asked to leave. certainly that rings true. especially these fires continue to grow and those winds persist in the event there are other fires in southern california tonight, something we are well aware of here in northern california. >> all right, greg, thank you. now for more on the fire fight in southern california and what these crews are up against. we're joined once again by fema coordinator mark nouveau. yeah. >> mark, i appreciate you being here. you know, we just got the update from southern california, from the chief of the pasadena fire department. and you could really hear sort of the desperation in his voice talking about how these crews are just worn down and they're desperate for reinforcements. a lot of that help we know is on the way. it's coming. we have crews that

are coming from here in the bay area, across northern california, even all across the west. what will those additional resources mean as they try to contain these large fires in southern california? >> those resources, those fire engines, five engines and a battalion chief is what they call a strike team. they're going to send those right into neighborhoods right away. and so they're going to be facing the same thing that the crews faced yesterday. think about it for a moment. we're talking about temperatures close to 1000 degrees. you've got smoke. you know, you've got people trying to evacuate. you're trying to get inside there. the temperatures that in themselves are enough to cause problems. if you remember, we cooked food at 350. so if we're talking about 1000 degrees, we're talking about tremendous heat. and the trouble with that, when we talk about 1000 structures burned, each one of those is a point of ignition in terms of a spot fire for another fire later on, because they can't. not only can they not extinguish it, they can't overhaul it. >> and that's a great point because the threat is sort of exponential. every time you have another house that catches fire,

even if it's from some of those embers that are that are pushing out ahead of the fire, then that that causes potentially even more fires without question. >> and typically what you do is you patrol downwind with other engines to put those spot fires out. we can't do that because there aren't enough personnel to do it. >> is there a central command that you know of that's that's for all four of these fires, or are these separate agencies trying to get help? because we know lafd was one of the agencies you just heard there from pasadena. is cal fire involved in this in any way? >> they are. and what happens is, remember, we manage disasters across this country under a model called incident command system. and it came out of the wildfires in california in the 70s. so we're very good at this. the trouble is it's just so, so much going on right now. and so when we talk about management, what we have is a unified coordination group. you've got la city, la county, you've got cal fire involved in it. they're all sitting in a room with the chiefs trying to make decisions. but remember when they're asking for resources that request goes to boise, idaho. national

interagency fire council. and they make a determination where to put mutual aid resources coming from out of state and other parts of the state. so they've got their hands full to trying to determine where do we send these resources to which fire? >> yeah, that's certainly the question. another complicating factor here in all of this is the fact that you have millions of people across southern california who don't have any power right now. in many cases, the power shut off ahead of this windstorm to try to not spark any fires, which obviously, you know, we did have fires that started the what is the issue with these power outages? how does that complicate the firefighting efforts and what's the impact on the communities? >> it's kind of a double edged sword, because they're turning the power off to prevent wildfires, right. so that's part of it. you've got to shut it down. and then with the damage that comes from the wildfire is doing more damage to already infrastructure. so that's hampering, if you will, water pumping plants communications in some sense because it's so widespread and across, you know,

multiple geographic regions, it makes it difficult to fight the fire and to communicate simply. yeah. >> mark, we're going to have to leave the conversation there. we're going to dip back into fire officials who are speaking down in southern california. let's listen in to the police chief for the pasadena fire police department there. >> declare that. declare that reason to law enforcement personnel and will assist you. if you don't have a righteous or legal reason to be there. expect to be challenged and we will deal with you accordingly. the idea here is we want to make sure that we protect the people in this community. we protect the sanctity of these people's homes, and we will do that without fail. as you heard the mayor say, don't come here if that is the mission, if that's what you plan to do, you will run into somebody in one of these uniforms and we will take care of that, that situation. so ensure that we are going to be staunch and very stern about the way that we're conducting this protection mission. i want to end it by simply saying the first responders in this city are second to none. those partners that responded to help us really stood up. and you've got some really good elements

that came out here to support this community and make it safe. so we will have ongoing and sustained operations. there will not be any lessening of operational capability for emergency services. we might find that some of the regular services will be out of out. we've put some information out on that for social media and on the media to make sure that people understand that we may not have the counters open and some of those things for regular services, but all emergency services will be dealt with without any lessening of services or impact. so with that, i'll turn it back over to the mayor, that is police chief gene harris of the pasadena fire department. >> as we come back here and continue our coverage of those four wildfires that are burning in southern california, it appears that really the officials are warning people if there's an evacuation order, you must heed that warning, make sure you're packed and ready to go. and, of course, always lend a helping hand and help out your neighbor if you can. and you're in the you're in the ability to do so because there's so many people that are going to be

needing help in the days and weeks that come. >> yeah, this is the time for people to pitch in and help out their help out their neighbors. and we also heard the pasadena police chief warning against anyone who might think about looting homes in the midst of this wildfire emergency. obviously, that is something we often see when neighborhoods are evacuated. sometimes you see criminals go in there and try to try to steal from people's homes. and the police chief warning that they're out in force and they're going to stop that sort of activity. so that's the situation. the latest we know from southern california. obviously, we are continuing to follow that news conference there from authorities in pasadena. we'll bring you the very latest. as soon as we get it, we will move along here and talk about some other news we're following. and that is the consumer electronics show in full swing today. up next, here on the floor, we'll talk live with one of the organizers about the latest technological advances on display in las vega- [music] and in bay area weather. >> look at this. lots of sunshine out there. the strong winds from yesterday have diminished and it looks like our dry weather stretch. it will continue.

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quality health care. >> joining us now to talk more about what you can expect at this year's ces is allison friede, a spokesperson for the event. allison, thank you very much for taking the time this afternoon. we appreciate it. obviously, we know that ai is a really big focus at this year's event and more so it's about how people can sort of personalize artificial intelligence to benefit them in their lives in the in the most significant ways. what are companies showing off here to sort of prove to people that that ai can work for them? >> yeah, exactly. we've got 2.5 million net square feet of the latest technology, and it's almost challenging to find a product that doesn't have ai incorporated in one way shape or another. you know, we kind of have been talking about what digital coexistence looks like. and so that is how do we as humans work with this technology to better our lives and make the ai help with the mundane tasks that we don't necessarily need to be doing, so that we can

focus on humans, on what makes us so great and fabulous, our creativity, our human connection. but we've seen, you know, ai now is just in your pocket form. there's a lot in the way of, you know, generative ai, but this is wearable ai. i've got a personal ai assistant here as one example of how it can make all of our lives better. just clips on to your your shirt lapel. double tap. and you've got access to chatgpt. you've got access to the internet. you've got access to. ai summarized conversations. so i thought this was a really cool example of how ai is mobile, how it works with you, and also helps reduce screen fatigue. i mean, how many times do we see people just walking around on their phones? our eyes are tired at the end of the day, so having kind of a built in that personal assistant piece into a wearable i thought was very fun and a great example to kind of just showcase just a very small segment of what we're seeing on the show floor this week. >> yeah, absolutely. and prevent the neck looking down. everybody looking down. >> yeah, yeah.

>> chiropractors are making all kinds of money off of us. >> what about you know, in terms of that's for personalized, personalized ai. what about other technologies that are being unveiled in terms of talking about access to clean air and clean water? so how is that playing a role and what kind of technologies are being unveiled to help that? >> yeah, absolutely. so technology for good is a major, you know, showcase area at the show. and we're seeing that throughout the entire show floor. how is technology being used to help people? actually, two years ago, we partnered with the united nations to make access to technology, an eight pillar of human security, saying it's just as important to have access to technology as it is to have access to clean water and food. we've got john deere here as an example, which is kind of crazy to think about a big tractor company at a tech show, but they are using ai in their agriculture tech and it's able to monitor the soil. when are the ideal planting conditions? how much nutrients are in the soil? how do we need to adjust what we're planting, what seasons are best? and this is a

great example of using technology to plant crops in areas that maybe have never been tested before. and this technology, looking at a deep dive and helping to analyze how can we get food crops and sources to areas that have not had access in the past? >> yeah, using technology to try to better people's lives all around the world. that is one of the focuses at this year's ces in las vegas. alison freed, one of the organizers of the event this year. alison, we appreciate the time. have fun this week. >> thank you guys so much. all right. >> take care. >> well, it's early january. we should be talking about winter storm warnings in the sierra. maybe some rain here in the bay area. but now we are talking about the high fire danger in southern california. and our temperatures could be approaching the 70 degree mark. and this picture today. right? right around the palisades fire showing you all that smoke. and of course, all that smoke produced, producing poor air quality in parts of southern california. now, the high wind warning that expires at 6:00 today. a red flag warning that

will continue until 6 p.m. thursday. but the winds are expected to pulse up a bit thursday evening through friday. and already a fire weather watch is being prepped. that might turn into another red flag warning, but the strongest winds of this event will most likely will probably was last night into early this morning. kind of getting technical here with this map, we're showing you the pressure pattern. these are isobars and areas of equal pressure. you can see this area of high pressure here, an area of low pressure here. and when we look out for winds when these when these bars get kind of packed here, that's a sure sign that we have strong winds. and you can see what developed last night into early this morning. those bars getting really packed. and that that was that's what forecasters are looking at to issue those high wind warnings and also issue those winds possibly approaching 70 to 100 miles an hour. now the winds have been backing off and that trend will continue into tomorrow morning in southern california. this is 7:00 tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. actually, still a bit of a breeze out there. not as bad as last night. and then you can see what

happens. the winds do pick up thursday night. look at malibu hills gusting to 23 miles an hour and still some breezy to windy conditions into friday morning. so the winds are backing off, but we still have the winds picking up once again, especially by thursday evening. now here in the bay area, we had a wind advisory that expired this morning. you'll notice the strong winds. you'll take a look at these winds from earlier today. oakland hills, 60 miles an hour. fairfield 40 miles an hour. livermore 22 miles an hour. those are the peak winds from yesterday. now showing you this. the fire danger forecast model is kind of incorporates everything the wind the relative humidity. so where we have some coverage you can see that that indicates fire danger. so it does pick up once we get into your thursday. and we'll have to keep an eye on friday as well showing you this as we check out the satellite across a good portion of the west coast. this is a dry weather pattern for california, and looks like this dry pattern is here to stay into the weekend and into next week. right now we're showing you the wind reports out there. the wind advisory has expired most areas around 10 to 12 miles an hour.

even some calm winds as well. it is a mild afternoon. 69, in santa rosa, san francisco 62. and here is our live camera. beautiful. look at that setting sun. just a nice camera for us here in the bay area with mostly clear skies, no fog to speak of, and this dry stretch is here to stay. overnight temperatures chilly though, 40s across a good portion of the region, maybe a few upper 30s. here are the headlines. decreasing winds and it's a mild to warm pattern. and this rainy pattern is not a part of our forecast at all temperatures tomorrow in the 60s to right around 70 degrees. so it's a warm day tomorrow for your thursday. a little bit of a drop off in those numbers by friday. but the sunshine will continue into the weekend. and that dry stretch will continue, at least as we start off next week. >> all right, mark sounds good. thank you. a quick check here now of our wednesday afternoon commute along interstate 80 in emeryville. pretty jam packed. to

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salt and brine trying to stay ahead of the storm. >> that's going to help us. if all goes as expected, give us a little bit of an advantage of the ice preventing it from sticking to the roadway. >> initially, cold weather advisories are now in effect along the gulf coast, with wind chill temperatures reaching as low as the single digits in some areas. it's all part of the polar vortex of cold air that usually spins around the north pole. but this week it's been sucked down into the u.s. and is still moving south. >> we really expect this to be more of a prolonged stretch of well below historical average temperatures. we're talking about 12 to 25 degrees below historical average. >> folks throughout the area are now bundling up and getting ready for the deep freeze, with up to a little over half a foot of snow expected by thursday. >> it's time to bring out those winter jackets. >> hopefully they'll have the roads all cleaned up. >> stay at home if you can stay at home here in tennessee, they're expecting as much as 2 to 7in of snow, with temperatures finally climbing above freezing by the end of the weekend. >> in nashville, i'm haley meyer, fox news.

>> it's really scary when you can see the flames coming up over the houses. it's like armageddon now at 5:00. >> wind fueled wildfires exploding out of control in southern california and growing deadlier. >> my heart just breaks for all my neighbors who have lost their homes tonight. >> entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble, and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. fire crews from the bay area and beyond are now racing to los angeles county to help firefighters who are overwhelmed. >> the main priority right now for us is actually rescuing and protecting lives. saving homes is number two. >> ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> good evening, i'm claudine wong. we are following those devastating wildfires in southern california tonight. but we first want to bring you some breaking news from santa rosa. santa ra police are at a home where four people