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this is not over long from over. at the end of the day, it's absolutely tragic. >> tonight, the battle for containment in southern california. this as a new fire sparks threatening homes in the hollywood hills. and a lot of eyes are dialed in on those santa ana winds. >> i've never seen winds that made it to the pacific ocean. turned around and went back up the so this is not something that any fire department cared for. >> and bay area firefighters and others from across the state called in to help on the front lines, all while president biden is promising aid. >> 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. tonight, thousands of firefighters battling those wildfires across the l.a. basin. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm claudine wong. >> we are following breaking

news for you in the hollywood hills tonight, a new wildfire erupting. it's called the sunset fire. >> now, this fire sparked off just before 6:00 tonight. new mandatory evacuation orders are in place, stretching as far south as hollywood boulevard. this fire is now 60 acres burning right near thousands of homes. and it is just one of many fires in the los angeles county area, forcing in all 130,000 people to evacuate. this is now one of the most destructive fire storms ever to hit this region. >> and this wildfire emergency claiming several lives and burning more than a thousand structures, mostly homes, to the ground. now the palisades fire in pacific palisades is the largest tonight, with officials in the area requesting additional aid as fire crews have reached capacity. >> nearby in pasadena and altadena, the eaton fire has burned more than 10,000 acres tonight. officials there say five people have died. >> and let's give you a closer look at all of the fires burning across los angeles county. you

have the hurst fire in sylmar, just north of the other wildfires. and there you see all of them on your screen. >> now, right now, more than 30,000 acres have burned the palisades fire that's at more than 15,000 acres, followed by the eaton hurst and sunset fire. tonight, president biden formally signing off on a federal disaster declaration as l.a. county officials start assessing the massive amount of damage. >> it is surreal. it is without words that i can even explain to you what is taking place, especially in my district in altadena, but also in the bordering area of pasadena. my heart is heavy tonight. >> all those fires we just mentioned are at 0% containment, and tonight there is devastation from the hills down to the pacific coast highway at los arcos, with our sister station in los angeles. >> has more from the front lines. >> oh, you're right about that. the firefight goes on here. unbelievable sight. how many

times have we said that? look up there on that ridge. we've already lost several homes. new homes. is this. i say new homes because the fire burned through here several hours ago. early morning hours. then a new flank started over there. we've already lost 3 or 4 homes in that area, a few more being threatened, those who are at least 2 or 3 story homes that were overlooking the bluff near pch, and then the coast below. we are north of sunset on pch, right? really on the western line of the palisades and malibu, just below the getty villa. that gives you an idea. and the malibu vista area. no fire. we were looking to see up on top if there may have been some water assets up there. we haven't seen anything at this point, just those two large structures burning uncontrollably, burning. and now there is just to the left, another in the darkness. you may be able to see it sort of a three story building as well. that one is threatened, has been threatened for the last half hour or so in this area of the palisades. and if you stay with us, mikey is going to swing around the ocean here. so it's

going to look a little dark. but we always say fire everywhere you look. look at that. further north on pch, up in the malibu area. fire. that glow is just roared to life in the last ten minutes or so that i'm thinking might be up near the pier area. we heard about the moon shadow area that that bar, also that restaurant that may have been damaged or lost from a fire as it went through there a couple of hours ago. so that may be in that area. but very large fire also burning up in the malibu area along the coast from this vantage point as well. but here in the palisades, very awesome sight when you look at it. so many homes lost neighborhoods just wiped off here overnight. we were here until about four in the morning, and at that point in the malibu, i should say in the palisades village, some of the landmarks, like the gelson's store, the ralphs grocery store, right in that heart of the area, they were still standing at three in the morning now being told by neighbors up there who have gone through and tried to look, even to see if their own homes are gone, a lot of that area is just wiped out. and this

is the flank here we see some fire trucks, some lights up there flashing in the darkness, trying to protect that big three story condo building off to the left of where those active flames are. but those flames have been roaring unchecked the last couple of hours. and they're also threatening some of the homes right down below, right above pch. here again, we are just north of sunset as the palisades fire continues to burn relentlessly. back to you guys. >> all right. meteorologist roberto gonzalez with us now. let's talk about the wind compared to where we were 24 hours ago, to where we are right now. >> it is an improving situation, but it's temporary. we will see the winds increasing again by tomorrow night. would not be surprised if a wind advisory goes into place at this time. behind me here, this is a live weather camera looking out toward that palisades fire, the pacific palisades fire. and you got to keep in mind from sea surface all the way to the tip top of highlands, the elevation does increase to 2300ft. we

started the morning off with 83 mile per hour winds by noon down to 60 by 3 p.m. 50 mile per hour winds. but boy, is that still very dangerous. the current conditions now in the pacific palisades area happens to be 50 degrees humidity. we got a little bit of moisture in the atmosphere now at 26% as the sun did, set at 502. the winds are up to ten and the gusts are up to 25mph. not a good thing there. so let's traverse on over to the altadena area. now for the eaton fire. again, 50 degrees with wind gusts up to 22mph. other notable numbers. at this time, the winds are backing off and they will remain so in the overnight hours. but still, with those gusts, we picked up new blazes here. you got to keep in mind, this is the plume, this is the fire. and then we have those embers that get caught up in those wind gusts and land underneath the eaves of homes. those red areas are very significant. so again, we have a red flag warning in effect until 6:00 friday night that has been

extended. now we have an air quality alert until 1215 on friday morning with the red flag warning. more strong winds are in the forecast, especially beginning again tomorrow night, and the dry air will drop down to 8% relative humidity. more updates coming up in a matter of minutes. >> all right. thank you, roberta. and we want to go now to ktvu tom vacar, who is live near the palisades fire for us, giving us a look at what the situation looks like at this hour. tom. >> i want to illustrate a very important point. yeah, we're seeing the big picture stuff, and that's the big fight here. but there's another fight going on and there's tons of fire trucks around here, even though the flames are not apparent. but i want you to take a look over there. you can see where something has been burning and it's just burning right now. but when gusts of winds pick up, what happens is it throws embers into the air. if it's just a short lasting gust, not a big problem. but if you get a very concentrated wind going, this is going to throw up embers. now

we're going to go cross over here. you can see all along this hillside what you see is amber, amber, amber, amber, go on and so forth. this is just one lot out of hundreds, if not thousands of lots that have this problem. and then when we look over to the left, you can see this house that burned down. and yes, it burned down, but you can also see there's flames taking place here. if a big wind comes through here, 20, 30, 40 knot wind, what will happen is it's going to start throwing embers and the stuff that hasn't burned, and there's plenty of that around will start burning as well. so as a result, what you have is a situation where this is the ticking time bomb. this is what they're worried about. and that's why there are so many fire trucks around here doing one thing and one thing only, looking for embers and putting them out. now they may see some and not put them out because they know they're not dangerous. but the winds pick up. there are many, many fire trucks here ready to pounce on these things so that they don't

go up into the air and start more fires. it's a fascinating problem, but it's one of the reasons it takes so long to try to contain something, because you've not only got to get ahead of the major flames in the front of the fire. you also have to get to this because when big winds come up, this is only going to start more fires. thought you should see that and see what a great illustration of this. and imagine there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of these embers sitting around, not just in this fire, but the other fires in the l.a. basin and every other fire i've ever covered. and this is a key priority to make sure that they don't blow up into the air and start more fires as they do every major fire. tom vacar back to you. >> hey, tom, when you rolled into that neighborhood, i'm just curious, is that the entire neighborhood? is it every home back to back to back destroyed? >> it's really funny. there are a few that survived, but this. we're on pacific coast highway in malibu, a very famous. many people have driven through here and they see it. much of the homes that are along on the

beach side, i would say 75 to 85% are gone. i mean, flat just burned up. some are standing there, severely damaged. i don't think any of them are untouched whatsoever. that's just on the highway. and remember, this is right next to the ocean. and most of those homes were destroyed. not by the fire, per se, but the embers that came down and lit them on fire and the high winds that then not only lit them on fire, but then blow torched them into a major flame. so that's just here. when you come down sunset boulevard, what you see is so many homes, not all of them, but so many homes that are destroyed. and then you have to consider the value of these homes. now in paradise, there were 19,000 structures that were destroyed, and that was a big number. but imagine this. only 1100 destroyed so far. but many of those 1100 are multi-million dollar properties, both private and business properties, not to mention all of the infrastructure in the area. the

phone poles, the electrical lines, the cable lines, all that other infrastructure that has been destroyed that's going to have to be replaced. so the price of this will very likely parallel, could even go farther than the paradise fire did. once again, a lesson. the final lesson is this one, and that is that this is probably going to change the face of insurance in california. the deal was made between the commissioner of insurance and the insurance companies to let them do certain things so that they would come back into the fold. that deal is probably still on the table, but if i were an insurance company, i'd be thinking twice about holding on to that deal for the simple reason that this changes everything. i think the face of insurance in california, if not the nation, is going to change back to you. >> well, certainly that's going to be a big discussion. and as we know here, recovery takes a very, very long time. all right. tom vacar be safe out there.

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>> mike, as you said, this is being investigated as a homicide case. and as you can see at this hour, the police crime tape is still up and there still are a number of police cruisers and officers here on the scene. we expect them to be here well into the night. santa rosa police said they were called to a home on monarch court wednesday afternoon when they made the deadly discovery. it's located in a senior citizen community called valley vista. >> an associate of the family living out of state had not heard from anyone in the home for multiple days and requested to check the welfare. >> inside. they found four bodies. police have not released their identities or shared their relationship to each other. authorities said there was no threat to public safety and there are no outstanding suspects. it's unclear how the victims died. >> i did not hear gunshots. a neighbor had said that it was reported they had heard gunshots earlier. >> jerry tapiro lives nearby.

>> i've never seen them. i've noticed the police have been out here a couple of times in the last few months to that resident talking to them for whatever disturbance, maybe, but i've never seen anybody come in or out. >> did you notice anything unusual at the home other than that? >> no. it's just always quiet. it seems empty, you know, like nobody lives there. >> i walk by it all the time. but i've never seen anybody in the yard. >> it's just horrific. i just can't even believe it. it. because for one thing, it's all old people here. >> the donati's were home when police arrived wednesday. skyfox also captured video of what appeared to be animal control workers carrying kennels outside the home. >> i saw a police officer come up carrying a white, a white dog and put it in a car, but animal control came back with two trucks and i guess they took a cats and dogs. >> news of the deaths shocked neighbors in this tight knit

community. >> scared a scared a quiet neighborhood. >> do you know the people? no, no. >> anytime we have deaths of this magnitude, it is highly unusual in 2020, for santa rosa. only experienced two homicides all year. this is a very safe community, so having a call like this is quite unusual. >> so again, we don't know the circumstances surrounding these deaths. but santa rosa police say they expect to release more information tomorrow. mike. >> betty yu live tonight in santa rosa. betty. thank you. >> and we want to go back now to our breaking news coverage. five people killed in a fire near altadena. >> ktvu zac sos rolled down into the area late this afternoon. he joins us live tonight. zach, what's the latest from the scene there? >> well, mike, the devastation really just hard to look at right now. we're standing right in front of what's left of someone's home. you can see their chimney. their car just

where they left it. the strength of this fire. i mean, that speaks to it. the tires just completely melted into the ground. and this is not the only home on this block. i'm going to have my photographer just pan over across the street. one of a number of homes. you're seeing these flames. these are not active fires at the moment. what you're looking at is the gas mains essentially leaping up. and all along these blocks, that is what you're looking at. just the gas mains leaping up right now, home after home, completely gone. we have seen this all across the community of altadena, but then just next door. i mean, this shows you the randomness of the fire. two homes left completely untouched. this has been the challenge that these firefighters have been facing all day long. since yesterday. really? they have been dealing with those embers, the high winds, picking them up,

dropping them onto other homes, and then firefighters essentially having to chase down these hotspots. and once they put one out, another goes up. so that is why this fire has been so tricky. tricky. thankfully the winds have come down quite a bit, but the damage is just absolutely breathtaking. we have seen a bank of america america go up today and with it people's documents. people just standing there. their birth certificates, their passports, their life savings. many wondering are they safe? we have seen five schools go up, so i, you know, tomorrow a lot of people are going to come back and it's going to be difficult. >> mike. yeah. zach you know i know you talked about the winds dying down. we know that's a break in a much needed break. we also know that firefighters are calling in for help. you know, from whoever can come bring it

from strike crews here in the bay area and all around the state. when you've seen all those buildings kind of burned and the active fires and the different neighborhoods, how many personnel are you actually seeing on those fire lines? because they are spread thin. >> we have not been able to access the actual fire lines, but throughout this community, i mean, it's hard to go a block without seeing some sort of fire apparatus, and they are literally just running around, for lack of a better word, playing essentially a game of whack a mole trying to keep these fires at bay, because once one goes up, it can then start a new fire. we have been told that there's upwards of 700 firefighters right now in just altadena alone fighting this fire. and our understanding is they will begin their air attacks at 8 a.m. again tomorrow. >> i'm standing there in the middle of this destruction, zach. i mean, what's it been like for you over the last few

hours? just. just walking around, seeing building after building or bank, as you mentioned in one case, all these these, these lives destroyed from this firestorm. >> you know, a truly surreal. i've covered a number of fires. but to see such a heavily populated area just completely abandoned, essentially as people evacuated and then to occasionally bump into somebody that desperately came back in to just try to get a glimpse of their home and to see the shock in their face, really, i, you know, what was here just 48 hours ago? it's. it's ghostly. >> yeah. it's absolutely heartbreaking to see even from this vantage point. and certainly we've seen scenes like that in the bay area, but the speed of which this this happened really is shocking. i'm glad to hear that the conditions have died down for at least for

now. we'll take whatever break we can get. zach, we appreciate all your coverage from there. please stay safe out there. >> thank you. zach. all right. with that, we bring in our meteorologist, roberto gonzalez. we heard zach talking about it. it's nice to see the winds have died down in that area for now. >> yeah, unfortunately, it is temporary and. yeah. stay safe there, zach. hi, everybody. we too had our gusty winds this morning. nothing like southern california where they were experiencing their santa ana winds. we referred to them as the diablo winds. here they're basically the same thing. they're offshore vigorous winds and our winds today, the gusts early this morning, 22mph in livermore, at the airport, all the way up to 68 mile per hour winds at mount saint helena saw a lot of trees come down due to the saturated soil. the winds now are under ten miles per hour, but these winds will be picking up again offshore northeasterly for your thursday, up to 15 and potentially even 20mph. the bulk of the winds will be tomorrow afternoon between about three and 5:00, so

your morning commute will not be hampered. but certainly it could be a double white knuckler across our bay bridge on your evening commute. now, temperatures tomorrow due to the warmer air mass that's being transported from inland to the bay area, are well above average for this time of the year. we're talking 70 to the north in santa rosa, 70 to the south in san jose. next time around, i'll show you where it was 74 degrees today and what you can anticipate in the los angeles area as the fires continue to burn. >> all right. thank you. roberta. well, san francisco inaugurated its 46th mayor today, but the ceremony was just the start. >> that's right. the party is still going on. tonight, a night market in chinatown was held as part of the celebration. we're going to show you why business owners say tonight's event was so important. >> and former congresswoman barbara lee makes it official. she has entered the crowded

office today. ktvu is amber lee live tonight in chinatown. after attending the inauguration night festivities. amber. >> mike. the mayor celebrated with a night market and banquet right here on grant avenue in chinatown. now, both events drew a huge turnout. people tell me they're excited and optimistic about new leadership. [music] a colorful display of chinese culture and artistry. a troupe from lion dance me greeted mayor daniel lurie as he arrived at the historic far east restaurant in chinatown for the inauguration night banquet. he lit 100,000 firecrackers. they are symbols of good luck. >> how are you doing? >> inside, i caught up with the new mayor as he went from table to table, greeting members of the asian community credited with helping him get into office. mayor, will you describe the feeling you have right now? >> humbled. humbled and honored.

>> the restaurant was filled to capacity. organizers say the theme behind this event is unity. >> it is a historic moment where we are able to bring the many diverse asian american communities together, including the korean american community. >> we have high hopes. he's promised the asian american community with a lot of appointments. >> invited guests included many elected officials, community leaders and an olympic gold medalist. >> the way he's really embraced the asian american community, it's been really felt. and i think that's why you see so much support come out for him. >> the public is really disappointed in elected officials, period, and that's why they have been so many changes in so many cities. >> and you have my commitment. >> lurie's message of hope and change resonates with san franciscans who attended the chinatown night market that is part of the inauguration night celebration. >> i think this event is very cool, very exciting. i did not originally, but i'm excited to

see what else he has in store. >> people filled grant avenue in numbers that organizers say they haven't seen at previous chinatown night markets. >> it gives people to really just get out of their shells and come somewhere to celebrate us. san francisco. >> as mayor lori said, this night is a celebration, but now it's time to roll up his sleeves and get to work on day one. mike. >> claudine amberleigh live tonight in san francisco. amber. thank you. >> well, the inauguration began earlier in the day outside of city hall. the public was invited to attend, where mayor lurie gave his speech outlining his hopes for the city's future. he also acknowledged serious issues it's facing, including an unprecedented budget deficit of $875 million. lurie also announced plans to implement the city's first 24 over seven police friendly drop off centers, so officers can get people to help. they need to hold those who refuse help accountable and return to patrol quicker. he also pledged that he

would not reduce the number of officers in the city. >> all right. our coverage of the deadly wildfires across los angeles county continues. five people have died. more than a thousand homes have been destroyed or damaged in all of the fires. and as we head to break, let's give you a live look from mount wilson at the eaton fire in the city of altadena. the firefight still well underway. 36 hours in. we're back in

fight continues is more than 130,000 people have evacuated from this historic firestorm. this is another live look down south bay area firefighters, by the way. also down there in the mix providing support. flames have already leveled entire

blocks of homes from pacific, from the pacific palisades to malibu to right near pasadena tonight. ktvu is greg lee continues our coverage. >> 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 scrambled 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. >> reporter. well, los angeles mayor karen bass held a news conference today saying that all available resources are being

deployed to the fires. >> firefighters are now on scene from across the state and across the country. i spoke with president biden today and governor newsom earlier today, and they assured me of full federal and state support. >> bass, who was reportedly in ghana when those fires broke out, has faced criticism for the trip, as well as for recent cuts that slashed over $17 million from the los angeles fire department budget. >> the american red cross is sending volunteers from across the country to l.a. county, including staff from right here in northern california. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live tonight in the city of san jose. after speaking with one person who found out that their home has been destroyed. lamonica. >> mike, i spoke with the northern california regional ceo for red cross, and i also spoke to a resident in altadena who said leaving her home yesterday was chaotic, and today she found out that her home had been destroyed.

>> when i went to my bathroom window, when i saw that orange hue, i just said, i'm on my way. it was frightening. it was like the sky was glowing the orange hue. >> altadena resident sigma scott saw looked like this. she says she called her sister as she was being evacuated and her husband, dutch merrick, stayed behind to try and water down their home. merrick posted this video on his facebook page. >> i noticed that our neighbors king palm lit up like a roman candle, and that was at five in the morning, and i was in a hailstorm of cinders flying everywhere and just swirling hot cinders, and i said, that's it, we're done. >> scott says they grabbed what they could as the fire roared towards them, but she's still thinking of her neighbors, who had lived on their block for 60 years. >> you didn't really think to knock on the door because we were just trying to get out. we

just thought everybody was maybe going to wait until somebody said, you got to go. now i feel like we were all waiting for somebody to say, you got to go now. >> scott says they're staying with family for the time being, and like thousands of others, the to rebuild their lives. the northern california regional ceo for red cross says they're sending volunteers from across the country to help survivors in los angeles county. >> so we have multiple shelters that either we're running or our partners are running. we get people out of harm's way and make sure that they have a hot meal to eat. >> the red cross says they're also doing what they can to help people cope with the devastation. >> we're helping refill those prescriptions or those medical devices that people had to leave. we also have mental health volunteers on site, because it can be very tragic to not know if your home is there when you return. >> scott's loved ones have started a gofundme account for her and her husband, and malik says that the best way to help is to donate financially online to the red cross. and for more

information about that, just go to ktvu.com and click the link for this story. >> mike, so much heartbreak for so many down in southern california tonight. lamonica peters live tonight in san jose lamonica thank you for that. and a number of organizations are working indeed to help people displaced by the fires. the american red cross says donations will go directly to help disaster victims emergency network los angeles, another nonprofit helping those affected. the los angeles regional food bank, also working to provide meals to those in need during the wildfires. coming up tonight at 11. the resignation of omar torres left an empty seat in district three there in san jose. now, the list of people who want that job is growing. [music] >> rightfully so. we've been concentrating on southern california weather, but what about our bay area forecast? the neighborhoods near record high temperatures for your thursday. that's straight ahead. >> and change is coming to muni next month, where the transit agency is going to reduce service. and why?

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campaign. lee comes with more than two decades of experience as a congresswoman for oakland, as well as experience as a state legislator and staff for congressman turned oakland mayor ron dellums. >> i think what's important for people to know is that i run campaigns based on the issues, no personal attacks. i don't run based on any kind of negativity. >> 16 candidates have thrown their hat in the race so far that election is set for april 15th. >> the oakland police commission is set to discuss the department's pursuit policy at its meeting on friday. now, this comes as governor newsom is urging the city to expand the circumstances under which officers are allowed to chase suspects to include property crimes. currently, police are only allowed to pursue if there is reasonable suspicion that a person committed a violent crime or possesses a gun. the police commission is also holding a public forum a week from today at the east bay church of religious science. the panel could recommend changes this coming fall as thousands of

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to neighborhood and trying to save homes in los angeles county. reporter cristy fajardo

has this report filed a short time ago from altadena. >> now we're walking down this driveway and you can see that these two homes have been burned. and at this point, with the embers flying everywhere, there's no telling if the homes next to it will soon catch fire as well. so obviously a very dangerous situation and unusual now, as we see, right as we were speaking, there was an ember that flew here. and you can see that smoke is now coming from this home. so that's how quickly it happens. and the conditions are making it very difficult for crews to fight this fire. but the fire crews are doing an incredible job doing the absolute best they can to try to save as many structures as they can, but also trying to put the fire out as well. you can see this power line has gone down as well. that's something else that you've got to be very careful about in these neighborhoods is the power lines, obviously, but they do have water here in this

neighborhood. they've been tapping every possible hydrant that they can to fight these flames. but at this point, you can see that it's really interesting how this fire is moving, because there's one home that's still standing, but the home right next to it is burned to the ground. and again, that is because of these embers. and as i've been telling you too, as we're speaking to people right before they're evacuating in their cars, they're telling us how devastating this is for them. this is their childhood. this is where they worked hard to buy these homes. these cars that you're seeing are destroyed now. >> cristy fajardo reporting there. some fire hydrants ran dry under the heavy demand for water as firefighters were battling the fires in pacific palisades. water officials say they were pumping more water into the system last night, but there just was not enough to fill the 1 million gallon tanks used for the hydrants in the neighborhoods at the time the

air attack was grounded because of those 70 to 80 mile an hour wind gusts. officials say that the lack of water was not to blame for the fire's devastation. former battalion chief with the fremont fire department and former fema coordinator mark neveau telling us earlier on the four power outages also contributed to the problem. >> 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 there, you know, they've got electricity problems because all the poles are down. >> tonight. la water officials are urging residents to remain in their homes to conserve water. >> today, 49ers general manager john lynch, taking a moment to speak on the devastating wildfires. >> i'm a southern california guy. i know a lot of people down there and people who have been directly affected already, and i'm sure there's going to be

more. so our hearts do. we've been sitting in, you know, what we call our mind meetings, talking about all our players on a on a closeout. and your mind keeps drifting because man, it's rough down there. so our thoughts and prayers do go to the folks and people of la and that things calm down. >> warriors head coach steve kerr says his 90 year old mother had to evacuate her home because of the palisades fire. he also said a member of the warriors player development staff lost his childhood home in the flames. for more now on the fires and what we can expect from these winds, we're joined now by meteorologist roberta gonzalez. roberta. >> yes, the winds have temporarily eased but will be picking back up tomorrow evening. we'll have more on that after we show you this. let's take a look at just how warm it was today with those offshore winds that they're experiencing in southern california. those are santa ana's. we were experiencing diablo winds this morning, kicking up to nearly

70mph at mount saint helena, and probably will see the same again tonight, overnight. but look at these temperatures. we should be right around 58 degrees in redwood city, and we topped off 74 degrees. it was 72 degrees in santa rosa, mid 60s and throughout the tri valley when the average high temperature there is 57 degrees. live weather camera looking out towards the salesforce tower. not a hint of fog right now. we will see some fog developing. pretty dense in the north bay in the overnight hours. otherwise it's currently 42 degrees in livermore going down to 39 degrees overnight, so it will be cooler tonight than what it was last night. this massive area of low pressure. it's textbook perfect. look at the core, the center of it here. this is the frontal boundary. tossing some clouds into the pacific northwest. no rain in our western states today. what we're looking at is high pressure here. and remember the winds in a clockwise fashion around that high. then the area of low pressure over there. and that's counterclockwise winds. together

they cause friction. and then when you couple that up with the fact that southern california is enduring a drought, in fact, los angeles has not seen measurable precipitation since may 5th of last year. and we have been graced with the abundance of rainfall above normal in santa rosa. and that's what makes the difference when you get those aggressive, vicious winds. now tomorrow we're talking about the high wind warning, perhaps going back into place. certainly an advisory as these winds and the red highlighted and orange highlighted areas do increase by the evening hours, certainly the afternoon as well. so the red flag warning, what does that mean for southern california? the strong winds will increase 30 to 50mph. the relative humidity bone dry down to 8%. back at home. dry day here 70. in santa rosa. temperatures very similar to today, if not just a tad cooler. 68 redwood city 70 at the rose garden district in san jose, willow glen,

cupertino, campbell and also in los gatos. we're talking mid 60s at the beaches. a bit of a breeze out of the northeast. that's offshore, plentiful sunshine. and here's your extended forecast. and while we're at it, the next shot of rain, our long range computer models, it probably will differ from day to day. but right now, claudine and mike looks like january 21st. >> okay. thank you. roberta. well, one of the athletic sluggers proved himself a big leaguer the past two years and got paid. today we'll have the details next in sports. >> and tonight, on the 11:00 news, the country prepares to honor president jimmy carter and habitat for humanity. volunteers in the south bay are planning eir own trib

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the quarterback is now seeking that big contract. meantime, the 49ers have fired a couple of coaches. ktvu bailey o'carroll has the story. >> after finishing the 2024 season with a six and 11 record, the san francisco 49ers started the offseason by making changes, firing both their defensive and special teams coordinators. >> as hard as it is for me to come to this conclusion, but i feel there's some options out there that can end up being a better option in the situation that we're in for our team. and when really it comes down to that, both head coach kyle shanahan and gm john lynch are reflecting on what went wrong. >> and yes, there was a slew of injuries, but the locker room was also plagued by off the field tragedies. >> i will say that this season i've never had anything like it in terms of the amount, the severity, the unique circumstances, and i was proud of the way our team stuck together, had each other's backs. >> in august, during the preseason, rookie wide receiver

ricky pearsall was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. he survived. >> it is unique, but when you go through it, i think it does make people a little bit closer and a little bit stronger for going through some of those moments. >> in late october, now, free agent cornerback charvarius ward announced the death of his one year old daughter, imani, posting these pictures of the two of them to his instagram. an all-pro left tackle trent williams, and his wife sandra's son stillborn in late november. his twin died earlier in the pregnancy. >> when you watch people really grieve and things like that, it's you realize that's the hardest thing all humans have to deal with. but then to watch people who are grieving so badly and still have to come into a room and then go perform at a high level, which is a whole different type of pressure. >> while the level of impact tragedies like this have will never be able to be measured, they happen to everyone. even professional athletes. >> that stuff is hard. and you watch guys go through it and it's, you know, you don't like to watch anyone go through something tragic, but you really

watch how impressive people can be. >> as bailey o'carroll reporting. now let's talk a's. the a's designated hitter, brant rooker, is coming off his best season of his career, and the green and gold awarded him one of the largest contracts in their franchise history. rooker and the athletics have reached an agreement on a five year contract extension, with a club option for 2030. sources say the deal is reportedly worth $60 million in 2024. all star campaign he had 39 home runs, 112 rbis and was the first a's player to win the silver slugger since 2002. to some college hoops now. tonight was stanford's first ever acc game at maples pavilion, and the legend tara vanderveer in attendance to see the cardinal host virginia tech. it was a struggle for the stanford in the first ten minutes of the half. since they only scored four points, they scratched and clawed their way back into this one. then in the second half, maxime reno gets that layup

right off the glass to give the cardinal their first lead in the game and then later in the half virginia tech up by one, but ryan agarwal passes it to donovan young. and there he goes and comes down with the dunk. stanford went on to secure their first acc win at maples 70 to 59. reno finished 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he leads the nation in double doubles. and former warrior zaza pachulia and nba great peja stojakovic were in haas pavilion to see cal men's basketball team pick up their first win tonight over virginia. that was 75 to 61 pages. son andre stojakovic led the golden bears in scoring 23 points, and 19 of those buckets were in the second half inside the paint. mady sissoko was a force. he had four blocks, 11 rebounds and nine points. that does it for sports. the 11:00 news with mike starts now. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. fox

two starts now. >> all right. good evening once again everyone i'm mike mibach. let's get right to our top story tonight at 11. the deadly firestorm down south in los angeles county. five people have now died. nearly 30,000 acres have burned, forcing 130,000 people to evacuate. here is a closer look at the fires burning across the region. we do have the palisades fire in pacific palisades, as well as malibu, the eaton fire in altadena, as well as the hurst fire in sylmar, and a new fire that started just tonight. the sunset fire is burning in the hollywood hills and right near studio city. the five people who died died in the eaton fire, and officials say many other residents have been injured, including those who waited to evacuate. tonight. the palisades fire is the largest of these fires at more than 15,000 acres. the sunset fire, the one that started earlier tonight, has burned more than 60 acres. that fire did start at 545 this evening. new mandatory evacuation orders are in place, though, stretching as far south as hollywood