national day of mourning as the nation prepares to say a final goodbye to president jimmy carter. we have details of the plans for his state funeral later this morning from ktvu. [music] >> fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it is thursday january 9th. starting with steve paulson and the forecast i know you're keeping an eye on. of course our weather, but also the winds in southern california, except for the san gabriel mountains, it's calmed down a lot. >> the problem is, there might be another one late tonight, tomorrow offshore, and then for sure early next week. that's the one i've been hanging my hat on. now they're finally talking about it. but anyway, it's better. except in the san gabriel mountains for us. pretty good breeze in the east bay hills. there's still a little bit there. 30s. a lot more 30s, though. 30s, 40s and 50s. why is half moon bay 59? because i have a north wind. well they did. now it's east at nine, but the wind speeds, it's all offshore, so we'll have another warm day.

man, this is a this is just one of those large and in charge high pressure systems. and it's not going anywhere. waitin on a sunny day. and it will be for all today. clear morning a little more 30. sunny for all. mild to warm. there's a pretty good little east wind, especially in the east bay hills. so temperatures there will be a way above average once again. 70 in santa rosa, 60 for others. all right, sal's here. off to a good start. know what? >> yes, sir. off to a good start. we don't see a lot going on. that's just the way we like it here at 5:00 or almost 501. let's go out and see. highway four looks good. 680. and also at the bay bridge, you can see that traffic is looking good. so far so good for this thursday morning commute. it's 501. let's get back to the headlines. >> all right. so we are still following the devastating fires tearing through southern california. you're looking at video of the palisades fire, the biggest of several wildfires in and around los angeles county in just 24 hours. that fire just

exploded in size. you can see the flames destroying hillside homes. the fires, driven by strong winds, have burned thousands of homes since they started tuesday. now, fire officials now say this is one of the most destructive fire storms to ever hit the los angeles area. >> already, more than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders as crews continue their efforts to contain the fire and protect homes and businesses in the hollywood hills. crews put out a new fire that erupted overnight. it burned 60 acres near thousands of homes. mandatory evacuation orders were in place for a short time, but most in that area have been lifted. fire crews will stay there, though, this morning to keep an eye on any flare ups. >> and here's a map to give you a closer look at the fires burning across los angeles county. the house fire in sylmar, just north of the other wildfires. it has grown to more than 850 acres. >> for the latest on what's

happening with the firefight in southern california, we bring in allie rasmus for that update. allie. we want to continue talking about the palisades fire. >> overnight, it swelled in size, growing to more than 17,000 acres, more than five times the size it was at this time yesterday. >> the extreme weather conditions are making for a bitter fight for the more than 1400 firefighters battling this fire, and at least three others burning in southern california. we're going to focus on the two biggest fires, the palisades and the eaton fires. the palisades fire, by far the largest 17,000 acres spanning pacific palisades. malibu communities northwest of santa monica, 80 mile an hour winds fueled the flames after it began on tuesday morning. tens of thousands of people are under mandatory evacuation orders as the fire swallows up entire neighborhoods. two people have died in that fire. officials warn that many others who did not evacuate were injured. the fire started tuesday morning, and then just a few hours later that same day, the eaton fire broke out in eaton canyon.

that's north of pasadena. in the past 36 hours, that fire has also grown to more than 10,000 acres burned. the mayor of that city says five people died in that fire, and hundreds of thousands of people nearby are under evacuation orders and evacuation warnings. now, the pollution from that fire is reportedly so bad, officials are now warning people not to drink the water because it might be contaminated from all the ash and fire debris. >> first responders rushed to the scene. they found darkness, they found fire, and they found 80 mile per hour winds. air support was not possible under those conditions. our first responders did all they could under those brutal conditions to put out the fire. >> 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 now because of

all the fires burning across southern california. >> there's about 350 schools in the region closed because of fire risk and air quality concerns. the fires have also cut off power to more than 180,000 people, mostly in los angeles county. southern california edison cut service because of high winds and fire risks. while what sparked these destructive fires is not known. the causes are still under investigation. we do know what is fanning the flames. wind gusts of about 80 miles an hour yesterday and extremely dry conditions. l.a. county has only had a 10th of an inch of rain since may. the national weather service says the red flag warning is expected to continue at least through tomorrow, which means yet another day of brutal firefighting conditions. and as you heard steve mentioned just a short time ago, dave and pam, there may be more santa ana winds on the way next week, so this is not good for southern california. >> back to you. all right, ali, time now 505. well, governor newsom issued an executive order giving extra support to communities devastated by the

wildfires. this support will help people who lost their jobs because their company was destroyed or damaged. also, the executive order eliminates a one week waiting period for people applying for unemployment insurance, and it suspends the fees for driver's licenses and vehicle registrations. since the documents of many of the fire victims were destroyed by the fires. other provisions include suspending environmental rules to speed up the removal and cleanup of fire debris, and waiving certain requirements for medical licenses in order to keep hospitals and clinics open. well, the annual critics choice awards has now been postponed because of the deadly wildfires in southern california. it was scheduled for this sunday, but now it's pushed back to january 26th. other award shows have also changed their dates for award nominations, including the oscars, which also extended the voting on nominations by two days. >> 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 tuesday night, but there just wasn't enough to fill the 1,000,000 million gallon tanks used for the hydrants in the neighborhood. now former battalion chief with the fremont fire department and former fema coordinator mark neveau told us 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. >> la water officials are urging residents who are still in their homes to please conserve water. [music] the nation is preparing for former president jimmy carter's

official state funeral in washington today. at 100 years old, jimmy carter was the longest living u.s. president. people remember his dedication to others during all parts of his life, from his early time as a peanut farmer in georgia to his military and government service, and his post-white house, humanitarian efforts for equal rights, and his work with habitat for humanity. >> you're just an inspiration in terms of his civility. >> he lived a very humble and humble lifestyle as a president. >> a departure ceremony will take place later today from the rotunda. a motorcade will then bring president carter's casket to the washington national cathedral for his state funeral. all five living presidents are expected to attend. president joe biden will give a eulogy. carter's casket will then head to his hometown of plains, georgia, where he will be buried alongside his wife, rosalynn carter. here's a live look at the rotunda. i want to take you there. actually, this is outside

the cathedral there this morning. looks like a beautiful day for today's event so that people can come out and pay their respects. so many people have come to pay their respects. as the casket lies in state at the rotunda. and then now, looking at the cathedral. and we'll be covering the funeral throughout the day today. >> all right, pam. time now, 508. well, today, habitat for humanity is hosting two memorials to honor former president jimmy carter and the 30 years of work that he and his wife did with that organization. we talked to a family in san jose who bought a house through the program more than a decade ago. true, leo bought her home through habitat for humanity in 2013. that same year, former president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn, built their front door. >> american president. and then he just do this. that's his memory. always i say this jimmy carter door. >> did you ever in your life think that you would have an american president, a former american president, fixing your front door? no.

>> it's impossible. it's impossible. it just got gift, i don't know. >> now, miss leo, who's originally from ethiopia, says buying an affordable home means that she and her husband can save money for the college of their two sons. the carter work project, founded by the couple, had a hand in helping more than 4000 families find homes. the leo family encourages other people to apply for habitat for humanity's programs. >> we'll start in southern california, unfortunately. well, fortunately, some of the wind speeds are coming down. they'll probably pick up again on friday and maybe again early next week. this is a really bad pattern to be stuck in. so red flag continues till friday night. air quality of course is also going to be an issue, but much calmer conditions and less in the san gabriel mountains there. i've seen anywhere from about 45 to 65, but for most locations, though, it has definitely come down. definitely around malibu and palisades come down, but still. red flag warning there's a slight easterly breeze as well, so fire dangers will

continue at least until 6:00. they may get a little break over the weekend before another. i think another offshore event develops, if not monday night on tuesday. it's boy. i'll tell you, you'd rather be stuck in a rain pattern than this kind of a pattern. we have a little bit of a breeze up in the hills. not too bad, but mostly it's an offshore breeze, so we'll be above average on the temps, but much cooler this morning for most. i mean, menlo park, mountain view in the 30s. walnut creek down to 35 one observation petaluma, santa rosa. so these are much cooler than. but i mean there's a big difference. 30s 40s 50s. fairfax 36 novato petaluma sonoma is in there now windsor. healdsburg as well. others, though are at 50. 54 bolinas, 50 bodega bay 50 sausalito. so coast. anywhere near around the bay is above average. inland, much cooler. 21 carson city and reno. 816 in truckee. a little cold there that you can see the signature of the high pressure and the offshore. although the pressure gradient is relaxing. and probably the problem is, though, there's a series of these lows that will keep dropping into

nevada and then retrograde back into southern california. and i think a stronger one is on tap for probably monday night, tuesday, which will pick up the wind speeds again. there's just nothing showing up really for us here, not even out to the 24th. and man, when it's dry, it's just it's ugly, dry. and that's the way it is waiting on a sunny day. you won't have to wait long. once we get there, it will be sunny for all today. 60 to 70 degrees. >> all right. thank you. steve. a night market in chinatown was held as part of a celebration marking the swearing in of a new mayor. why? business owners say that event was important. >> and former congresswoman barbara lee is now running to be oakland's next elected mayor. the reason she d ided t get

the firefight in southern california goes on this morning, as more than 130,000 people have evacuated because of this historic firestorm. two fires causing the most danger are one that's burning in pacific palisades, and the other is burning in pasadena and altadena. >> several bay area strike teams are heading south to help fight the fires in los angeles. one of the crews coming from the san jose fire department is on its way to the front lines of the eaton fire. the group is bringing five engines, one from mountain view, san jose, sunnyvale, and two from the

county santa rosa, san francisco, oakland, hayward, fremont and alameda and san mateo counties have also sent teams to southern california. >> well, authorities in santa rosa launched a homicide investigation after four bodies were found in a home. neighbors and police say it's unusual for what's normally a safe community. santa rosa police say they were called to a home on monarch court yesterday afternoon. that home is inside of a senior citizen community called valley vista. police say they found four bodies, and right now, it's not clear how the victims died. well, the city of san francisco is welcoming a new mayor. daniel lowery was sworn in as the 46th mayor, and his first day on the job was filled with celebrations. [music] mayor lowery held his inauguration night banquet in chinatown at the historic far

east restaurant, and when he arrived, a troupe from lion dance me greeted the mayor inside the restaurant. it was filled to capacity with people eager to see the changes the new mayor will bring to the city. >> 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. >> inauguration celebration included a chinatown night market. grand avenue was filled with people excited to see what lowery will do as the new mayor. now, the inauguration started earlier in the day, right outside of city hall. mayor lowery gave a speech laying out his hopes for san francisco's future. he also acknowledged serious problems facing the city, including an unprecedented budget deficit of $875 million.

lowery also announced plans to implement a 24 over seven drop-off center, where the police can take individuals who need help but don't need to go to jail or emergency rooms. he pledged he would not reduce the number of police officers despite that massive budget deficit. >> together we can all get better, do better and return san francisco to its rightful place as the greatest city in the world. >> now, throughout lowery's speech, he repeatedly brought up the need for accountability in city hall and says he will bring that spirit to his office. >> retired congresswoman barbara lee is running for mayor of oakland. supporters who have been pushing for lee to run greeted her as she entered the city clerk's office to sign the paperwork to launch her campaign. lee comes with more than 20 years of experience as a congresswoman for oakland, a state legislator and a staff member 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 filed the paperwork in the race so far. the election is april 15th. well, we want to take you live to the golden gate bridge this morning. certainly a different story than earlier this week when it was fogged in. it's been very clear, but it's been windy here in the bay area. gusty winds have slowed down. steve's talking about this after some pretty gusty winds have blown in over the course of the week. but steve, you said they're dying down now and for a little bit in southern california as well. >> well, they're in the san gabriel mountains. they're still rocking, but they'll pick up again probably friday morning. and for sure early next week is the way it looks to me. we have decent little breeze in the east bay hills. that's really about

it, but it's much colder. i was just looking. calero reservoir is 32, santa teresa 35, saratoga is 36. menlo park, palo alto 37. there's a lot of 30s even with this easterly breeze. and i've seen about 30 and some of the oakland hills, berkeley hills, but nothing compared to yesterday. much colder in the city as well. a lot more 40s. only 151 out by ocean beach, but 44, 49, 49 the city dropped to 49. that's the first time. hold on. they've been below. i'll look it up here on the sixth at 7:43 a.m. there were 48, so it took three days, but they're now below 50 and average is 47. so 39 napa airport, santa rosa is in there. petaluma is in there. menlo park 37. there's mountain views 38. walnut creek 35. so these are much colder. dublin is in there. alamo. another observation. walnut creek. lafayette. yeah. look at kensington and pinole with a little bit of an offshore breeze. 52, 52 and 44 others. pittsburg 51, brentwood 40. so

if you get a breeze, it's still held up. if you don't, it's colder, no doubt. truckee 16, south lake tahoe 32. minden is also 60. why do you mention minden, steve? because two friends of mine have said, you know, i'd move there in a minute, but my wife won't let us say you. so anyway, we do have high pressure building up. and you can see i will add this. only the european. the ecmwf is the only model that offers hope. it drops an incredibly deep and cold system on us on the 21st. unfortunately, no other model does that. it keeps the ridge of high pressure. so if you want rain, just, you know, sing the praises of the ecmwf forecast model because it would be a blessing if it happened. unfortunately, i just think we're going to see a series of these systems dropping in, giving us more of an offshore breeze here and a wind in southern california through at least early next week. there is nothing rain wise for a while waiting on a sunny day. you don't have to wait long today. it will happen, but it's still kind of breezy up in the hills.

60s to near 70 degrees santa rosa. >> all right, steve, thank you. time now, 521. a burglary suspect in the east bay had quite a run in with police. we'll tell you why he picked the wrong police officer to mess with. and police pursuits in oakland. the meeting that's happening tomorrow that could ange the pol

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other day when he decided to run away from oakland police. but it wasn't just any officer, it was officer eileen swanson with the east bay regional park district police now off duty, she's completed many triathlons, including the grueling ironman race. so she's skilled both on land and in the water. >> a former triathlete and i yeah, i love running. i want to stop bad guys. i want to get these people off the streets, out of our parks. >> now. one burglary suspect went the wrong way on a road in east oakland earlier this week. his car stalled and he ran away. the swanson and other officers caught that suspect. then he was charged with having a gun and evading arrest. the police say he was also wanted on other outstanding warrants. well, the oakland police commission is due to debate and talk about the department's pursuit policy tomorrow at its meeting. this comes as governor newsom is

urging the city to expand the circumstances where police officers are allowed to chase suspects to include property crimes. right now, the police are only allowed to pursue if there is reasonable suspicion that a person committed a violent crime or has 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 there could recommend changes as soon as this fall. your time is now 525. we're still tracking the devastating fires forcing people to leave their homes down in southern california. these are live pictures of the palisades fire. after our commercial break, we'll still have a live report for yo

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9th. it doesn't feel too bad out here around us. no. steve. yeah. steve has our forecast for today. >> well, it's much colder here for some. there's a lot of. anywhere from 30, 40, 50 to 60 in the hills. if you get a breeze, it's 5060. if not, it's cold. santa rosa, petaluma, napa. airports in there, menlo park, mountain view, fremont, now at 39. newark is 39. but check this out. gilroy and hollister, 33. aptos. santa cruz 39. felton is in there. scotts valley, campbell, santa clara another observation. saratoga not far away is 36 and east san jose 38. so there's some cold temps out there, but it's dry, dry, dry. unfortunately, maybe another offshore. not a big one, but maybe another one for southern california. friday. maybe a bigger one early next week. you won't have to wait long for sun. there's an east wind and it's going to translate into above average temps again near 70 for some. all right. sal is here last. he said we were good. still good. >> yeah. you know what, steve?

we have one problem that just popped up a few minutes ago. and that would be in san mateo on westbound 92, right at 101 on the commute here, getting over to 101 people get off to san mateo bridge. they want to head up the peninsula. there is a there's a there's a crash there. i'm just listening. sorry. i'm listening to a fire being dispatched now. heading out there. so the fire department is on the way. apparently, someone may be injured. we're going to keep an eye on that for you and let you know traffic is moving along. okay. on the bay bridge heading into san francisco. 530. let's get back to the headlines. >> all right, sal, thank you. well, fires continue to burn this morning out of control in los angeles county. right now, three major fires are burning. five people have died in the eaton fire burning in altadena, just north of pasadena. the palisades fire in pacific palisades is the biggest of these wind driven fires, at more than 17,000 acres. the hirsch

fire in sylmar is smaller than the two other fires, but it is stretching resources that are already thin. more than 100,000 people are still under an evacuation order as conditions are prone to wildfires for at least the next two days. >> well, the deadly flames have damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. fox's connor hansen joins us now from southern california with the latest on this firefight. good morning. >> good morning. pam. we're at the point now where if you combined all of the surface area that has now burned in the l.a. area, it would equal the entire square mileage of the city of san francisco. and we're standing right here on the edge of the palisades fire. that's the largest of several now burning out of control. they're not contained. ripping through neighborhoods and sending

thousands running for safety. >> the hills of los angeles are on fire. crews here continue to battle several major wildfires that have left multiple people dead and forced thousands of others from their homes. >> five, six, eight, ten houses on our neighborhood just gone like that. >> wednesday night, flames erupted in the hollywood hills, threatening one of the city's most popular tourist spots. some folks stayed behind, racing to save their homes. >> those are the trees that caught on fire just over here. and we had to we had to come together as a community and just get our garden hoses together and just like, put it out. >> the conditions have stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit in the pacific palisades neighborhood, water systems faced four times more than normal demand, prompting officials to send several mobile water tankers to the area. >> why are those poor firefighters not given the tools

to fight the fires? >> for us, strong winds that fueled these fires eased late wednesday, allowing firefighting aircraft to battle the conditions from above. but los angeles officials say the danger is far from over. >> if you receive a warning, get ready, protect yourself and protect each other. >> now. while those conditions have improved since yesterday, we're still dealing with a lot of issues here. there's still a red flag warning for extreme fire danger and forecasts for continued high winds, at least through the rest of this week. >> pam and connor, can you tell us what are the conditions expected to be like this morning? we've heard it's been tough for the firefighters to fight from the air, in particular with the smoke and the wind. what is the prediction today for that fire fight in the conditions? >> well, i can tell you it is

still breezy. there are forecasted gusts anywhere up to 50mph or more, but that's actually a huge improvement from yesterday and the day before where firefighters were battling these fires during hurricane force winds 75mph, in some cases even up to close to 100 mile per hour gusts. and that's what made these fires spread so quickly. >> all right, connor hansen there in southern california, we all know this firsthand here in northern california. how terrifying and devastating that can be. so we're thinking of all of you there. and we'll check in throughout the morning. >> all right. connor. thank you. time now, 5.34. there is help from the bay area in los angeles to help fight these fires. ktvu james torres is in san francisco to tell us about the bay area strike teams down in southern california. good morning james. >> good morning david. there are about 7500 total firefighters trying to get a handle on the more than three, possibly four

fires that are burning out of control in southern california. and those firefighters are coming from not just all over the region, but all over the country, too, including here in the bay area. it was just last night where san francisco fire decided to add some extra reinforcements here from the city. nine more firefighters and three more engines are now joining the massive mutual aid group, already tackling the different areas threatened by those wildfires. personnel also coming from mountain view, san jose, sunnyvale, oakland, hayward, fremont as well as santa rosa can also include santa clara, contra costa and san mateo counties as well. some headed down that way, say the mission at times can be personal. >> a lot of our personnel have family down there in different areas, and since there are several active incidents, it's a good chance that someone, somebody family, immediate family has been evacuated. >> these strike teams will fill in a number of different roles. some will offer support for the local efforts. others will be

right there on the front lines, trying to eliminate the threat of these fires. now, many of these crews deployed wednesday, and typically they don't know how long they'll be away from home. we're live this morning in san francisco. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right james. time now. 536. airbnb is offering free housing to people who've been displaced by the wildfires. the rental company is working with 211 la to connect residents who need temporary housing to available places to stay listed on airbnb. they're focusing on people in the greatest need of temporary housing, like people who've lost their homes or been forced to evacuate. those stays are completely free for guests. it's funded by airbnb and airbnb hosts, many of whom are offering their home for either free or at a discount. >> also extending some relief. planet fitness is offering free gym access at dozens of its los

angeles county locations to residents and first responders impacted by the fires. this means they can access wi fi charging stations, showers, locker rooms and other gym resources without a membership. the gym says this offer is effective immediately, and it will be active at least through january 15th. >> all right, we are in a dry pattern for now. we'll use san francisco data. they had rain last friday. on the third they had 18/100. but of course now we've gone six days without anything. has san francisco ever had a january with no rain? yes, not that long ago 2015. is there any sign of rain showing up on one forecast model? our good friend the euro brings in an incredibly deep and cold system on late on the 21st 22nd. what's the bad news? not one other forecast model shows that. so if you want rain just singing the praises of the euro until further notice, though, it is definitely an outlier on its

own. third driest. what was the second driest january in san francisco 2014. we had back to back january 2014 and 15 with little to no rain. so far we've had 18 100, so it will not go down as the driest. it's going to be sunny. there's a pretty good breeze in the hills. i mean, i'm seeing 2530 five miles per hour, some of the higher elevations. the city is definitely cooled off now from the 50s, upper 50s. now it's 40s for most here. so much cooler pattern has settled in, although with that offshore breeze we're seeing 30s, 40s, 50s to almost 60. half moon bay 59. yet 37. menlo park, walnut creek's 36. there's a lot of 30s. and on the peninsula, pillar point is 60. atherton, menlo park are 37. amazing. los altos, palo alto, upper 30s. los altos hills, though at 51. half moon b 57 to 5914 in truckee, 32 south lake tahoe, carson city, 19, in reno. jackpot 21. and that's a big dome of high pressure, and

it's not going anywhere. the problem is a series of systems troughs. lows go into nevada and then retrograde or dig back into southern california. i think there's another one on late monday and tuesday. i've been i just can't get around it. now they're finally talking about it. and i think unfortunately, that could set up another round of offshore wind for them as we head into early next week. nothing for us rain wise yet. waiting on a sunny day won't have to wait long. it'll be sunny today. a little breezy to windy up in the hills, but for many it will be 60s to near 70 on the temps. >> thank you steve. an investigation is underway after four bodies were found in a home in santa rosa. we ear from neig or

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the firefight in southern california continues this morning as more than 130,000 people have evacuated to escape this historic firestorm. these are live pictures you're looking at and a map as well from los angeles. two fires are causing the most danger. one in pacific palisades, the other in pasadena and altadena. >> several bay area strike teams are heading south to help fight the fires in los angeles. one crew from the san jose fire department is on its way to the front lines of the eaton fire, santa rosa, san francisco,

oakland, hayward, fremont and alameda and san mateo counties have also sent teams to southern california. >> well, today is daniel lowery's first full day as a new mayor of san francisco, mayor lowery. during his inauguration, he gave a speech laying out his hopes for san francisco's future. he also acknowledged serious problems facing the city, including an unprecedented budget deficit of $875 million. >> retired congresswoman barbara lee is running for mayor of oakland. supporters who have been pushing for lee to run, greeted her as she entered the city clerk's office to sign the paperwork to launch her campaign. lee comes with more than 20 years of experience as a congresswoman for oakland, as well as a state legislator and a staff member for congressman turned oakland mayor ron dellums. >> our time now. 544. the contra costa county district attorney's office says a man who shot and killed another driver in orinda last year will not be charged. he's 50 year old scott decker or

scott. decker was shot and killed after a road rage dispute on saint stephen's drive last september. decker was apparently upset when the driver of a tesla drove around him. investigators say the tesla driver, who had a concealed carry permit, acted in self-defense after decker blocked him with his suv and punched him repeatedly. >> authorities in santa rosa have started a homicide investigation after four bodies were found inside a home. santa rosa police say they were called to a home on monarch court yesterday afternoon. the home is located inside a senior citizen community called valle vista. we heard from some neighbors who say this is normally a very quiet and safe community. >> 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. >> someone who knows the family said that they had not heard from anyone in the home for days, so they called police for a welfare check. police have not released their identities or shared how the four people are connected. >> our time is now. 545. the fire conditions in southern california remain dangerous this morning. a separate fire broke out just after 9:00 last night in studio city, not far from the sunset fire in the hollywood hills. and shortly afterwards, firefighters saw a four story house burned and then collapsed. right now, the firefighters say they don't know whether anyone was inside the home at the time of that fire. officials say firefighters were were were were able to keep the fire contained to that house and also to grass nearby. firefighters, despite working 36 straight hours, say they're still trying to respond

to every call they get for help. >> at this time, it appears to be a total loss. it's unsafe for us to go inside, so we're doing final extinguishment from the outside. >> now, even though it has been deemed a knockdown, i saw a lot of firefighters still working this house. describe what happened. >> so just due to the construction features and the way the house kind of pancaked in on itself, there's lots of areas of the home that were unable to get direct access to, to get final extinguishment. so we're going to be here throughout the night with a reduced profile, so we don't impact the community. but our goal is to eventually get a complete knockdown without letting it pick up enough steam where it starts. ember casting into the canyon because we still have the fire weather, which gives it a double hazard of not only the structure, but it getting into the brush as well. >> it was a massive fire. i mean, the entire home burned down. there's nothing left. i mean, the video they sent me was just just you couldn't even see the house when you got here where firefighters are already

battling this blaze. yes. they got here very quickly. so it took me maybe 20 minutes to get here. by the time i got here, they had the entire fire line set up. the roads were shut down and they had already began putting it out. >> and how is your friend doing? >> they're doing okay. they're doing okay. definitely shaken up. they're 30ft away. so them and their cats. >> and they never left the house. >> they never left. they didn't get a chance to. >> the american red cross is sending volunteers from across the country to los angeles county. the emergency and disaster relief organization says they have opened shelters to help survivors. we did speak with one woman who found out her home was destroyed in the wildfires, and she says her family is one of thousands that will have to rebuild their lives. the northern california regional ceo for red cross says they are doing all they can to help people cope with the loss. >> we've got volunteers at the emergency operations center here in la to see what the needs are,

and we're moving as quickly as we can, working around the clock to make sure we're helping people during their darkest moments. >> the best way to help is to donate money online to the red cross, or to offer to volunteer. for more information, you can go to our website ktvu.com and click on the link for this story. plenty of ways you can help. >> yeah, it's needed, it's needed. we need. so right now to help us get to where we need to go. how's the commute? >> well, dave and pam, right now we have one crash. i want to tell you about, in case you are a driver on the san mateo bridge. and that would be westbound 92 on the connector ramp to northbound 101. there's an injury crash there. and as you get off the san mateo bridge, right when you get onto foster city, you're going to see the backup there, and it's going to take you just a bit to get through that and get onto northbound 101. even if you don't want to get onto northbound 101, the westbound direction is going to be slow. if you're going to foster city. just get off at the first exit. you can, and then you'll avoid a lot of it. but there's really no

avoiding it for a lot of people who have to drive through the area. unfortunately, now we're going to keep an eye on it for you and let you know when that clears. the rest of the peninsula looks pretty good, so it's early enough for you to perhaps think about using a different way. if you don't have to go that way. dumbarton bridge maybe? or put the trip off. actually, you know what? scratch that. i still wouldn't put the trip off and not in the morning. you never know what's coming, so you might as well get out there as soon as you can. this is a look at westbound bay bridge. not a big backup right now. that's also an alternate to the san mateo bridge. if you were halfway between the two, you might consider using the bay bridge. it's 5.49. let's bring steve back with today's weather. >> all right, sal, thank you sir. we will start in san francisco with our climate data. and there's something very important here that i'll get to. and i'll show you it's historic, actually, today. 6648 my forecast high and the lowest low is currently 48. the average is 57, 46. the record 73, 1962 and

32 the record low in 1937. but that's not the key factor. the key factor is the record. rainfall in the state was 3.5in in 1862. why is that important? because that was the historic 1861 1862 great flood. if you haven't never heard about it, go look it up. sacramento was under water after cold, cold, snowy pattern in december. then we had a pretty much sure was undercutting and warm systems and it rained and it rained and it rained and it was historic. for january 3rd we had 18 100. since then we haven't had any. and it doesn't look like we're going to have any unless the euro is right. the forecast model ecmwf, we call it the euro, shows a big cold deep system on the 22nd. unfortunately, no other forecast model does as san francisco ever had a january without any rain. yes, 2015 and 2014 was only

0.06. so we're currently in the third dryas. we get a lot of sunshine today. there's a pretty good east breeze coming in, especially in the hills, but at the surface we're seeing a lot more 30s on the temps. now if you get that breeze, half moon bay 59. if you don't look at hollister and gilroy, 33, morgan hill, san martin, east san jose, santa clara, campbell, santa cruz, scotts valley, felton and boulder creek all 30s there. 14 in truckee, 32 south lake tahoe, reno at 2219 at alturas. and for our director, ken lawrence, 17, in winnemucca, said he lost his shirt there one night in a casino in winnemucca. all right. we do have off shore direction, and it's going to be a dry pattern. series of lows, though. keep dropping in. therein lies the rub. i think there's more offshore breeze or events in our near future, unfortunately. and i think also in southern california. but we'll take it a day at a time. waiting on a sunny day won't take long. it'll

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on two five, 55 is the time. warriors head coach steve kerr says his 90 year old mother had to evacuate her home in pacific palisades because of the wildfires. he also said a member of the warriors player development staff lost his childhood home in the fire. >> 49ers general manager john lynch stopped to talk about 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. >> the san francisco 49ers looking to reset after finishing the season with a six and 11 record. the team started the

offseason by making coaching staff changes. defensive coordinator nick sorensen and special teams coordinator brian schneider have both been fired. head coach kyle shanahan and general manager john lynch reflected on injuries and other events after a disappointing season following last year's super bowl run. >> it's 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. >> 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 and had each other's backs. >> 49ers back on the field, quarterback brock purdy is looking to sign a big contract, which could be another big conversation. the 40 niners have this off season. san francisco is set to see some changes in its muni routes next month, starting february 1st. muni will reduce service on some routes, citing the transit's ongoing financial troubles. now, the 715 and 745 trips on the one

california express will be dropped, and the 24 divisadero, 38 geary and 43 masonic lines will also have reduced frequency. midday, muni will also be adding some services, including an express line from the marina to downtown. >> our time now 557. starting today, customers of at&t who experience a fiber outage of 20 minutes or more will get a bill credit that's equal to a full day of service. the company says people who experience a wireless outage for at least one hour can also benefit from a bill credit. this comes after at&t suffered a nationwide wireless service disruption in february of last year. it lasted more than 12 hours. at&t says the new offer is a way for the company, to, quote, make it right. >> a record number of americans are signing up for insurance through the affordable health care act. 24 million people are enrolled in coverage. president biden says the increased

enrollment is due to americans looking for low cost, quality health care. but the program faces an uncertain future with the incoming trump administration and republicans controlling congress. president elect trump tried to dismantle obamacare, an affordable health care, during his first term, and is already promising rollbacks when he returns to office. the program is known as covered california in our state our time now 558. >> will another bay area brewery rolling out a nonalcoholic beer? fort point beer in san francisco launched two different drinks. the brewery says it took three years of development to figure out how to make their beers nonalcoholic, and also taste good. it's part of a bigger trend across the brewing industry, as people around the country are cutting back on drinking. >> the smoke and the ash is so thick you can't even see. you can barely see five feet in front of you. it's like armageddon.

>> more residents in southern california ordered to evacuate. we're keeping an eye on all of this. all of the major wildfires burning out of control right now. and president elect trump reopening his feud with california governor gavin newsom. the political clash over the raging wildfires from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome back to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it's thursday january 9th. let's go right over to steve paulson keeping an eye on our forecast. >> cold this morning for some not for others. i mean half moon bay at 61 degrees. and yet there's others that are in the 30s here. so there's a big difference. still a pretty good breeze in the hills. not so much at the surface, otherwise we wouldn't see 30s. it's a dry pattern and it's going to be sunny for all today. fortunately. fortunately, the wind speeds seem to be coming down a little bit in southern california, except for the san

gabriel san gabriel mountains there it's still pretty good gusts, but elsewhere it does look like it's been a lot calmer waiting on a sunny day. waiting. you don't have to wait too long. sunny for all. east wind in the hills. that means temps go above average again. they'll be well above here. 60s to near 70 degrees. all right. sal is here at 6:00 in the morning, and he tells us there was one issue. that is. where are there two issues now? >> yeah, i'm just looking at the update here, steve. the issue is in san mateo on westbound 92 at 101, and you can see that commute is tougher than the rest right now. westbound 92 heading out to 101 because of that crash. the other commutes are still looking very good. you are driving on the commute, for example, on the dumbarton bridge. it looks great. bay bridge looks okay. so that san mateo bridge, because of the crash, westbound 92 at 101 is going to be a little bit slow. you can see that traffic at the bay bridge looks okay. 601 let's get back to the headlines. all

right. >> thank you. well, the huge wildfire in southern california has forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes. >> fire crews are continuing their efforts this morning to gain control of the fires burning in the los angeles area in just 24 hours, two of those fires exploded in size, each burning more than 10,000 acres. now, fire officials say the strong winds are driving the flames, sending embers for miles. five people have reportedly died in one of the fires, people now calling this one of the most destructive fire storms to hit that area. >> and ktvu ali rasmus is in the studio with us now with the latest on the fires and the challenges facing firefighters. >> yeah, obviously the weather conditions are a huge challenge and this is a complex of at least 4 to 5 fires burning in los angeles county. we're going to focus on the two largest ones, the palisades fire and the eaton fire. the palisades fire started on tuesday. it spans pacific palisades, malibu and communities northwest of santa monica. it continued to burn

overnight, and the fire has really swelled in size since it began, growing to more than 17,000 acres, more than five times the size it was at this time yesterday. the extreme weather conditions making this a bitter fight for the nearly 2000 firefighters battling the fires there in southern california. and then a few hours later on tuesday, tuesday evening, the eaton fire broke out. that happened in eaton canyon. that's north of pasadena. in the past 36 hours, that fire has also grown to more than 10,000 acres burned. the mayor of that city says five people died in that fire. hundreds of thousands of others nearby are under evacuation orders and warnings, and some of the people directly affected by this disaster recount the erratic nature of a fire like this. like this man whose home is in the community of altadena. >> the entire neighborhood is burned down, but somehow my house does not even have a scratch. there's no fire damage. i went in, but the house next to mine is still on fire. so i'm

going around begging anybody to come put out that fire to protect my home. >> because there's no water. >> there's no water pressure. i tried to turn on the water myself. i would have tried to put it out, but i have no water pressure, so i have no way of putting it out. >> the eaton fire having an impact on the water systems in that community. the pollution apparently so bad that officials are warning people not to drink the water because it might be contaminated from all the ash and debris. and as you heard, there are many reports of problems with water pressure. about 350 schools in the region are closed today due to fire risk and air quality concerns. the fire also. fires also cut off power to more than 180,000 people, mostly in los angeles county. as southern california edison cut service because of the high winds and fire danger. now, while what sparked these destructive fires is not known, the causes are still under investigation. what we do know is the weather conditions are really fanning the flames here. yesterday, there were wind gusts between 80 to 100 miles an hour. the wind gusts expected to continue around 60mph today. and

there are extremely dry conditions. l.a. county has only had a 10th of an inch of rain since may. the national weather service says the red flag warning is expected to continue there at least through tomorrow. back to you. >> all right, ali, thank you. time now, 604. several smaller fires have started since this firestorm began overnight in the hollywood hills. crews put out a fire that erupted. it was called the sunset fire. it burned 60 acres near thousands of homes. mandatory evacuation orders were in place for a little while, but most orders in that area have been lifted. now, firefighters are going to stay out there this morning just to keep out an eye out on flare ups. well, the firefighters are having some success against two smaller fires in the northern part of l.a. county. cal fire says the hurst fire appears to be under control right now. that fire started in sylmar late tuesday night. it grew to almost 900 acres in the angeles national

forest. firefighters are working on a smaller fire. it's called the lydia fire, burning since yesterday afternoon off soledad canyon road. the firefighters have been able to stop the forward progress of it. the national forest is going to be closed until next thursday. >> we've seen some terrifying video and photos of the fire and the damage. reporters on the front lines have been showing us the intensity of the flames and how quickly they're spreading. >> 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, as this. i say new homes because the fire burned through here several hours ago. >> we're at the eaton fire in altadena. some 10,600 acres now burned. 0% containment. everywhere you look. really? another fire popping up. these are the type of spot fires they really can't do anything about. these fires get put out. they

come back up with the wind. just a few minutes ago down there. you can probably make it out just in the distance. that is a bank of america. it was fully engulfed with flames, probably just about 15, 20 minutes ago. the firefighters arriving trying to do their best. but the roof still fully engulfed. >> we're just seeing some of that firsthand. we've been talking about that water situation as well. 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 tuesday night, but there just wasn't enough to fill the 1 million gallon tanks used for the hydrants in the neighborhood. former battalion chief with the fremont fire department and former fema coordinator mark nouveau told us. power outages also contributed to the problem. >> the 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. >> l.a. water officials are urging residents who are still in their homes to try to conserve water. >> our time now. 607. these wildfires restarted a political feud between president elect trump and governor gavin newsom. trump went to capitol hill to meet with and strategize with republican lawmakers about his incoming administration, and he was asked about the southern california fires. >> they didn't have water in the fire hydrants. they don't have water. and yet they have the water comes from, you know, where up north and it comes down at levels. they give millions and millions of barrels of, of gallons of water that they have, and they send it out into the pacific for the pacific. it's

like a drop. it's nothing but for california. we take care of the whole state. so what's happened is a tragedy, and the governor has not done a good job. >> now, governor newsom responded saying, quote, people are literally fleeing. people have lost their lives. kids have lost their schools. families are completely torn asunder, churches burned down. and this guy wanted to politicize it. well, governor newsom is also issuing an executive order to give even more support to communities devastated by the wildfires. that support includes people who lost their jobs, like businesses that burned down. the executive order eliminates a one week waiting period to apply for unemployment insurance, as well as suspending fees for driver's licenses and vehicle registrations. because the identification cards and registration certificates, many of them, were destroyed by the fires. other provisions include suspending environmental rules to speed up the removal and

cleanup of debris from the fire, and waiving certain medical licensing requirements in order to make sure hospitals and clinics stay open. >> more bay area firefighters are headed down to southern california to help. the crockett martinez fire department is sending a task force down to help with the fire. north of pasadena, and the marin county fire department is sending mutual aid to l.a. county. >> county has sent reinforcements down to help our brothers and sisters in the los angeles area, with over 40 firefighters responding in two strike teams in various overhead positions to provide that reinforcement that is needed down there. as the winds have not subsided yet and these emergencies continue to unfold. >> the strike team is comprised of novato fire central, marin, southern, marin, san rafael, tiburon, and skywalker ranch. the marin county division chief reiterated, despite the number of resources headed to southern

california, marin county fire stations are staffed and ready for any possible emergencies here in the bay area as well. san francisco's fire department is sending more crews to the southern california wildfires. the department shared this video of firefighters heading out with smaller pickup trucks instead of large fire engines, saying that the smaller trucks will help bring relief and supplies to crews and harder to reach spaces. spacex. these three trucks are in addition to a full strike team of five engines that left earlier this week. >> all right, our time is 610. we are tracking a power outage in the martinez area near interstate four and 680. right now, more than 200 pg and e customers have no power. pg and e says the power should be restored about 945 this morning. we're not sure yet what caused the power to go out, but we'll stay on it and keep you posted whenever we get more information. >> all right, let's check in on our morning commute with sal.

thursdays are usually kind of a busy day, right? people head into the office. >> yeah, i think so. and we'll see what today has in store. but we still have that problem on westbound 92 in san mateo. an injury crash trying to get onto northbound 101. it's affecting traffic immediately as you get off the san mateo bridge. the bridge itself? traffic looks okay. you might want to think about using the bay bridge. there's a small backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. not big, but the metering lights are on. and right now, traffic looks okay. east bay commute is not all that bad right now. and as we look at the south bay commute, 101, two, 80 and 85, all those freeways look pretty good in the valley here. 611. let's go back to the desk. >> all right. thank you. sal. we want to take you live to the national cathedral in washington this morning, where they are honoring former president jimmy carter. his funeral will be held later this morning. they are gathering there. they've been

gathering in the rotunda as well. and we're going to talk about the special honors he's receiving from washington to here in the bay area today, and from capitol hill to city hall, maybe one of the best known political figures in the bay area is now running for mayor of

in california. you can see the fires are still huge. they are growing. they are devastating. fueled by those winds, the very strong winds they've had down there in the los angeles area. more than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders because of the historic firestorm. the two fires causing the most danger and damage is one is in pacific palisades, another in pasadena and altadena. in that area. the fires, of course, the strong winds have been the big problem. they have burned thousands of homes since they started on tuesday. >> well, authorities in santa rosa launched a homicide investigation after four bodies were found in a home. neighbors and police say it's unusual for what is normally a safe community. santa rosa police say they were called to a home on monarch court yesterday afternoon. the home is inside of a senior citizen community named valley vista. police say four

bodies were found. it's not clear yet how the victims died. >> well, today is the first full day as san francisco mayor for daniel lurie. he took part in a series of inauguration events, including a speech in which he outlined his priorities. lurie talked about the city overcoming mass deficits while dealing with crime and the homeless crisis. well, the nation is preparing for former president jimmy carter's official state funeral in washington today. want to take you there? live to the cathedral as they are preparing for the funeral. we understand that the former president carter's casket has left the rotunda and is on its way to the cathedral this morning. that motorcade will travel there as a number of people have been lining up to pay their respects to just a wonderful, kind man, you know, not just a former president. most people just remembering just a what a kind

person. and we're going to hear from many people today as we cover this funeral. today, president biden will be giving a eulogy. all of the living presidents will be there in attendance. but again, listening in live for a moment as they begin some of the ceremonies to honor the former president. at 100 years old, jimmy carter was the longest living u.s. president. people remembering his dedication to others during all parts of his life, from his early time as a peanut farmer in georgia to his military and government service, and to his post-white house, humanitarian efforts for equal rights and habitat for humanity. >> just an inspiration in terms of his civility. >> he lived a very humble and humble lifestyle as a president. >> a motorcade again bringing president carter's casket to the cathedral. president joe biden again will give a eulogy. president carter's casket will

then head to his hometown of plains, georgia, where he will be buried alongside his wife, rosalynn carter. today, habitat for humanity is hosting two memorials to honor former president jimmy carter and his wife's 30 years of work with the organization. we spoke with one family in san jose who purchased a home through the program about ten years ago. true, leo bought her home through habitat for humanity in 2013, and that same year, former president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn, built their front door. >> american president. and then he just do this. that's his memory. always i say this jimmy carter door. >> did you ever in your life think that you would have an american president, a former american president, fixing your front door? no. >> it's impossible. it's impossible. it just got gift, i don't know, leo, originally from ethiopia, says buying an affordable home means she and her husband can save money for her two sons.

>> college education. the carter work project, founded by the couple, had a hand in helping more than 4000 families find homes. leo encourages other people to apply for habitat for humanity programs. >> our time now 619 retired congresswoman barbara lee is now running for mayor of oakland. supporters who've been pushing for barbara lee to run greeted her as she walked into the city clerk's office to sign the paperwork to launch her campaign. barbara lee comes with more than two decades of political experience as a congresswoman from oakland, as well as experience as a state legislator and a member of the staff of congressman turned oakland mayor ron dellums. >> 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. >> now, 16 candidates so far are running for mayor of oakland. the election is scheduled for

april 15th. >> all right. 620 is the time. back over to sal. keeping an eye on the thursday morning commute. where are you starting, sal? >> we have to start on the peninsula. pam and dave, westbound 92, still clearing that injury. crash on the ramp to northbound 101. and it is affecting traffic coming off the san mateo bridge. they're making progress, but lanes are still blocked. and we still have a pretty big rubbernecker delay as well as people just get off the san mateo bridge. if you have a choice, you might want to think about the bay bridge. not a big backup there. dumbarton bridge also looks pretty good at 620. let's go back to steve with today's weather. >> all right sal thank you sir i'm trying to find where i am. there i am okay sometimes. you know you have too many graphics in the show. don't show that because i'm not ready yet. you can show this in three, two, one. there you go. san francisco climate data. 66. 48. what were you looking at, steve? i'm looking at the global models. they're trying to change things up around the 21st, 22nd. so i

was looking at that. i wasn't shopping on amazon or anything like. 6648. average 5746. the record 73. on the high side 1962 32 1937. but what's the key stat? the record rainfall on this date 3.5in of rain in 1862. and if you don't know, you don't know 1861 62 was the record flood in california. you look it up. sacramento was under water. they had to move the capital. all that, that was incredible cold, cold systems in december, then warm overrunning systems in january. and it was statewide. it was fact. it was almost the entire west coast. incredible. i mean, you can look it up. it's just fascinating to read about it. san francisco has had 18/100 this month so far. that makes it the third driest. have they ever had a january without any rain? yes. not that long ago, 2015. only one forecast. one of the euro shows some rain around the 22nd so far. others are dry, but i think things are brewing around then it's just a matter

of where it ends up. until then though, it's a dry pattern with an east northeast breeze. there's pretty good gusts in some of the higher elevations up into lake county in the east bay hills. that's right above the claremont there, northeast at 30. so we're not done with that breeze yet. it's still there, but at the surface it's much quieter. unless you get that breeze, then you're in the 50s. if not, it's the 30s. i mean, take a fairfax 35, point reyes station, 36 novato sonoma, petaluma is in there, windsor's in there. healdsburg, upper lake and others are in the upper 40s to 50s. so there's some big differences here. 12 in truckee, 19 carson city and reno at 21. south lake tahoe at 32. any way you look at it, there's going to be a series of systems kind of carving themselves out over nevada than they retrograde and end up off of southern california. looks like some kind of an off shore event for friday in southern california. could be a stronger one early next week. monday night or tuesday is kind of the way it's looking, waiting. waiting on a sunny day won't have to wait long. it'll be sunny today. 6070 with that breeze. maybe near 70 for a few. pamela.

>> thank you steven. as wildfires race through los angeles county. we have a check of some of the celebrities who have talked about losing their homes. and tests confirm a bird flu outbreak here in northern california. the connection to a publ

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at 626. an outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed and connected to a lake near sacramento. the lake in mather regional park has been closed to the public since november, after dozens of swans were found dead in the area. wildlife officials tested two of the 30 dead birds and the test came back positive for bird flu. the concern now is that the bird flu will spread to other wildlife in the area. >> swans are a non-native bird. they don't migrate and they tend to be resident. and so they will concentrate in these, you know, park ponds. >> wildlife officials say if you see a dead bird, report it. do not touch it. they also say to avoid feeding any birds. a record number of americans are signing up for insurance through the affordable health care act. 24 million people are enrolled in coverage. president biden says the increased enrollment is due to americans looking for low cost, quality health care. however, the program faces an uncertain future with the incoming trump administration and republicans controlling

congress. president elect trump tried to dismantle the affordable health care act during his first term in office, and is already promising rollbacks. the program is known as covered california. here. mexico's leader tried to turn the tables on president elect trump. we'll talk about her new name for the

and trying to get down lake street. there was a four mile backup. i'm surprised all of us got out of there to tell the truth. >> more wildfires erupting in the los angeles area. we'll show you what firefighters and homeowners are calling armageddon. and a grisly discovery in santa rosa. what police found in a home while they were conducting a welfare check. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> thank you for joining us here on mornings on two. today is a national day of mourning to honor former president jimmy carter. we're taking you live to right outside the national cathedral there in washington. [music] as they prepare to escort the casket of the former president inside for the funeral. the motorcade has just arrived outside the national cathedral. there. we've been watching as the casket makes its way from the rotunda, where so many

people have lined up to pay their respects to the former president. and again, we're just taking this live this morning to show you the very beginning of this. today is, again, a national day of mourning. the stock markets are closed. no postal service. many services are closed. but just taking a little look outside the cathedral. a little snow on the ground, but a beautiful, clear, sunny morning for a sunny, kind person. >> yes, yes. >> thank you for joining us. we're going to continue to take you there live throughout the morning here on mornings on two. >> i'm pam cook and good morning i'm dave clark. thursday morning january 9th. and pam we're still following a lot of news today. >> oh gosh. the fires in southern california this morning. fire crews racing to contain several wildfires there in the los angeles area. the flames have damaged or destroyed

hundreds of homes and businesses, forced thousands of people from their homes. fox's connor hansen is live in los angeles. we understand the winds have calmed down there a little bit. tell us where you are and what it's like there this morning. >> cam, dave, we're in pacific palisades right now, right on the edge of that palisades fire you've probably heard so much about. it's the largest of several wildfires right now ravaging different communities, different parts of the la area. but just to give you some perspective here, if you combine the surface area of all of these fires together, it would be the same square mileage of the city of san francisco proper. and just this fire alone. the palisades fire is larger than the island of manhattan, and it's destroyed more than a thousand structures, homes, schools, as you mentioned, businesses, parts of its downtown completely gone. it's

just completely devastating, staggering to see how much has been lost already. and tens of thousands of people have had to leave their homes. you mentioned the weather conditions. thankfully, the wind has died down a little bit. we will still see strong gusts of wind, possibly up to around 50mph, and there's strong winds in the forecast for at least the next couple of days, but nothing compared to what it was like when these fires broke out. a big part of that was not just the dry conditions, but those extreme santa ana winds that were blowing up to 75mph, some gusts up to 100mph. imagine a hurricane mixing wildfires with it. that's what firefighters were up against. but now, with the winds dying down, one of the other upsides is those flights will be able to continue. helicopters, planes carrying water or different firefighting solutions can now fly by and dump it on these flames. so we're hoping that will start to

turn the tables. these first responders who have been working around the clock for days now, they do have some backup from other states, from the federal government. but this has been a long fight, and there's still a very long way to go here. >> all right. that is some good news. at least if they can attack it from the from the air. dave and i both lived and worked in los angeles. many of us here in the bay area have family and friends down there. connor, what can you tell us about the people who have evacuated? are are people out of the most critical areas at this point, and are there others where what areas are maybe on standby? >> well, you would certainly hope so. we know one of the more recent serious wildfires was in the hollywood hills, which, as you know, a very populated area, you know, getting so close to so many of those communities and so close to, you know, large towns and downtown areas. but thankfully, firefighters are able to respond very quickly to that. some of the evacuation orders were actually lifted, but rather be safe than sorry. they

want people to get out the minute they hear any of those orders. but tens of thousands of people, as i mentioned, have been evacuated. tragically, we know at least five people have died so far in all of these fires. it will be a long time before first responders can really get in and check out some of these homes, though. so just hoping people heeded those orders. >> all right, connor hansen there near the pacific palisades area. stay safe. thank you so much for that update. we are we're all thinking of everybody down there. it's a tough situation. we'll continue to check in throughout the morning. let's head to steve paulson. as you said, he he mentioned it as well. a little good news that the winds have died down, at least for a bit near near malibu and palisades. >> yes. there's still about 55, 65 in the san gabriel mountains, though it looks like maybe another week. or we hope offshore will develop late tonight into friday. and i still think early next week there's going to be another one. but so

the red flag continues. southern california just incredibly dry. it's just not a good situation or set up, but i don't think they're getting any break for over a week or so 30s on many of the temps, 40s or 50s, there's still a pretty good wind up in some of the higher elevations, but can't get 30s if there's a wind like that at the surface. but it's all about high pressure, large and in charge, and we're waiting on a sunny day. it won't take long. temperatures will bump up today after a cold morning. i mean, it's clear out there. we'll end up with well above average temperatures 60s to near 70 degrees. all right. sal is here. i know we've got a couple of things going. did i hear you say peninsula? yeah. >> the peninsula. we have some improvement, although there's still some slow traffic here. steve, on westbound 92 to northbound 101, there was a crash. let me put the crash icon back just to show you where it was. it was right there. 92 101 that's been cleared now, but we still have slow traffic coming in because it's not in the lanes. but you might see some

activity on the shoulder. and just that, you know, that's a tough interchange westbound 92. so if you drive on the san mateo bridge give yourself extra time. metering lights are on at the bay bridge. that's a typical backup. clear conditions, though not fog, is not an issue since the wind has been here and interstate 880 traffic looks pretty good. 637 let's go back to the desk. >> all right. thank you. sal. there is help from the bay area in los angeles to help fight these fires. ktvu james torres in san francisco to talk about the bay area strike teams that are in southern california, and some of them heading that way. good morning, james and pam. >> good morning to you. we know there are about more than 7500 firefighters in the southern california area right now trying to get a handle on the more than five fires that are burning, some going out of control at this point. some of those firefighters are coming from all over the country, all over the region, including right here in the bay area and just in san francisco. they just added a couple more firefighters and

more crews to that massive mutual aid that we're seeing down in socal. that's in the form of nine firefighters and three additional engines. they're all tackling the different areas threatened by the wildfires. personnel also coming from mountain view, san jose, sunnyvale, oakland, hayward, fremont, as well as santa rosa, you can also include santa clara, contra costa and san mateo counties. to that count, some headed down that direction say the mission at times can be personal. >> a lot of our personnel have family down there in different areas, and since there are several active incidents, it's a good chance that someone, somebody family, immediate family has been evacuated. >> and the strike teams will fill in a number of different roles. some will offer support for the local fire departments, others will be right there on the front lines, trying to eliminate the threat of what we're seeing from these fires. now, many of these crews were deployed wednesday. some were deployed just late last night. and typically these crews don't

know how long they'll be away from home. reporting live this morning in san francisco i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. thank you james. certainly going to be a long fight. the american red cross is sending volunteers from across the country to los angeles county, including staff from here in northern california. the emergency aid and disaster relief organization says they have multiple shelters open up to help survivors. we did speak with one woman who found out her home had been destroyed in the wildfires, and she says her family is one of thousands that will have to rebuild their lives. the northern california regional ceo for red cross says they are doing all they can to help people cope with the loss. >> we've got volunteers at the emergency operations center here in la to see what the needs are, and we're moving as quickly as we can, working around the clock to make sure we're helping people during their darkest moments. >> now, they say the best way to help is to donate money online

to the red cross, or if you can, offer to volunteer. for more information, you can go to our website, ktvu.com and click on the link for this story. >> our time now 640. will several celebrities lost their homes in the palisades fire, including paris hilton, who said on instagram she was heartbroken beyond words watching the home burned to the ground on live tv. she posted a video on her twitter account showing her evacuating with all of her dogs. actor eugene levy also lost his home in that fire. levy told the l.a. times he was trapped in the traffic as everyone in his neighborhood evacuated. former first lady of california maria shriver posted on twitter, saying, now is the time to come together and offer support, not the time to put blame or point fingers about what caused the fire. well, the annual critics choice awards has now been postponed because of the deadly wildfires in southern california. the event was

scheduled for this sunday. organizers have now pushed it back to january 26th. other award shows have also had to change the dates for nomination announcements, including the oscars. the academy also extended nomination voting by two days. >> well, he is president elect trump's pick to become the next defense secretary, but democrats may have found someone who could threaten the nomination. [music]

welcome back to mornings on two. at 644. here are some of the stories we're following this morning. the big firefight in southern california continues this morning. more than 130,000 people are under evacuation orders because of this historic firestorm. the two fires causing the most danger were one that's burning in pacific palisades. another is burning in pasadena and altadena. the fires, driven by very strong winds, have burned thousands of homes since they began on tuesday. well, the national football league is monitoring the fires in los

angeles and how they could affect monday night's playoff game between the minnesota vikings and the l.a. rams. nfl officials say they're preparing to keep the game at sofi stadium in l.a, but if they have to move it, it will be played at state farm stadium in arizona and the other nfl team in los angeles is donating $200,000 to help first responders, cleanup efforts and evacuees affected by the fires. the chargers are also preparing for a playoff game. they're traveling now to houston to play the texans on saturday. >> new technology on display in las vegas at this year's ces may help combat future wildfires. tech company delphi created a device that it says can help detect new wildfires as they ignite. the company says the device uses artificial intelligence, chemical sensors and multiple infrared cameras to identify fires, and it can send out alerts to those at risk.

>> our system is always running, and every 30s the ai on board of our system itself is scanning for flame or smoke. that allows you to rapidly detect a fire. and when we detect something, we backfill the data and we send an alert with a picture. >> other companies displayed electric fire trucks, and my radar showed attendees its latest app, designed to send out timely alerts for those who may be facing a wildfire. authorities in santa rosa have started a homicide investigation after four bodies were found inside a home. santa rosa police say they were called to a home on monarch court yesterday afternoon. the home is located inside a senior citizen community called valle vista. we heard from neighbors who say this is normally a very quiet and safe community. >> 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. >> someone who knows the family said that they had not heard from anyone in the home for days, so they called police for a welfare check. police have not released the identities or shared how the four people are connected. >> our time now 647. a fugitive barber from mountain view has now been linked to more than 20 new sexual assault cases. franklin saracino skipped bail. he's now on the run from law enforcement after being charged with drugging, kidnaping and sexually assaulting unconscious men. law enforcement officials in santa clara county say the assaults happened between 2018 and 2024. the 34 year old barber, if convicted, could face multiple lifetime prison terms.

well, a disgruntled former employee that used to work with president elect donald trump's pick to lead the pentagon may play a key role in his confirmation process. senate democrats listen to testimony from cat dugan before pete hicks's confirmation hearings. the document shows she received a poor performance review back in 2014, while hegseth served as the ceo of the concerned veterans for america group. supporters of hicks say her poor performance and eventual departure are a possible motive for her alleged claims. >> well, the president of mexico has responded to president elect donald trump's desire to rename the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. president claudia sheinbaum says the u.s. should actually be called mexican america, showing a map from the 1600s where north america is labeled as such. at the same time, trump has threatened

mexico with 25% tariffs on goods and services. the mexican president says she believes a tariff war with the u.s. can be avoided. san francisco is set to see some changes in its muni routes next month. starting february 1st, muni will reduce service on some routes, citing the transit system's ongoing financial troubles. the 715 and 745 trips on the one california express will be dropped, and the 24 divisadero, 38 geary and 43 masonic lines will all reduce their frequency. midday, muni will also be adding some services, though, including an express line from the marina to downtown. >> all right, our time is 650. we have some problems in the commute this morning. sal, were you able to fix them yet? >> yeah, we still have that problem in on the peninsula 101. dave and pam. but that crash, for whatever reason, was an injury. crash? they're having a hard time completely getting it off the road. they've made some

progress, but that interchange is going to be very slow. it's always slow. and now the traffic is backed up from the high rise. also, there's a stalled trailer being pulled by a car. westbound 92. i guess it's a disabled vehicle somehow, but there's a stall right near the high rise of the dumbarton bridge. some brief delays there. if you're driving to the bay bridge that is backed up from the maze and those metering lights are on. 650 let's talk about today's weather. here's steve. >> thank you kindly, mr. sal castaneda. yes, sir. anytime. all right. san francisco, a couple of interesting notes here. the record high 73, 1962. 32. the record low, 1937. going 66. 48 today. average is 5746. but it's the rainfall for january 9th. 3.5in of rainfall on this date in 1862. if you don't know, i suggest you look it up. it's the great flood of 1862. actually, it started really in december of 1861, when

the cold snow. then all the rain fell in 1862. sacramento was under water. so. and then on the 10th there was about 2.5in of rain. so five inches of rain fell in two days in san francisco on january 9th and 10th in 1862. we've had 18/100, they being san francisco so far. that makes it the third driest as san francisco ever had a january without any rain. yes 2015 second driest 2014. so at least we're not in, you know, 1 or 2. any rain showing up? one forecast model of the euro shows a deep cold system on us on the 22nd. unfortunately, it's kind of out there on its own, but i think something's brewing for the third week of january. something's brewing. until then, though, it's a lot of sunshine. it's an east wind, especially in the hills. still gusts about 3035 and some of the higher elevations, even up to 40 for a few. well, you know, if you get above a couple thousand feet, anywhere from 30 to almost 60 on the temps, no breeze. you're in the 30s, any breeze 50s to near 60. dublin 37 yet north dublin 51, walnut creek 37. alamos in

there. look at kensington 50. el sobrante 49. so i mean, there's some big spreads here on these temps. i did see 39 in newark. how about that? that's pretty cold for newark. 14 in truckee, south lake tahoe, 3219 carson city, reno at a cold 18. that's a large and in charge, high, as we say. but there's a series of systems that are going to move into nevada. and if they retrograde enough, they'll settle back off of southern california, which in turn would keep this pattern going for at least another seven, maybe ten days. waiting on this, waiting on a sunny day. well, it'll be here today because everyone will be in on it. 60s to near 70 on the temps. dave. >> all right, steve. thank you. well, trying to find something positive for the 40 niners after a pretty tough and disappointing season. what they're trying to learn from last season in order to get back to the playoffs next year. right now let's get to gasia mikaelian. see what's coming up in the 7:00 hour of mornings on two. good morning gasia. good morning dave. >> we are, of course, staying on top of the big story today.

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back to mornings on two at 656. the contra costa county district attorney's office says a man who shot and killed another driver in orinda will not be charged. last september, 50 year old scott decker was shot and killed after a road rage dispute. decker was apparently upset when the person drove around him. investigators say the other driver, who had a concealed carry permit, acted in self-defense after decker blocked him with his suv and punched him repeatedly. well, in san francisco, sheriff paul miyamoto was sworn into office for another term. the sheriff is a fourth generation san franciscan. former mayor willie brown administered the oath to him at yesterday's ceremony. miyamoto expressed his gratitude to serve the city and county with another term. >> what we're trying to send the message about is we're all in

this together. not that it's any one person's job. not that it's the government's job. not that it's any elected official's job alone, but it's something that we all do together. and i appreciate the opportunity to continue to be a part of that. >> now, as sheriff, miyamoto will continue to oversee san francisco's jails and security for key buildings, including the city's courts, hospitals and city hall. the san francisco board of supervisors held its first meeting of the year. the group of 11 was sworn in, including five new supervisors who took the oath yesterday. the board also elected its next president. supervisor rafael mandelman was unanimously selected to serve a two year term. well, the 49ers want to reset after finishing the past season with a record of six and 11. the 49ers started the offseason by making coaching changes. defensive coordinator nick sorensen and special teams coordinator brian schneider.

schneider have both been fired. head coach kyle shanahan and general manager john lynch talked about the injuries after a very disappointing season. after last year's super bowl run 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. >> 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. >> now back on the field, quarterback brock purdy wants to sign a big new contract. it could be another big conversation. the 40 niners have this off season. >> five. six, eight, ten houses on our neighborhood just gone like that. >> widening scenes of destruction across southern california. why? so many people still don't know if their homes survived the raging fires in los angeles county, and what

firefighters say is key about their attack. then yet another fire started late last night in the hollywood hills. why? this one was different than the other fires that have exploded in size. also, dozens of bay area fire crews heading to southern california. we're talking live with the north bay fire chief about why this mutual aid program is critical for the state of california. [music] >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> and while much of california is focused on the southern california fire fight, this is a national day of mourning. the state funeral for former president jimmy carter is just about to get underway. we see here live in this picture former president bill clinton and former first lady and secretary of state hillary clinton right next to him. then, of course, vice president kamala harris and her husband, doug. there are a few events, dave, that can bring all living former presidents together, and this is one of them coming together to say goodbye and thank you to a former u.s. president. here