funding is adding to the teacher shortage in california. california teachers association says crowded classrooms, staff shortages and low pay are combining to create a deteriorating situation in public education. teachers are increasingly saying they can't afford their health insurance premiums. 91% of those surveyed say they can't afford to buy a home. 31% say they are living paycheck to paycheck. there will be some changes in san francisco muni routes next month. starting february 1st, muni will reduce service, citing the transit agency's ongoing financial troubles. the 715 and 745 trips on the one california express are being upped. 24 divisadero, 38 geary and 43 masonic will be reducing their frequency. midday. >> several wildfires continue to rage across southern california. >> five, six, eight, ten houses on our neighborhood just gone like that. >> the destruction left behind as tens of thousands of people remain under evacuation orders.

>> then yet another fire started late last night in the hollywood hills. why? this one was different from the other fires that have exploded in size. >> plus, bay area firefighters answering the call. the local crews heading to southern california to help fight the massive blazes. >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. >> the nine. >> good morning and welcome to the nine. it is difficult to understand, but it's true that even though we see a ton of smoke rising up above los angeles county, the fire weather situation today is a little bit better than it was at this time yesterday. fire crews in southern california have been waging 24 hour fire fights, new fires popping up. there is a lot of concern about what could come next. more than a thousand structures, many of them homes, have burned. five deaths being attributed to the fire. of

course, the big question how did this all start is among the many that are still unanswered. that firefight is only intensifying in southern california. this morning, more than 130,000 people are under evacuations. this is a htoric firestorm. >> indeed it is. in the last hour of mornings on two. we brought you a live update from the l.a. officials on the status of the many fires still burning in l.a. county. >> ktvu sally rasmus was listening into that and brings us new information. ali. >> yes. sal garcia and dave, that news conference is actually still going on as we speak. as emergency responders and leaders in los angeles are addressing questions about all the details and specifics of these fires. now, the worst of these two fires, the two largest ones, the palisades and eden fires, continue to burn with no containment. the only glimmer of good news is that officials say at least forward progress of the eden fire has been attained. but officials expressed some cautious optimism about the fact that, at least now, unlike at this time yesterday, they are

able to launch an aerial attack on these fires. aircraft are dropping water on the fires and that is helping with this firefight. but the numbers in the video and the pictures are just unbelievable. 17,000 acres burned so far in the palisades fire. 10,000 acres burned in the eaton fire, which is north of pasadena. the l.a. county sheriff earlier this morning, moments ago, said that they don't have a very clear picture of the number of people who've died. initially, they were were telling us and reporting that five deaths were caused by these fires in los angeles county. but at this news conference a short time ago, the l.a. county sheriff kind of walked back that number saying, they just don't have a clear picture yet. >> some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them, where we will be able to bring in canines and other things to help us. hopefully not discover too many fatalities. that's our prayer. but this is a crisis and we don't know what to expect. but we're ready for everything.

>> driving up lake avenue, the devastation could not be missed. the number of homes, businesses and buildings that were on the fire dwarfed in any sense of available resources. >> now, more than a thousand structures have been destroyed in these fires. 180,000 people in l.a. county are under evacuation orders. another 200,000 under evacuation warnings, meaning they are being told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice. there are curfews in place, and so far, the l.a. county sheriff's office has arrested 20 people in the region on suspicion of looting. now, when it comes to schools, all schools in the l.a. unified school district and nearly a dozen other districts in the region are closed today, the causes of all of these fires are still unknown. that's under investigation. but we do know what is making the fire so challenging to fight. and a big part of that is the weather and the weather conditions. there were wind gusts of up to 80mph yesterday. windy conditions are expected to continue in southern

california today, with gusts of up to 60mph. and you compare that with extremely dry conditions, and you have this very volatile, extreme weather situation that firefighters are dealing with. well, we've had a decent amount of rain here in northern california, southern california, they've hadarely anything. 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. at 6:00 in the evening, we'll send it back to you. >> all right, ali. thank you. well, other smaller fires erupted around the hills of los angeles as well. in the hollywood hills, crews put out a fire. it erupted overnight and burned 60 acres near thousands of homes. mandatory evacuation orders were in place for a short time, but most of that area. well, it's been lifted. firefighters are going to stay out there, though, this morning watching out for flare ups. >> and in studio city, a fire erupted along laurel canyon and mulholland drive. those flames

engulfed a four story home, which then collapsed on the hillside. the fire then spread to nearby brush and buildings, but thankfully firefighters were able to get the blaze under control. >> as these wildfires continue to burn across southern california, there is growing concern of the long term effects this disaster will have on what many call a home insurance crisis in california. local leaders have been told nearly a third of the homeowners in pacific palisades do not have home insurance. let's get some more insight, as we often do by welcoming former fema coordinator mark neveau to the night. thanks for being with us. >> good morning gasia. >> i know a lot of people don't think about insurance until after they need it. does that figure one third without insurance surprise you at all? >> no. especially given what's taken place in the state with insurance. tom vacar reported yesterday about how the state insurance commissioner has reached an agreement, tentatively with insurers, to provide more home insurance for people who live in california, but that that deal isn't inked yet. and as many know, they've gotten their insurance canceled.

so that we do know, that took place in some cases down in southern california, especially palisades. >> does it matter if these are multimillion dollar homes or, you know, $400,000 starter homes? i mean, is this trend widespread? >> i don't know about widespread, but we do know in california and florida, there is an insurance crisis that we're wrestling with. and this event that's taking place yesterday and over the next few, 4 or 5 days, as we get into recovery, we're going to find out even more. so the tragedy you imagine people who woke up in the middle of the night and they had nothing but the clothes. they ran out of there and they came back, and the only thing left of their home is a chimney. now they've got to deal with rebuilding and potentially not having insurance to cover the cost. but there is hope. >> you know, we just reported yesterday that mercury insurance said it's going to come back and start insuring new customers in paradise. that town burned in 2018. here we are almost seven

years later and this is finally happening. what do you predict for homeowners in southern california? >> well, i think they're going to have, you know, it's one tragedy after another. and if you don't have insurance now, keep in mind, with fema, traditionally what happens, most recovery for individuals, not necessarily businesses, but it does apply to some degree business. but it's the small business administration, low cost loans that are available through disaster recovery centers that will be in the neighborhoods down in southern california that will help folks actually recover, rebuild their homes. it's not ideal, but that's kind of how you start. plus, fema will provide temporary housing assistance if they need to find a place to live in the short term if they're not staying with family. >> all right. let's talk about what's happening here on the ground as we're sharing more live pictures of the active fire fight. that's the larger left hand side picture on the screen. a lot of smoke rising. we see a lot of active orange flame. officials, though, saying that

today is a little bit better than things were yesterday. at this time. do you sort of understand that assessment? can you shed some more light on what's happening? >> yeah, kind of a sigh of relief, actually. they've been able to get some containment around some of the fires. we know that the mutual aid resources from the western states, nevada, arizona, washington are starting to arrive, as well as the northern california resources. that's going to bring fresh folks in to be able to kind of increase the efficiency, give those who have been on the fireline all this time some rest. so it's very, very encouraging. the weather's holding long enough to get an aerial operation, meaning water drops in very large tankers. they call it being able to do different types of drops in areas, and that helps with containment as well as extinguishment. >> yeah, it was interesting. we heard the l.a. mayor, karen bass, say that this morning at 730, evacuation orders in hollywood were lifted. it's such a small part of what's happening, but it is a small bit of good news. all right, mark,

we'll have to leave it there. again, i appreciate your time. >> you're more than welcome. have a good day. gasia. >> of course. you too. we will, of course. stay on top of what's happening in southern california. we are updating numbers as they roll in. we are looking at conditions as they change. we are of course focusing on the weather as well. we have you covered during the night. you can also turn to the fox local app anytime. it is so helpful in situations like th when you want to maybe take a peek at what's happening. we have live coverage from our sister station there in los angeles. it is so important to stay on top of what's happening in the southland. a lot of us have friends, relatives, just, you know, a care for our fellow californians. the fox local app is waiting for you. it's a quick free download for your smartphone and television. >> you talked about the weather gasia and obviously so important what's happening not only there but also here. we could get winds here. so steve is going to talk about that. >> well, here's the deal. even if they get a little bit of containment down there, there are signs that maybe the winds will pick up a little bit on friday. and some of the forecast models are putting in another low next tuesday, which would generate another round of off

shore wind. so even if they get some containment all of a sudden now if you get the winds cranking up again, it will spark new fires. there's no way they're going to get that much containment between now friday and early next week. so this pattern looks just really stuck and that's what i don't like. we're on. thankfully we have, you know, some green grass and we've had some rain. but i don't think we're getting any rain here for a while. maybe well out to the 22nd or 23rd. so that's these are called blocking patterns. they usually have a life expectancy of about three weeks. so 21 days. so our last rain was on the third. so you would figure nothing until maybe the 24th or so. it's cold though when the wind speeds tail off then that's really dry air. and boom there you go. petaluma 32, san martin 32. gilroy, lima in there. saratoga 36. menlo park and danville were 38. sonoma was also 38. there will be really cold lows here over the next couple of mornings. in fact, you know, some areas where the wind speeds stayed up there in the 50s, others dropped into the low 30s there. san francisco kind of interesting couple things going on here. 73 the record high 1962. 32 the record low 1937.

but look at the record. rain 3.5in of rain on this date in 1862. and if you don't know, 1860 2nd january was the great flood where sacramento was under water, and it was a series of systems that developed cold in december and then really wet in january. so if you don't know about it, look it up. it's a kind of a fascinating history here. last rain, as i mentioned in san francisco, isuary 3rd, 18, 106 days ago. next rain only the forecast model of the euro shows something around the 22nd. it's kind of an outlier. so the gfs just came in and it is 100% dry through 16 days. so again things can change. but i just don't like what i'm seeing on the pattern. is this the driest january ever in san francisco? no 2015 not a drop fell zero 2014 the year before only 0.06 fell. so we're in the third driest at 18/100. and the way it looks, i don't think this is going to be threatened or challenged anytime soon. maybe end of the month we get some wind up in the hills. although

it has been coming down the wind speeds. still some decent gusts 25 to 35 up in some of the higher elevations, but not at the surface. a few 30s left, mainly 40s and 50s on the temps. we are running for most cooler, although the peninsula is running a little warmer san carlos, palo alto and mountain view. but napa airport at one time was 24 degrees cooler than yesterday. now they're only 11, but we are running a little cooler. but with that offshore breeze, high pressure and sunshine, we will be warmer today. above average on the highs. here's the problem. it's a series of systems that go into nevada, utah, and then a low retrogrades or backtracks over towards la. there are signs of that happening again early next week. and if this pattern just stays the way it is, then we are not getting anything in the way of any rain and they will continue to get possibilities of offshore events down there. it's just really quiet and ugly to be honest with you, waiting on a sunny day didn't have to wait. long, sunny, mild. if you get that breeze, it's an easterly breeze 6070 on the temps. there's absolutely nothing for us except cold temps and maybe another round of wind early next week. >> you guys all right, steve? thank you. well, a stomach bug

is spreading fast all over the country. coming up on mornings on two. the nine, we're going to talk with a doctor about the new norovirus strain and how you can protect yourself. [music] then it's an app developed right here in the bay area. now, seeing a jump in usage because of the southern california wildfires. we'll look at why it's shot to the top of the charts, and give you a closer look at xactly

contagious stomach virus is now fueled by a new strain, accounting for nearly 70% of outbreaks. for more insight. let's welcome doctor yoshiki garbinski, an infectious disease physician at kaiser permanente east bay. doctor, welcome. i wanted to know the difference between, let's say, norovirus and the flu. the flu is also going around, maybe even covid. these are all very distinct viruses, and they're all different. >> yeah. that's very that's very much right, sal. so they're very different actually. and they both circulate in the winter. so we can we're both at risk for the for both in the winter. the flu is an upper respiratory virus. so it's cough, cold congestion fevers chills body aches. norovirus is a gastroenteritis. so it's very abrupt. vomiting diarrhea stomach pains can come with

fever and headaches. but it's really a vomiting is the predominant symptom. >> you can vomit if you have the flu. but if you have norovirus, almost for sure you're going to be vomiting. >> yes, it is an unfortunately a very memorable experience because you will have very violent, very abrupt onset of vomiting. >> doctors those aren't the kind of memories i want to make. so how do i how do i keep from getting it? is it the same washing your hands? or, you know, if i'm in close contact with someone who has it, would i get it? >> that's a great question. so the key is hand washing. hand washing is always the correct answer. but for both flu and norovirus. but for norovirus in particular it's very very contagious. and cleaning surfaces is really important, especially bathrooms which may be contaminated, and food preparation areas. if you've been sick, you should stop. you should not be caring for others or preparing food for at least two days, which is how long you're mostly shedding the virus. >> i was going to say, okay, so let's say you did get it and you

go through it. and when can you reemerge into society, so to speak? >> yeah. so this is the great news, is that for most people, this takes 1 to 3 days to fully recover. and people have full recovery. by the time you have that recovery, 24 to 48 hours after symptom onset, you should be non-contagious. some people can shed for longer, so hand washing is always the correct answer, but you can usually reemerge as soon as you feel better. >> do you know what causes norovirus? i mean, every once in a while we have these outbreaks that we hear about like this one. why is that happen? >> so it's just very contagious. so it can be in contaminated foods. so sometimes we have at foods leafy green vegetables fruits and shellfish in particular we have a shellfish outbreak in the bay area right now. and then the other thing is congregate settings. when we all get together and you have one person who's sick, who's shedding and it is so contagious, it can spread on surfaces and through person to person contact, food preparation, and everyone else

gets sick. >> when it comes to viruses in general, unlike bacterial infections, if it's a virus, does it run a different course than, let's say, a bacterial infection? >> this is norovirus for most people is self-limited, which means that you will get it. you will feel extremely sick for 1 to 3 days, and then you'll be done. you'll be fully recovered. the only people who are really at risk are young children who can become dehydrated, and they may need to seek medical attention and older people. >> the last question is when you do get it. if you do get it, i hope you don't. but how do you treat yourself? should you call a doctor, or should you just lie in bed and drink fluids if you can? >> sure, you can always call a doctor and seek medical attention if you feel like you need it. that's always the right answer. we're always here for you and otherwise. most people recover at home. they have a very unpleasant experience of vomiting and diarrhea. as long as you're able to maintain your fluids, you should be able to okay, and you will have a pretty rapid recovery. it's actually

amazing how quickly it comes on and then how quickly you recover. >> gotcha. doctor skarzynski, thank you. i hope that people are staying healthy out there. >> yes. stay healthy and wash your hands. >> all right. from kaiser permanente. thank you for joining us. coming up on mornings on two. the nine. remembering former president jimmy carter. we'll take a look at his official state funeral, where hundreds came to honor his life and

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a tribute to former president jimmy carter as part of a national day of mourning for the country's longest living former president. fox correspondent rebecca kaster has more from washington. >> county, where a mixture of celebration and solemnity as family, friends, lawmakers and every living former president gathered at washington national cathedral to pay their final respects to jimmy carter. he died at the age of 100, after going from his family's peanut farm to the governor's mansion to the white house. president biden, delivering the eulogy for his longtime friend, remembering him as a man of conscience and faith in this life. >> any walk of faith can be difficult. it can be lonely. but it requires action to be the doers of the world. [music] >> we also heard two posthumous eulogies by carter's late vp, walter mondale and his

republican opponent, gerald ford. both wrote their speeches before they died, and they were read by their sons. a fitting bipartisan tribute to a president who was known for reaching across the aisle. >> jimmy carter's legacy of peace and compassion will remain unique as it is timeless. >> but much of carter's legacy was cemented after he left the white house, and mourners say he'll be remembered as a politician who put civility, kindness and public service ahead of his own ambitions. >> he really embodies a lot of values that i'd like to see come back to this country after one final journey back to plains, georgia. >> carter will be buried at his longtime home next to his wife, rosalynn. from washington's national cathedral rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> new this morning, the highest court in new york refused to postpone donald trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case that's scheduled just days before his inauguration. the u.s. supreme court is now

likely. the president elect's last option to prevent the hearing from happening tomorrow. trump's attorneys say the case is politically motivated and the sentencing threatens to disrupt the presidential transition. the inauguration is scheduled on january 20th. >> more than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter urging the senate to reject president elect trump's nomination of robert f kennedy jr as health secretary. the doctors are protesting, saying kennedy is unqualified and would be dangerous if he were to serve at that post. the letter cites kennedy spreading of conspiracy theories, including baseless claims that school shootings are caused by antidepressants. robert f kennedy jr has also promoted covid treatments that were proven not to work. rfk jr has not publicly responded to the letter yet. >> horrific scenes across southern california as those fires continue to burn. coming up on mornings on two the nine, we'll take a look at the destruction left behind and why

the effect of these fires is expected to last for years. then bay area firefighters headed down south to help slow the spread of those fires. the relief coming in from cross the

at aerial coverage or actually a map of the fire with aerial coverage here of the southern

california fire. five people have died. more than 2000 structures have burned, and a lot of people, more than 130,000 are evacuated and waiting to learn. a lot of them are waiting to learn what happened to their homes. we learned about an hour ago. there is some better news on the fire burning in alta. the l.a. county fire says the growth of that fire has significantly slowed. >> still, the mayor says these fires are of a historic nature. there is a little bit of good news coming in pockets of l.a. county. still, there's a lot of focus happening in pacific palisades, where the palisades fire continues to burn. >> now, the stronger winds could make the conditions worse in the coming days. let's go to fox reporter connor hanson in pacific palisades. >> with the sun now up in california, you can start to see the extent of the destruction from some of these wildfires here in the pacific palisades area. the largest of the wildfires passed through here. we're taking a look at the tahitian terrace neighborhood,

once filled with homes and vegetation now completely destroyed. this is one area where firefighters had trouble getting enough water. they actually had thousands of gallons stored there, but they ran out. they're now bringing in huge tankers filled with water so they can refill. they're hoping that, along with slower wind speeds, can give them the momentum they need to finally start containing these wildfires. more than 30,000 acres burned across los angeles and no end in sight. block after block, piles of ash now sit where homes and businesses once stood. >> while we are still facing significant threats, i am hopeful that the tide is turning west of downtown los angeles. >> the palisades fire is now the most destructive in l.a. history. it's destroyed more than 1000 structures and left displaced people scrambling to find shelter. >> when we walked down to the

corner, i actually started tearing up. >> it's really scary after being grounded due to high winds, firefighting aircraft returned to the sky on wednesday. overnight, the calmer weather helped crews make progress on the sunset fire that broke out in the hollywood hills, but critical fire conditions are in the forecast through the end of the week, threatening to spark more flames. one estimate puts the costs from these fires at more than $52 billion. >> this is going to take decades to rebuild, not weeks, not years, decades. and there are going to be people who have lost everything and will never be able to return. >> more than 130,000 people have been put under evacuation orders. and now we're seeing some people attempt to come back and see what's left of their homes in pacific palisades. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. connor, thank you. time now. 932. there is help

coming from the bay area to los angeles to help fight these fires. ktvu james torres is in san francisco talking about the bay area strike teams that are in southern california. good morning james. >> good morning to you, dave. well, we know a lot of those crews that are already down there in southern california are starting to get their day ready. we know more than 7500 firefighters are now in the l.a. area, trying to get a handle of some of these fires that have burned out of control. many of those firefighters coming from all over the country, all over the region, and especially here from the bay area, that includes san francisco, who just sent extra reinforcement here last night down to southern california in the form of nine more firefighters and three more fire engines. they'll join the massive mutual aid group already tackling the different areas threatened by those wildfires personnel. they're already coming from mountain view, san jose and sunnyvale to oakland, hayward, fremont and as far north as santa rosa and sonoma, santa clara county, contra costa

county and san mateo county also sent crews. and i spoke to san francisco fire earlier this morning. they talked about the challenges of doing the job in an area you don't know very well. >> although most of us have been in southern california, we don't know exactly where they're going to assign our crews. so basically we have to get an idea of what it looks like, the territory and where the assignment is. >> san francisco sent a total of 31 firefighters. they are preparing to relieve those that have been on the front lines for nearly two days now. we also got an update from crews from the north bay, about 65 santa rosa and sonoma firefighters are down in la already working in conjunction with other crews. there's no word at this time exactly how long those firefighters will stay away from home. but the mutual aid agreement typically asks that they commit for up to two weeks if necessary. we're live this morning in san francisco. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> james thank you. 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 spoke with one woman who found out her home was destroyed in the wildfires. she says her family is one of thousands that will have to rebuild their lives. the northern california regional ceo for red cross says it's doing all it 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, go to ktvu.com and click the link for this story. >> the l.a. unified school district, the largest in the state, announced that all schools and offices in the district are closed today because of the wildfires. the district says there is a possibility it will have online learning tomorrow. we'll

announce a decision on that by 4:00 this afternoon, so we should have it for you in our afternoon and evening newscast. l.a. unified will still do the critical work of providing meals at certain sites, as well as mental health support services. ucla will not be holding any in-person classes this week. instead, it's canceling undergraduate classes and moving its graduate level courses online. a decision about what's happening next week is not made yet. the university says there is no immediate fire danger to the campus, though still, air quality in the area is terrible and expected to only worsen. >> our time is 935. the growing southern california wildfires also now delaying oscar nominations. the academy planned to announce oscar nominees january 17th. well, now that's been moved to the 19th. several events that come before the oscars were also either postponed or canceled. the oscars, though still scheduled to take place march 2nd. >> an app that was developed here in the bay area is seeing a big jump in popularity in

response to those southern california wildfires. watch duty was first inspired by fires in the north bay back in 2020. its goal is to make evacuation warnings and other information about fires more accessible to people living in areas near the disaster. this morning, it was the top free app in the apple app store, and in just the last day or two, the app has seen 750,000 new users. that's a big jump from the 3 million active users it had before. users can subscribe to emergency alerts for their neighborhood and county. >> we already maintain collaborative relationships with many agencies in our 22 states and coverage area, because really what we want to do is get their information out. we really serve that initial attack period where there is limited information coming from the fire ground, because everybody's focused on suppression. >> watch duty uses active and retired firefighters, first responders and dispatchers to monitor radio scanners and other sources of information. the app

is run by a nonprofit and says it does not have ads to sell personal information. its leaders say they hope to expand beyond fires to include alerts about floods and other disasters as well. we have more coverage of windy conditions across the state and the fires in southern california. on the fox local app. you can use it to watch live coverage from our los angeles sister station, as well as breaking news as it happens, the fox local app is a free download for your phone and smart tv coming up here on the nine. >> you know, we used to think of wildfire season as the late summer and fall months here in the bay area, but firefighters say that is an outdated notion, one that needs to change. why? californians are being told to think of fire danger as a year un

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it's 940 today. habitat for humanity is hosting two memorials to honor former president jimmy carter and his wife, rosalynn. 30 years of work with that organization. we talked to a family in san jose. they bought a home through habitat for humanity in 2013. true. leo says that same year, former president carter and his

wife 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. we just got a gift. i don't know. >> now, leo is originally from ethiopia. she said because she and her husband were able to buy an affordable home, they were able to save money for two sons to go to college. the carter work project helped more than 4000 families find homes. miss leo encourages other people to apply for help from habitat for humanity. >> san francisco's new mayor, daniel lurie, was sworn in as a sworn in as the city's 46th mayor, and his first day on the job was filled with celebrations. [music] mayor lurie held his inauguration at a night banquet

in chinatown at the historic far east restaurant. when he arrived, performers from lion dance greeted the mayor. inside. the restaurant was filled to capacity with people eager to see the changes 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. >> the inauguration celebration included a chinatown night market. grant avenue was filled with people who are excited to see what he does as mayor. >> across the bay, newly retired east bay congresswoman barbara lee is running for mayor of oakland. supporters of the congresswoman, former congresswoman that is greeted her as she entered the city clerk's office to sign the paperwork to officially launch her campaign. she served for more than two decades as a congresswoman for oakland, was also a state legislator and 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 people have already joined the race for mayor of oakland. the election is set for april 15th. >> well, a strike has now been avoided at ports on the east and gulf coast. the u.s. maritime alliance reached a tentative agreement with the international longshoremen's union, one week before a possible strike could have been called. negotiations focused mostly on the use of automation at the ports. that agreement reportedly means jobs won't be eliminated whenever any automated systems are added to a port. the workers, by the way, still have to vote on that deal. >> california's dmv is reminding people to get their real id before the deadline. starting may 7th, the real id or another approved document will be required for people to fly within the u.s. and enter

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firefight here in los angeles county. devastation almost as far as the eye can see. if we pull out a little bit, i'm hoping these will be live pictures. of course, this scene is very quiet, but my goodness, we'll take some aerial shots. you see an awful lot of thick smoke. rising air quality, just terrible fires burning all around the county. it's interesting to note that of the 1000 structures that firefighters say have been damaged or destroyed, we know some of them are homes, some of them are businesses, but we just don't know kind of what the shakeout is just yet. and even though it's been multiple days of this firefight, it's really hard to understand, really get your arms around exactly which neighborhoods are impacted, how much devastation there is and what the need is. >> it's great. as we can see, these helicopter pictures now. the winds are calming. that may be the big story of the day. they're getting more equipment up in the air and they're able to do more. and it's making a difference. it's making some progress against a gigantic

fire. >> you know, i was here for the 1991 oakland hills firestorm. and there are a lot of similarities because some of these homes are in wooded communities up in the hills, and they were having trouble getting certain type of fire equipment in other fires, as you can see, are looking at this live picture in the flatlands, just ordinary suburban neighborhoods. so there's probably just a big contingency of certain type of equipment that they can use. in some places. this is a very complicated operation, and we have more resources arriving from across the state and also from across the country to fight this fire. >> you have almost 200,000 people under evacuation orders right now in los angeles county. the entire los angeles unified school district is shut down. so you have to wonder, where are those children going? hopefully not outside because air quality is terrible. even if your neighborhood is not directly impacted by flames, there is a lot of concern about the fire fight itself. we know bay area crews have joined their brothers and sisters in southern california. we're seeing crews

from the far northern states also coming down to help. it is a long slog, one we're really just in the very beginning days of, you know, we've talked about how some of these fires are burning in the footprint of another former fire in los angeles county. that one burned for something like 20 days. >> you know, we can't leave out the fact at least five people are known to be dead, and they're still going through properties looking for people. they don't know what they may find. and that's a grim statistic you just can't leave out. >> you're looking at these pictures and you see what used to be neighborhoods flattened. this reminds me a lot of what we saw in santa rosa and also in paradise, but in santa rosa, when i've gone up to santa rosa recently, there are all new neighborhoods where fire has cut across. and that's exactly what's going to happen here. a lot of these blocks are going to be just built up again, all new houses, because the fire has just taken out whole blocks, and then you see a house standing by itself. for some reason it didn't burn. so this is a very

complicated operation. people are emotional, of course, as dave mentioned, five people are dead, more are injured, and we don't really know if that death toll will continue to rise or not. >> and when the fire started back on tuesday, there were reports of extremely high winds close to around 100 mile an hour gusts, embers being picked up, driven for a mile or more and then new fire starting. thankfully, if there is a bit of good news from this morning compared to what we saw yesterday, at this time, the winds have died down just a little bit. when we heard from los angeles mayor karen bass and i think the 8:00 hour live, she mentioned that an evacuation order that was set for hollywood was lifted. so again, a very small pocket. if you look at the totality of los angeles county, but still some good news, officials saying that they expect winds to keep subsiding just a little bit. but sort of the big answer from mother nature, which would come in the form of rain. there's not a drop in the immediate forecast. and that's really what fire crews are hoping for as they do that

good work of protecting number one life. number two property there on the ground. let's focus on one of the crews we sent here from the bay area. we sent our own zac sos down to los angeles near the eaton fire. we see some of the wreckage behind you, zach. >> yeah. and really, if you go block by block in this community of altadena, this is unfortunately what you will see. frankly, this is this home is standing slightly more than many of the other homes, obviously completely destroyed. but with many of the homes here, really all that's left is perhaps the chimney, the car, because people had to get out so quickly during this fire that they had to leave essentially everything behind. unfortunately, as we've learned, five people did not make it out of their homes in this fire. that gives you a sense of just how quickly these flames took over the area. besides homes, we

know that five schools in the area, those were also badly damaged. so that is certainly one reason that obviously schools are canceled across the l.a. area. but here in specifically in this area, they just don't have the resources to have school at this moment. it might be quite some time until they are able to a number of churches, synagogues, they have also gone up. yesterday we saw a bank go up, just devastation across this entire community. you know, firefighters are working incredibly hard to continue to try to contain this fire. but what makes it so difficult? it's the hotspots. the wind died down yesterday, but it's expected to pick up a tiny bit today. and you know, you can see there's still some smoke coming up. so this area is still smoldering. it takes very little wind to pick up some of

these embers, send them perhaps a mile and then drop them onto another home. and that's why what you're what you're seeing here is if you look across the street, these homes are all standing. and then perhaps, you know, just right next door, if you can pan over there, you have a home completely demolished. so this this fire is a bit of a game of whack a mole if forgive that that term, but really, truly is a bit of whack a mole for these firefighters having to go from hotspot to hotspot to keep this fire at bay, it's really hard to you to kind of understand the scope of these fires. >> zach, can i ask you, we heard from l.a. county supervisors in the 8:00 hour. they said that there have been 20 people arrested suspected of looting. when you look at neighborhoods like yours, right where some houses are destroyed, others are still standing. are you in an area that's blocked off by law enforcement? can anyone come and go? what's what's the situation in that respect?

>> well, at least in this community of altadena, i can tell you that police in fact, there's well, if we actually let's pull over down here a little bit, if you look down the street, you'll you'll see a police officer down there and you'll see a few down in the distance. they've done a really good job of blocking off these streets. it took us quite a while to get in here. you know, we had our fire gear on, we had our press pass, and they still asked us for credentials. so they are certainly doing their best to try to keep people out. but i mean, this is a vast area and across the, the l.a, the whole la region, if you will. i mean, with so many fires and their resources spread so thin, it's understandable that, you know, unfortunately, if you know, some people up to no good want to get through, they may find a way. >> hey, zach. just curious. altadena is a very nice area, very family oriented. are you seeing people around that you can talk to and interact? and

are they saying anything to you? >> you know, we did see a people a few people yesterday were able to get back in to check on their homes today. we expect to see more people coming back in yesterday. i would call it much more of an active firefight and the day before certainly much more active. but, you know, when i when i speak to people, there's clearly just a lot of shock in their face. i mean, just here is a reporter walking around. it's hard not to be impacted by the immense loss that people are facing. but for example, when i was standing across from this bank of america, this woman i spoke to yesterday, she was just staring at it, realizing that she said she had her life savings in that bank. obviously banks are insured, but she's thinking, i have my life savings in there. i have my important documents in

there, my birth certificate and adoption papers. and she's watching the flames just leap up from this bank of america. and she's thinking, are they safe? and i mean, i think that's what a lot of people are feeling right now, this sort of so many questions. >> zach, what are people who have been evacuated or maybe don't have a home? is there a have you seen spots where everyone is congregating or is it just every person for themselves? >> well, there are certainly a number of evacuation centers that have been set up, both for people across la nearby. each of these fires, there are also evacuation centers set up for animals both large and small. there are a number of horse farms that have been impacted by some of these fires. but at our hotel it was pretty clear it was sold out, pretty clear that there were tons of people who

were evacuating to our hotel. and i do know that airbnb is offering complimentary stays now throughout the la region to anyone impacted by a fire. so i think people are really are spread out at this moment, whether it be an evacuation evacuation center or an airbnb, a hotel, or perhaps just staying with a relative or friends. >> all right, two quick questions in the minute we have left here, zach. number one, how's air quality? where you are? there, near the eaton fire. number two, have you seen the air attack happening in other parts of los angeles county? >> i would say the air quality is certainly better than it was yesterday, but it really depends on where you are, we're a bit removed from the fire line at this moment. certainly the closer you get to that, the thicker the smoke gets. the hillsides are quite hazy right now. i it's maybe hard for you to make out, but you can

certainly see how hazy it is. and forgive me, what was the other question that you had? >> you know, we'll have to leave it here. it was about the air attack, you know. we understand it is underway. maybe not right where you are. again, we have to thank you, zac sos. it has been a very long 24 hours for you. so we appreciate his live report here on the nine. indeed, our coverage of these fires in southern california continues, of course, online 24 over seven. you can also stream ktvu newscasts and get special reports through the fox local app. there's the qr code. you know the deal. scan it, download on your phone, your tablet and your smart tv. we have you covered around the clock. we'll meet you back here for our next newscast. that's at noon. thanks >> three, two, one... it's showtime! >> ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good time ♪ ♪ spreading love and joy and laughter all over the place ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ it will be so legendary ♪ ♪ sherri's got you feeling good