succeed. san jose state is among six colleges being recognized by the u.s. education department as part of the post-secondary success recognition program. the initiative spotlights schools that demonstrate equitable access, success, and post college outcomes. now to northern santa rosa, where a school built for children on the autism spectrum has just opened. the 2017 tubbs fire there destroyed half a dozen schools and some 2800 homes. many students were forced to use temporary portable classrooms. the anova center of education welcomed 140 students yesterday. many were excited to have a school library again. the center also features rooms for occupational therapy, sensory elements, and therapists. >> entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes. landmarks at risk and evacuations are still in effect. the developing situation in southern california this morning, where wildfires continue to burn. >> then president biden pledging

full support to fight those devastating wildfires. his promise in funding for recovery resources, and what it means for all those affected. >> plus, the wildfires are creating toxic air pollution across southern california. why doctors say this smoke is a very serious threat. >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. >> the nine. >> welcome back to the nine. once again, we're starting in southern california. a live look at the plume of smoke above los angeles county. even those who weren't forced to evacuate their neighborhoods, even those whose homes are still standing, are feeling the effects of this massive southern california wildfire. people are being told to stay inside because of the terrible air quality. run their ac or air purifier if they have it. being told to limit their time outside. some communities are under boil water orders. it is a harrowing situation that is now in its fourth day and there is no end in sight. a minute ago

we had it live for you, an update on the los angeles wildfires as they continue to burn at this hour and city, county and state officials are talking about this crisis. >> it's very important. >> yeah. fire crews are starting to make some progress, but it's going to be a long and difficult fight. ktvu sally rasmus monitoring the news conference and other sources. and she has key developments. sally. >> well, a couple key points and updates we want to get to right away. first of all, the palisades fire, the largest of the 4 to 5 fires still burning in the los angeles area, has burned about 20,000 acres, destroyed more than 10,000 properties. but the containment of that fire did go up slightly overnight. that was the new welcome announcement from la's fire chief. at this update, just about 45 minutes ago. containment of this palisades fire now at 8%, up from 6% last night. at least ten people have died in this complex of fires, although it's not clear how many of those deaths happened in the palisades or eton fire. historic mount wilson observatory is still standing and not damaged.

the nasa jet propulsion laboratory was also threatened by the eaton fire, but it is also protected. one firefighter was hospitalized with serious injuries after a fall fighting the palisades fire. that firefighter is expected to make a full recovery. the eaton fire is the other major fire in the area north of pasadena. it's burned nearly 14,000 acres. it is now 3% contained and only slight improvement, but still better than the 0% it was last night. 153,000 residents are under evacuation orders across los angeles county. another 166,000 under evacuation warnings. a curfew order has been established for the palisades and eaton fire zones, and for all the mandatory evacuation zones around those fires, and will be in effect again tonight at 6 p.m. >> you cannot be in these affected areas. if you are, you are subject to arrest. that is

important. we're not doing this to inconvenience anybody. we're doing it to protect the structures, the houses that people have left because we ordered them to leave. and i want them to feel confident that we are doing everything we can to secure that. >> now, we also heard from the california insurance commissioner who spoke at that news conference a short time ago. he talked about his announcement last night calling for a moratorium on all cancellations of home insurance policies for the next year. and that, he says, applies to homeowners, even homeowners whose homes were not damaged by this fire. he's also calling on insurance companies to stop non-renewals, and we're waiting for more details about exactly how that would work. but officials also talking about how they are preparing for the next red flag fire event, expected next week. as we've been reporting this morning, there are concerns about another round of extreme winds coming by tuesday. this fire fight, sadly, appears to be far from over. sal, back to you. >> all right, ali, thank you.

the fbi says it's now taking steps to make sure no other unauthorized drones fly over the fire zone in the los angeles area. that's following an incident in the skies over the palisades fire yesterday. the los angeles county firefighters say a drone collided with an aircraft that was dropping water on the fire. no one was hurt, but the collision put a hole in the left wing and forced the aircraft to land. there's no word yet on who was flying the drone. >> hundreds of firefighters from the bay area are on the front lines in los angeles county. strike teams are coming from a number of agencies. 150 firefighters from various agencies in san mateo county are among those currently deployed. san francisco, alameda and marin counties also sent dozens of firefighters. many of the bay area strike teams are heading south in vehicles specially built for wildland firefighting. >> those are able to go off road. they're able to pump water and move at the same time where your type one fire engines, which are more of the standard residential fire engines you see out there in your neighborhoods,

aren't able to move and pump water at the same time, or have the four wheel drive capabilities. >> the strike teams could spend two weeks or more in los angeles. >> it's going to make a tremendous amount of difference. we are like you said earlier, we are stretched thin, but resources continue to come. and we feel that that we, you know, we got a lot of help coming, as we heard when we talked live with the oakland fire chief in just the past hour here. >> he said oakland comes first. local fire agencies say they still have enough resources and staff here at home to respond to any calls as necessary. >> our time is now 906. as ali rasmus just told you, the strong winds and the surrounding topography in southern california has been extremely challenging for firefighters trying to battle those blazes across l.a. county. to get more insight on this, let's welcome neil laro, an atmospheric sciences professor at the university of nevada, reno. reno to the nine. professor laro, thank you for being here.

>> yeah. good morning. thanks for having me. >> i think it's really, really important. we think we know when we see them all around us. but tell me what we don't know. >> yeah. you know, in some of these events, what we don't know is exactly where the highest wind impacts are going to going to be. and we get some different flavors of these extreme mountain winds. sometimes in southern california, the winds are really focused in the gaps between the mountains and come shooting down and drive these typical santa ana winds. in this case, we had some winds that came all the way over the top of the mountains and came crashing down into the areas around pasadena. and unfortunately, right where the eaton fire was. and being able to predict those wind packs is extremely important. one thing is, we've actually gotten quite a bit better at doing that, and a sad element of this is that we did see these winds coming, you know, up to ten days in advance and even had some, some pretty good insights that that region right around the eaton fire could be one of the most

problematic areas in this in this event. >> talk briefly about topography, exactly what it is and why it's so important. >> yeah. so the shape of the mountains can strongly influence where the strongest winds are occurring. so when we have those gaps in the mountains, they can let air flow come shooting through the gaps. and other times when the air goes up and over the top of the mountains, it can cascade down the front of the mountains, kind of like water flowing down the face of a dam and accelerate quite a bit as it comes down those slopes. and that tends to be what we call a downslope windstorm. and unfortunately, those downslope wind storms are really the driver for some of the worst fires that we've seen, whether it's the fires in lahaina, the marshall fire in boulder, california or boulder, colorado. and now, unfortunately, these santa ana events throughout the la basin. >> wow. neal, our meteorologist, steve paulson says later tonight, the bay area is going to see stronger winds and so will the la area again. even

more winds later tonight. how does that strike you? >> yeah, unfortunately we're kind of in a stuck weather pattern right now that's favoring a lot of this offshore wind flow. and we know that here in the in the bay area or down in southern california, when we get those offshore winds, it really exacerbates our fire concerns, especially when we haven't had significant precipitation. and that's that's really the case for southern california. and unfortunately there really isn't a clear end in sight to these enhanced fire weather conditions. nothing in the in the forecast looks as bad as what we had at the onset of this event, but it's still reason for concern. so we are far from out of the woods at this point. wow. >> have you ever just look at you and ask you, have you ever seen anything like this? >> you know, unfortunately, it's starting to feel a little bit like the norm where we get some of these devastating fires, especially late in the season. thinking back to whether it's the tubbs fire, the camp fire

again, the marshall fire out in colorado, the fire in maui, the lahaina fire. this is becoming an increasing societal problem. but this is really at the upper end of what we see in these events. and obviously with devastating impact on our communities, it is devastating. >> i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us as a layman, especially neil lareau, an atmospheric sciences professor at the university of nevada, reno. thank you for joining us on mornings on two. the nine. thank you. thank you sir. >> all right. let's get over to steve paulson. in that interview, you saw the interview. he said there was a stuck pattern. steve and i've heard steve say that a lot. >> neal and i can sit down at a pub and have a ginger ale. >> yeah, you deserve it. >> no, no, him and i are exactly the same. we're reading the same signs. no doubt about it. that was good. he was really good there. but he's right. you know, these are these are patterns that just don't break down. they're called blocking patterns and they're stuck. and, you know, maybe not as strong an event as we saw on tuesday, but

it does look like a continuation of some offshore at least events will probably carry into early next week with no rain and you get an offshore wind. you can get some record highs even in january. and that's what we had yesterday. redwood city 75, sfo tied 71. both of those went back to 1962 and oakland 70. that broke the mark of 67 in 2015. what's interesting about 2015 is we had no rain in january. in 2015, at least san francisco did not. the record rain for the city back to back days when it was in 1862. yesterday was 3.50 and 1862 on january 10th it was 2.46. that was the great flood of 1862, 6450. today above on both counts average is 57, 46 and 32 on this date. in 1949, for the record low, the last rain of a 10th of an inch or over was a week ago today. yes, a week ago we had 18/100 in san francisco. i'll tell you, it looks really dry. there is no

rain forecast by the global models for us going out 14 days, 16 days, just to emphasize what neil said as well. there's nothing that says really anything is going to change really in this kind of a pattern. so far, san francisco has had officially 19/100 this month. that makes it the third driest since records began in 1849 1850. the record is 2015, when we had nothing, and the year before that, 0.06, we had only, you know, 2014. so we're currently in third place on the driest. not a not a dubious honor, if you will, but boy, it just looks dry. i don't see any rain here for a while. everything's going up and over now. the wind speeds have come down. early this morning. oakland hills. there was a gust of 43. now it's only seven, but it will pick up tonight. we are going to see another increase in the wind here out towards the altamont pass. north north north north north. so i think you get the idea. it's a north breeze or an easterly breeze. it's still offshore. and that wind advisory kicks in again tonight. midnight goes to 10 a.m. sunday. there's

going to be some weak wha call open waves kind of clipping us here. that will usher in cooler temps. but they'll also pick up the breeze here as we go into the weekend and into sunday 40s 50s on the temps, 20s up in the mountains including reno, truckee, south lake tahoe. but everything is just going up and over and there's just no hope. this is a really tough pattern to break down. it's called blocking. they usually last about three weeks, mild but getting cooler as these systems are coming in, they're bringing in some cooler air aloft. but good day sunshine. no doubt about that. the wind will pick up tonight. it's not too bad right now. 60s on the temps. so cold. lows. the highs will come down as we go into the weekend. i think tuesday is the day we have to watch, especially in southern california. there could be another offshore event down there. >> steve. thank you. days before he is set to take office, president elect donald trump sentenced in the hush money case tied to his first term. next here on the nine. why? there will be no real consequences for the president elect. we'll talk live with an attorney about the resolution of this highly watched case. [music] then so many bay area residents watching the southern california

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you're free to go about your way. there's no conditions on him. >> so he avoids jail time is still a convicted felon. is there any practical impact of today's sentencing? >> the only thing is that it goes down on the books. it's on the record. it is official. he is now officially a convicted felon, marking the first time in american history that a convicted felon will take the office of the presidency. >> is he subject to the other limitations and restrictions other convicted felons have to live under? >> he would be. so that's that's an interesting that's an interesting topic to think about. for instance, in california, a felon can't be around guns. so if he theoretically, if he were to come to california and visit and the secret service, you know, leaves their guns in the room and go out for lunch or go and take a bathroom break, he would be a felon in possession of a gun. he wouldn't be allowed to

be prosecuted because he's president and the president can't be prosecuted. you know, while president in official acts. so it it's interesting, but there's no practical effect, i guess. but it does bring up interesting legal issues because this has never happened before. >> so let's build on that here. the judge seemed intent on distinguishing sort of trump the person from trump, the president elect. how does the office of president appear to be protecting him? >> well, so what i think that was what i took that to mean is just the judge sort of saving face. the judge saying, look, i'm not giving that trump guy any breaks, but i have to respect the office of the presidency here. there's no distinction in what he did, what he did. while it might affect while he could say it, it was for the office of the presidency. it really has. it really just directly affects president trump now. so i to me that that's what i took that language as. there's no real legal distinction. it had no

practical effect. >> can i ask you to sort of step outside your law office with just one foot? you have learned about and you live in the land of the law. when these legal troubles first came up, many people in the american public, largely the president's detractors, were alarmed or shocked, and they were sort of the talk of the town right now that we've been in this for a couple of years, what do you think is the practical impact that these allegations, this conviction, this whole, you know, issue, if you will, has had on the office of the president? >> well, i think it demeans the office of the presidency, this this whole thing, it's never been done before in american history. so i think that it definitely it was a sore for, for our country, you know, the case wasn't there. i'm not saying that there was nothing there, but it also wasn't the strongest prosecutorial case. and there was a lot of questionable decisions made by the da's office in that case. so it brings up a whole lot of

legal issues there. interesting. i do think, though, that because the prosecution was premised on the president committing a federal felony, that's how they got it to be a felony, to get around the statute of limitations that he can pardon himself as to that federal crime. and i believe that it would negate the impact of this conviction so he could pardon himself. >> do you think he would? >> so yeah. and i'll clarify. he can't pardon himself from a state conviction. however, this particular case, the state conviction said because you violated a federal law, we're going to now charge you with a felony in new york under state law. so if the president pardons himself day one for the federal violation that the state case is based on, i think there's very strong argument that that would negate his entire conviction. wow. >> well, they didn't teach this to you in law school, i am sure,

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felt this morning's earthquake off the san francisco coast. the usgs says a magnitude 3.7 quake hit in the pacific ocean, three miles northwest of the san francisco zoo, at 702 this morning. there are no immediate reports of any major damage or injuries, but we did go into the city, and people there certainly felt the shaking. >> i was in bed at home and i felt like two seconds of shaking, and it felt like the whole place was shaking. i was already awake, but it definitely like got my heart pumping a little bit. >> as someone who just moved here, it was. it was my first earthquake, so it was definitely a little bit like, i don't know. scary. >> all right, i hear you. the quake was felt as far away as contra costa and sonoma

counties. >> people in west oakland say they're frustrated about the number of garbage, fires and other small fires that keep happening in their neighborhood. they say the area has become a dumping site. one video here shows a huge garbage fire on wood street, right under 880 there in west oakland. oakland fire says there's been some progress, and that the number of fires at homeless encampments dropped last year. still, there were 1100 reported fires in the area. >> still far too many. still incredibly dangerous, still very hazardous to both firefighters and residents. neighbors. vehicle traffic. >> last month, someone was found dead after a car caught fire in the same area. last june, there was a major fire at the construction supply warehouse, pacific supply. business owners say the city is slow to respond if they get a response at all. >> the city of san jose is enforcing new parking restrictions on rvs. chenoweth avenue is the first of 30 sites for the oversize live in vehicle enforcement pilot program, known as olive city. teams will notify

rv residents that they have two weeks to move. they'll be given a information about available services and safe parking sites. after two weeks, tow trucks will be called in to remove any remaining vehicles. >> we'll spend a week posting signs, distributing fliers and talking with vehicle owners at each site before any action is taken. residents who are living in their vehicles will be given time to move their vehicles, and will be offered information about existing resources, including any available housing resources. if available. >> this comes as the city plans to open a new safe parking site next month on berryessa road, with room for 85 rvs. >> all right, so time is 927. a home insurance nightmare going well beyond california. coming up on mornings on two and nine, we'll take a look at what you can do to protect your home. if you're hit with skyrocketing insurance premiums, or if your

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to take a quick look at what's happening here at home. i know

the golden gate bridge. sunny blue skies. i know it's dry out there. it's a little bit breezy, but certainly a stark comparison to what we've been monitoring there in southern california for much of this week. and that is where we'll have to start again here at 930. the raging wildfires in southern california. authorities are working to determine whether one of the newest fires was deliberately set. >> and that new fire was a kenneth fire. it's burning near calabasas, on the edge of the san fernando valley. >> the fire started yesterday afternoon and grew overnight from 960 to 1000 acres. it's forced a portion of highway 101 to close. firefighters say they stopped the forward progress of this wildfire, and containment is now at 35%. >> a little bit of progress here as crews continue to battle several massive wildfires. as fox's connor hansen tells us, stronger winds are in the forecast. >> firefighters are still trying to gain control over several massive wildfires across the la area, and now more than 10,000 buildings have been destroyed.

this is just one example in pacific palisades of an entire mobile home community that has been reduced to rubble and ash. some of the only items you can see left behind are cooking materials, and even those have been melted and warped by that extreme heat and fire. and if we zoom out, you can see the extent of the destruction. not one home was spared. and there are several other neighborhoods that look just like this across the area. >> it's sad to see everything that we work for, everything that we built here to just be gone and ours. >> people across los angeles returning to find their homes reduced to rubble. flames leveling entire neighborhoods, leaving many wondering what's next. >> the whole thing. like everything. my whole neighborhood, everything that i grew up to love and know is burnt up. >> crews are taking advantage of calm winds to make progress on the palisades and eaton fires, as well as the kenneth fire that sparked on thursday. a red flag

warning expires tonight, but strong gusts return to the forecast next week, and officials say they are bracing for flare ups. >> the last figure i heard was over 260 days without rain down here. so it's very, very dry. fuel bed is very receptive. >> as the fight continues, a nightly curfew is now in place in parts of l.a. county as police crack down on looting. >> this area is closed. >> around 20 people have been arrested so far. hundreds of national guard members have also been sent to support local law enforcement. >> we will be arrested if we catch you doing that. there are a lot of eyes and ears out there, and that's the last thing we want to be dealing with. >> and even in areas not directly impacted by the fires. officials are now warning people to stay inside and keep their windows shut because the air quality is so bad. from all the smoke in pacific palisades. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news. >> the devastation from the firestorm is also prompting

renewed concerns about california's insurance crisis. while there is no official estimate of the damage in the l.a. wildfires, some experts have put the cost at $50 billion. well before these fires broke out, a number of companies had already stopped issuing new policies to californians and told existing customers their coverage would end on the renewal date. >> a lot of people around the state have been unable to afford insurance. even the rich folks in pacific palisades here in la, some of them did not renew their insurance coverage, which means they're not covered at all. >> depending on the magnitude of those assessments, that that could definitely be a factor that that makes insurers look twice about coming back to california. >> california now requires insurers to use catastrophe models and risk assessments in considering coverage, which should help keep rates in check. still, many people are concerned that more insurers will leave

our state over the high cost of doing business. >> our time now. 934. insurance companies are now saying the utility company southern california edison. they're being asked to save evidence connected to the wildfires. now, no fire agency is accusing the utility company of starting the fire, but they're filing a report out of caution. so far, the utility company says they've seen no interruption in power or unusual break until more than an hour after the first fire started. >> home insurance is an issue that extends beyond california. homeowners nationwide are seeing skyrocketing insurance premiums or outright policy non-renewals even in areas traditionally considered low risk. fox's jenna sachs explains why this happens and what you should do if your homeowner's premium goes through the roof. >> without warning, millions of people are finding out their insurance policies are about to cost significantly more or be canceled outright. that's what happened to kenyetta twine in

august. >> i got an email saying that my insurance was canceled. i said, oh my gosh, what am i going to do? >> you might think this is only happening in places with hurricanes or wildfires, but that's not the case across the country. insurers are more aggressively canceling policies or jacking up rates. a recent consumer reports survey found that 83% of long term policyholders have seen their rates increase over the last five years. >> when this happens, homeowners may be forced to make tradeoffs like buying substantially reduced coverage or even going without coverage. >> insurance industry experts point to several factors driving these changes. building costs are through the roof. up 40% over the last four years, mother nature isn't helping either. last year alone, weather disasters cost insurance companies $93 billion. >> there's no place to hide. you'll still feel this in your wallet, even if you never see a hurricane or a wildfire. and in

fact, rates have risen around 34% across the us between 2018 and 2023. >> so what can you do if your insurance is canceled? first off, contact your insurer or broker to find out why your policy isn't being renewed. at the same time, start shopping around for a new policy. consider using a local independent insurance agent or broker who works with multiple insurers. they might know about smaller companies in your state or area, and if you can't find a private plan, there's something called fair access to insurance requirements or fair plans, which are offered in nearly three dozen states. >> this type of plan should be considered a last resort. it's not cheap and it doesn't cover everything, but it is better than having no insurance. >> as for kenyatta, she was able to find a new insurance company with a little help from consumer reports. >> i had looked at consumer reports magazines and there was an article about insurance. i've

looked at the top ones and then now i have insurance and no problems. >> another tip if you get that cancellation notice immediately, call your insurance company and ask for more time. well, they're not required to give you an extension. as a courtesy, they might provide an extra 30 or even 60 days if you ask. >> and that was reporter janis saks reporting. well, the fire disaster in la has now sparked a heated political debate at the state capitol in sacramento yesterday. state lawmakers met for the first time since the fires began on tuesday. they began a special legislative session called by governor newsom to prepare the state for donald trump's return to the white house. but democratic assembly speaker robert rivas was questioned if the focus of the session should now be changed to the fires. >> this is a historic a historic wildfire. this is this is a historic this is a historic event. these wildfires, as i mentioned, are going to be quite

possibly some of the worst wildfires and disasters in state and national history. >> while this wildfire is happening. and while people are trying to understand what's going on and are worried about disaster relief, worried about the ability to get homeowners insurance, your chamber gaveled into a special legislative session to prepare for donald trump in a way that now many republican lawmakers at the state capitol had the same concern. >> we should actually end the special session we have right now and have a new special session completely focused on wildfire and insurance, because i think everybody, you know, rightfully anticipates this is going to cause a huge crisis. >> now, democratic leaders say, would be governor newsom's decision to call another special session on wildfires. the governor's office said the governor is focused on making sure firefighters have all the resources they need. >> a school in santa rosa built for children with autism is just opened. the 2017 tubbs fire destroyed a half dozen schools, some 2800 homes. many students

were forced to use temporary portable classrooms. the inova center of education has welcomed 140 students. many were excited to have a school library again. the center also includes rooms for occupational therapy, sensory elements and in-classroom therapists to help children diagnosed with autism. the west contra costa county school district says it found enough money to fully rebuild one of its deteriorating schools. for years, the west contra costa unified school district has been trying to allocate money for a redesign at stege elementary in richmond. now, the school board has unanimously approved increasing the budget for the redesign to 61. dollars million district is using money left over from other construction projects to increase the budget at stege. the school is set to open by fall of 2027. >> as president elect trump continues outlining his foreign policy vision, america's adversaries and allies are watching. fox's alex hogan has more from london. >> president elect trump hasn't taken office yet, but he's

already making waves around the world with his statements on foreign policy, including his repeated suggestions that canada should become the 51st state, prompting sharp criticism from canadian officials. >> let me just state it again. that's never going to happen. or canadian because we're not american and that is not going to change. >> and south of the border, mexican president claudia sheinbaum used humor to deflect trump's demand that the gulf of mexico be renamed the gulf of america, instead suggesting relabeling north america as mexican america. >> esperar también aqui. >> we must wait for him to take office. and anyway, there is international law. >> trump also causing concern in europe over his suggested u.s. takeover of greenland, a danish territory. the e.u. says it will respond to any attack, while the kremlin claims trump is threatening the stability of the arctic region. but the president elect is getting some cover from allies like italian prime minister giorgia meloni, who views his comments as a warning

to china and russia rather than threats of military force. >> when he does something, he does it for a reason. so let's ask ourselves why he is using a forceful way of saying that the united states will not stand idly by. >> but with trump's scheduling a face to face meeting with vladimir putin, there are concerns that he'll stop supporting ukraine, essentially enabling a russian victory. >> no responsible leader would let putin have his way. >> trump says he's also floating the idea of acquiring the panama canal, either through diplomacy or force. in london, alex hogan, ktvu, fox two news. >> people who spent hours scrolling or making their living on tiktok or watching for what could be the end of that app here in the united states. next on the nine, we'll get some insight from a tech expert as the u.s. supreme court is weighing in days ahead of a possible ban. then people who have pets and other animals are facing extra concerns. in the southern california wildfire zone. what's being done to help animal shelters, which are overwhel d by the number of

hearing oral arguments over the potential tiktok ban. the app says it will shut down in just nine days unless the supreme

court intervenes. tiktok's parent company, china based bytedance, has been ordered to sell the app to a us based company or be blocked. the move comes as government leaders are concerned that the app poses a risk to national security. tiktok has 170 million american based users. joining us now for more insight is tech journalist shivani joshi. shivani, thank you for joining us. we're getting close here. and, you know, you heard the supreme court is, you know, it's expected to rule soon. but suppose that they uphold this federal law. what's going to happen? >> yeah, there's a lot going on right now, sal. arguments have passed the two hour mark, which is the amount of time the supreme court had allotted to hear this case. and i've been following the latest of the live updates coming out of the supreme court hearings. and here's what we're getting a sense of. first, under the questioning, the justices seemed skeptical of the argument that tiktok had violated the first

amendment right. one of the justices saying congress is fine with expression, but not fine with the foreign adversary. gathering information on 170 million people. so you're seeing some inkling that the supreme court is really taking to heart, or leaning in the way of the interests of congress and national security. now, what we're also learning from these live updates is that the supreme court has access to sealed information that the d.c. circuit circuit court did not have access to, and in it is data showing that a wealth of information about the united states users can be accessed by the chinese government. how the algorithm can be improved, and essentially saying that the company collects data. and even though bytedance has said that it walls off data, there are examples where bytedance and the chinese government have surveilled u.s. journalists to get information aut it. so

really, what what you're seeing around this is a lot of concerns and a lot of weight being put on the national security interests, which is what the biden administration is pressing. >> shabani if i do have tiktok on my phone, what kind of information does the chinese government have access to? for example, if i do online banking on this phone or if i have other sensitive documents, let's say i'm sending documents related to a mortgage or anything, how you know, how encompassing is what the chinese government has access to. >> well, you know, as a tech journalist, as someone who talks and has children, myself, one of the pieces of advice i give to my own children and try and take myself is one assume that everything that you are sharing on a platform, no matter whether it's tiktok or even instagram, meta, meta platforms or youtube is accessible to that company. there are privacy statements and governing laws in the united

states that protect us to a certain extent, but anything you put on any platform i think you should generally assume is accessible to the company. making that and that you're using that application on. and so that rule of thumb not only applies to tiktok, but also applies to instagram x and other platforms. and interestingly, in the live updates, we are hearing mention of access to this wide scale information not just being a chinese access to a chinese company, but also a us companies like blue sky, meta x. they've all been mentioned in the arguments over the last couple of hours. >> yeah. >> the reason i asked specifically shabani is because, you know, what i do on tiktok is one thing. what i do with the rest of my phone is another. is there any blurring of the lines there? >> i think you have to sort of, i don't know, 100%. you know, i don't know 100% what the walls are between an app and maybe the access to the information on the

rest of your phone. for example, i think when you have software protections and things like that app, whatever phone that you use, whether it's apple or android or samsung, that tends to dictate the ecosystem. and so there are assurances and protections that these companies that own and run the software on the phone, i think, prevail. but i think the issue at hand is that there is mistrust and distrust of the potential of what a foreign app by a foreign owned or accessible by a foreign adversary can have on a us device. and that is the issue at hand, is that, yes, we think that there are protections in place and that the chinese government can't get access to additional information. but can we be sure? i don't think so. and so that is what the issue is at stake here. and just keep in mind, we do have rules here. we

have legislation on the foreign ownership of many industries in this country. it's not just now we're we're tackling social media, but it exists in the media industry. it exists in the infrastructure industry. it exists in the banking industry. so what we're also dealing with is sort of an existential or a new wave question around whether or not these rules also apply to social media, which is a relatively new industry. >> tech journalist shivani joshi, thanks for all the insight. thank you for joining us. >> great, thanks. >> walgreens says it will close 12 stores in san francisco. the company says the closures are motivated by increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures. we talked with workers off camera who said they were told by walgreens. the pharmacy side of the business is underperforming. customers point to rampant theft at some locations. two of the stores that will close are in supervisor shamann walton's district. he says he worries residents will be deprived of access to needed medications.

>> so we're going to continue, of course, to reach out to pharmacy providers. we're going to reach out to grocers and see who we can get to come in and, of course, fulfill the goods and services needs gap that will exist if we don't act fast. >> the walgreens stores will close during the last week of february. >> our time is 951. macy's also announced it's closing more stores and several stores in the bay area are on that list. macy's will close 66 stores this year. here in the bay area, there are the macy's and new park mall in newark, the village in madera, and the macy's furniture gallery at the hillsdale shopping center in san mateo, all of them set to close this year. at some point, the total number of store closures could hit 150 by the end of next year. well, coming up on mornings on two, the nine is your california home at risk for a wildfire? we'll tell you about a tool you need to know about. it lets you check your zip code fo

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in southern california, deadly wildfires have burned entire neighborhoods down, and firefighters are still working to contain them. los angeles county officials have confirmed that ten people have been killed in the fires. 180,000 people are under evacuation orders, and residents are being warned about contaminated air and tap water. >> some 150 firefighters from the bay area are now on the fire lines in los angeles county, battling the worst firestorm that region has ever seen. strike teams from several local agencies have been heading south all week, including firefighters from san mateo, san francisco, alameda and marin counties. oakland fire also said a team of firefighters down south. just the past hour, i spoke with oakland's fire chief, damon covington, about their mission so far. >> we sent 12 people down type three apparatus, which is our wildland mobile operation rigs. we've also sent a water tender

down that had two additional people on it. so 14 total. >> the chief tells us the firefighters from oakland got right to work on the fire lines, joining forces with other strike teams from across the state. >> well, the california national guard is now in southern california to prevent looting in evacuated areas. now there's a curfew in areas where people are still evacuated. no one is allowed in between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m, the l.a. county sheriff, robert luna, says 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting so far. he expects that number to keep rising. and after an incident yesterday in the skies over the palisades fire, the fbi wants to make sure unauthorized drones no longer fly over that fire zone. the l.a. county firefighters say a drone collided with an aircraft that was dropping water on the flames. no one was hurt, but that collision put a hole in the left wing and forced the aircraft to land. still no word on who was flying that drone.

>> the skies above los angeles have been smoky for the better part of this week. now we have new video that shows what happened when the first plume rose above the pacific coast highway. we'll take a picture here. this is what it was like on tuesday. one woman saw the smoke and rushed home to check on her house. as smoke began to take over. essentially perfect blue skies. she took this video as she feared what she'd see in her neighborhood. >> it's hard to watch the fire, and there's no fire trucks that were there at that time. yeah, you hear the sirens, but what can you actually do? >> she grabbed some things and escaped with her four year old son. she's now among some 200,000 people who have been evacuated from their homes, many of them staying with family and friends or in hotels, some in temporary shelters. >> animal shelters in southern california are now getting help from other states to safely evacuate pets away from wildfire dangers. the seattle humane society has coordinated the flight to bring rescue pets from the l.a. area to seattle this weekend. seattle humane says

it's partnering with wings of rescue and paws for hope to fly 60 cats and dogs to boeing field on sunday afternoon. relocation efforts like this will allow animal shelters in los angeles county to make more room for pets who were separated from their owners during the wildfires. >> there's fire, there's smoke, there's a sensory overload for them. they they are probably very frightened and don't know where to go. >> the animals being relocated to seattle were already in shelters before the fire started. >> while so many of us are watching what's happening in los angeles and worried about what could happen here at home, there is action you can take to help better understand your risk. there's an online tool that's called risk factor. it's from the first street foundation. so first go to first street.org. you type in your zip code actually put in my specific home address. and you'll see properties that have some risk of being affected by a wildfire over the next 30 years. we should note that 40% of california homes have at least moderate risk of a wildfire. nearly 72 million homes in the

u.s. have some type of risk, ranging from minor to extreme. the total could reach 80 million by the year 2050. i talked about my home address, you know, one out of ten flood factor, four out of ten, fire factor, one out of ten. so air factor heat. it really kind of looks at your home in totality. we can't just worry. we need to take action. right. >> get your kit ready. do things that you can do. >> yeah, yeah. >> it's good advice. it's been a long week. we're so glad that you've been with us. you as well, by the way. yeah. we're on top of the news here through the fox local app. to scan the qr code, download fox local, choose ktvu if you would. we're staying on top of the firestorm in so he californi >> 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 ♪ >>