when the when people skyping in, they're better than us? yeah. that's typical, just the way bracing for more gusty winds, the dangerous conditions prompting serious warnings from officials. >> i urge, and everybody here urges you to remain alert, as danger has not yet passed. [music] >> from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is the four and the return of those strong winds, jeopardizing the progress that fire crews have made on the two largest fires burning in southern california. the palisades fire has burned more than 23,000 acres and is 17% contained this afternoon, while the eaton fire in altadena has burned more than 14,000 acres and that fire is 35% contained. authorities say at least 24 people have now died in those destructive fires. welcome everyone to the four this

afternoon. >> i'm alex savage and i'm cristina rendon, southern california on edge. tonight as extreme conditions return. ktvu is greg lee following the updates in l.a. county. he joins us in the newsroom with the latest. greg. cristina. >> alex, good afternoon to you. officially, one week into this massive firefight and the winds continue to be the persistent driver. firefighters have said the next 24 hours will be crucial in protecting their progress as gusts pick up and conditions become ripe for fire growth. one week after the deadly palisades fire began, all that remains in some neighborhoods are chimneys and charred rubble. the blaze in pacific palisades and malibu set off a historic firestorm that left a path of destruction across los angeles county. now, weary residents who've lost everything and exhausted first responders brace for more extreme conditions. >> life threatening and destructive and widespread winds are already here for this significant wind event. we are taking an aggressive, lean forward posture. >> we plan to keep the fire small, but we prepare for any

other event that happens. we're also staying vigilant and having resources available and identified to respond to any kind of new starts in the in the area. >> a fresh round of santa ana winds, prompting the national weather service to issue a rare, particularly dangerous situation. fire warning for areas in la and ventura counties. gusty winds paired with low humidity and dry fuel threaten to fan new flames or undo progress made on the palisades and the eaton fire in altadena. >> we are giving this fire everything we've got. this is a particularly dangerous situation from now through tomorrow. >> engines are staging in high risk areas. power has been preemptively shut off to more than 58,000 edison customers, and officials are urging people to be ready to go at a moment's notice. 88,000 people remain under evacuation orders. another 84,000 under warnings. >> actually, we recommend you go. don't wait till the order is given. we don't want you to impact your own life or the life

of your loved ones. >> law enforcement and members of the national guard continue to watch over abandoned neighborhoods. new arrests have been made for looting and other offenses. they're also tasked with the grim work of looking into 37 missing persons reports across both fires. >> we also have been working with teams that are coming in to work on the palisades to begin searching for remains as well. so this operation continues. it's active, not easy work. >> while the firefight continues, l.a. mayor karen bass joined the governor in cutting red tape to expedite debris removal and the rebuilding process for victims. this is fema remains on the ground processing tens of thousands of disaster applications. >> we also want to move into the time when we prepare for moving forward and rebuilding, but making sure that we can get people's lives back in whole. >> altadena is a community, and it's the people that made it, and we really hope they rebuild.

>> in addition to the threat of fanning flames, the winds could exacerbate hazardous air conditions. the county department of public health urging people to take steps like wearing masks when outside to protect themselves from ash and other particles in the air. in the newsroom, greg lee, ktvu, fox two news. all right, greg, thank you for the update. >> we want to bring in ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo. now with a look at the conditions there. mark, the big talk was tuesday is going to be a day to watch with the winds. >> yeah we had the period of a stronger winds today. but probably those winds actually not reaching the expectations. but it looks like as we move into wednesday, another pulse of some very strong winds. and hopefully that will be kind of the last episode with it with with the wind event. but take a look at some of the winds over the past day or so. you can see adding up in the san gabriel mountains. that's one site called magic mountain, showing you a gust of 74 miles an hour, the malibu hills 47 miles an hour, and the winds have been trending down this afternoon. so that is a nice development, but they will trend up once again. so here's a look at the eaton fire. you can see the red fire

perimeters here. and also out toward the palisades fire showing up on this map as well as we show you some of the current wind reports right now, at least these panels, not too bad. lacks a westerly wind at about ten miles per hour. we'll show you some more sites, and you'll notice this malibu hills you can see gusting to 24 miles an hour. oxnard at about 15 miles an hour. then some more reports for you. as you can see, some calm wind out toward pine crest site here. and then santa monica winds at about 15 beverly hills, gusting to about 15 miles an hour. so here's the forecast model. most of this past week we've been talking about a northeast wind. so that's the case for today. we will see the winds pick up into your wednesday. and kind of a wind shift that to easterly. more of an easterly wind. and with that the fire danger actually kind of propagates up the coast closer to a ventura county, closer to santa barbara as well. so here is a look at the most recent red flag fire warning coming up for you right now, until until 6:00 wednesday for all of these areas. so winds for the mountains could be gusting up above 50 miles an hour. gusts

closer to general, around 35 to 40 to maybe 50 miles an hour. you've been hearing about the pds, a particularly dangerous situation. you can see it's kind of outlined in these areas. you'll notice it is not in place for the palisades fire zone. it is clipping the altadena area for tomorrow. so this is basically in place for tomorrow. the winds are expected to pick up wednesday morning and then linger into wednesday afternoon. here is the forecast model. keep an eye on those contours. those brighter colors do indicate some stronger wind speeds. it's that defined wind out of the northeast to east. and then we will see a wind shift. in fact this is tomorrow afternoon. see the winds kind of coming out of this one direction here, then a different direction out toward the coastline. but we will see a wind shift later in the day. wednesday. looks like those winds will back off throughout to the afternoon hours and into the evening hours into your wednesday. so once again with a red flag warning continues and stronger winds expected first thing tomorrow morning. >> really a concerning time for folks in southern california. mark, thank you for the update there in washington, d.c. former

special counsel jack smith is defending the report that was released today on the efforts by president elect trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. according to the first volume of that report, trump, quote, inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence on january 6th and knowingly spread an objectively false narrative about election fraud. smith says he believes bringing criminal charges against trump would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned him to the white house. some republicans are condemning the report, while democrats are demanding more details. >> i expect that he was elected, but the american public deserves a higher level of visibility into his role in those events. >> trump responded early today in an online post, claiming that he was totally innocent and calling jack smith a, quote, lame brained prosecutor. smith also wrote a second volume focused on separate charges

brought against trump over his handling of classified documents. that part of the report has not been released because charges against two of trump's co-defendants are still pending. >> president elect donald trump's nominee for defense secretary, pete hegseth, faced hours of questioning on capitol hill today. >> fox's rebecca castro is in washington, d.c, with more on the concerns some lawmakers have about hegseth, including his lack of experience as well as accusations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse. you are safe. >> you are safe. >> former fox news host and army veteran pete hegseth greeted with cheers from dozens of military supporters tuesday. misogynists and jeers from a handful of protesters. democrats on the senate armed services committee, weighing whether to confirm his nomination for defense secretary, seemed to have their minds made up. >> the american people need a secdef who is ready to lead on day one. you are not that person. >> i don't believe that you can tell this committee, or the

people of america that you are qualified to lead them. >> headset's critics are concerned by his lack of experience. if confirmed, he'd be in charge of the largest federal agency with a sprawling $840 billion budget. headsets, gop allies and donald trump think it's time for a disrupter. >> the bottom line is the status quo is unacceptable. it's not working. and the members of this committee, you all know it, you know it's not working. >> but his qualifications are not. democrats only concern. hegseth has also been accused of sexual misconduct and having a drinking problem, both of which he denies. >> there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. that was clear from moment one. >> the committee will vote at a later date on whether to advance headset's nomination to the full senate. there, he can only lose three gop votes, assuming every democrat votes against him. in

washington, rebecca castor, fox news. >> history was made on the marin county board of supervisors this morning. [applause] brian colbert was sworn in as the first african-american member of the board since it was founded in 1852. his daughter layla was there as he took the oath. colbert is an attorney and former san anselmo town council member. he now represents district two, which includes san anselmo, greenbrae, and ross, among other communities. >> the long delayed sale of the oakland coliseum may finally be coming to a close. the alameda county board of supervisors is meeting right now in a closed session to take action on that deal. the a's and oakland have agreed to sell their shares of the site to the african american sports and entertainment group, but the county still needs to sign off on the deal. the sale is expected to bring in about $125 million for the city, as it faces a $129 million budget

deficit. what county leaders are considering are the new terms of the agreement, which would release the county from liability for the coliseum site. >> all right. coming up. a new report released by the federal trade commission offering an in-depth look at the rising price of prescription drugs. >> some of the largest prescription benefit managers in the country accused of major markups. we're live with an expert to break down what this repo says afte the

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on some of those drugs went up by several 100% and in some cases, even several thousand percent. >> the ftc found those markups resulted in the pharmacy benefit managers bringing in an extra $7.3 billion in revenue. the pharmacy benefit managers dispute the findings in this report, calling them misleading. >> okay, for more on this, we are joined by antonio chacha, a leading expert on pharmacy benefit managers. antonio, thanks for joining us here. are you at all surprised by this ftc report and these just incredible markups by pharmacy benefit managers? >> not surprised at all. this has been a drum i've been banging for quite a few years. and the ftc just brought an orchestra of validation to what we've been seeing in the marketplace. mark cuban's been talking about this problem for several years, and now incoming president donald trump has been talking about this as well, both in his previous presidency and his on ramp into his next administration. so these little

known intermediaries work on behalf of insurance companies with the idea that they're supposed to lower the cost of prescription drugs because a variety of conflicts of interest and a lot of lack of transparency, they actually are exacerbating a lot of the problems they were originally hired to control. >> is there any way to explain why these pharmacy benefit managers increased the prices to the extent that they did on certain medications? >> the most simple explanation is, is that employers look to pbms and government programs, look to pbms to wrangle very complicated prescription drug costs. but along the way, pbms started getting paid by drug companies, resulting in a conflict of interest that allowed them to actually inflate costs of medicines. then they opened their own pharmacy. so when the same company you hire to control the cost of drugs owns pharmacies and sets the prices, bad things can happen. >> okay, so pharmacy benefit managers, from what we understand are kind of the middlemen between drug companies and consumers. they negotiate

the prices on behalf of employers and health plans. so what is their role intended to be? why are they necessary? >> well, ultimately we all want to get our drugs through our insurance benefits, right? and our insurance benefits ultimately dictate where we get our medicines filled, what prices will ultimately pay. so if we work through our employer or government program, the insurance companies kind of set us loose within this pbm marketplace. well, unfortunately, the insurance companies own the pbms. so as they're steering patients to pharmacies, they own, they also get to set the prices of those medicines that can result in self-dealing, that allows a pbm to overprice certain medicines to, at the expense of a government program or an employer. what we also see is that independent pharmacies and chain pharmacies that aren't owned by pbms, they often get the short end of the stick for filling many medicines that are under profitable, while the most profitable ones that the pbms create, they push to the

pharmacies they own. >> what do you think that the average consumer, the average patient in this country who needs prescription medications, should do with the information in this report? what what can you do other than sort of shake your head and say, it's unbelievable? is there anything you can do as a consumer to push back? >> there are opportunities to shop around. as i mentioned, there's websites like good rx, mark cuban, cost plus drug company or your local independent pharmacy might find ways to work with you to find a better price. but beyond what you could do for yourself is what you could do to your employer. the ftc's report shows how government programs and our employers are the ones who are carrying the cost for this exceedingly expensive system. wow. >> we'll have to leave the conversation there. it's really interesting, though, and kind of like you said, really surprising that this is happening. but you yourself not surprised. you've been following it more closely than we have. i know. antonio, thanks so much for joining us today. >> thank you so much for having me. absolutely. >> back now to our bay area

weather. a live look across the oakland estuary on this beautiful afternoon on a tuesday with the golden sunset as the hour begins for sunset, as we could say, we'll bring back mark tamayo now with a look at what's ahead. hi, mark. hi, there. >> christina. yeah, no big changes. headed our way in the bay area forecast. it's kind of tricky because you wake up, you wake up first thing in the morning. it feels so cold out there with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and into the afternoon hours. actually, it feels like a spring like day with temperatures in the 60s. take a look though. another cold start this morning. some areas starting out the day in the upper 20s. one site in morgan hill showing you that lots of 30s. so a chilly start this morning. another chilly start first thing tomorrow morning as well. here is the satellite and you'll notice that the also traced in the upper level wind pattern. and you see a big area of high pressure, a big circulation out here in the pacific. storm track is way up and over california. and as a result, we have this dry weather pattern, of course, southern california, they have those offshore winds developing once again. so they have the red flag warning for today and into

wednesday until 6 p.m. tomorrow. right now, mostly clear skies, except a few high clouds drifting into the region from the north. and we'll check out our current wind reports. thankfully, no one talking about any major winds here in the region. you see a calm wind in napa, three miles an hour in the concord area, and then some more reports for you. sfo, a calm wind and livermore winds out of the east at six miles per hour. current temperatures out there. actually a nice day to get outside. temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. san jose 63 and concord currently in the lower 60s at 62 degrees. here's our live camera looking above san francisco with mostly clear skies. we'll bring in maybe just a few high clouds still for tonight and into tomorrow morning, but no sign of rainfall for us. we're going to have fair skies. a chilly start tomorrow morning once again to the coldest locations. want to bundle up? starting out wednesday morning in the 30s but no umbrellas needed for tomorrow. here is the forecast model. long range. here we are looking for some rainfall. you see the days and the hours tick

away. but the clouds or the rain clouds kind of not moving into the bay area. so this is into monday, january 20th, potentially a dry weather stretch for us here in the bay area. of course, they could use some rainfall in southern california. it's not showing up in their forecast at all but the weekend. we'll talk more about that with your full forecast and your updated five day coming up in just a little bit. all right. >> we'll see you then. mark thank you. up next here on the four this afternoon a new report is out highlighting the growing threat from cyber attacks. we're live with the experts at check point software to discuss these findings. and we'll talk about whose informatio is ost

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we're not learning from the issues year after year. you know, one of the biggest issues that we're seeing in our report puts it out there. and it also gives you great advice. what we're seeing is 96% of the exploits that are that the bad guys are using are from older than 2024. so what we're seeing is people not patching. and with health care and education targeted, you know, the criminals know that the budgets are not as big for educational and health care. and they also know that health care records are the most valuable. they're using them for blackmail. they're using them for fake bill requests. so it's just not good news. but there is good news on the horizon. our our government is actually pushed to upgrade hipaa laws. so now at least we're going to start seeing encryption of our databases and encryption of data at rest. so even if they do get hacked, the

data won't be exposed on the internet. alex. >> yeah. in your report, did did obviously key in, as you just said, on the two most targeted industries for these cyber attacks, which are the education industry and the health care industry. and you talked a little bit about why those industries are targeted so often, maybe, you know, sort of outdated security systems. what what are the most important steps that those industries can take to upgrade their systems and try to limit these attacks? >> well, they're going to have to follow the new hipaa compliance guidelines. and that's encryption also zer trust. so i know it's not something that normal people talk about every day. but you californians are cyber savvy. so zero trust is microsegmentation and enhanced authentication. and you know, the advice could be used for end users as well. every time you log into a different website, have a different password. and if they offer two factor authentication, use it as well. you know. and

the other thing is the vector is coming in. the number one vector is email. you know, we still see about 89% of the successful hacks starting with email. so don't trust your email systems. upgrade it with the best security you can get and don't click on everything. go to the website that's that the email is talking about. so if it comes from your healthcare provider, go directly to that website. if it comes from amazon, go directly to amazon. do not click on those links. >> alex, i know we talk about this over and over. i have it in big bold letters here in my notes. don't click the link. we should just put that on the but the bottom of the screen here. your report is also tracking what you are describing as kind of an evolution in ransomware attacks, which we talk about a lot here. what's changing in that arena, and what do businesses and other industries need to be on the lookout for in the coming year? >> you know, it's artificial intelligence. you know, it's a

it's a double edged sword. it's great for productivity. it's great for, you know, for us, you know, we have 90 different artificial intelligence engines that look at email. there's over 300 characteristics that need to look at. so it's good for the defenders but it's also good for the attackers. the attackers are leveraging it to create better and better emails, better and better website domains that look like good domains. so when you go to a website, you can really be fooled. and it's created by artificial intelligence, and it's done in a scripted way so they can create millions of emails with perfect english. it's not your nigerian scam anymore. it's really legitimate looking, perfect english, perfect copies of websites. so, you know, we're going to be seeing more and more about artificial intelligence being used for good and bad. >> yeah, certainly we the game

is changing with ai, no doubt about it. and we all have to be a lot more aware when it comes to cybersecurity. appreciate the time. always good to have you on. pete nicoletti with checkpoint software. thanks for doing it. >> stay secure sir. >> all right. thank you. >> next here on the floor raising awareness about the risk of cervical cancer and the key steps you can take to protect your

cervical cancer, as they do every january, with information about screenings and prevention of the disease. despite being

highly preventable, cervical cancer is one of the most common cancer and cause of death in women around the world. and the. we do know that rates have dropped over the past few years here in the us, but the national cancer institute estimated last year that more than 13,000 people would be diagnosed. so it really is common between the ages of 35 to 44 for women. joining us now is doctor betty bergman of kaiser permanente in walnut creek. thanks so much for joining us. thank you for having me. and let's talk about the importance of getting screened, because i was just saying in the commercial break here, i don't get screened as regularly as i should. right. it's embarrassing to admit that, but it's really something that women should be more aware of and they should be doing. >> that's right. well, any individual with a cervix who has ever had any sexual contact is potentially at risk of developing cervical cancer. but the good news is that cervical cancer is a very preventable type of cancer, because we have very effective screening tests that can detect precancerous changes in the cervix that can be treated before they develop into cervical cancer. >> how often should someone get screened then?

>> so screening is recommended every 3 to 5 years. and at kaiser permanente we recommend our patients be screened every three years. >> okay. do you feel like patients at the facility you're at in walnut creek? are they taking advantage of that or are they coming in for screenings? are they getting the vaccination? >> yeah. well, overall our screening rates are around 83%, which is much better than the national average. and but we definitely still feel like we have room for improvement. and you're exactly right that many patients just don't aren't necessarily aware of the need to be screened. right. there's really now two different screening tests, which can also be somewhat confusing to patients. we have the pap smear, which of course has been around since the 1950s. and that's still the recommended screening test for patients who are under the age of 25. but now we have the hpv test, which is now recommended for patients 25 and older. the american cancer society recommends that because because it's been shown in many studies to be more effective than the pap smear at detecting patients with precancerous or

cancerous changes. okay. >> so we also know that, you know, women are getting tested and there's a potential for at home tests. have you heard about anything like that in terms of at home tests? >> well, you're exactly right that the fda has now approved having women do what's called self-collection, which is when they collect the sample themselves. so it turns out that if you have an hpv infection, you have it not just in your cervix but also the vagina. so you don't necessarily need to have a pelvic exam to collect the screening test. and patients can collect the screening sample just using a swab in the vagina. so at kaiser permanente, we're exploring that option of having patients be able to self collect. and we're really excited about the possibility of that. lowering barriers to screening and making screening easier for patients. >> do you feel that this month does any good in terms of reaching more people and having this annual awareness come out for january? obviously it's something that should continue throughout the year, but having january as this month of awareness, does it make a difference?

>> well, i think it does because i think people, you know, everyone's busy and it's easy, easy to forget the importance of screening. but, you know, it's important to emphasize that this is a very preventable type of cancer. there's really two ways to prevent cervical cancer. one is to be screened regularly because again, you can detect precancerous changes in the cervix that can be treated before they develop into cervical cancer. and the other way is to be vaccinated. and the hpv vaccine is the most effective if given before the onset of sexual activity, before you're exposed to the hpv virus. and so it's recommended to be given to boys and girls around the age of 11 and 12. but it can be given as early as age nine or as late as age 26. and the vaccine was introduced in 2006. so we now have patients who receive the vaccine as young girls who are now in their early 30s. and we're seeing about a 90% reduction in the rate of cervical cancer and cancer in those patients. >> that's huge. >> yeah. so it's very effective. so really there's, you know, it's really the case that, you know, if we if a patient develops cervical cancer, it's really in many ways kind of a failure on our part as a health

care system to prevent that. okay. >> before we let you go, if somebody did not get the vaccine, if somebody is already older in life, they are diagnosed with cervical cancer, you know, what should they what would you tell them in terms of seeking outlets for help for their mental health, or just speaking to somebody about what they're going through? >> well, the cancer process is always extremely difficult and traumatic, and it's different for everybody because obviously the specific circumstances vary from person to person. if you're diagnosed with cervical cancer through screening, it's very likely that you were diagnosed with a very early cervical cancer that's highly curable and very, very treatable. and so, you know, there's obviously lots of different support that people need around cancer treatment because it has a lot of psychological. and, you know, for women sometimes sexual impact on on their health. but, you know, we want to encourage people to make sure that they get screened so that if they do develop cervical cancer, it can be detected early and treated. >> highly preventable. that's the message. it's highly preventable. you can do it. you've inspired me. i'm going to go make a doctor's appointment. please do. thank you. doctor

betty bergman with kaiser permanente. thanks so much for joining us. appreciate it. thank you. thank you alex. [music] >> and barry. i'll pick it up. the forecast. christina. lots of sunshine today here in the bay area. cold start this morning, but the mild afternoons and this pattern,t's

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budget range for size. so small staff, 5 to 10 people who are constantly reprioritizing what they need. so when we come in and partner with them and we spend so much time getting to know them, their needs, their beneficiaries needs, it really helps them, you know, achieve those things that would otherwise wait for a year or two years or sometimes not even happen. wow. >> so they i'm sure this is a great need for them and is something that you charge them. or is this something that you just partner with them and help them on? >> it's free of charge to the nonprofits. what we really encourage is our community members contributing. if they're working on a project, they're contributing their time, their talent. we also really encourage contributing your treasure your money either through a giving circle or directly donating to the nonprofit that you're partnering with. >> so you have volunteers with your group that help out these other nonprofits as well. exactly. and so what are the skills of the volunteers that join your organization? >> the skills really vary. we obviously have a huge group of people coming from tech who

bring that, which is an expensive skill. so for the nonprofits to get that for free is a game changer. working on a website, something like that. and it could be really any skill, though it might be that you're good at leading a project. and so you help scope the project, working alongside the nonprofit, developing that partnership. it could be that you bring an industry expertise. we work across different social issues. could be housing, could be climate change. so maybe you're bringing an expertise of that that really helps supercharge the project you're working on. >> so what do you want folks to know that are watching this that want to know more about it? what are you encourage them to do? yeah. >> well, we really encourage finding your community because there's overwhelm when you think it's you by yourself against something like climate change. but when you're sitting with a team of six people, we've broken down the project problems into something that's manageable. you feel like you have your community. it's caring people who want to help, and that starts to take the overwhelm out of it and bring structure to

solving that problem. >> if you'd like to donate to full circle fund, we have made it easy for you. just scan the qr code here on your screen, or you can head to ktvu.com/giving day. >> all right, let's talk about our weather here in the bay area. another gorgeous day. we're kind of wrapping it up here as we give you this live look out over the south bay as the sun begins to set. it was a nice day. comfortable temperatures here for us and the winds. we saw the kind of gusty conditions for us here in the bay area yesterday. those have backed off. mark is here with what we can expect for the rest of the week. >> yeah, alex, not too much change. we're just kind of locked and stuck in a dry weather pattern, and it will continue as we head toward the weekend and possibly beyond. so definitely be nice to be talking about some rain and some sierra snowfall, but not showing up in our forecast. i had to remind myself, this is january and we're still stuck in this dry weather pattern. and as we take a look at the tally here with the with the rainfall, last rainfall was friday, january 3rd. so the dry stretch including today is up to 11

days. so we are in the double digits. we're going to add to that over the next few days. here is the forecast model. we do have a system out here in the pacific. you can see it lighting up offshore here. but all the energy is going up and over california up and over the bay area. so any hope of rain is not showing up in this forecast. it's really not showing up in the southern california forecast as well. this is saturday into the afternoon hours and then on sunday as well. so it looks like a kind of a blocking pattern that will block the storms moving into the bay area. right now. here's the satellite where you can see the upper level wind pattern as well. and just lots of clear skies up and down our coastline. a closer look here. we still have that offshore flow, at least in the upper levels and especially down in southern california. and they have the red flag fire warning in place until 6 p.m. on wednesday, current wind reports. remember last week we were talking about wind advisories and some gusty winds, especially for the higher elevations not showing up today. you can see winds around 3 to 8mph. san jose a calm wind and half moon bay

and northerly breeze at about seven miles per hour. current numbers this afternoon for the 4:00 hour. lots of low 60s for san francisco, san jose and concord. checking in 62. here is our live camera looking above san francisco with still mostly clear skies, a bit of some haze in the sky, and also a few high clouds. but still. it's a dry weather pattern and a chilly one as well for the morning hours and a cold start tomorrow morning. overnight readings will be in the 30s and the 40s, so definitely a bundle up with a thick coat or a sweater. or maybe both. first thing tomorrow morning when you step outside. so here's the overall weather setup a big area of high pressure out here in the pacific. you can see a circulation down in southern california. as air goes from that high to the low. that's setting up that offshore wind, especially in southern california. so they have the high fire danger for today and into tomorrow. this area of high pressure will keep us dry into the weekend as we showed you. but it's chilly overnight. the afternoon hours will be mild with lots of 60s out there and no real significant changes headed our way. we're not

expecting a storm track to drift to the south and bring us rainfall. at least that's our current thinking, and temperatures right now will be in the low to mid 60s. so any hopes of rain not showing up just yet in the five day forecast? areas of frost first thing tomorrow morning. mostly sunny skies into the afternoon hours and we'll hold on to this pattern with kind of have the repeating forecast each and every day. cold overnight with temperatures in the 30s and the 40s kind of mild into the afternoon in the upper 50s to lower 60s. and once again, no rain clouds on this five day forecast right on through sunday. and that might continue into next week as well. so it would be nice. january is usually a could be an active month for us in terms of the rainy activity, but at least for right now, it is fairly quiet here in the bay area. >> all right mark, thank you. flu season is here and the number of hospitalizations are increasing nationwide. fox's kim posey spoke to state health officials about these numbers and how to protect your family. >> doctors here at the colorado department of public health and environment say that flu has now

surpassed covid and rsv in their emergency room data, and there are now two a strains circulating in the community. >> it was terrible. i had a pretty high fever. >> meredith finley was diagnosed with influenza a in december. >> my body ached terribly. i was coughing. >> the evergreen resident says she was later diagnosed with walking pneumonia as well and missed two weeks of work. >> i'm still recovering from that. >> state health officials say flu activity and hospitalizations are on the rise. >> we took a big jump after december 21st and it's still going up. >> doctor ned calonge at the colorado department of public health and environment says that as of the last update on january 4th, there were 278 influenza hospitalizations in the state. that's up from 246 the previous week and 140 on december 21st. >> it's severe enough to bring

people into the hospital. >> also, 20% of tests reported to the state came back positive for flu. doctor calonge says if you test positive, stay home, hydrate, take fever reducing medications and ask your provider about tamiflu that can shorten the duration of flu symptoms by about a couple of days. >> you need to start tamiflu early. >> doctors say this is a pretty typical flu season to protect yourself. wash your hands regularly and take all of the normal precautions. and remember, it's not too late to get a flu shot. >> all right. much more news headed your way this afternoon here on the four. but up first, let's check on the roads around the bay area. and this is a live look at the very busy conditions here. if you're heading along the east shore freeway. doesn't matter which direction you're going this afternoon. it is slow going coming through berkeley and emeryville right now. we'll

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dozens of guitars from the iconic musician jeff beck's collection are going up for auction this month. christie's is putting up over 130 guitars and other items from the rock n roll hall of famer six decade career there, from when beck joined the yardbirds in 1965 up until his last tour in 2022. the collection features a wide price range, including $120 for a ukulele to beck's 1954 oxblood

gibson les paul, which is depicted on the cover of his solo album blow by blow. that one expected to bring in more than $600,000. >> really, it is aimed at everyone. it's all of jeff's fans around the world, of which there are many guitarists, specifically guitar collectors and even some institutions and museums. >> jeff beck passed in 2023 at the age of 78. his estate says the motivation behind the guitars being sold is the hope that they'll be played. the auction is set for january 22nd. >> well, a likeness of one of the detroit lions star wide receivers is going viral. a bakery in rochester, michigan, has made a near life sized cake of amon-ra saint brown in his iconic headstand celebration. he showed off that move after a touchdown catch against the green bay packers back in november. the bakery decided to memorialize that moment and the celebration, and it has since

gone viral. people are lining up outside that bakery to see it. according to the associated press, even saint brown himself dropped by to see that cake in person. pretty cool. yeah. >> all right, now to spacex. they launched a rocket into orbit today carrying a slew of satellites. and this happened here in california this morning. the falcon nine rocket carrying more than 130 different payloads, lifted off from vandenberg space force base. this is transporter 12. it is the 12th rideshare mission in a series which sends satellites from a variety of customers on a single rocket. the missions have delivered about 1100 payloads for more than 130 different customers. >> well, a piece of art is going to be headed to the moon on another spacex rocket. this is happening tomorrow. a little red cottage will hitch a ride on a lunar lander that's set to take off from the kennedy space center. the piece is one in a series created by swedish artist

michael genberg. he has gained a reputation for putting little cottages in all sorts of unusual locations, including up a tree and even one that was floating down a lake or floating on a lake. if the launch goes as planned, the rover will land on the moon in about four months. >> release the house, take some pictures and leave it alone. standing there for thousands and thousands and maybe millions of years. >> in 2009, jen berg sent up a piece of art to the international space station with sweden's first astronaut. this latest project is in partnership with the japanese comny ispace. so in our ktvu idea of the y, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine whathaart exhibit might look like on the moon. and this is what it came up with here. >> that's pretty detailed. >> you got? yeah. you got the easel going here. >> and except he's not facing the. he' facing away from the

easel. >> t art is being created. maybe they maybe they're looking for inspiration. >> i comes up with the best things, doesn't it? >> yes. a right. we'll be

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>> taxes feel stressful to the average american. >> but with the internal revenue service kicking off the 2025 tax season on january 27th, financial experts say you can use the time leading up to prepare your documents so you can file early. >> file as early as you can. meaning once all of the documents show up, because you can avoid things where you see in the news where folks have their identity stolen. well, you know, social security numbers get leaked and criminals might use those to file fraudulent returns. filing early can help you there. >> if your finances are more complex, maybe you're self-employed. >> or maybe you have rental properties. find a trusted tax advisor to help you get through the process. >> if you just have a w2. experts say there's a bunch of credible software available for you to self report. >> i would not recommend folks do things by hand. that's where mistakes can happen if you're writing things down. >> but beware if you've had these life changing moments over the last year, that may impact how and what you file. >> bought a house this year?

well, you're going to get a form 1098 from your mortgage company and you just plug that in. or maybe you had a child for the first time. congratulations. and then you'd be looking for something like a tax credit for called the child tax credit. >> and while taxpayers have at least until april 15th to file returns, the irs has announced certain extensions for storm battered regions of the south. >> all of alabama, all of north carolina, all of south carolina and all of florida now have instead of to april 15th until may the 1st to file their tax returns. >> ted lindner, fox news. >> ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> i don't want people to start thinking everything's okay now. everything's not okay yet. >> now at 5:00, bracing for disaster tonight. firefighters around los angeles county are preparing to attack flare ups or new fires as dry winds and severely dry conditions are still threatening to undo days of progress. good evening. i'm

claudine wong, and we are beginning with southern california's wildfire crisis. and firefighters are warning that the danger is far from over. the two largest fires, the palisades and the eaton fires, are continuing to burn. these are live pictures from our sister station in los angeles. you can see there that is the pacific coast highway, and you can see the damage being done to that roadway. as you can see where the fire went through there. now, if you take a look at these pictures, it looks fairly calm. but that is why there is this warning tonight telling people, despite how it may look right now, things are going to get worse. it looks like overnight in the early morning hours into tomorrow. now, firefighters have gained ground on the two major wildfires. the palisades fire is now 17% contained and has burned nearly 24,000 acres. containment on the eaton fire has risen to 35%, with 14,000 acres burned. the death toll has now risen