bay area women against sean diddy combs may be in jeopardy. the reason this case could get dismissed at a time when firefighter staffing is top of mind in east bay fire departmen, adds to its fleet the newest additions that were decades in

the making. and we are closely watching those winds tonight in southern california as the los angeles wildfires keep burning and the threat of fire risk remains high. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at 730. >> good evening. on this tuesday night, i'm cristina rendon. and we begin with those wildfires burning in southern california today, marking one week since the fires broke out. and with more dangerous winds in the forecast. the progress that has been made does have firefighters concerned about being set back. the winds are increasing. the fire threat continues to exist. here's the latest numbers. the palisades fire is now 18% contained. it has burned nearly 24,000 acres. crews have made a bit of progress up in the eaton fire near altadena. that one is up to 35% containment, with more than 14,000 acres burned. and tonight, the death toll is up to 25 victims across all of the fires in southern california.

firefighters say the next 24 hours will be crucial in protecting their progress that they have made in the last seven days, as new round of santa ana winds prompts the national weather service to issue a rare, particularly dangerous, dangerous situation. a pds, a fire warning for areas in la and ventura counties. engines are staging in high risk areas and power has been preemptively shut off to more than 58,000 electric customers. authorities are urging people to be ready to go at a moment's notice tonight. 88,000 people remain under evacuation orders and another 84,000 are under warnings, 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. >> law enforcement and the california national guard keep watching over evacuated neighborhoods. we do know that new arrests have been made for looting and other offenses, and these officers are also tasked with the difficult work of looking into 37 missing persons reports across both of the fires. well, president biden says the federal government is covering the majority of recovery costs for the next 180 days. but he adds, congress needs to step up and fund assistance beyond that. many republicans, including house speaker mike johnson, say any federal aid should come with conditions. democrats are criticizing that threat, and note that relief was given to victims of hurricane helene and milton with no strings attached. fema says it has enough money to respond to the wildfires and other disasters in the near future. after congress approved $100 billion in emergency aid last month. more bay area counties are sounding the alarm on the importance of wildfire preparedness in the wake of those devastating wildfires in southern california. supervisor

jackie spear asking cal fire and other first responders to brief the san mateo county board on the current levels of preparedness and ways to boost safety. a presentation will be held next week to talk about wildfire safety. fire departments across san mateo county have sent more than 150 firefighters and engines down to l.a. to help with the fires. well, tonight, fremont is touting the addition of a new truck company for its entire fire department. it has come. it has come at a time when many cities are facing budget cuts to their firehouses. ktvu jana katsuyama brings us a look at how the department was able to add personnel and equipment. >> it was a celebration of a budget battle victory. >> it is my honor and privilege to place truck 56 in service at quarters fremont. >> fire chief zuraida diaz brought the new fire truck into service. >> it's a pretty expensive piece of equipment. >> diaz says tuesday's ceremony came after 20 years of planning.

the fire truck cost about $2 million, and the department worked with the city to get additional funds for staffing. >> the city granted us another million and a half to recruit and hire to support opening up the 14th company. nine personnel. >> the move comes as many people worry about fire response and preparedness as flames tear through parts of los angeles. >> we have to make bigger investments to prevent against the next natural disaster. >> congressman eric swalwell was at the fremont fire ceremony, and he says he's introduced a bill to try and help. >> my bill is going to increase the funding that fema has to put into preventive measures, whether it's, you know, having more water resources to fight fires, having more firefighter stations near the areas that are the most vulnerable. >> the bill also would create a national disaster database across agencies to share information. >> this should be bipartisan. this could affect any area in the country. republican district. democratic district.

>> fremont itself is already doing what many cities are considering. the city has a hillside initiative banning development in wildfire prone areas. >> fremont. we're trying to reduce urban sprawl. we're trying to limit it to our key corridors. it's away from the hills, away from the brush fire. it's much safer experience, and we can get more density as well in these places. so all future growth in city of fremont will be near these transit oriented areas. >> fire officials say the new personnel will be working off of this temporary truck until the new vehicle is ready. it needs to go through a number of different tests, and it should be delivered sometime in april or may. reporting from fremont jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. >> an app developed in the bay area is gaining new traction in response to those devastating wildfires in la. it's called watch duty, and it allows people to track wildfires and subscribe to emergency alerts in their neighborhoods. ceo and co-founder john mills says the goal is to make life saving information more accessible to people near the flames.

>> cognitive decline happens when you're pumped full of adrenaline and you're scared for your life, and it's your first fire, but it's really challenging to think straight. and when you start telling people a bunch of cardinal directions, it's almost like torture. >> mills hopes to expand watch duty beyond fires to include alerts about other disasters as well. of course, you can monitor all of the developments coming out of southern california by downloading our fox local app to your phone or smart tv. there you can find round the clock coverage, as well as coverage from our sister station, kgtv down in los angeles. it is free to download. new at 730, we're learning more about the discovery of four bodies in a home in santa rosa. last week, police say those four people were found dead inside of a home on monarch court. they were a family, and they've been identified as 67 year old clive guthe, 67 year old donna guthe, 33 year old reina guthe and 28 year old kameron guthe. police say donna and clive were formerly married, and reina and

kameron were their two children. officers say they found the bodies in different areas of the home last wednesday with significant gunshot wounds. police also found a semiautomatic handgun near one of the bodies. investigators are now working to piece together what led up to the shooting. a bay area woman's lawsuit against sean diddy combs may be in jeopardy after her legal team missed a key deadline. and tonight, we're learning that lawsuit could be dismissed. ktvu crime reporter henry lee joining us from the newsroom with this story. henry. >> well, here's the challenge. christina. the defendant, p diddy, is behind bars. and that made it difficult for the woman's attorneys to properly serve him with a copy of the lawsuit, a sex abuse lawsuit against sean diddy combs alleging an assault in orinda could now be thrown out. that's because ashley parham, the woman suing combs, has not served him within the required 90 days. her attorney, ariel mitchell, says complicating matters is the fact that combs is in a federal jail in new york in a sex trafficking case because mr. combs is

incarcerated, he is not the easiest person to serve, even though it may seem as such. >> but he is not. >> the attorney says she's made several attempts to serve combs, who has the right to refuse service. a federal judge has given the plaintiff one more month to try to serve combs. if they miss that deadline, they could potentially refile the lawsuit. we're naming the accuser because she's publicly identified in the lawsuit. her attorney says it's not that simple to just hire a process server and send them to jail with lawsuits. >> so you have a process server who can be anybody who has a license to process serve. but those are the people on the outside. when you have people on the inside, it's a different process. >> henry bradford, a bay area process server, told ktvu serving someone in jail or prison is the, quote, easiest serve, and that he routinely hands paperwork over to alameda county sheriff's deputies at santa rita jail. but mitchell says new york is not california. in her lawsuit, the woman says combs and his entourage violently gang raped her in orinda back in 2018. she says the attack happened at an apartment on loma vista drive that was rented by an

acquaintance of combs. in a statement to ktvu in october, the contra costa county sheriff's office said a report was taken on march 23rd, 2018. we take these cases seriously, and detectives thoroughly investigated the accusations. it was later determined the claims were unfounded. now, her attorney says she's also gathering more facts in the case, which could lead her to amend the lawsuit. the accuser is asking for $50 million. live in the newsroom henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> a change is coming to south bay fire protection services. coming up, the major move to end a contract with cal fire and the pushback that came with it. >> and barry weather. another mild afternoon out there with lots of sunshine. our dry weather stretch is going to stick around. we'll have more on your forecast. we'll

the county board of supervisors voted to end a contract with cal fire, putting fire service under direct control of the county. right now, residents outside of the main cities of gilroy and morgan hill belong to the south santa clara county fire district. seen on this map here covered in green. those contract or that area rather contracts with cal fire for service will. today, the board of supervisors unanimously voted to terminate that fire district, which has been in place since 1980. it will now be merged with the rest of the county's fire services. according to cal fire's fire fighting union, more than 30 cal fire employees could lose their jobs as a result of the move. >> absolutely opposed to the idea that 30 plus firefighters

who have served our community with courage, distinction and distinction could be replaced by an annexation idea. that is confusing, dangerous, expensive, expensive, and reduces community protection. >> county leaders say the decision has nothing to do with the quality of the firefighters, but leaders feel that budget constraints at the state level have resulted in a lower level of service. supervisors say the south county fire district has been losing money, and the county has already been directly supplementing the cal fire contract is at stake. >> here is the viability. can can they continue to provide the services that they they committed to? and what we have seen is that no. >> county leaders also see it as an equity issue, saying that they want all county residents to receive the same level of emergency response. still unanswered, though, at today's meeting is the specific procedure for the county to absorb any potentially impacted state firefighters. the county executive promised supervisors a report which will address the

options and details of that process. okay, turning now to our weather mark. we've been talking about it all week and last week really the winds here not so. you said it wasn't so bad as anticipated today down there in southern california. >> but unfortunately another obstacle that will be beginning tomorrow morning with the winds picking up out of the northeast to the east. so yeah, fire danger. and it's hard to believe this is january and we're still talking about this incredible fire event, unfortunately in southern california. so here's a look at the wind forecast model. we've been talking so much about a northeast wind. you can see though we're going to see more of an easterly wind develop as we do head into wednesday. and as a result, the fire danger spreads to the north as well, approaching ventura and also santa barbara as well as we check out some of the current wind reports right now. actually, most of these panels not too bad. the one exception though, the malibu hills right now gusting to 37mph. so there is a bit of a breeze already in parts of southern california. all these areas from san diego up to portions of santa barbara county, are under a red flag fire warning, and that is in

place until 6 p.m. wednesday. here's a closer look at the area here and this area, showing you a pds, a particularly dangerous situation. and that's basically focusing on the weather tomorrow morning into early tomorrow afternoon. so all these areas here, this is actually excluding the palisades fire zone, but still in general high fire danger for tonight into tomorrow. here is the forecast model. this is tomorrow morning 7:00. and those contours here link up to the stronger wind speeds. so you can see la only three miles an hour. compare that to the malibu hills 24 and camarillo 29 miles an hour. the winds stick around. this is late tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. we will gradually scale back on the wind speeds, especially late tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow night. and finally an improvement with the weather conditions in southern california. no rain, but at least we're not talking about any strong winds. highs today in the 60s. across the board here we're showing you the fire zones once again down to our south. now here is a look at the

overall weather pattern a big area of high pressure out here in the pacific keeping us dry and no signs of any rain in our forecast. the current wind reports right now we have lots of calm wind, so no wind advisories, no high wind warnings for us here in the bay area. and here's our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. it is getting pretty chilly. current numbers in the upper 40s to the 50s, and there is a bit of a chill in the air overnight with some frost. patchy frost in some of the inland valleys first thing tomorrow morning, so our dry stretch will continue well. chilly overnight. once again it will be a mild afternoon and we are looking for the rainfall, but as you can see here, this forecast model keeps us dry into your thursday, into your weekend. maybe some low clouds back in the picture, but the storm track remains kind of a stranger into the weekend and into next week. things could change, but for right now, no signs of rain just yet. frost tomorrow morning, lots of sunshine into the afternoon hours and the look ahead. no big changes headed our way. just partly sunny skies on a friday and some areas of fog saturday morning. our dry weather stretch will continue right on through

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yet we spend 25% more of our lives in poor health. and that's because women's health is understudied and research is underfunded. >> the first lady said now is the time for investors to take a cue from the government's work and fund private research that could improve women's health. well, the long delayed sale of the oakland coliseum has taken a big step closer to being finalized. the alameda county board of supervisors, today, in a closed session, approved the terms of the agreement for the sale of the county's 50% interest in the coliseum complex. this follows the city of oakland's agreement to sell its shares of the site to the african american sports and entertainment group. the sale is expected to generate an estimated $125 million for the city, as it faces a $129 million budget deficit. supervisor nikki fortunato bass tells ktvu the final transfer of control of the site could happen within the next 30 days. a major donation

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here in the bay area. these photos are from the training that has led them to this moment. they have been trained in live fire recovery or searching for living people as well as human remains detections. many of these dogs were from rescue shelters and have now become rescues themselves. rescuers themselves in the bay area. the east bay spca is offering free adoptions to find homes for animals rescued from the la fires. volunteers drove to the l.a. county animal care center in lancaster over the weekend to help free up some space there, and they brought back ten dogs they're now trying to make room to take in more animals. free adoptions will last tomorrow through sunday, and people interested in adopting can visit available animals between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. a quick reminder if you want to help out, you can join fox's support of families impacted by the california wildfires. you can visit ktvu.com/wildfire help to support the efforts, or just scan the qr code there on your

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