know so far about the gunman and victims at a high school in tennessee. [music] here at home, she was standing at a bart platform waiting for a train when a stranger pushed her onto the tracks. while her family wants to hold bart accountable. then bay area groups taking on the trump administration their plans to protect undocumented immigrants and firefighters at this hour, battling a new wildfire that just broke out in southern california. our roberta gonzalez is in pasadena to show the new threat as the result of incoming rain. >> this is ktvu fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian. we begin with

breaking news of another deadly school shooting in this country. authorities in nashville, tennessee, have just announced a 17 year old student went to his high school and opened fire, killed a female student, then wounded two other people before turning the gun on himself. hospital officials described the two surviving victims as being in stable condition. there were a pair of school resource officers at the school, but by the time they arrived at the shooting scene, the incident was over. the shooter had died by suicide. investigators say the situation is contained and offered no motive behind the shooting. new. at noon, the family of a 74 year old woman who died after being pushed into an oncoming bart train in san francisco, announced a wrongful death suit this morning against the transit agency. corazon dan dan's family gathered with their lawyers at the powell street bart station, where last summer, police say a man intentionally pushed the victim as the train approached. the suit alleges the suspected attacker, trevor belmont, had been banned by bart for repeatedly jumping the pay gate. it accuses bart of allowing crime on its

properties, and says its safety failures led to dan dan's death. >> she was pushed into an oncoming bart train at this station by a criminal known to bart. he was convicted. he had a stay away order from a court. >> i can't express the amount of hurt that my family has gone through through this loss. we are filing this complaint to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> belmont faces charges, including murder. ktvu reached out to bart for comment and did not immediately hear back. president trump and his administration are going after sanctuary cities. the white house is ordering the justice department to investigate and prosecute any state or local governments and officials who stand in the way of immigration crackdowns. the associated press reports. the white house plans to go after sanctuary cities that obstruct or impede federal

functions. president trump also rolling back certain immigration rules that had limited where immigration officers could make arrests. his administration is allowing homeland security to detain migrants at what are called sensitive locations, such as schools and churches. the new rule takes away protections that had been in place for years. >> the fact that they're willing to lift that restriction is just mind boggling to me, and it's already scaring people. i have calls from school teachers and parents who are afraid to send their children to school. and these are folks, some of them are u.s. citizens, but they are from minority communities that think that they're going to be racially profiled. so already it's having devastating effect. >> the bay area groups are joining together to challenge the trump administration. they want immigrant families who are feeling uneasy to know about protections as well as resources. our james torres live in studio here with local efforts to keep immigrants safe. james. >> yeah, we've been seeing these conversations since days before the inauguration for president

trump. the demonstrations from communities all throughout the bay area, hoping to fight what they say will be dangerous and unlawful raids from fruitvale village in oakland. local leaders and immigration activists spread a message. >> as the grandson of immigrants, and is the only latino to represent the bay area in california state senate. i'm here on behalf of my colleagues in the state legislature to stand proudly with the unity council and our community partners to say very clearly that whatever trump says or threatens, we are a sanctuary city. we are a sanctuary state. >> a day after the trump administration announced changes to where federal agents can investigate undocumented immigrants. the idea that law enforcement can raid hospitals, churches and schools is leaving some longtime u.s. residents without citizenship uneasy. >> i feel very unsafe. i feel fear because we need to go to

church. our children need to go to school. >> immigration attorneys say they've had conversations about these changes since the november election. they're handling situations case by case and day by day. >> we want people to remain calm during this time. we need to take things day by day, is what we're telling people. certainly already some there have been executive orders and some directives have changed. but the law does not change overnight. >> in oakland, this gathering, hosted by the unity council, reminded undocumented members of this community. they do have rights. they do not have to show citizenship papers when asked, and they do not need to open doors to federal agents. if those agents do not have a warrant. >> the school board passed a resolution calling for sanctuary. reaffirming our commitment as a sanctuary district. this policy ensures the confidentiality of our students and families

immigration status, and provides clear guidelines as to how we're going to handle any immigration activity at our school sites. >> and those speaking from fruitvale village this morning say there are legal options for all undocumented immigrants worried about what could happen next. they recommend consulting with those resources in case federal agents come your way. >> gasia so many conversations happening all across the bay and beyond. james torres, thank you. president trump wants to release all people working in diversity, equity and inclusion units within the federal government by 2:00 pacific time today. the office of personnel management released a memo saying the administration is directing all federal di staff to be put on paid leave. the memo follows an executive order the president signed on his first day, ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government's diversity and inclusion programs. it ranges from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. dei offices are supposed to close by 2:00. here, federal agencies must submit a written plan for dismissing the employees by the end of this

month. amid the recent wildfires in southern california, president trump says he will issue an executive order to force california to move water from the pacific northwest toward los angeles. >> we're demanding that they turn the valve back toward los angeles. right now, it's not even believable that they haven't done it. they wanted to restrict you to 38 gallons of water a day. that sounds like a lot, but it's not. when you're a rich person and you like to take a shower at 38, 38 gallons doesn't last very long. >> president trump criticized water restrictions in california. he's also repeatedly blamed governor newsom and his forest management policies for causing the wildfires. mr. trump also falsely claimed california's efforts to save the delta smelt, or would cause the fire hydrants to run dry. some breaking news here in southern california a new wildfire. live pictures here of what could be a devastating scene. this is the area of castaic in the northern part of los angeles county, northwestern l.a. county. this one is being called the hughes

fire because it's burning off of lake hughes road. you can see it is steep, rugged terrain. this is such a familiar sight for the good people in southern california. thick, black plumes of smoke rising from hills that are very, very dry. and you can tell, and i'm not a meteorologist will bring ours in in a minute here. but i know mark is watching this picture. you can tell it's windy because the smoke isn't rising directly up like a column. it's being pushed over kind of to the left side of our screen. right. which tells you that winds are active in the area. we'll get a weather report from mark here in just a moment. but first we have to bring you this live picture of yet another fire that's broken out in northern los angeles county, near the community of castaic. at this point, the fire is about 100 acres. we know a section of interstate five has been shut down because of this fire. if you've done the drive and i'm guessing so many of you have, you take five south toward los angeles. castaic is on the very far northern reaches of los angeles county. this is before you get to magic mountain. evacuations have been ordered

for areas near lake castaic. but again, staying on top of this breaking news, we have live pictures on your screen now. if you haven't taken a look, please do because there is a lot of smoke and some active orange flame in the area of castaic in northeastern los angeles county. this new fire comes after two plus weeks of very active fires burning throughout los angeles county. thousands of firefighters working to contain the fires. we have had more than two dozen deaths reported. there is really no telling when things might calm down in los angeles county. but still, when you have something like this happen, you have to pull up that live picture. meanwhile, we sent our own meteorologist, roberta gonzalez, down south. she has been working to learn what fire crews are doing to contain two massive fires still burning there. she also talked with people in pasadena who escaped the fires, but at this point are now preparing for rain, as well as the threat of mudslides. >> we are here in pasadena. this is a staging center for sandbags. now think about this.

firefighters are busy enough fighting fires. and then meanwhile, they're also preparing these sandbags to be distributed out throughout los angeles county. now let me set the stage for you. we have the pacific palisades fire. we have the eaton fire, and that's where we are. we're in the eaton fire zone. and now rain is in the forecast. you mixed rain in with the fire. well, we have a lot of contamination that's being observed in the air and in the ground itself. so how do they prepare here in los angeles? well, we talked to one city spokesperson from pasadena, and here's what she had to say. let's give it a listen. >> we are concerned. that's why we're preparing now while we still have a few days in between working vigorously to get k-rails and barriers up into these foothill areas, in addition to sandbags to the residents that need them most. >> so the sandbags over 20,000 here right now will be distributed to different fire stations across the los angeles

area. and that's still probably not enough. this, however, is not a sandbag pickup location. this is merely a staging center where firefighters have been placing the sandbags out for distribution. they've been telling residents it's the same thing we do in the bay area to call your local fire station in your neighborhood for a pickup. but right now, mayor bass and the los angeles county area. she has already said, hey, we have emergency orders. we are going to secure the hillsides here. we're going to secure the mountainous areas. we're going to secure los angeles county. with the impending rain. reporting from pasadena, roberta gonzalez, ktvu, fox two news. >> finding the next da of alameda county. the list of candidates is now down to seven who have made their pitch for the job. then the chinese new year starts a week from today. san francisco's plans for a festive and safe celebration. >> and barry weather. after a very cold start this morning with freeze warnings and frost

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the seven finalists made their case to the county board as to why they'd be the best replacement. >> if justice requires that a person be incarcerated for an extended period of time, i will not hesitate to do so if that is what justice requires. >> i come from a family of community activists, so i believe in reform. >> i stand apart from everybody else because i can hit the ground running. >> we must tackle the backlog of cases that have been ignored for too long. >> four of the candidates, the ones you just heard from, have worked within the da's office. the next three you're about to hear from have not. >> i think you show respect to the families. and plus there's clear communication about what is going on with these cases. >> i am committed to implementing the board's vision of finding diversion and restorative justice programs. >> my vision for this office is to reinvigorate and to unify. we will return to being a model for the state.

>> the person appointed by the alameda county board of supervisors will serve as da until an election is held in 2026. let's get right back to that breaking news in southern california here. another new wildfire breaking out in the far northern reaches of los angeles county, near the community of castaic. this fire at this point has grown significantly. we know part of interstate five is shut down. new evacuations have been ordered for people living in areas near the lake there in castaic. this is such a troubling scene, given that it's in the middle of a region that's been dealing with wildfires for more than two weeks now. our meteorologist, mark tamayo, has been monitoring what's happening. looking at these live pictures, mark, you can tell a lot just by what the smoke is doing, can't you? >> yeah. that's right. gasia you kind of made that that that accurate observation earlier defined wind out of the northeast pushing that smoke plume in one direction. that's been the common theme with all these fires, unfortunately, in southern california. so that huge fire that started at 1053 this morning and is already up to 500 acres just by the

visuals, will continue to grow rapidly, unfortunately, because the weather will be a challenge. we've been talking about the current red flag warning. this is also a high wind warning picking up as well, so this warning is in place until 8 p.m. thursday. winds easily 25 to 35 miles an hour, and some of the gusts for the higher peaks up above 50 miles an hour. so here's a map you can see of the huge fire. just for reference, here is bakersfield. way up to the north. here is santa clarita and right around the lake castaic. there you can see that where that new fire is burning right now. so you see some of the weather reports we've kind of sampled in that area once one site, that warm springs, that's a big number there, sustained at 24 miles an hour out of the northeast, gusting to 37 miles an hour. and you'll see that wind direction. we always say it with these northeast winds, these santa ana winds. it's a very dry wind. and look at that relative humidity down to as low as 7%. so that is a big challenge for the fire crews. and we'll continue to keep an eye on the conditions down to our south. now for us here in

the bay area, another cold one this morning. we had lots of 20s for petaluma to morgan hill, vacaville to north napa and saratoga, saratoga as well. so mid to upper 20s out there. we had frost advisories and freeze warnings. right now though, it's actually a fairly mild afternoon with mostly sunny skies and temperatures recovering nicely. lots of clear skies up and down our coast from eureka, down toward the bay area, down toward monterey bay as well. current numbers for the 12:00 hour. as you can see, some neighborhoods already in the 60s for san jose and livermore, concord is 61, oakland 57 and santa rosa 56 degrees. here is our live camera looking out from the south bay. camera here with a bit of some haze out there, but still some sunshine up above and our dry weather stretch it will continue. this big area of high pressure will keep the storms kind of out of the area for right now. so today it's a sunny wednesday. we had a cold morning. it's a warm afternoon, 60s and maybe a few neighborhoods approaching the 70 degree mark. here's the key change though, as we head toward friday and late friday and into

the weekend, we'll see this system drop in from the north. that will send temperatures down. we'll have some gusty winds, so it could be a bit blustery as we head into saturday, and even the slight chance of a few scattered showers for us here in the bay area. but we're watching those shower chances down in southern california. so here's the forecast model just showing you a clear skies today and tomorrow friday. we could bring in some clouds throughout the day. so this is friday afternoon. and then into your saturday you'll see it's been a really difficult system to track here. but you can see a big curvature here in the upper level winds. maybe some snow showers out toward the sierra. a slight chance of some showers here in the bay area and then into the weekend. maybe some rain showers in southern california as well. we'll keep an eye on that. but for today, lots of sunshine. it is mild to warm. it's hard to believe we were all shivering this morning, maybe scraping ice off the windshields, but this afternoon, lots of 60s and a few neighborhoods right around 70 degrees. here's a look ahead. your five day forecast. and we have another cold start tomorrow morning. coolest locations in the lower 30s into friday.

that's a transition day. we'll bring in more clouds and then into the weekend, more clouds and some gusty winds as well. and eventually that same system may produce some rain in southern california. but you know, this is it's just so sad to see another big fire develop. but we've had, you know, the big ones develop a couple weeks ago. since then we've we've been seeing maybe some smaller ones develop. >> and they've gotten them out pretty quickly. right. >> but this one does look like it could mean some business. that coupled of course, are, you know, working with those strong winds. >> just and meanwhile exhaustion on the ground by firefighters. can i ask you really quick the rain that's coming this weekend for southern california. after that is there still a threat of new fires, or is it enough rain to really put those worries to rest? >> that's it's always the possibility of that storm track it kind of it just the overall shape. so we'll keep an eye on it. yeah i know it's yeah it's but we'll keep an eye on those rain chances. and if we can just get rid of these offshore winds, we'd be at least for right now, would be much better. >> shape would make a difference. all right. we'll have you back in a few, mark.

thank you. as always. we're just weeks away here from one of san francisco's biggest and most beloved traditions, the annual chinese new year parade. the event's considered the largest of its kind outside of asia. today, we learned. acclaimed actress and director joan chen has been named the parade's grand marshal. the city's new mayor, daniel luria, will be honorary marshal. right now, the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce and parade organizers are holding a news conference to announce details about this year's festivities. the parade itself is set for saturday, february 15th. coming up, paying tribute to a bay area chef who died unexpec dly, the legacy charles fan lea s ehin

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announced a $500 billion investment for artificial intelligence. the investment, made by private tech companies will help expand ai in the united states. the stargate infrastructure project, as it's called, will focus on building data centers, electricity and chips. president trump made the announcement as he stood surrounded by tech executives, including openai ceo sam altman. >> i think it will be an exciting project. i think we'll be able to do all of the wonderful things that these guys talked about. but the fact that we get to do this in the united states is, is, i think, wonderful. >> it's very much trump being able to say, i'm making infrastructure happen. i'm moving the united states into the future, and the tech folks are getting the freedom and the investment to do what they want to grow. >> i the project is expected to create more than 100,000 jobs and will open its first data center in texas. at the same time, the president revoked an

executive order signed by former president biden designed to reduce the dangers of ai. local tech experts say without guardrails, stargate could make it easier for hackers in other countries to use technology against the united states. bloomingdale's announced it will soon close its flagship store in san francisco. the only big retailer left in san francisco center there on market street. it's scheduled to close by summer, even though it has 20 years left on its lease. the company says it looks forward to introducing new ways to serve local shoppers. retail analysts say many department stores haven't updated their business models, leading to a decline in shoppers. >> a lot of these big boxes have not changed their business model in the last 50 years. shifting consumer habits to some of the post pandemic economic shifts. and i think we're still kind of feeling some of the shift towards more, more e-commerce retail in san francisco is not dead, but it's in a process of evolution. >> professor riggs said.

downtown san francisco should evolve into a safe, clean and friendly mixed use destination to attract more visitors. the next closest bloomingdale's stores are in palo alto and san jose. famed bay area chef and founder of the slanted door restaurants, charles phan, has died unexpectedly. phan was 62 years old. he suffered cardiac arrest. he was an award winning chef and cookbook author. he's being remembered as a visionary and trailblazer who elevated vietnamese cuisine. he opened the slanted door in san francisco's mission district in 1995 and built a loyal following worldwide of renowned chefs and others. >> to me, he was an inspiration. he is this giant. you know, when he walks in a room, i get nervous. he made it permissible to be experimental with vietnamese food. he made it permissible to pair vietnamese food with wine. that's exactly what gigi is. >> the slanted door moved to the ferry building in 2004, later

expanded to napa, san ramon, even france. the slanted door in the ferry building closed permanently, and was set to reopen at its original location on valencia street this spring. we'll get back to breaking news here in a minute. following what's happening in southern california. pictures here of another fire that's popped up in the northern part of l.a. county. this one near lake castaic. live pictures here. active orange flames. a lot of thick black smoke. growing concern about what the southland will face when it comes to changing weather and even incoming rain. a part of i-5 is shut down. there is so much more to tell. we'll have that after a quick break. also this. >> hundreds of volunteers hit the streets across santa clara county, going from tent to tent. >> nowadays, there's a lot of honest people who have jobs that just can't afford to pay a ridiculous amount of money to live out here. >> why? they say the face of homele ne

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in southern california. a new wildfire has started there, in a region that's been ravaged by flames for the past two plus weeks. more live pictures here. you can see a lot of thick black smoke rising from the area of a fire that started around 1045 this morning. this is in the community of castaic. it's in the northwestern part of los angeles county. this one is being called the hughes fire because it is burning off lake

hughes road at this point. cal fire says the fire has grown to at least 500 acres. we should note that part of interstate five is closed down. you drive right by this. if you're going south on interstate five from the bay area to los angeles. this would be off on your left hand side. so east of interstate five, a part of that major artery through our state is closed right now. the los angeles county fire department, as well as the angeles national forest fire crews are battling this blaze. it is burning in heavy fuels. departments say it's creating the potential of a rapid rate of spread. if you take another look here, an awful lot of thick black smoke rising from the area of this fire. evacuations have been ordered for areas near lake castaic. this includes an elementary school, a high school as well. we see here when a helicopter flying in the area, we know students are being bused to other schools in the district for their own safety. just so much concern for people who have already been on edge or perhaps directly affected by fires that have been raging through los

angeles county for the past two weeks and a couple of days. so again, as soon as we notice this new fire, we had to bring these live pictures to you. our meteorologist, mark tamayo, is monitoring what's happening, working to get more information. we can talk with him a little bit more in a few minutes about what the winds are doing to this fire, when the potential for rain might come through. and honestly, how rain might bring a whole other set of concerns. we'll see him in just a few. in the past hour here, local law enforcement agencies from a number of groups gathered in san jose to announce arrests in a massive and prolific burglary operation in which people targeted the asian american pacific islander community. investigators say they arrested three men last week, who are linked to more than 50 burglaries that date back to june. the crimes happened in west san jose and the cities of mountain view, campbell, saratoga and cupertino. >> these suspects belong to a larger burglary crew that methodically cased neighborhoods and targeted households believed to be occupied by aapi families. their typical method of entry involved entering through rear

yards and glass sliding doors, focused primarily on jewelry, cash and high end purses, largely ignoring other items such as electronics. with our detectives. >> police say the men were arrested in hayward, stockton and the san joaquin community of french camp. a suspect in a stabbing who was seen on body camera video being bitten by a police canine, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of san jose and the police department. san jose police say back in 2023, they were called to investigate a reported stabbing at an apartment complex. police say the suspect, fernando villanueva galvez, was hiding in his apartment for four hours. when police officers eventually went inside, the canine found him and bit off his ear lobe. his attorney called it an act of brutality. >> half of his ear is missing. he has deep wounds, gashes in his arm, and that actually caused some nerve damage. >> felony charges against villanueva galvez were reduced to misdemeanors. san jose police

declined to comment on the lawsuit. more american troops are being sent to secure the us-mexico border. the pentagon will deploy as many as 1500 active duty service members. they will join the roughly 2500 national guard and reserve forces already there. it's not yet clear which troops or units will go, and the total numbers could fluctuate. it's also unknown if they'll end up doing law enforcement, which military and political experts say would put american troops in a dramatic new role not done in recent history. national guard members are currently supporting border patrol agents with logistics, transportation and construction of barriers. california lawmakers today are starting to debate proposals to better prepare the state for the new trump administration. the proposals are part of a special legislative session that governor newsom called days after donald trump was elected. the bill specifically provide an extra $25 million for the california department of justice, and set aside another 25 million for legal and support services for immigration issues. >> hundreds of executive orders proving how terrible they are for the country. it is important that we fight back each and

every day. >> i think there's a lot of other things we need to spend our money on right now. >> today, there will be two hearings on the proposal for the special legislative session, one in the state assembly, one in the senate. school and religious leaders are waiting for the fallout of an announcement by president trump that rolls back certain immigration rules that limited where immigration officers could make arrests. officials are now allowed to detain immigrants at places such as schools and churches, which were considered sensitive locations. >> well, it certainly is an aggressive start to many of the things that donald trump promised during his campaign, which was to crack down on immigration and to really be much more aggressive about enforcement. what we're already seeing is that this obviously creates a climate of fear and anxiety among immigrant communities. >> jackson went on to say, as of this morning, mr. trump is ordering the justice department to investigate local officials who do not enforce his immigration policies. much of the country is still gripped in

an icy cold snap. we've seen cities in the south, such as houston and new orleans, not used to snow, turn into a winter wonderland this week. reporter brandy campbell live in new orleans here on this extreme winter event. good. good afternoon. >> yeah. good afternoon to you as well, garcia. look, this is something new orleans doesn't know much about. snow. it's actually been over 100 years since we've seen this much official record keeping shows from the new orleans airport that we got eight inches of snow. the last time we had this much was back in 1895 when they saw ten inches of it. so right now people are just taking advantage of it. you can see it behind me. we are here in one of basically one of the only places in the city where you can find a hill, and that's going to be the levee protection system. so you can see, you know, the snow is melting a little bit, but people are still having fun out here. but let's talk about what actually happened. we have video yesterday showing as the snow came down. it started early in

the morning and continued to fall until about 5 or 6 eastern time. and again eight inches of it was officially recorded. but there are some areas in the city that saw ten inches of snow nearby. in chalmette, 11.5in of snow. it has caused havoc in some places. roads are still icy in some areas. we have major interstates that are continued to be closed down because of the amount of snow and ice that are packed on top of it. new orleans, louisiana really not as equipped to deal with this kind of weather. the airport that's also closed down for the entire day, with the exception of a couple of flights that they're considering letting in later on tonight. but all of that to be determined nonetheless. it's something folks have taken time off to just enjoy. we spoke with some of those people. take a listen to their thoughts. >> if someone with lived in montana and was looking out the window to see a hurricane for the first time, it's like, oh my

god, it's crazy. it's like, is the world ending? did someone make a deal with the devil that no one knew about? it's like it's so this is just. it's just wild. i mean, just look at it. it's just. it's not normal. it's just. it's magic. beautiful. yes. it's gorgeous. >> yeah. and that's kind of the same sentiment so many people had. they're just amazed by it. now, if you guys take a look at this video i took this on canal street. this is one of the last things we saw before going in for the night. and it was a guy on hockey skates with his stick and puck. and so that just shows a good example of how dangerous the roads can be out here, because that was pretty much ice where he was. so that's kind of a message or something to keep in mind here. if you are in new orleans or in other parts of southern louisiana, the roads can be dangerous. the sun is melting, some of it. but overnight those temperatures getting low once again could freeze the roads once again. but look, overall, garcia, this was just such a beautiful moment for people here in louisiana. some of these kids, this was their

first time ever seeing snow. i have even met adults saying it was their first time, and their first time was an historic one. yeah. back to you. >> i mean, i see a lot of people enjoying it, kind of people making light of it. is anyone, you know, frustrated by what mother nature has given you, or is this one of those like, look, you can't change it, may as well enjoy it type of things? >> i don't know what. >> people that are here stuck because they can't get out of, you know, maybe our airport have told me, you know what? this actually is not so bad. they were happy to be here for this, you know, moment in history for the city. i haven't really had anybody to really complain to me, which is good. interesting. >> good, good. well, this is one of the perks of the job. you get to see and tell history. brandi, so much. thank you for your reporting. you can get a lot more on what's happening there in new orleans and houston and other big cities that don't normally see snow. you can just use your phone to scan a qr code, which i promise will pop up on the screen anyways. fox weather it's a quick download

for your phone. fox weather.com will also take you there. you can stay on top of what's happening here in the bay area, of course, and nationwide, hundreds of volunteers across santa clara county work together this morning to try to count the number of unhoused people in their community. ktvu ali rasmus explains the reasons behind the project and why workers and some unhoused people say the face of homelessness in silicon valley is changing. >> 530 this morning at sunnyvale community services, about 50 volunteers city, county and nonprofit workers packed up food, snacks, water bottles, hats and gift cards before heading out. workers and volunteers went tent to tent at places like the sunnyvale library. they're trying to get an accurate picture of the number of unhoused residents living in their city. outside the library, workers and volunteers met people like john, ma. >> now, i've been homeless for about six months. >> he lost his apartment after he was laid off from his job as a bartender this past summer. >> once i lost my job, it just was really hard. it's been pretty hard to kind of get myself out of that hole again

with the expense of rent, and then even to be able to come up with first month's and last month's rent just to move into a place. i mean, you need #### near $5,000 just to move in. >> all counties are required by the federal government to do what's called a point in time homeless count at least every two years. >> the need is increasing. and this is something that i think by having the pit count, having the like boots on the ground, talking to the folks, we really understand the problem better. >> new federal numbers show santa clara county has the largest homeless population of any bay area county. more than 10,300 people were without permanent housing last year. >> it's tragic because it has been going up, not going down. the cost of housing is going up faster than people's able to keep up with their income. so it takes 3.2 minimum wage jobs to pay for an average apartment here in sunnyvale and in santa clara county. >> this year, volunteers are not only counting, but surveying the unhoused people they meet. the goal is to take a sensitive approach and, of course, not bother people if they don't want to be surveyed. but if they do,

they ask about their circumstances and their needs. then the volunteers record that info into an app on their phone for the city and county to use. >> i think it's definitely important to. yeah, definitely shine some light on what's going on out here, right? just because i feel like homeless is very different nowadays. >> and it's not just in sunnyvale, this homeless point in time count is happening all across santa clara county yesterday and today. altogether 700 volunteers signed up to help with the effort. in sunnyvale, allie rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> coming up, prince harry settles a long time lawsuit against the british tabloids for intruding into the private life of his late mother, princess diana. what he says about the compensation, which comes in both money and words. >> and a barry weather a very cold start this morning, but temperatures recovering nicely this afternoon under lots of sunshine. this dry weather stretch could soon be changing a bit as we head toward

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donations, while at the same time earning a chance to go to the super bowl. the red cross says wildfires in southern california forced the cancellation of several blood drives, leading to an additional shortage. the red cross is partnering with the fremont fire department to collect blood at the department's administration building. the drive is going until 3:00 today. anyone who donates before january 26th will be entered for a chance to win tickets to the super bowl in new orleans, february 9th. novato's la fire department foundation benefit concerts sold out of

advance tickets. the concert is set for this sunday from 1230 to 8 p.m. at hot monk tavern. some of the local performers include fantastic negrito, petty theft, walking mirrors, and poor man's whiskey. all the proceeds will go to the la fire department foundation. organizers say tickets may be available at the door on sunday. congress is working on legislation to help victims of the los angeles county wildfires, but house speaker mike johnson is pushing ahead with a proposal to attach conditions to the aid. reporter lucas tomlinson explains what's in the bill. >> as crews in california work to contain a series of fast moving wildfires, lawmakers on capitol hill are trying to find consensus on how to help the state recover and rebuild. but republicans have been highly critical of california governor gavin newsom's response to the fires, and house speaker mike johnson says any aid bill should include conditions aimed at making sure a disaster like this doesn't happen again. >> what we're talking about is making sure that they follow common sense in california. and

if there's culpability for what happened, there really needs to be conditions that follow that aid. it's not unprecedented, by the way. >> president trump also promising executive action after he criticized california officials for a lack of water. he claims it hindered the initial response to the wildfires. the president also says california has a valve that can be turned on and off to provide more water, but they're funneling it to the pacific ocean. >> the brush was just dry. everything was dry. the sprinklers on the lawn weren't allowed to even be used. so, you know, everything was dry and it was an inferno. they created an inferno. >> but some house republicans are pushing back on the idea of withholding badly needed federal funding for california, saying every state needs to receive its fair share. >> if you're talking about how we like fema distributes aid and all that, we're not changing the policy there. california is going to be treated the same. >> governor newsom is calling for congress to pass that disaster relief bill for california with no strings

attached. in washington, lucas tomlinson ktvu, fox two news. >> and so many of us here in the bay area, friends, relatives feel a deep connection with the people there in los angeles county who have been through so much. if you would like to send positive thoughts to those people who are living through these wildfires, to the firefighters and other first responders in l.a. county, you can record a message on your phone and upload it at ktv.com/socal support. you can also tag ktvu on social media. we will take those messages and share them with the people they are meant for. we will also share them on the air during the upcoming super bowl weekend. so again, socal support from the bay area down south. that is how to get your message to them through us. let's go ahead and take another look at that fire here. breaking news of another wildfire in southern california. this is the situation minutes ago in the area of lake hughes road in castaic. this is northwestern los angeles county. we see emergency vehicles racing to the scene. all that thick black smoke. mark, you've learned that there has been a

huge jump in the number of acres burned here. >> yeah. that's right. we're up to over 3400 acres. so it just shows you how rapidly this fire is growing in southern california. unfortunately, because under red flag warning conditions, conditions, we're worried about those strong winds, the dry winds, and unfortunately, our worries actually becoming a reality for today. so the red flag warning continues for southern california until 8 p.m. on thursday. winds could be gusty for the higher peaks up above 50 miles an hour, but the easily around 25 to 35 miles an hour. so just to give you the layout here on the map here of this new fire, this up just north of santa clarita, this is right around castaic lake here. here's bakersfield up to the north. for reference, here you can see those winds coming in out of the northeast. that is that santa ana wind direction. and that is the key wind flow that is linked up with with with fire danger. as you can see, some of the reports out there, you can see these are not too bad here. but this warm springs that's sustained at 22 miles an hour,

gusting to 35 miles an hour. and all of these reports share the same measurement of relative humidity, around 7 to 8%. so it's a very dry air mass in place. and as a result, it's just not it's just not a good combination with those strong winds. we're still tracking some winds later on today, although they could back off somewhat near santa clarita later on this evening and then also into tomorrow morning. some gusty winds here out toward the other fire zones closer to the malibu hills. and at 6:00 tomorrow morning. so in general, it's breezy to windy. in fact, those winds could ramp up or pulse up once again tomorrow afternoon, so we'll keep an eye on the conditions. but unfortunately the forecast is not favorable for the fire crews for today or in tomorrow into tomorrow. highs this afternoon are actually lows. i should mention in the 20s. we had a very cold start this morning. freeze warnings and frost advisories out there. but temperatures are recovering nicely this afternoon under mostly clear skies. so just a few high clouds way out there in the pacific. and we'll check out some of the current numbers for the 12:00 hour. santa rosa is up

to 56, san jose 61. and look at that. a nice day in half moon bay right now in the upper 60s. here's our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. lots of clear skies here. and that's basically the story across the entire bay area. so our dry weather stretch will continue. lots of sunshine today. temperatures in the 60s to right around 70 degrees. and then here's the key change as we head toward friday night and into saturday, we'll see a cold weather system move in that will bring in more clouds and some gusty winds. so we'll track that here. on the forecast model. this is tomorrow afternoon and then into your saturday. the slight chance of some showers here in the bay area. maybe some snow showers out toward the sierra and maybe some snow. actually some rain showers. i should mention approaching southern california in the sunday forecast today though. lots of sunshine. it is mild to warm. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s later on today. and the look ahead. your five day forecast. we have a cold start once again tomorrow morning. not as cold as today. we'll bring in some more clouds on friday and then into the weekend. still the chance of a few scattered showers. a slight

chance for us, but the main impacts will be a cool down and some gusty winds that will eventually be a rain producer in southern california. but unfortunately, those devastating scenes, another major fire growing rapidly this afternoon down there. >> and even though it's burning in what appears to be very rugged terrain there, there are residential neighborhoods not far, essentially just out of sight of that picture. so you have to think about all those people who are now on edge. >> and you have to think of the strategy, right? because you've got all this terrain, but then all of a sudden you have these neighborhoods that pops up. so trying to trying to fight that will be will be the challenge. and then as i mentioned, the weather is not going to be helping out the crews at all today. >> i know you've been on it. roberta gonzalez is there. mark. thank you. coming up, britain's prince harry has reached an agreement to settle his lawsuit against rupert murdoch's uk tabloids over the alleged phone hacking scandal. murdoch's company has issued him a full and unequivocal apology and will pay harry what's being called a substantial sum. sources say it's about 12 million american dollars, but most of that money will go to legal fees. prince harry is claiming what he calls

monumental victory because compensation also comes with an apology and admission of unlawful actions. the announcement in london's high court came as the duke of sussex's trial was about to start against the publishers of the sun and now defunct news of the world for unlawful snooping over the course of decades. world series champion and bay area native cc sabathia has a new honor to add to his long list of accolades. what he says about getting the call that he was headed to the hall

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consider renaming a sports facility. mcclymonds high school. the district will discuss renaming the high school's gym to honor alumnus and basketball legend bill russell. russell was born in louisiana, moved to oakland when he was a child. he won two championships in mcclymonds high school in oakland, then went on to win several nba championships. he was 88 years old when he died in 2022. three former major league baseball players were inducted into the hall of fame, one of them

vallejo native. cc sabathia says even after retirement, baseball is still a big part of his life. >> i'm a baseball fan, and i thought once i was done playing, i thought i would never go back to the park and i would be away from the game and do these different things, but i love the game. >> the former pitcher won a world series in 2009 with the yankees, was selected to six all-star games in his 19 year career. he talked about what it means to be enshrined in cooperstown. >> it was a lot o emotions, you know, just thinking about, you know, my journey, thinking about, you know, my family, my wife, my dad, my mom, you know, all the different people that played a huge role in me getting to where, you know, where we are today. you know, i just it was just a wave of emotions, just, you know, thankful, blessed and super happy. >> sabathia joins billy wagner and ichiro suzuki, who were also elected. suzuki became the first japanese player chosen for baseball's hall of fame. president trump's executive order withdrawing the us from the world health organization is sparking concerns from many in

the medical community. w.h.o. officials say the organization is a partnership that the u.s. has benefited from, and contributed to. health experts around the world warn the decision could have consequences, including not being able to properly fight diseases and prevent another pandemic. >> w.h.o. plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world's people, including americans, by addressing the root causes of disease. building stronger health systems and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies. >> president trump has long been critical of the w.h.o. during his first term, his administration formally began a withdrawal from the w.h.o. in july of 2020. as the covid pandemic continued to spread. san jose city leaders unveiled a tiny home site. they say it's a step toward ending homelessness. it has the added benefit of protecting a central waterway from pollution. the tiny homes will be built in the blossom hill neighborhood on land owned by valley water. the site will

include 136 beds of interim housing. a price tag of $100 million. this comes after residents in the neighborhood complained for years about the negative effects of a large homeless encampment nearby. >> by helping out get people out of their trees, get them into homes where they belong and sheltering, and it helps the neighborhoods. >> it's wonderful that they're putting tiny homes here, because there's people here and down there and further down, and it's going to fill up. >> san jose mayor matt mehan said a no encampment zone will be established for 40 acres around the site. city officials say there will be programs to help people transition from interim housing to permanent housing. construction is expected to be complete by september. we will give you one more look here. an update that breaking news we've been following. another wildfire in los angeles county broke out late this morning. this one is called the hughes fire. it started at about 50 acres, then went to 100, then 500. cal fire just announced the hughes fire has exploded in size and that now at least 3400 acres have

burned. you can see here from these pictures taken moments ag, that planes are dropping fire retardant, hoping to keep this fire contained. but we have seen explosive growth in just the two hours it's been burning. evacuations ordered for areas near lake castaic. this includes an elementary school, a high school, students being taken to other schools for their own safety. some neighborhoods are under evacuation orders. parts of i-5 are closed. please join us online as we continue this breaking news coverage. our next newscast is coming up at four. [music] yeah. >> welcome to like it or not, a show where we talk about all sorts of topics and try to figure out whether we like it or not. i'm your host today, claudine wong, joined by mark tamayo cristina rendon. and let's just kind of get right into it. i want to take you out on the town. okay? so we're just going to starhe