county.emergency to sign up for alert l.a. county. with that, i thank you and i will introduce fire chief anthony maroon. >> so good morning. i will be prferredding an eaton fire update the fire is now estimated to be 14,117 acres with 15% containment. with over 7,000 structures damaged or destroyed. we have 2,832 personnel assigned to the incident and static at this time elevated to critical fire weather conditions are predicted to continue through wednesday. moderate to locally strong santa ana winds will affect los angeles county and today, tomorrow, and then again on monday through wednesday. l.a. county fire will be prepared. these winds combined with dry air and dry vegetation will keep the fire threat in los angeles county high. i would like to take this moment to express my gratitude to board chair supervisor kathryn barger along with supervisor but also to all of the boards of supervisors, for their support of my personnel on my department and me as a department head and fire chief.

, — property throughout this great county, and finally, to all la county — county, and finally, to allse be assured that we will continue to battle _ assured that we will continue to battle these wildfires from the air— to battle these wildfires from the air and on the ground until they— the air and on the ground until they are — the air and on the ground until they are fully contained. we stand — they are fully contained. we stand alongside all they are fully contained. we stand alon-side all of they are fully contained. we stand alongside all they are fully contained. we stand alon-side all of you they are fully contained. we stand alongside all they are fully contained. we stand alon-side all of you as stand alongside all of you as we begin of evacuated areas, establishment of disaster recovery centres, and the rebuilding of your homes, communities and your lives. i would — communities and your lives. i would now— communities and your lives. i would now like to introduce my trusted — would now like to introduce my trusted partner in public safety, _ trusted partner in public safety,

county including city an county areas. there are multiple -- hundreds of signals that are flashing red. remind everybody treat it as a stop sign and stop for that flashing. and if you come to a barricade you need to turn around. those streets are closed for the purpose of recovery and not for looking. please do not argue with the sheriffs that are there or the p.d. if the road is closed there is a good reason for it. it is not safe for you to be in the area. that safety includes the debris i was talking about. trees down, potholes, road systems destroyed. there could be breaks in the roadway that could cause major damage to your vehicle. i'm asking that you comply with all road closures until further notice. we are available as a 24/7 agency. you can reach our department at 1-800-675-help. if you see something, please tell us about it. whether it's a gas leak, whether it's a utility line down, if it's a signal that's mal functioning or a sewer system leak. any of those things that keep our life safety system going we need

county coroner. more winds will be picking up as you heard, further complicating our efforts and creating an additional fire danger. and so the atmosphere is very continuously changing. we have to adapt to the conditions that are presented to us and in this case this is a modification that some will have difficulty with, and i apologize for that. we recognize the importance of protecting fire-affected areas not just from the physical if dangers left behind, but also from those who might if exploit this tragedy. to that end, our officers are conducting increased patrols in the areas impacted by the fires. identifying the cause of these fires is critically important. in conjunction with our partner agencies and led by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, we've created the los angeles regional wildfire investigative task force who's actively working to identify the cause of the palisades fire and, ultimately, all of the fires that we have experienced. lapd is still enforcing a curfew in los ange

as additional resources from orange county, ventura county, cal fire and — orange county, ventura countys department, chp is here _ lapd, la county sheriffs department, chp is here as well as well as our park— chp is here as well as well as our park rangers. obviously the scope and scale — park rangers. obviously the scope and scale of today's fire here in the palisades has been terrifying. we are _ the palisades has been terrifying. we are so— the palisades has been terrifying. we are so incredibly grateful for the swift — we are so incredibly grateful for the swift response and to my constituents here in the pacific palisades, i want to reiterate. this is not _ palisades, i want to reiterate. this is not a _ palisades, i want to reiterate. this is not a drilt — palisades, i want to reiterate. this is not a drill. this is an actual public— is not a drill. this is an actual public safety emergency. areas west of mandeville canyon and north of sunset _ of mandeville canyon and north of sunset have been ordered for evacuation. please make sure that you are _ evacuation. please make sure th

county public health.the air quality is improving, as we have seen the smoke lessen with the better containment of the fires. at this time, the south coast air quality air quality management division is indicating whether a smoke advisory specifically in those areas close to the fires in the northwest component of the county, county residents should continue to monitor the air quality index, the aqi levels, wherever they are. but we are seeing improved aqi numbers, and so we encourage residents who are closest to the fire, who are smelling smoke or seeing it, who have the aqi levels in the unhealthy zones to be using masks when they're outside. >> any other questions? all right. thank you so much. oh we have i'm sorry i'm blocked. go ahead. sorry. >> simon buie, cbs network news. um, just clarity on the discussions with the incoming administration about a visit or communication regarding this disaster. just to be clear, has has mayor bass have you or you, supervisor varga or has anyone in the governor's of

county. the main concern this morning is the strong santa ana winds that have already played a major role in the disaster. all week, they are expected to pick up once again. >> that red flag warning in the region has now been extended until at least wednesday night. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo joins us now to talk about the challenges firefighters will face the next few days. and rosemary, it was a windy night down there overnight. a little bit of a break now. but then they come back picking back up again. >> yes. and now you said the extended until wednesday. the red flag warning. so we're just seeing one advisory rollover into another into another. and long story short it's not going to get better anytime soon. we will see lulls and in temporary breaks and that's really going to be about it. giving you a live look here over the mostly clear sky here in the bay area. because the pattern in southern california, also the pattern here at home where we do have the offshore wind, let's che

county. east bay hills, 30 to 50. i mean, half moon bay is 55, yet santa rosa is 35. menlo park is 37, sfo 53. so there are some big spreads. oakland 55, berkeley 46. so i mean, it's palpable, if you will, if you're out and about. but high pressure says, you know what? i'll give you a sunny day. you won't have to wait long for it because it's on its way and temperatures will be above average, with still a pretty good little offshore breeze in the higher elevations, not so much at the surface 60s to near 70 degrees. all right. my good friend sal castaneda is here to tell you and me the traffic is. >> yeah, some commutes are tougher than the rest, steve. that's for sure. westbound 92 is one of them, and the bay bridge is not. so let's go to westbound 92 first. that traffic is backed up from just before the high rise all the way over to 101 because of a crash. they're still clearing right at 101. so if you're driving on the san mateo bridge, you're going to have slow traffic all the way out to t

and ventura counties.umidity and dry fuel are threatening to fan new flames or undo the progress made on the palisades and eaton fires. >> life threatening and destructive and widespread winds are already here for this significant wind event. we are taking an aggressive, lean forward posture. >> engines are staging in high risk areas, and power has been preemptively been shut off to thousands of customers. 88,000 people remain under evacuation orders. another 84,000 are under evacuation warnings. officials are urging people to be ready to go now before evacuation orders are even given. law enforcement and members of the national guard have been 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. its active, not easy work. >> law enforcement is also watching over abandoned neighborhoods as looters try to take advantage of

i am the sheriff of this county. i answer to the people of san mateo county who elected me. i will not be bullied. >> since the report was released, the assistant sheriff, matthew fox, stepped down just last week. the city of san carlos approved a no confidence vote against corpus, calling on her to resign. san mateo county supervisors will place the measure on the march ballot to give them power to remove the elected official. still, corpus is denying the allegations and is refusing to step down. our max darrow has the latest on her effort to fight back. >> reporter: san mateo county sheriff christina corpus is taking her employer, san mateo county, to court. corpus recently lawyered up independently, and her attorney says taking this step was no small decision. >> so it takes an awful lot in order to proceed with this type of a claim. >> reporter: her legal team recently filed a government claim against san mateo county a mandatory precursor to a lawsuit of a government agency in california seeking $10 million in damages. the reason, he says -- >> we think that she has bee

costa county. the next two candidates have been endorsed by safe. that's the grassroots organization that drove the recall of pamela price. ursula jones dixon was a deputy da here in alameda before becoming an alameda county superior court judge. annie esposito was a senior assistant da here in alameda county before becoming assistant da in contra costa county. the remaining two finalists are latricia lewis is an assistant da here in alameda county. before becoming was, i should say, before becoming a deputy county counsel for alameda. and yibin chen, who is city attorney for the city of alameda. according to the east bay times, chen is the only finalist with no prosecutorial experience. in a matter of moments, minutes from now, safe will hold a news conference to again endorse their two finalists and express concern that, quote, high ranking political figures are interfering with this process to appoint a new district attorney. again, the interviews are later this afternoon. the board will select

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

wright county feet per second., if you asked it to, how do i asked it, for example, to create a the diagram for shape charge to go do something. it's going to say no. i asked chatgpt how it regulates harmful content. i regulate harmful content that people can look up using this technology? >> we're intent of the initial i think the controls are gonna get a lot it's going to be more. it's going to be more factual the way it responds. openai which is behind chatgpt told us their models are designed to refuse harmful instructions and that they're working with law enforcement to support the investigation. but only time will tell how this tech will change the future. >> and that was brian will reporting for us tonight. president elect trump is trying to delay his upcoming sentencing and that hush money case that led to a conviction. >> he's scheduled to be sentenced friday. the judge who's overseeing the case as he will not impose jail time fines or probation. legal experts say trump is benefiting from his position. >>

county. so we are impacted. so we are going to make sure that within our department, we're wrapping our arms around our employees, just like we do with community members. again, as i was coming up here, i did find out that we did have two fatalities in this area. i don't have any specifics. there is a lot of damage out there, we're still in the process of doing these assessments. trying to still save lives, so this information is going to change. the altadena sheriff's station itself was evacuated. and it was at least limited on fire. there was some fire at the altadena station. but we do have to clear outula of our employees out of there. i'm hearing some miraculous stories and they're just barely coming in of our deputies who were rescuing from the altadena station, and residents were running there, asking for assistance, in getting them out of their structures. from what i understand, they were barely able to get these people out before destruction. there are just heroic stories out there.

now in the southern part of the county under direct control of santa clara county. and it's officially the start of girl scout cookie season. cookies are available to buy online, but they will be a little bit more expensive this year. you can find out why it's all there for you right@ktvu.com. coming up at 11. hear san francisco meeting. the growing demands of electric vehicle chargers tonight. the grant issued for the city and how it will transform different neighborhoods. but first how about a quick look at that sunset from earlier this evening outside the oakland estuary? not a bad winter night across the bay area with the city by the bay there. in the distance, you're watching the 11:00 news on ktvu. we're back after the break. $15 million grant to help meet the growing demand for ev charging in the city. this funding was awarded by the u.s. department of transportation, and it will be used to install 270 level two chargers and 30 fast chargers in neighborhoods including civic center, chinatown, the mission, and others. the chargers will be built with future exp

plus, santa clara county is set to decide if it will ban artificial turf on county land. we're going to look at what will happen if the ban is psed. as we break down both sides of the contentious debate. but first, here's what's coming up on california live. hi everyone. it's blanche shaheen here with california live. and coming up we are cooking up some turkish comfort food. take a look at this. we are featuring the vibrant flavors of turkey right here in the heart of palo alto. you don't want to miss it today, 11:30 a.m. when migraine strikes... do you question the tradeoffs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast, and most have migraine pain relief within two hours. you can treat it anytime, anywhere. tell your doctor all medicines you take. don't take... ...with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. get help right away for allergic reactions like trouble breathing or face, tongue, or throat swelling, which may occur hours to days after use. common side effects include nausea and sleepiness. migraine pain relief starts with you. learn how abbvie could help you save o

mckay is being held at contra costa county jail on numerous felony counts. his bail is set at $350,000. police say during active searches, they eagerly welcomed tips of suspicious people who may be hiding in yards or neighborhoods. also in contra costa county, residents were unnerved by a shooting in september in orinda that authorities say was the result of road rage. >> two young, too fast. it was a #### of a kid. i hadn't seen him in ten years. >> robert decker is saddened by the shooting death of his estranged son in a road rage incident in orinda. a vase of flowers marks the spot where 50 year old scott patrick decker died. decker, driving a toyota forerunner, was shot and killed by an older man driving a tesla model y. neighbors say the two drivers have been involved in a rolling dispute that ended when the older man pulled out a gun and shot decker dead at las vegas road in la espiral. the shooter, who was detained, told police decker had gotten out of his suv and punched him. a day after decker was killed, i spoke to his father by phone. >> it's just

alameda county. if you santa clara county heading to los angeles to help battle the fast-moving fires forcing thousands of residents to evacuate thoughts go out to. >> everyone southern california and what is really a, you know, a devastating weather event we're sending as many resources as we can to help acting fire chief bill murphy with the santa clara county fire department says. >> 40 firefighters across the county have been mobilized. may get there. there. >> incorporated immediately into the incident action plan assigned to an area the fire to assist with the firefight. strong, gusty offshore winds infamously known as the santa ana winds in southern california. >> mixed with dry conditions have been fueling the wildfires that we see that the winds are 50, 60, 70 miles an hour. >> that's going to dictate where the fire is going to do. >> lieutenant mariano, elias with the san francisco fire department. got the call for help. wednesday morning. we're all humans. so it you feel from the what the

county.> i am very honored and humbled to have the opportunity to present my vision. >> seven finalists who aspire to take on the embattled role of alameda county district attorney, convened in the hallway outside an alameda county board of supervisors special meeting, ready to be publicly interviewed. annie esposito is currently an assistant d.a. in contra costa county, but she formerly served as senior assistant d.a. in alameda county. ursula jones dixon is now an alameda county superior court judge, but she is a former deputy da for alameda county. latricia. lewis is deputy counsel for alameda county and formerly an assistant da for alameda county. elgin lowe is alameda county's senior deputy d.a. right now, but he's worked in the da's office since 1996. venus johnson is chief deputy attorney general with the california justice department and is a former director of public safety in oakland. jimmy wilson is a former plumber who is now working as an alameda county senior assistant. da ibn s

i'm grateful for my team and the counties. our counties typically run elections. making sure you train and work with counties and build bonds of friendship and trust, that is what we have done in georgia. i am grateful for the support we have had. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. we will now go to washington, secretary hobbs. >> thank you so much. we all talk and meet with each other and talk about the experiences and commonalities and certain threats. i never thought one of my drop boxes would be firebombed. that did not come up in the conversation. when i was appointed in '21 i came in with two lenses. 35 years military experience, knowing the strategic threat, knowing it has expanded. we know about russia, iran, different groups and capabilities they have. expanded greatly. the other thing, i freshly graduated from the dod information school. learning communications and crisis management. luckily, i have a great brief with the previous secretary, kim, she is in the audience today. she set up a cybersecurity team. she told me i had to deal with misinformation

counties.usts up to well, generally between 50 and 60mph. sustained winds at 20 to 40mph. relative humidity dangerously low between 8 and 15%. and that warning, by the way, extends all the way down into san diego county. so right now we're looking at this area near the fire is considered to be the area that's at extreme risk from oxnard over to thousand oaks, out through santa clarita, and of course, down into los angeles county. now we're going to move along and take a look at conditions here in the bay area. we have very calm weather here. the wind is calm. the sky is blue. 60 degrees in san francisco and hayward and redwood city right now, 59 at oakland, 64 at san jose, 57 at half moon bay. blue sky over the golden gate, looking northward 62 degrees right now in santa rosa. upper 50s at petaluma, napa, fairfield. we have low 60s in concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines. it will be chilly inland again overnight. we don't have a frost advisory in effect yet as we did th

ursula jones dixon is an alameda county superior court judge, and annie esposito is contra costa countyistant district attorney. during a rally before last week's interviews, several crime victims and safe. the group responsible for recalling former da pamela price for not being tough enough on crime. they endorsed judge jones dixon and assistant da esposito. we want to make sure that they will not be replacing another problem that we'll be dealing with again. and we also want to make sure that this is a right and fair process. we will build community trust with engagement and with complete transparency. we are at a critical juncture in our criminal justice system, one that demands bold leadership. my philosophy is persevere, strive for excellence and fairness, and maintain your compassion. that was some of the candidates for alameda county da giving their answers to the board during those public interviews last week. whoever the board picks today will take office next month and s serve through 2026. now, as i mentioned before today's s board mting, members of the community who are push

county sheriff luna. thank you. thank you. >> good morning. >> i'd like to start off with talking about staffing. >> we've increased our l.a. county deputy sheriff staffing to about 1200 personnel. >> and that may will that probably will continue to grow. many of them are on 12 hour shifts, which means 12 on, 12 off. they're working incredibly hard. they have been assigned close to 1500 missions and that a lot of work, a lot of good work that's still continuing. the missions continue to include hard road closures, traffic control points, roving security, welfare checks, evacuations as needed, requested by fire, and at times when able to escorts for essential services and need. we also have assigned at least 60 california highway patrol officers split up for us, some at the eaton fire location, others at the palisades location. i personally like to thank commissioner shaun derry, who i will be meeting with. he's coming down here to thank him for his incredible help. national guard deployment is still at approximately

county. and this comes amid fallout from a scathing report that accuses sheriff corpus of abuses of power are retaliation and ethical violations. the county has released this statement in part that says the assertions and her claim that she's been discriminated against, harassed into famed and moore show because she is both a woman and a latinx person are completely baseless and a distraction from the issues that give rise to the present circumstances, end quote. the board of supervisors has placed an amendment on the march ballot now asking voters to grant the power to remove the sheriff from office. >> well, 809, is the time. and there will soon be a crackdown on long lines of oversized vehicles in rv's along san jose's streets. san jose announced a program back in november to set up tow away zones for rv's. and this week, those zones go into effect. so the first 2 away zone is going to be a long channel with avenue by snow. that's in south san jose. here there are about 20. >> oversized ve

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, yo

ventura county.s fire was over 50 acres upon arrival. >> with the potential for rapid growth over the next hour. over 60 fire companies from a los angeles city fire department la county fire department and ventura county fire department were initially dispatched to the specific incident. additional resources have been requested and are in route. the fire started in the city of los angeles and bird rapidly into the county of ventura, los angeles county fire department and ventura county fire department are in unified command. the lafd is now and he's sistine agency. they're currently immediate of evacuation orders in place south no one north of burbank, east of valley circle and west of county lane road and evacuation warning is in place. west valley circle north of saticoy east of woodlake and self of burbank now be providing a quick update on the palisades fire. current acreage is 19,978. there are currently 5,316 structures that were damaged or destroyed and unfortunately our thoughts and prayers g

what county leaders decided? also, president trump says he sent federal troops here to california to open up those water pumps that were out of service. but the state says that's not true. the fight over our state's water supply. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. 52, in san francisco right now. and 40s on the way tonight. we'll show you more about tomorrow morning and the fog and chilly temperatures, plus updated rain chances into the weekend. yes, rain. i'll have that for you in about six minutes. right now, inside a's newest player amid national security concerns over its chinese ownership. we put tough questions to deep seek itself. plus, a look at growing vaccine skepticism and warnings of potential disease outbreaks. i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago

county administrator. the county named its administration building in oakland after susan muranishi. officials shared photos of the event. today, the alameda county native has been the county administrator for 28 years, breaking barriers as the first woman to be appointed to that position. officials praised her steady fiscal management, giving the county a rare triple-a credit rating and fostering a culture of innovation. new at 11 the golden state warriors, paying special tribute to the first native american to play in the nba. the daughter of the late phil jordan, a descendant of the paskenta band of nomlaki indians, accepted the golden state impact award on her father's behalf at last night's warriors game. jordan played in the nba for seven years, beginning with the knicks in 1956. last night's tribute included a performance by a group of dancers from the same tribe as jordan's heritage. well, it's officially the end of the 49ers football season, and some players were back at levi's today clearing out

no comment from the county council, the county executive, the supervisors involved, or the judge. i emailed them all as well for the i-team. dan noyes, abc seven news. >> and if you have a story for dan in the i-team, just go to abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> new developments. the kidnaper at the center of the notorious 2015 vallejo gone girl case could face charges in a third bay area county. the contra costa county sheriff's office says it's linked matthew mueller to a never before reported home invasion robbery in san ramon. detectives say it happened in early 2015. in march of that year, mueller broke into the vallejo home of aaron quinn and denise huskins. authorities say mueller drugged and tied them up before kidnaping and sexually assaulting huskins. vallejo police falsely accused the couple. remember this of making the whole thing up, but mueller was later linked to the crime and convicted. and just last week, he was charged in santa clara county for two 2009 home invasions and sexual assaults in mountain view and the other in palo alto. >> we're following the story

county to assist. lastly, the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event with strong winds and low humidities placing all residents of los angeles county in danger. to all of our viewers, please prioritize your safety as well as the well-being of those around you. as we come together to continue to get through this widespread disaster, los angeles county firefighters will remain on the front line until we reach full containment and we ask that you keep all of los angeles county in your thoughts and prayers. i would now like to invite up los angeles city fire chief kristin crawley to give her briefing. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. i'm kristin crowley, los angeles city fire department fire chief. i would like to start with just a moment, if we could, of gratitude. a moment of gratitude for our first responders, our boots on the ground that are battling this intense and multi bel -- and like the chief said we'll continue to work hard to insure that we save people, l

last week, the embattled sheriff filed a claim against the county saying county leaders participated in what she said was an evil scheme to defame her. the county says this claim is the first step towards filing a 10 million dollar lawsuit against the county. this comes amid fallout from a scathing report that accuses sheriff corpus of abuses of power retaliation and ethical violations. the county released a statement tuesday saying in part, quote, the assertions in corpus is claim that she has been discriminated against, harassed and defamed and more so because she is both a woman and a latinx person are completely baseless and a distraction from the issues that give rise to the present circumstances and quote. the board of supervisors has placed an amendment on the march ballot. don't forget asking voters to grant them the power to remove her from office. >> also in san jose, a person was killed when they were hit by a car around 10, 30 monday night in the area. various nca roads near the bart station there in the san jose flea market. the driver hit the person as they were crossin

county.vember, the voters here in alameda county recalled alameda county district attorney pamela price over criticism that she wasn't tough enough on crime. since then, chief assistant district attorney royl roberts, he's been running the prosecutor's office until a board selects the new d.a. last week, the board whittled the pool down from 15 to 7 finalists. again, that special meeting at 130 this afternoon, the board will interview those finalists. they are. there are seven of them. there are two internal candidates in alameda county district attorney's office who both have decades of experience prosecuting cases, according to east bay times. they are elgin lowe, who is a senior district attorney, a jimmy wilson, who is a deputy da. the another venus johnson. she's another finalist who's been endorsed by california state attorney general rob bonta, according to the east bay times. she is currently the chief deputy attorney general for california department of justice, was previously direct

it comes as the county approved comes as the county approved new regulations will b are you 50 or older? well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. >> a gas leak at the laguna honda hospital campus in san francisco prompted the temporary evacuations. the san francisco department of public health says contractor working on the campus monday morning damaged a gas line staff of the administration building. they were evacuated for about an hour. crews trying to cap the leak hospital building was not impacted. no residents nor patients were evacuated. and helping firefighters are now speaking out against temporary closure of fire stations. the city closed stations. 25 28 on monday trying to deal with 129 million dollar budget deficit. firefighters got together on the steps of city hall to demand the city reverse that decision. city officials chose to close stations. 25 28 saying they tend to be a less bus

county and elsewhere. give us a sense, first of all, senator, of the scale of the damage in your state right now. >> it's unimaginable, wolf, and thank you for having me. and thank you for panning to the various fires, because as you've seen, the images from your reporters in the field, you begin to appreciate the magnitude of the impact. it's not just one fire. it's not just one big fire. it's multiple large scale events with enormous impact on the diverse communities of southern california. having had a chance to tour yesterday with the president and the governor, it's just it's heartbreaking. it's all i can tell you. there may be an occasional home that neighborhood that'll of ash and rubble. small businesses which represent american dreams that have been lost. and for all the viewers, every home, every house that you see is a home. and every home represents a family. and we're talking more than 100,000 folks that have been displaced. it's going to be a long road to recovery, but we're praying that the

james williams as the county executive and says the county has until april first to finalize the sale hospital employees will have to reapply for their jobs but tell kron 4 they were promised to their current positions. >> what i've heard when i've met with employees at regional is a tremendous amount of excitement. the county is here to stay. we're committed employer. we take care of our workforce, knowing that they're the ones who deliver absolutely vital care to the community. really elected county supervisor betty duong says the constant rallies and public pressure to save the hospital paid off. this really started out as a grassroots effort. >> demanding health equity for the rest essential refusing to accept the closure of the level 2 trauma center and the county plans to reinstate the trauma center on day one of its ownership. >> which would mean a homecoming for this health care worker, everybody that knows worked with me knows that. >> and from the side of my father still 3 blocks down the road. i love my community. i missed my community. >> i'm happy. i'm excited to go back

county to assist. lastly, the national weather service has predicted a continued red flag weather event with strong winds and low humidities, placing all residents of los angeles county in danger. to all of our viewers, please prioritize your safety as well as the well-being of those around you as we come together to continue to get through this widespread disaster. los angeles county firefighters will remain on the front line until we reach full containment, and we ask that you keep all of los angeles county in your thoughts and prayers. i would now like to invite up los angeles city fire chief kristin crowley to give her briefing. thank you. >> good morning everyone. >> my name is kristin crowley. >> los angeles city fire department fire chief, i'd like to start with just a moment, if we could, of gratitude, a moment of gratitude for our first responders, our boots on the ground that are battling this intense and multiple jurisdiction and number of fires. so gratitude to those who are doing the work.

the amount of the claim against the county is significant at 10 million dollars. legal analyst steven clark says the government claim is a precursor to a lawsuit. >> and now the county will have to respond to see if the legal process moves forward and this could get very ugly because now share of corpus, if she does follow lawsuit will have to sit for a deposition. >> and that's something that she has not engaged in with the county up to this point, the san mateo county board of supervisors has placed an amendment on the march ballot asking voters to grant them the power to remove the sheriff from office. sheriff corpus will be speaking with her lawyer about the claim against the county on monday afternoon. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 now. the big story ton.ght, the department of justice has reached an agreement. antioch police department over the investigation into race discrimination. this is connected to a series of racist text messages that were exchanged between police officers, those texts which were sent by officers back in 2020 in

james williams as the county executive and says the county has until april first to finalize the sale hospital employees will have to reapply for their jobs. but tell kron 4 they were promised to their current positions. >> what i've heard when i've met with employees at regional is a tremendous amount of excitement. the county is here to stay. we're committed employer. we take care of our workforce, knowing that they're the ones who deliver absolutely vital care to the community. really elected county supervisor betty duong says the constant rallies and public pressure to save the hospital. >> paid off. this really started out as a grassroots effort demanding health equity for the rest senate was a refusing to accept the closure of the level 2 trauma center and the county plans to reinstate the trauma center on day one of its ownership. >> which would mean a homecoming for this health care worker, everybody that knows worked with me knows that. >> and from the side of my father still 3 blocks down the road. i love my community. i missed my community. >> i'm happy. excited to go lawye

the lewis is a deputy county counsel for alameda county.n shannon, who has not worked as an alameda county prosecutor is currently the city attorney for the city of alameda. prior to the meeting, the group that spearheaded the successful recall of da pamela price. hold a news conference to remind supervisors to keep politics out of the decision. >> we don't need a da is going to be a advocate. we need to do that's going to be rounded. we need to put the voice of the victims first before the criminals. >> recall the group has endorsed esposito in dickson. now the board of supervisors is set to make the decision at next tuesday's meeting, the person they select will serve through 2026. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in washington, president donald trump announced a new partnership with some of the largest artificial intelligence stakeholders. the venture dubbed stargate would invest up to 500 billion dollars for infrastructure tied today. i according to the white house. the funds will help build out data centers and the electricity generation ne

, ventura county. >> santa barbara county.it's real problem is going to really make the firefighting even tougher overnight. even is now. >> so it's it's tragic. it's very, very dry atmosphere in southern california that had almost no rain. this rainfall season, nothing to speak up and of course, the terrain and topography also make it difficult to fight the fires on the other hand, closer to home telegraph hill coit tower. all is well. >> although we do have high wind, we have an advisory in effect for the entire bay area. with the exception of san jose with the exception of the santa clara valley where they don't have a wind advisory, but our own winds could get very strong overnight. so as a big concern could be 45 50 mile an hour winds even gusting to 70 miles per hours in isolated peaks. i think the strongest of the over night in the wee hours of the morning. but look how quickly the winds die down by sunrise at 7.25. much diminished. and then by noon into the afternoon, really, the winds are no longer a factor. high temp

we're watching winds pick up and the area of riverside county, orange county and san diego county. it is important that everyone is prepared. >> i'm taking a look from the sky over los angeles county. thousands again, thousands of firefighters are working to put out the wind-driven flames and death toll up to 16 as we have said. but that is expected to go higher. cadaver dogs are being used to search some of the leveled neighborhoods. fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other buildings since tuesday. the palisades fire stands again. 11% containment, the heat and fire 15%. the weather service again talking about strong santa ana winds and those could return. so let's go to kron 4 meteorologist scale long. she's here with the the winds. >> and a stronger push of those santa ana winds. >> for monday through the middle of the week, as you could see why red flag warnings are in place for ventura county and los angeles county until wednesday. so here are the conditions around the 2 major fires out to dina on the east air. the eaton fire, the pacific palisades over on the west th

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county.oing to tell you how neighbors stepped in to catch a man they say was setting trees on fire with a blowtorch. >> plus one. it just seems so bad that i can't just sit still and do nothing. >> stepping up to help those in los angeles, we hear from the woman who started a huge donation drive. [music] >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> good morning. thank you for waking up with us here on mornings on two. >> i'm pam cook and good morning i'm dave clark. it is friday. it's january 10th. write to steve paulson. you still see signs of warning signs weather wise for us and downtown. >> well, they're already it's picking up down there. now, this won't be anything like they had on tuesday, but i think next tuesday it could be another big event. unfortunately, it's kind of the way it's looking here. we have a wind advisory that starts friday and goes into sunday. friday night. i mean, there's pretty good wind up in the oakland berkeley hills already. so you're seeing 30s to 6

for most of los angeles and ventura counties, and for parts of san luis obispo and santa barbara counties. you see the alignment here with the circulation around that low pressure system literally pulling the winds from land to sea, offshore flow, which is the pattern that has held for several days now for about a week. in fact, right now we have gusts up to 35mph at camp nine, nearly 45mph at browns canyon. these wind gusts are irregular, though. i mean, they could be 15mph. one moment and the minute later 25 or 30mph. so the wind gusts, as you see going into the evening hours will diminish a bit. the red flag warning likely to expire at 6 p.m. and then going into the overnight hours, the winds remain still fairly strong, but not so gusty and so dangerous as they have been. this red flag warning once again in effect until 6 p.m. for this area shown here in red. particularly dangerous fire weather situation. relative humidity still dangerously low, about 8 to 15mph. now let's shift our focus here to the bay area. locally, we're looking at very calm conditions. wind speeds under ten miles

the amount of the claim against the county is significant at 10 million dollars. legal analyst steven clark says the government claim is a precursor to a lawsuit. >> and now the county will have to respond to see if the legal process moves forward. what share of corpus did is take this fight to a whole nother level. >> and she's going on offense here by initiating this government claim and things could get very ugly. the san mateo county board of supervisors has placed an amendment on the march ballot asking voters to grant them the power to remove the sheriff from office. sheriff corpus will be speaking with her lawyer about the claim against the county on monday afternoon. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> the big story now in the east bay. the department of justice has reached an agreement with the antioch police department over the doj investigation into racial discrimination. this is connected to a series of racist text messages exchange between police officers in antioch, those texts which were sent by officers in 2020 in 2021. c

the lewis is a deputy county counsel for alameda county.annon, who has not worked as an alameda county prosecutor is currently the city attorney for the city of alameda. prior to the meeting, the group that spearheaded the successful recall of da pamela price. hold a news conference to remind supervisors to keep politics out of the decision. >> we don't need a da is going to be a advocate. we need to do that's going to be rounded. we need to put the voice of the victims first before the criminals. >> recall the group has endorsed esposito in dickson. the board of supervisors is set to make the decision at next tuesday's meeting the person they select will serve through 2026. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> 7.40, is the time. fairfield police meanwhile, are investigating the cause of a fire at a playground. so firefighters responded to the 5th street playground at lanier park tuesday morning after getting reports of an arson. now, thankfully, those first responders were able to put the flames out before it reached any other structures or homes n

direct control of the county. ktvu is mark sayer was at that supervisors meeting and joins us from san jose. so, mark, what does this mean? this move actually mean for the residents? >> while claudine, first of all, county supervisors emphasized that this decision has nothing to do with the quality of cal fire firefighters, nothing but praise for the actual firefighters. but they did say that they are concerned that problems with the budget at the state level has resulted in a lower level of service than the county itself feels it can provide. southern santa clara county is prone to wildfires, with wide expanses of open land. currently, residents outside of the main cities of gilroy and morgan hill belong to what is called the south santa clara county fire district, seen on this map in green, which contracts with cal fire for service. >> the significance is that they don't have to worry whether cal fire is going to have enough money to help them out when there's a fire, or when there is some kind of an emergency.

county of alameda. last week, the board publicly interviewed the candidates seven candidates elgin lo and jimmy wilson. they are the only internal candidates. lo is a senior deputy district attorney for alameda county. wilson is a deputy attorney. venus johnson is the chief deputy attorney general for california. she's the one who's been endorsed by ag rob bonta. latricia lewis is deputy counsel for alameda county, and eben shen is the current city attorney for alameda. ursula jones dixon is an alameda county superior court judge, and annie esposito is contra costa county assistant district attorney. during a rally before last week's interviews, several crime victims and safe. that's the group responsible for recalling former district attorney pamela price for not being tough enough on crime. they endorsed judge jones dixon and assistant d.a. esposito. we want to make sure that they will not be replacing another problem that will be dealing with again. and we also want to make sure that this is a right

, including 8 bay area counties from alameda to sonoma counties. the california department of justice says that mcintyre accomplices stole 8 million dollars worth of beauty products. she worked with her husband to recruit women to enter makeup stores and commit both thefts, which they then sold online through. amazon mack was sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in prison. >> the chp is looking for this missing teenage boy in the east bay, 14 year-old labeled jones was last seen in hayward on friday. he's about 5 foot 6. and as you can see, has brown hair and brown eyes. he was last seen wearing a gray nike jacket and blue jeans. and there is an evan elr out for him. it's been extended to alameda contra costa and san francisco counties. >> we're going take a break. 6.27, is the time. still ahead, the bay-area social media influencers are hosting a donation drive to help the wildfire victims in southern cali nice to meet ya. my name is david. i've been a pharmacist for 44 years and i'm from flowery branch, georgia. when i have customers come in i recom

alameda county.en candidates are expected to be interviewed by the board of supervisors on tuesday. >> we are just two days away from when tiktok is set to be removed from app stores in the u.s, but a last second change could keep the app alive for a few more days. the biden administration says the outgoing president will not enforce the upcoming ban on tiktok, leaving the decision with incoming president elect donald trump. trump once supported the ban, but his incoming national security advisor says trump plans to save the platform. discounting the concerns. >> the united states government concedes that it has no evidence that china has ever attempted to date to control the us. tiktok platform. >> the law gives trump a 90 day extension to push the tiktok ban, under certain details that don't appear to have been met yet. the supreme court could also decide today on a challenge to that ban. >> well, president biden signed a sweeping new executive order dealing with cybersecurity. it imposes tough new