los angeles. this means that really everyone in the region now, people who, an hour ago, in the middle of town, who were in the hollywood area, west hollywood, thinking they were completely safe, are now in their cars, not knowing where they're going. this is -- this really is something we have never, ever seen before. >> and i believe that sunset fire in the hollywood hills is now presently at 20 acres of flame so i mean it's a catastrophic situation. >> there is a lot. we're going to try to bring in as much simulcasting from our k nbc in los angeles as we can, to show these images that are just stunning. >> thank you. >> as this fire now spreads literarily all the way across the los angeles region, this is the night when my house might burn down. it is being threatened by fire now, in a way that wasn't possible even yesterday, or earlier today, that we did not know about. so many friends of mine have already lost their homes in los angeles. patrick maroon, someone who i've known since college, a

but this is the way los angeles residents are now all living in los angeles. no matter where we are. if you have a home in los angeles, if you have an apartment, if you have anything in los angeles now, you do not know anymore whether you will see it again. gadi schwartz has just arrived from the pacific palisades which was the biggest problem before. now, to the hollywood hills where the new fire has erupted there. just about an hour ago. we have been watching it on these helicopters which have been allow today fly tonight. what is the latest there? >> we see the helicopters above us. they are such a sign of relief. especially in the last few days. we haven't seen them flying. we got them flying over the hollywood hills now. we just pulled up. i'm not sure if this is going to work because i'm on my phone here. we will take a walk and see what we can see. these are all cars making their way down the hill. and we have the first tanker we have seen, that is the laugh factory over there. this is the cvs pharmacy. right here on crescent heights. so far, we haven't

and that is who we are, in the county of los angeles, the city of los angeles, _ los angeles, the city you who are amazing out there, who want to help. _ amazing out there, who want to help. and — amazing out there, who want to help, and if you want updated information about evacuation orders, — information about evacuation orders, warnings or road closures. _ lacounty. gov/emergency, and with _ lacounty. gov/emergency, and with that _ lacounty.gov/emergency, and with that i will turn over to the — with that i will turn over to the los— with that i will turn over to the los angeles police chief jim mcdonald. in the los angeles police chief jim mcdonald.— the los angeles police chief jim mcdonald. in the wake of the devastating _ jim mcdonald. in the wake of the devastating fires - jim mcdonald. in the wake of the devastating fires i - jim mcdonald. in the wake of the devastating fires i want i jim mcdonald. in the wake of| the devastating fires i want to acknowledge the incredible strength and resilience the community is shown during these very challenging times. it is truly inspiring

elian: alerta en los Ángeles. devastador incendio ha quemado mÁs de 2900 acres y sen estableciÓ centro del aqua supra de los afectados bomberos enfrentan condiciones extremas con vientos de mÁs de 80 millas que complican los esfuerzos de control el fuego ha obligado a cancelar cancelar eventos en hollywood y ha dejado mÁs de 28 hogares sin energÍa . cobertura en equipo y en vivo desde lugar de los hechos. ♪ >> este es noticiero univisiÓn, ediciÓn nocturna. elian: buenas noches. gracias a quienes nos ven a esta hora desde la costa oeste del paÍs. en estos momentos partes de los Ángeles estÁn ardiendo en llamas. mÁs de 30,000 personas han sido evacuadas hace algunos minutos las autoridades expandieron la orden. en vivo con la Última informaciÓn sobre este estado de emergencia. cÓmo estÁ el panorama. adelante. jaime: es triste informarte que es verdaderamente abrumador darnos cuenta que con cada minuto que pasa mÁs y mÁs es extiende el fuego que comenzÓ el pacÍfic en una zona al oeste de los Ángeles y que ahora se ha

but that's the way it is for everyone in los angeles. they are either deeply worried about their own house. walking out here to the studio. it just crossed my mind. oh, i don't want to say his name. i have to check with my dentist because i know he lives in pacific palisades. so i didn't even ask is he okay. there isn't really any suspense if you know where people live, you know. that's the most valuable thing anyone can send you is a picture of your street. and so, it is a real human agony. >> that's why people like you and katie and jacob with direct ties to the state, it is critical and essential to hear. >> alex look, the last thing i deserve is anyone's sympathy about what is going to happen to my house. there is no real danger for me. a family member in my house the other day. grabbed the few things i could think of off the top of my head that would be nice to have. but people are losing every single thing. there were people working out of town whose houses burned down. and no one walked through that door to grab anything. and ever

what kind of city should los angeles be, can los angeles be once it is all over? are you optimistic la will bounce back? the question is what los _ bounce back? the question is what los angeles _ bounce back? the question is what los angeles look - bounce back? the question is what los angeles look like. l what los angeles look like. will it be built to accommodate climate change, to accommodate drought? can it be as expensive, can it be as crowded as it is now? will we be a little los angeles or will we be a great los angeles? the olympics are here in three years so pressure is on, challenge before us notjust to serve the people who live here, but to set an example for the world in many ways.- but to set an example for the world in many ways. thank you so much for— world in many ways. thank you so much for speaking - world in many ways. thank you so much for speaking to - world in many ways. thank you so much for speaking to us. . so much for speaking to us. stay safe. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the imminent ceasefire deal in the middle

uh, and that's who we are in the county of los angeles, the city of los angeles. so i just want to throw this out. uh, if you are interested in donating food, money, clothing, whatever that may be, uh, the emergency network, los angeles by visiting. w ww dot e. n l a.org. and thank you for all of you who are amazing out there who want to help. and then if you want updated information about evacuation orders, warnings or road closures, l.a. county wegovy slash emergency. uh, and with that, i'm going to turn it over to the los angeles police chief. jim mcdonnell. thank you. >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you. sheriff. in the wake of the devastating fires, i just want to acknowledge the incredible strength and resilience that our community has shown during these very challenging times. it's truly inspiring to see neighbors coming together to support one another. >> and as your chief of police, i want to assure you that the lapd remains fully committed to your safety and well-being as we all move forward together. lapd currently has over 600 officers deployed

but we have our eyes on los angeles. officials are about to speak in just moments about the wildfires. for now, i'm anna cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage now. >> reporter: and good morning, we go right to that news conference. the los angeles fire department, holding a news conference at this hour. >> members of the press. our first speaker is los angeles county board of supervisors chair, katherine barger. >> thank you. i'm going to make my comments short. because i know you want to hear from be our fire chief and people that have the information in realtime. but let me just say, this is a dynamic situation. we have fires throughout the entire county, which is spreading resources very short. one of the things people ask me is what do you want to convey to the public? and that is, heed the advice of first responders. when they ask you to evacuate, evacuate. this is not a drill. this is in realtime. so i want to thank the city of pasadena, who has opened up the pasadena convention c

, los angeles county sheriff's department. and the u.s. forest service arson. investigators. and the moment we learn the cause of this fire, we will advise the media. we also have a new fire start in the acton area of los angeles county. the lydia fire estimated to be between 1800 acres, 30% contained. her 30% contained. thankfully forward progress has been stopped. as the region. one coordinator, i did request mutual aid from the 5 counties of los angeles, orange county ventura, santa barbara and san luis obispo counties yesterday. additionally last night i contacted the state office of emergency services requested 250 additional engine companies from northern california staffed with over 1000 personnel. at this time, the state of california, exercising their emergency compacts with the western states of arizona, nevada, utah, oregon and washington. 4 additional firefighting resources and personnel to come to los angeles county to assist us with this widespread fire emergency. one data point it's that we have 60 units respond

could this be unprecedented in terms of scale of damage that los angeles has seen? les has seen? it certainly is going to _ angeles has seen? it certainly is going to rank— angeles has seen? it certainly is going to rank very, - angeles has seen? it certainly is going to rank very, very - is going to rank very, very high. right now, already in the top in the top 20 most destructive fires in state's history and is certainly very high ranked in terms of the destruction for a fire in southern california. we'll see! you know, the damage estimates obviously are just initial estimates as the fire has become more contained and folks can get in there and do more damage assessment. i think we're going to see the full extent of the damage and realise how many homes have been destroyed. find realise how many homes have been destroyed.— realise how many homes have been destroyed. and what will have to happen _ been destroyed. and what will have to happen for— been destroyed. and what will have to happen for these - been destroyed. and what will have to happen for these fires| hav

to the los angeles national forest. the fire has rapidly expanded to over 500 acres, prompting the emergency evacuation of more than 3000 residents. this fire is burning within the footprint of the historic saddle ridge fire. now, despite the extreme winds and significant risks. and that's what we're going to be talking about from today and probably throughout the next few days. there's always that significant risk of life and property, and we'll continue to focus on saving lives and protecting property. the exact anchorage at this point will be confirmed later, and we will make sure that we communicate that to you as well. lastly, we want to make sure that everybody understands we are absolutely not out of danger yet with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and the county today, i will tell you, and we are all committed to our first responders. our firefighters will remain focused on protecting lives and property. the lafd is extremely proud to stand with all of the entities behind me. our top prior

so, we actually had a mega _ los angeles. so, we actually had a mega fire _ los angeles.geles. so, we actually had a mega fire in 2017 - los angeles. so, we actually| had a mega fire in 2017 where we lost 8900 structures. our fires burned for 2h days. at that time, it was unprecedented. other than a campfire we are the second—largest magnifier in the state of california. we have a lot of our organisation is spending the last seven years building the best network in the nation for subject matter, experts, wildfire survivors... i don't know everyone but we certainly know everyone who knows exactly how to get through this, or at least how to support the community to give them hope and a chance to come back. figs give them hope and a chance to come back-— come back. as you mentioned, ou had come back. as you mentioned, you had your — come back. as you mentioned, you had your own _ come back. as you mentioned, you had your own experience i come back. as you mentioned, | you had your own experience of fire there in the north of california. what do you think of what you seeing be

everyone in los angeles understands. and the challenge is trying to make it understood beyond the people who live through there it. >> that's why i think people like you and katy and jacob who have direct ties to the state, it's so critical to hear even just the ten or of your voice you talk about it, it's hugely impactful and really important for all of us as we go through this experience and, hopefully, help each other through it in whatever way we can. >> yeah. the last thing i deserve is anyone's sympathy about what's going to happen to my house. i get to watch this from the comfort of my second home, okay? so there is no real danger for me. someone in my house, a family in one of my houses the other day, grabbed a few things i could think of that would be nice to have. but people are losing every single thing. people weren't home. there were people who were working out of town, whose houses burned down and no one walked through the door to grab anything. and every single thing in those homes is lost and lost forever

miles de acres en varias Áreas de los Ángeles.ste fenÓmeno sin presentes y catalogado como el peor incendio la historia de los angeles ha cobrado vidas obligado a evacuar a cientos de miles de personas. un panorama desolador con cientos de estructuras colapsadas y viviendas y negocios devorados por el fuego. el estado california ha sido declarado en emergencia por desastre mayor, mientras bomberos piden refuerzos para batallar simultÁneamente con cuatro incendios habituados por los fuertes vientos de santa ana. hasta lo meto se reporta cero contenciÓn y escasez de agua, las autoridad sanitarias alerta que la que lea del aire ha alcanzado niveles peligrosos en zonas de los angeles y pasadena y por ello pidiendo tomar medidas contra la intoxicaciÓn por inhalaciÓn de humo. las autoridades locales trabajan en crear una vÍa urgente hace la recuperaciÓn de las miles de familias afectadas. tenemos una cobertura especial y completa en vivo desde el lugar de la tragedia. elian: muy buenas noches a quienes a esta hora nos ven en la costa oe

this is los angeles, california. this fire has already forced more than 30,000 residents to evacuate and there are more than 10,000 structures at risk. >>> now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, alex. i started following the los angeles fire earlier today. i was just in the actual fire zone last week. i have friends, loved ones pulling things out of their homes in the evacuation zones. some of them didn't have time. we'll be covering it during this hour. bob goldman, who is a former los angeles fire department official, just said on the local coverage i've been following that this is an event of a historical nature. >> yeah. >> i've heard people refer to it today understandably as the palisades fire because it's happening in the pacific palisades, which is a neighborhood of los angeles. pacific palisades is the city of los angeles. it is a vast geographical neighborhood adjacent to santa monica. the flames have been bearing down on the border of santa monica and could move right a

we continue to battle multiple major brush fires in the city of los angeles and across the los angeles region. today we expect winds to subside somewhat which will allow fire crews to increase containment lines. however, i want to be very clear here as well, we're still under red flag warning with -- [audio issues] >> harris: they're having some audio difficulties there. apparently a lost mic somewhere and so you are getting that ambient tone from the woman speaking now. you just heard from l.a. county fire chief and city fire chief crowley now is speaking and as soon as they get that microphone situation figured out on their end we'll go right back. a couple of things that have popped in the last little while that really matter in all of this, that red flag warning for los angeles and ventura counties will continue through tomorrow, through friday. we learned that from the fire chief maroney of l.a. county. that is something that people still need to heed. let's go back live to the fire chief of the city now kristin crowley. >> to challenge firefighting efforts for the palisades area.

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and that's who we are in the county of los angeles, the city of los angeles. so i just want to throw this out. if you are interested in donating food, money, clothing, whatever that a may be, the emergency network los angeles by visiting www.enla.org. and thank you for all of you who are amazing out there who want to help. and then if you want updated information about evacuation orders, warningsings or road closures, l.a. county.gov/emergency. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to the los angeles police chief, jim mcdonnell. >> morning. thank you, sheriff. in the wake of the devastating fires, i just want to to acknowledge the incredible strength and resilience that our community has shown during these very challenging times. it's fewly inspiring to see neighbors -- truly inspiring -- coming together to support one another, and i want to assure you that the lapd remains fully committed to your safety and well-being as we move forward together. lapd has currently over 600 officers deployed to these areas with support from the los angeles airport police,

hay al menos siete incendios que estÁn ardiendo a esta hora en los angeles, de las ciudades que han sidoas propiedades, son las llaves centrales del gas que siguen activas, al seguir activas por supuesto el fuego sigue vivo. el departamento de bomberos ha tratado recorrer casa por casa tratando de encontrar esta llave original del gas para poder cerrarla y de esta manera evitar que el fuego se propague, sin embargo, no ha sido exitosas a transacciÓn en todas las propiedades, es por eso que podemos ver en estas propiedades son seis aproximadamente los que tenemos alrededor que aÚn siguen activas. el viento sopla nota fuerte como anoche, ya estÁ hundiendo mÁs calmo pero este viento recorre la chispas y se van trasladando de casa en casa y asÍ se sigue propagando el fuego lamentablemente, los bomberos estÁn por aquÍ pero este es mi reporte por el momento. regreso a estudios contigo. elian: muchÍsimas gracias y queen se mucho. ante el panorama desolador son miles los damnificados que anterior que dejar todo y salvar sus vidas. justo vamos a pasar con wendy castillo quien estÁ en pasadena con

even 100 to _ area across los angeles. even 100 to 130 — area across los angeles.res per hour in this pink area just north of the city _ in this pink area just north of the city. this is the area where _ the city. this is the area where the fires are so we could see some — where the fires are so we could see some rapid spread of these fires _ see some rapid spread of these fires and — see some rapid spread of these fires and i— see some rapid spread of these fires and i am concerned about the embers that could be lifted into the — the embers that could be lifted into the airand the embers that could be lifted into the air and travel several kilometres away from the parent fire and — kilometres away from the parent fire and that has the ability to start _ fire and that has the ability to start new fires.- fire and that has the ability to start new fires. you have also been — to start new fires. you have also been monitoring - to start new fires. you have also been monitoring whatl to start new fires. you have i also been monitoring what we were talking about earlier

seguimos monitoreando lo ocurrido en el condado de los Ángeles. e recordamos que hay una bandera roja hasta el dÍa miÉrcoles. hay una advertencia de la hasta maÑana. abrigue muy bien a sus hijos. maÑana ya lo sabe, abrigarse bien. >> recordarle que se formen cristales en el vehÍculo. >> y esos son batallosos. paulina: por lo pronto nos vemos maÑana con las noticias. ilia: los Ángeles se preparan para vientos extremos. es posible que los incendios forestales se propaguen rÁpidamente. los afectados deben lidiar con otros problemas, los ladrones que acechan los vecindarios. en medio de la desolaciÓn,empresarios y jornaleros latinos, ayudan a los Ángeles a levantarse de las cenizas. descubren un arco tÚnel que se extiende desde ciudad juÁrez, hasta paso texas. salas repletas por la llamada catridemia. ♪mÚsica♪ ilia: muy buenas tardes! continuamos en los Ángeles con nuestra extensa cobertura sobre los incendios. me encuentro en al cadena, donde un incendio ya ha sido controlado en una parte. la ciudad de los Ángeles se estÁ preparando para recibir fuert

it is going to be _ happily in los angeles? it is going to be a _ happily in los angeles?los angeles? it 3 going to be a big decision as to whether rebuild and we have seen a lot of things in los angeles, like the earthquake in 1994, but going forward we are going to see everything in terms of before and after january 2025, there will be people who say we have to rebuild these homes, and others who say, we can't do this any more, we can't build at the wild urban edges where there is the potential for danger, wild urban edges where there is the potentialfor danger, we do not know how that is going to play out but that would be a huge debate.— play out but that would be a hue debate. . ., ,, ., huge debate. thanks to you for our huge debate. thanks to you for your time- _ huge debate. thanks to you for your time. thanks _ huge debate. thanks to you for your time. thanks for - huge debate. thanks to you for your time. thanks forjoining i your time. thanks forjoining us. alex silverman, a journalist covering the los angeles fires. for more on the latest, here's our corresponde

i represent the county of los angeles, not the city of los angeles. the fire has moved into the county at at the palisades fire and fortunately, the l.a. county fire department did not experience the same issues with the fire hydrants that the los angeles city fire department experienced in the beginning of the palisades fire off of. palisades drive. but you know, your viewers must understand there's a finite amount of water, and the water system really isn't designed for a large scale, ongoing firefight like the one that we just experienced here in los angeles county. >> the los angeles city fire chief says that arson investigators are actively looking into the start of the palisades fire. do you suspect that arson is to blame, at least partly, for this devastation? >> you know, i really don't want to speculate on the cause of these five major incidents, especially when the wind is is so incredibly strong. you know, a cigarette out the window of a car, um, any other ignition source could have started the palisades fire. i'd rather wait than speculate

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles.us the latest developments. it's extremely difficult. and, you know, one moment there's a glimmer of hope because, and you've just been talking about the, in terms of getting these fires under control, the containment percentages, that these are the numbers that everyone across the city are looking out for constantly. how much of the fire has been contained? the firefighters are convinced that it's not going to spread any further, but those numbers are still very, very low. and the two big fires, pacific palisades, especially, the first one to start last tuesday, is still spreading and it's moving towards other densely populated areas. brentwood, again to the west of los angeles. also the san fernando valley, which is a sprawling area to the north of hollywood and i'm right nowjust north of the san fernando valley, and there have been fires close of getting these fires under control, the containment percentages, that these are the numbers that everyone across the city are looking out f

fire department sharing this image from downtown los angeles. thick smoke taking over a view of the sky. air quality tonight, dangerous you. >> >> the fire's being fueled by strong santa ana winds and surrounding topography, which makes it extremely challenging for us firefighters. >> david: authorities are calling this an extremely rare, life-threatening santa ana wind event. gusts reaching 100 miles per hour. 35,000 residents under evacuation orders. nearly a million without power. residents here tell us they lost everything. >> this is pretty devastating. pretty devastating. >> david: the california national guard has been called in. from the air, a fuller scope of the devastation. a united airlines passenger capturing this view out his window. that flight diverted. thousands of firefighters spreading out racing to contain the flames. the new fires jumping from home to home. and residents here doing whatever they can. this young man trying to use a fire hose to beat back the flames in his own back yard. you can hear the intense fire crackling

a little sea breeze kicked in right toward los angeles. you can see they're still sitting at 51% relative humidity. that means that slows down any fire that starts. but you look toward ontario, you look toward a plan. you look toward chino. some of those inland valleys. van nuys, you're talking about 10% bone dry conditions out there right now, as you might expect, red-flag warnings continuing tonight for the greater los angeles area all the way down into san diego. we will have more on your weather coming up in a few minutes. lawrence, thanks a lot. los angeles mayor karen bass facing backlash tonight. >> over recent budget cuts that impacted the city's fire department. bass's send the budget cuts did not have an impact on the city's response to the fires and her focus will remain on helping los angeles rebuild. >> when the fires are out, we will do a deep dive. we will look at what worked. we will look at what didn't work and we will let you know until then my focus is on the tv screens behind you that are showing devastation that has co

los angeles is a city of angels, and you're now the angels, all of you. you're the angels literally saving people's lives, and we owe you. we owe your families who are also in harm's way, and you're still going out and doing your job. the people of los angeles, thank you for sticking together, for helping one another through an unimaginable loss, and i want you to know, i mean this, i want you to know we have no higher priority than the safety of you folks in los angeles. we're going to keep doing everything possible to help you get through this, and vice president harris and i'll turn it over to you. vice president harris: thank you, mr. president. so what is happening in los angeles is truly heartbreaking, and there's an extraordinary amount of trauma that so many people are experiencing through loss of life, loss of their homes, loss of normalcy, and what i would ask is that on this day 7 of the fires in the midst of the extraordinary exhaustion that everyone is feeling on so many levels, that we stay vigilant. the next 48 hours, as we will hear, are v

la ciudad de los Ángeles ya declarÓ estado de emergencia, asÍ como el condado angelino. cir que habrÁ recursos adicionales tanto a nivel local, condado y estatal para combatir el fuego. tambiÉn el presidente joe biden aprobÓ asistencia federal para apoyar en la respuesta unos 200 bomberos. por ahora estÁn combatiendo las voraces llamas. las autoridades han pedido a los residentes que estÉn alertas sobre las Órdenes de evacuaciÓn y que salgan de inmediato cuando se les notifique. porque este fuego, dijeron, avanza rÁpidamente y de hecho, aseguraron que en una dÉcada n o bÍan visto un fuego de tal magnitud y potencia. por ahora, toda la comunidad de pacific palisades ha recibido Órdenes de evacuaciÓn, asÍ como Áreas de malibÚ y santa mÓnica. y cabe mencionar que la residencia de la vicepresidenta kamala harris, se ubica a una milla de la zona de evacuaciÓn. tambiÉn es importante mencionar que las escuelas de las Áreas afectadas estarÁn cerradas este miÉrcoles y segÚn el departamento de bomberos de los Ángeles, un bombero resultÓ con una seria herida en la cabeza y fue trasl

these are live pictures from los angeles.ast 130,000 people have been evacuated — and tens of thousands more have been told to pack and be ready to go. officials say, despite their best efforts, the fires raging in the la area are 0% contained. among the areas affected is the pacific palisades which is between santa monica and malibu. a fire there doubled in size within hours, fuelled by tinder dry conditions and high winds. helena humphrey reports. as soon as you walk in, you would be met with the living room, which is literally right here in this area. the only thing that's basically standing is the chimney. and, yeah, now it's nothing. a picture of utter devastation. the flames here are pitiless, sparing nothing in their path, not the glitzy houses of pacific palisades, nor the hillsides. hey, everybody. notjust this community, the community next door, i'm sure all the people up there have lost everything. it's just pretty devastating. i don't think la has seen anything like this before. the house, the house goes on fire.

además, las autoridades de los Ángeles ya advierten sobre el riesgo del humo para la salud. ésar. de hecho, esto ha provocado órdenes de allanamiento aquí en la zona de san josé. andrés brender nos amplia de lo que se sabe sobre este caso. en este tranquilo vecindario de la calle monarch en santa rosa, donde la mayoría de los residentes son personas de la tercera edad, la policía llegó el miércoles a descubrir un crimen macabro con muchas interrogantes. el teniente isaacson dice que fueron despachados al área del crimen para realizar una revisión luego de que sus familiares no habían visto a sus queridos en varios días. dijo que cuando llegaron encontraron a 4 individuos muertos producto de disparos con arma de fuego. el departamento policial informó que los fallecidos eran familiares 2 adultos de 33 y 28 años de edad y 2 más de 67 años. también encontraron un arma de fuego al lado de 1 de ellos. la policía no especificó cuál. nosotros tocamos la puerta de la casa en cuestión, pero no había nadie. vecinos nos aseguraron que no eran vistos con frecuencia. colin vive 3 casas má

and that's who we are in the county of los angeles, the city of los angeles. so i just want to throw this out. if you are interested in donating food, money, clothing, whatever that may be. the emergency network los angeles by visiting. w ww dot e n l a.org and thank you for all of you who are amazing out there who want to help. and then if you want updated information about evacuation orders, warnings or road closures l.a. county.gov/emergency. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to the los angeles police chief, jim mcdonnell. good morning. good morning. thank you sheriff. in the wake of the devastating fires, i just want to acknowledge the incredible strength and resilience that our community has shown during these very challenging times. it's truly inspiring to see neighbors coming together to support one another. and as your chief of police, i want to assure you that the lapd remains fully committed to your safety and well-being as we all move forward together. lapd currently has over 600 officers deployed to these areas, with support from the los ang

what's happening in los angeles. the palisades fire is the most destructive wildfire in los angeles. history continues to spread. there is some improved containment. we did get that confirmed today that containment went up to about 8%. we can see here the conditions that firefighters are dealing with. it is dry. it is rugged. it is steep. this is a hillside community there with the fire actively burning right now. as of last check here is i just going to quickly refresh here. cal fire's page, the palisades fires at 21,000 acres. the even fire is about 14,000 acres. those are the 2 larger fires that are burning there. several these fires that start tuesday. they were just fanned by these hurricane force santa ana winds. it quickly ripped through residential and commercial areas that some 10,000 plus structures that have already been destroyed and that see the fire is still burning. the firefighters are on scene there trying to attack it from the air and the ground to get this under control and try to return some peace

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los incendios en el condado de los Ángeles acaparan los titulares desde que inició el primero hace unasniestros ya aumentó a 5. california ya declaró estado de emergencia en la zona siniestrada, donde azotan ráfagas de viento de hasta 80 millas por hora. y esto, como se imagina, hace más difícil el trabajo de los bomberos. por ahora, el más grande se llama palisades. este ya provocó la evacuación de unas 30.000 personas de la región pacific palisades y de sus alrededores. además, ya consumió más de 2900 acres y destruyó cerca de mil estructuras en esa zona. bomberos confirmaron que hubo un alto número de heridos entre los residentes que no fueron evacuados, pero que ya estaban siendo auxiliados por personal médico. en altadena, otros de estos incendios llamado ethan cobró la vida de 2 personas. según las autoridades, las llamas iniciaron la noche de este martes al norte de altadena. según el último reporte de la agencia calfire, el incendio que más rápido se ha propagado, ya que han consumido 10.600 acres. los esfuerzos por contener las llamas en esta área también han sido complicados p

en los Ángeles. ro. buenas tardes. por sexto dÍa los Ángeles estÁ bajo amenaza. el pronÓstico de fuertes vientos mantiene a la ciudad en alerta. se teme que las llamas crezcan y se fortalezcan. esta tragedia que todavÍa no termina. ya ha transformado a esta ciudad. mire estas imÁgenes. a la izquierda, un popular cafÉ. un starbucks. a la derecha. de pie. solo sus muros. un recorrido tambiÉn por un vecindario de pacific palisades. casas con jardines verdes y frondosos ahora convertidos en escombros y en cenizas. hace casi una semana, el martes pasado, comenzaron estos tres incendios que todavÍa todavÍa estÁn ardiendo. hay Órdenes de evacuaciÓn para 130.000 personas y alertas para otras 89.000. al menos 24 personas han fallecido. y hoy, los Ángeles mira hacia adelante para responder a la pregunta. cÓmo serÁ la recuperaciÓn? pero tambiÉn mira hacia atrÁs para entender cÓmo algo asÍ pudo pasar ahÍ. hay numerosos oficiales dijeron a nuestra cadena hermana nbc news que es posible que el fuego haya iniciado p

next we will bring up los angeles city - will bring up los angeles city council— will bring up los angelese to know that since this morning about 7am i have been in direct communication with the mayor who is on her way home from a diplomatic mission on half of the united states government and she will be here within hours. also we want everyone to know that the city is well—prepared and has a tremendous emergency management infrastructure who has been on the case since six this morning at the beginning of this wind event. i'm proud to say that we have some of the best of men and women anywhere in ourfire department the best of men and women anywhere in our fire department and police department as well as their partners across the state and across the county. i am also want everyone to know that as acting mayor and president of the la city council along with the county and we will hear from the governor later, the city of la is declaring a state of emergency through this wind event and will have all resources on deck. i will personally ask and we will hear from the council member from the d

the fire erupted in the silmar area of los angeles adjacent to the los angeles national forest. the fire has rapidly expanded to over 500 acres prompting emergency evacuations of more than 3000 residents. it is burning within the footprint of the saddle ridge fire. despite the extreme winds and significant risks. that's what we'll be talking about from today and probably throughout the next few days, there is always that significant risk of life and property will continue to focus on saving lives and protecting property. the exact acreage at this point will be confirm later and communicate that to you as well. lastly, we want to make sure that everybody understands we're absolutely not out of danger yet. with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and county today, i will tell you and we're all committed to our first responders, firefighters will remain focused on protecting lives and property. the lfd is extremely proud to stand with all of the entities behind me. our top priority will continue to be life safety insuring that safe evacuation and rescues of resi

for donations, go to emergency network los angeles. and now it's my pleasure to introduce assistant chief dominic choi from the los angeles police department. thank you. >> okay. good morning. i want to start by just assuring everybody that our primary focus still remains the safety and well-being of our residents. these fires have caused significant disruptions. >> but. but we are working tirelessly with our partners to protect lives and property and secure critical infrastructure. so as of this morning, lapd has in the city, 266 officers deployed to the palisades fire. we also have support from our national guard partners, who have deployed 200 soldiers assigned to the incident. we're very grateful for their support. >> we also have dedicated resource investigating our missing persons reported. >> so at this time, as of this morning, 6 a.m, we have a total of 26 people reported missing in the city of los angeles. 17 of those individuals have been located safely. >> nine of the nine remaining two most likely were found in the fires de

world news tonight with david muir from los angeles starts right now. i'll see you back here for abc seven news at four. take care. >>> tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight" from california. the emergency unfolding here in los angeles county. 24 hours into this, you can feel the heat, the smoke, and you certainly can see the flames over my shoulder here. home after home continuing to burn to the ground. entire neighborhoods lost. evacuations. the scope of the loss here unimaginable. tonight, the apocalyptic scene here on the ground in southern california. walls of flames destroying everything in their path. at least five unstoppable wildfires now burning through los angeles, destroying more than 25,000 acres. propelled by wind gusts topping 100 miles per hour. >> it is like driving through hell itself down here. >> david: home after home destroyed. the death toll rising tonight. reports of many significant injuries. the panicked race to escape the flames. families racing to get out. some leaving their cars in the street, when flames were on

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.s north america correspondent david willis has been speaking to us from the pacific palisades — the site of the fire that officials are calling the most destructive in the history of los angeles. 0fficials officials have been hoping that they could at some sort of handle on these massive fires tonight given that the weather forecast was better than it was forecast was better than it was for last night butjust after six o'clock here it is totally dark and the wind is already whipping up. what they are doing is carrying embers from this massive pacific palisades flyer and carrying them to dry brush which ignites other fires such as the one you can see just behind me. to give you some idea of how volatile the situation is here, 15 or 20 minutes ago, just before we came on air there was nothing here whatsoever but it suddenly sprang up and now firefighters have to be deployed to put this fire out as well. one of a number of fires throughout this region and fire officials have conceded that

our water system is operated by los angeles county, not los angeles city. we have had plenty of water service. granted, there's been spots that have popped up where it could have been better, but for the most part, everybody got what they needed and it was just a case of being overrun by massive hurricane winds that, even with the best of our resources already on scene, all we could do was to to respond the best we could, where we had the resources we had the water, we had the sheriff. we were ready. >> so you were ready. so were there no issues of water not being in the fire hydrant or low water pressure there in malibu? because obviously there have been widespread reports of that from from last week. and then there is a reservoir. my understanding is that there's of course many reservoirs you rely on, but there is one that's been out of service for many months that also services malibu now, that doesn't service malibu. >> those are two separate ones. it's almost like a bright line between the city of malibu and the city of los angeles, and the water syste

president biden was stuck in los angeles overnight. he says he is being briefed on the wildfires and offering the state any federal assistance to combat the flames. fema is sporting impacted areas. lif life-threatening winds have grounded helecopters and gavin newsom is begging people to get out. >> these are peak winds. the impact, many structures destroyed and fact people were still not evacuated, still did not heed the warning. we're just coming down the canyon is reminder how serious this moment is and how important to listen to these evacuation orders. br >> brooke: the fire department is warning dangerous 60 mile per hour winds are expected through tomorrow. there will be an update 11 a.m. eastern. bring in rachel, who evacuated from her home after the fire spread to her backyard. thank you for joining us in a truly traumaitizing situation. you are safe in a hotel now. tell us what happened and what you saw that led you to evacuate? >> understatement. what i saw was something i don't think anyone dreams of seeing, even in their d

los angeles national forest. fire has rapidly expanded to over 500 acres, prompting the emergency evacuation of more than 3000 residents. this fire is burning within the footprint of the historic saddle ridge fire. now, despite the extreme winds and significant risks, and that's what we're going to be talking about from today and probably throughout the next few days. there's always that significant risk of life and property, and we'll continue to focus on saving lives and protecting property. the exact anchorage at this point will be confirmed later, and we'll make sure that we communicate that to you as well. lastly, we want to make sure that everybody understands we are absolutely not out of danger yet with the strong winds that continue to push through the city and the county today, i will tell you, and we are all committed to our first responders. our firefighters will remain focused on protecting lives and property. the lafd is extremely proud to stand with all of the entities behind me. our top priority wi

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los angeles police department. >> good morning. i want to start by just assuring everybody our primary focus still remains the safety and well-being of our residents. these fires have caused significant disruptions but we're working tirelessly with our partners to protect lives, property and secure critical infrastructure. as of in morning lapd has in the city 266 officers deployed to the palisades fire. we also have support from our national guard partners who have deployed 200 soldiers assigned to the incident and very grateful for their support. we also have dedicated resource investigating our missing persons reported. so at this time as of this morning 6:00 a.m. we have a total of 26 people reported missing in the city of los angeles. 17 of those individuals have been located safely. of the nine remaining two most likely were found in the fires deceased but they haven't been positively identified by the coroner's office yet. those are still waiting to be identified. one individual we believe is located safely in a shelter but

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the palisades fire is burning in los angeles county and los angeles city.ve no percentage of containment. we have an estimated 1000 structures destroyed and also no reported fatalities and a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate in addition to first responders who are on the fire line. we have over 1000 personnel assigned and the cause of the fire is unknown. however, it is under investigation. for the eaton fire, it is located in the angeles national forest, the altadena area of pasadena. unified fire is in command with both the national forest in the pasadena fire department. we have over 2000 acres burning at this time and the fire continues to grow with 0% containment. we have over 500 personnel asassigned and unfortunately, w have two reported fatalities to civilians. unknown cause at this time and we do have a number of significant injuries. we have over 100 structures destroyed and the cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. i will ask the l.a. city fire chief, kristen crowley to update you on the hearst