new records we obtained show cal oes fined gia more than $132,000 last july for call routing problems and failing to provide a report on what went wrong for one of tuolumne e's outages. as our investigative unit filed more records requests, we found dozens of similar concerns at other 911 centers across the state, including at desert hot springs pd in the coachella valley and now wasco. given the reporting and the new concerns that have come to light, you still want next gen to continue at your police department. oh, absolutely. i think we're in a position candice where we don't have any choice. when you start making major technological changes, there's always unintended consequences that come with the technology. chief fivecoat says he remembers when 911 first started decades ago, and we had problems in the legacy system. this were hing problems with the next gen system now. chief fivecoat says with our inevitably obsolete landline design, the 911 system, we need this upgrade. but he agrees the state and its vendors have to get it right. lives are at stake. in an email, gia told us i

the calalifornia office of emergency services, or cal oes, promised it would save lives by connectingundreds of 911 centers throughout the state so they can back each other up in major emergencies. but new records obtained by our investigative unit reveal recent problems reported by wasco last november, its i.t. manager wrote in an email. 911 calls were not coming through the system, and callers were receiving busy signals. gia is one of the companies the state contracted with to create the new network. according to the manager's email, the problem has happened more than once. a few months before that, the department's records administrator wrote. our entire gia call handling system went down in a six hour outage. fortunately, we haven't had any major tragedies as a result of the system coming online. charles fivecoat is wasco police chief. he says he's recently noticed major improvements in how responsive state contractors have been when new 911 problems pop up. your reporting probably is what's causing these vendors to show up on my door every week. chief fivecoat is referring to ou

new records we obtained show cal oes find gia more than $132,000 last july for call routing problemsling to provide a report on what went wrong for one of tuolumne e's outages. as our investigative unit filed more records requests, we found dozens of similar concerns at other 911 centers across the state, including at desert hot springs pd in the coachella valley and now wasco. given the reporting and the new concerns that have come to light, you still want next gen to continue at your police department? oh, absolutely. i think we're in a position candice where we don't have any choice. when you start making major technological changes, there's always unintended consequences that come with the technology. chief fivecoat says he remembers when 911 first started decades ago, and we had problems in the legacy system. this oquirrh having problems with the next gen system now. chief fivecoat says with our inevitably obsolete landline design, the 911 system, we need this upgrade. but he agrees the state and its vendors have to get it right. lives are at stake. in an email, gia told us it i

have you gotten a response from cal oes director? no, i have not received a response yet and i am disappointed. but i do understand. i understand that we have some priorities right now in california with the southern california fires. we also reached out to director ward multiple times. neither she nor anyone else at cal oes respononded. the agency has said it will answer similar questions posed by state. 911 board members, who consist of police chiefs, sheriffs and 911 leaders at a future meeting. just like the senator, several of them learned about some of these issues for the first time through our reporting. if this board was misled in any way, whether by intentionally, by negligence, by poor communication, or any combination thereof, that needs to come to light. so i call on my colleagues in the supermajority as well as my colleagues in the republican caucus, to ensure that the office of emergency services hears loud and clear that we are watching and we are asking for accountability. cal oes was supposed to answer the state 911

have you gotten a response from cal oes director?ave not received aesponse yet and i am disappointed. but i do understand. i understand that we have some priorities right now in california with the southern california fires. we also reached out to director ward multiple times. neither she nor anyone else at cal oes responded. the agency has said it will answer similar questions posed by state 911 board members, who consist of police chiefs, sheriffs and 911 leaders at a future meeting. just like the senator, several of the learned about some of these issues for the first time through our reporting. if this board was misled in any way, whether by intentionally, by negligence, by poor communication or any combination thereof, that needs to come to light. so i call on my colleagues in supermajority as well as my colleagues in the republican caucus, to ensure that the office of emergency services hears loud and clear that we are watching and we are asking for accountability. cal oes was supposed to answer the state 911 advisory board's q

that's how chris darden of cal oes describes the state response. officials here are actively working to get resources to the region as soon as possible with the governor's approval. so far more than 1400 firefighters from across california, 267 fire engines, 9 water tenders and 9 helicopters have been deployed. also deployed the california national guard. hello, yes, is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to. >> conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. it's a very scary, very surreal moment for state senator saucer in a pet is. >> in all literally hits close to home. not only is the eaton fire near pasadena, burning in her district. >> but several for family members in the area had to evacuate my on my brother, my cousins, you know, all live in sierra madre. >> and and have all had to evacuate more than anything. i just want folks to know, you know, if you're receiving an evacuation warning to take that very seriously to prepare t

that's how chris darden of cal oes describes the state response. officials here are actively working to get resources to the region as soon as possible with the governor's approval. so far more than 1400 firefighters from across california, 267 fire engines, 9 water tenders and 9 helicopters have been deployed. also deployed the california national guard. hello, yes, is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to. >> conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. it's a very scary, very surreal moment for state senator saucer in a pet is. >> in all literally hits close to home. not only is the eaton fire near pasadena, burning in her district. >> but several for family members in the area had to evacuate. my on my brother, my cousins, you know, all live in sierra madre. >> and and have all had to evacuate more than anything. i just want folks to know, you know, if you're receiving an evacuation warning to take that very seriously to prepare

cuÉntanos quÉ hace cal oes en esta labor de contener el incendio en los Ángeles?y estatales por ejemplo, mandar todos los elementos necesarios con tiempo. se anticipaba esta tormenta que era llamada tormenta de vientos sin precedentes, y por ello se mandaron todos los elementos: mÁs de 100 unidades, +2 no sÓlo —— mÁs de 200 bomberos. esta situaciÓn rebasÓ la capacidad de respuesta inmediata porque los fuertes vientos cambiaron la estrategia a seguir. pero se sigue colaborando con otra agencia, que es el departamento de california de servicios sociales. pero esa es la respuesta actual, tambiÉn la patrulla de caminos, la guardia nacional de california se han unido respuesta. inicio el martes y en un lapso de 36 horas consumiÓ mÁs de 20,000 acres, por eso ha sido rapidÍsimo y no sÓlo este evento, es muy complicado atacar las llamas. juan: como es tan rÁpido, a las autoridades mismas tiene que responder lo mÁs rÁpido posible y los recursos tarden un poco en llegar pero de nuevo esta situaciÓn que se vive actualmente y la emergencia que se ha desarrollado tan rÁpida. >

that's how chris darden of cal oes describes the state response.are actively working to get resources to the region as soon as possible with the governor's approval. so far more than 1400 firefighters from across california, 267 fire engines, 9 water tenders and 9 helicopters have been deployed. also deployed the california national guard. hello, yes, is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to. >> conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. it's a very scary, very surreal moment for state senator saucer in a pet is. >> in all literally hits close to home. not only is the eaton fire near pasadena, burning in her district. >> but several for family members in the area had to evacuate my on my brother, my cousins, you know, all live in sierra madre. >> and and have all had to evacuate more than anything. i just want folks to know, you know, if you're receiving an evacuation warning to take that very seriously and and to prepare to evacua

reporting at cal oes headquarters near sacramento.an wallace. >> kron 4 news. >> well, they team this afternoon. let's talk a bit about our local forecast as we take a live look outside at sfo. what are you thinking? kyla? it's a beautiful day. no doubt about it. it's hard to kind of get excited about that today because we know their neighbors to the south are having such a difficult time. but the simple truth of the matter is there's sunshine. >> all across the bay area, we've got warm temperatures and our wind is not doing too badly at all. in fact, you can see, you know, pretty light here. we've got 70 miles per hour right now at fairfield travis air force base, 50 miles per at half moon bay. that's about it. now we are going to see that change a little bit as we get to saturday. we'll talk about that in a second. but let's talk about today. temperatures right now. my goodness. santa rosa is hearty up to 70 4 degrees. we're at 71 in san jose. so obviously 70 livermore. 71 in fairfield. we are on our way to a very warm day out there

that's how chris darden of cal oes describes the state response. officials here are actively working to get resources to the region as soon as possible with the governor's approval so far more than 1400 firefighters from across california, 267 fire engines, 9 water tenders and 9 helicopters have been deployed. also deployed the california national guard. hello, yes, is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to. >> conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. it's a very scary, very surreal moment for state senator saucer in a pet is. >> in all literally hits close to home. not only is the eaton fire near pasadena, burning in her district. >> but several for family members in the area had to evacuate my on my brother, my cousins, you know, all live in sierra madre. >> and and have all had to evacuate more than anything. i just want folks to know, you know, if you're receiving an evacuation warning to take that very seriously and and to pr

. >> reporter: on friday, california through cal oes, mobilized more than 400 personnel to protect the watershed mission station. the staging sites holding over 400,000 feet of k rail, and more is on the way. >> the purpose of k rail is to try to deter mud from reaching infrastructure. we can guide it or even contain it a bit. >> reporter: pasadena's mayor says it's been one of the hardest moments the city has ever seen as the eaton fire ravaged most of the altadena community. now the rain poses yet another risk. >> mud and debris flow can travel faster than you can run. there can be numerous materials that can be dangerous or deadly. an example is trees and cars and other material that can, that can severely injure or kill you. >> reporter: this family is hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. >> this is just a little bit. there's more work we have to do by adding wood, plywood to keep the doors shut. >> and our thanks to christian khazares for that report. that storm system isn't moving out just yet. hi, michelle, good morning. >> we continue to see heavy rain falling. ca

newsom also said, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events. >> today, the northern california regional intelligence center is one of 80 centers around the nation whose sole focus is to try to prevent those threats, try to provide infrastructure with better resources to protect themselves, and working with the whole community, not just law enforcement. >> mike sena is director of the northern california regional intelligence center. sena says working with transportation, mental health professionals and community members is essential. >> our countermeasures hopefully will, you know, keep them from harming the number of people that they'd like to. but it's really too late at that point. working with the public safety, the homeland security, the law enforcement community and the public, we can prevent these types of threats. >> sena says there is an intelligence center in louisiana called la safe, run by the state police. and he says that the public has a very important role

cal oes says it plans to discuss the issues and respond to concerns that the agency hasn't been transparent about them. at the next at 8 911 advisory board meeting. okay, so what's the state and its contractors? what have they done so far to respond to these public safety concerns? and is it enough to get this half $1 billion project back on track? we investigate tonight at 11. candice nguyen nbc bay area candice. we'll see. a bit later. we have an update now on the future of governor newsom's controversial underground water tunnel in the central valley. today, the santa clara valley water district voted 6 to 1 to contribute nearly $10 million toward the planning and design of this massive infrastructure project. valley water is the 13th water agency to vote in favor of the plan. the 45 mile tunnel would take fresh water from the sacramento river and divert it underground to large water pumps already located in tracy. from there, the water would be diverted to other parts of the state. it will cost an estimated $20 billion. environmental groups and counties along the delta who oppose the wa

cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcement agencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. one person died and 7 other people were injured. when a tesla cyber truck caught fire and exploded outside president-elect donald trump's las vegas hotel this morning. >> authorities say the incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attacked as well. they believe that fireworks castings and detonation system controlled by the driver of that truck. >> as we do know, the truck rented in colorado. we're are able to trace that truck through the charging stations. and it arrived here in las vegas this morning at about 7.30, and went up and down las vegas boulevard before immediately pulling into the trump towers. >> investigators say the cyber truck was rented on the car rental company that's the same one that was used to rent the pickup truck using the deadly attack in new orleans. authorities are explode explaining whether there'

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcement agencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> former fbi agent rick smith says a bourbon street is what investigators call a soft target. one words difficult to stop bad actors from carrying out terror attacks. as for the suspect, smith says the fbi is now working to find out how he got radicalized and figuring out who else he was likely working with. >> you know, it's one of those. it's a soft target. street bourbon street in new orleans. and it's a you know, it's difficult to prevent a terrorist attack on a soft target like that. you can you can strengthen security different, you know, embassies military installations. street is really difficult. >> as for the suspect, smith says the fbi again is working to find out who else he may have been working with. and of course, how he got radicalized the first place. taking a live look now at the transamerica pyramid kron four's chief me

we may be the best at this cal fire, cal oes, certainly some of the biggest and best funded in the nation, but smaller, poorer states would have a much more difficult time fending for themselves. now, the president did say fema would still distribute money under the plan. that is one of their biggest roles now as well. the two talked about what they say were california's failures with water and forestry. will you meet with gavin? i don't know, i haven't even thought about it. look, gavin's got one thing he can do. he can release the water that comes from the north. they don't need reservoirs. they don't need any. they're spending all this money on these reservoirs. if. and they're fake reservoirs, you know, they're. the reservoirs were empty, the hydrants didn't work. and they're not practicing the science of forestry, which is sprinklers didn't work in the homes because they had nowhere to think of it. we have sprinklers. think of it with no water. all right. the thing about reservoirs that they're fake or empty. not true. trump often says we didn't have enough water because california w

and governor gavin newsom adds while there are no credible threats directed at california events, cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events. meantime, our local law enforcement agencies echoing the government's the governor's remarks and asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the studio. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> the fbi is also investigating a cyber truck that exploded outside of trump tower in las vegas, killing one person and injuring several others. president biden says officials are now looking into the possibility that the explosion and the attack in new orleans are connected. right as men city has the latest. >> a henderson resident blake's but haro says he saw it all happen. there's a cyber truck sitting in the ballet. >> area. i like touch the revolving door. i was about to go out to get our car and a lot of fireworks started going off just like dozens of fireworks nonstop. >> fireworks seen in this surveillance video of the explosion. although tesla ceo elon musk has said publicly that fireworks or a bomb in the bed o

cal oes is working very closely with our state partners, our federal partners and our local first responders to get them all the resources they need to. >> conduct this firefight and help bring fires under control. >> the state operation center will continue to be activated until these fires are brought under control. >> here in the bay area, we are, of course,eno stranger to devastating fires. and the images being shared here on the news and of course, on your social media can be triggering for people. a psychiatrist with kaiser permanente. santa rosa says it's important to take care of yourself. >> these fires can be very triggering is absolutely normal and expected to have either physical, emotional or behavioral changes are responses to them. but if they reach that threshold or of where the symptoms are impacting your daily functioning, don't hesitate to reach out to health care provider either through a community resource like miami, your 7, 4, 1, 7, 4, 1, texting that. number 3, your healthcare provider. >> dr. catherine suggest if you are feeling overwhelmed or worried by what you're

saying in part, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events today. former fbi agent and security expert rick smith said that every event of this magnitude is mourned, but also taken as an object lesson to inform how best to address threats to so-called soft targets in the future. >> you can put barriers up to make it more difficult, but that's that's the challenge for everybody. it's a challenge worldwide. it's not just in the united states. >> smith says with a number of high profile events coming to san francisco in the bay area, there will likely be a lot of work going on, coordinating various agencies from the local, state and federal levels and ensuring that communication between those agencies is working as efficiently as possible. san francisco, he says, has strengths and shortcomings when it comes to security. >> think about the city, though. that's good in a way. is that is that there's a lot of events here, a lot of training. the police are accustomed to big even

early this morning, alameda county fire shared this video of fire crews leaving to join a cal oes strike team that includes oakland fire, hayward fire and fremont fire. cal fire, scu, and c ccu teams are normally based in the bay area and are already in southern california. they shared these photos on social media following the firefighters supporting agencies fighting those flames, and more teams are on standby. fire officials say crews across the state can be ready to hit the road in less than an hour to help if called upon. >> we have specific engines that are prepared with wildland equipment, etc. up here in northern california, we have the diablo winds, which are very similar. it comes at different times of the year, but in southern california they do have the east winds or the santa ana's as they are known. they are seasonal. however, we are seeing that they are lasting longer into the year, which is not typical. >> the strong winds continue to challenge containment efforts today. wind gusts up to 60mph are expected to last through tomorrow. we have more coverage of windy condition

alameda county fire crews shared a video of their leaving to join a cal oes strike team, one that includes oakland fire, hayward fire and fremont firefighters. cal fire, scu, and ccu teams that are normally based in the bay area are already in southern california. share these photos on social media showing firefighters supporting agencies fighting the flames there. more teams are on standby. fire officials say crews across the state can be ready to hit the road in under an hour if called upon, to help of specific engines that are prepared with wildland equipment, etc. >> up here in northern california, we have the diablo winds, which are very similar. it comes at different times of the year, but in southern california they do have the east winds or the santa ana's as they are known. they are seasonal. however, we are seeing that they are lasting longer into the year, which is not typical. >> the strong winds will continue to challenge containment efforts today. wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour are expected at least through tomorrow. 22 members of the san francisco fire department packed u

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcement agencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> meanwhile, you might have gotten a text from fast track saying you owe the money recently used a tall, ignore it. it's fast tracked says the message is a scam that hatcher told to pay up in order to avoid says late fees and potential legal action. the real fast, texas, they're never going to tax you about billing issues. baby food labels across the nation now have to show levels lead and mercury in their products. thanks to a new california law, maybe for manufacturers are now required to test their products, not the for heavy metals and disclose the results. it might take time for the new label products. states store shelves. the law was inspired by 2021 congressional investigation that found dangerously high levels of heavy metals packaged baby food. the homeowners you can now can legalize and permitted backyard chance 2 garage is an

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcementgencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> warmer at the aig agent. rick smith says feelings of concern among the public are exactly what these attacks trying to accomplish, stopping people from living their daily lives. he says it acts like this on a busy street should put agencies in every big city on heightened alert. >> you know, it's one of those. it's a soft target. street bourbon street in new orleans. and it's a you know, it's difficult to prevent a terrorist attack on a soft target like that. you can you can strengthen security different, you know, embassies military installations. street is really difficult. >> as for the suspect, smith says the fbi is now looking and finding out who else may have been working with him and how he got radicalized in the first place. this year. the irs is implementing few new rules. shannon behnken is here to give us the breakdown. >> stim

saying in part, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events today. former fbi agent and security expert rick smith said that every event of this magnitude is mourned, but also taken as an object lesson to inform how best to address threats to so-called soft targets in the future. >> you can put barriers up to make it more difficult, but that's that's the challenge for everybody. it's a challenge worldwide. it's not just in the united states. >> smith says with a number of high profile events coming to san francisco in the bay area, there will likely be a lot of work going on, coordinating various agencies from the local, state and federal levels and ensuring that communication between those agencies is working as efficiently as possible. san francisco, he says, has strengths and shortcomings when it comes to security. >> think about the city, though. that's good in a way. is that is that there's a lot of events here, a lot of training. the police are accustomed to big even

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcement agencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> residents in the east bay starting off the new year with more sideshows. this is video of about 300 people participating in a sideshow in early yesterday morning around 09:00am on alameda street. the side show then moved to oakland on market street where participants set off fireworks. oakland police say as soon as they arrived on scene, spectators ran away. >> police are asking for the public's help trying to find these 2 women police say stole a wallet from a car last month. police say the women took a wallet and cell phone from the victim's car. while that person was park visiting a loved one at a cemetery. the suspected thieves used a stolen credit cards to make purchases. lots of businesses in gilroy. if you recognize these women, please call police. >> meanwhile, you may have gotten a text from fastrak saying you owe them money be

family are safe and she has been up all night on the phone with senior officials from cal fire and cal oes the governor's office to coordinate state resources and assistance for her district. >> 6.34 is that. i'm back here closer to home. we have outgoing mayor london breed in our studios yesterday and we asked her if she feels like there's any unfinished business that she's leaving behind. here's what you had to say. >> mayer's, they come and go and ultimately the decisions we make have a lasting impact in. i think there's always going to be a feeling of being unfinished. but my hope is that those types of things will get finished. but as soon as they get finishes on to the next thing, they'll be something else to do. but that's what makes san francisco city. we're always looking for the possibility of making something better. >> it does plan to be at lori's inauguration today. speaking of san francisco, these after school police department is no longer under state oversight. the eight-year long supervision from the california department of justice began in 2018 when it found that sfpd ha

now and she has been up all night on the phone with senior officials cal fire from cal oes and the governor's office to help coordinate state resources and assistance for her district. >> well, meantime, here closer to home, we've got mayor london breed reflecting on her time in office in an interview with kron 4, we asked if she thought there was anything unfinished that needed to be done before she left. and here's what she had to say. >> ayres, they come and go and ultimately the decisions we make have a lasting impact in. i think there's always going to be a feeling of being unfinished. but my hope is that those types of things will get finished. but as soon as they get finishes on to the next thing, they'll be something else to do. but that's what makes san francisco great city. we're always looking for the possibility of making something better. >> well, mayor breed plans to be at lori's inauguration later today. meanwhile, a san francisco police department is no longer under state oversight. the eight-year long supervision from the california department of justice began back in 2018 wh

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcementies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> residents in the east bay starting off the new year with more sideshows. this is video of about 300 people participating in a sideshow in toledo early yesterday morning around 01:00am on alameda street. the side show that moved to oakland on market street where participants set off fireworks. oakland police say as soon as they arrived on scene, spectators ran away. >> well, in the east bay crews put out an rv on fire in newark. this happened monday on dumbarton street. as you can see, the rv was engulfed in flames. thankfully, nobody was hurt and we don't have any word yet on what started that fire. we'll do a police. need your help to try find these 2 women. they say so wallet from a car last month. police say the women took a wallet and a cellphone from the victim's car while they were parked visiting a loved one at a cemetery. the suspecte

newsom also said, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oesrges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events. >> today, the northern california regional intelligence center is one of 80 centers around the nation whose sole focus is to try to prevent those threats, try to provide infrastructure, better resources to protect themselves, and working with the whole community, not just law enforcement. >> mike sena is director of the northern california regional intelligence center. sena says working with transportation, mental health professionals and community members is essential. >> our countermeasures hopefully will, you know, keep them from harming the number of people that they'd like to. but it's really too late at that point. working with the public safety, the homeland security, the law enforcement community and the public, we can prevent these types of threats. >> sena says there is an intelligence center in louisiana called la safe, run by the state police. and he says that the public has a very important role to pla

cal fire and cal oes are certainly some of the biggest and best funded in the nation. smaller, poorer states would have a much more difficult time fending for themselves. now note the president said fema would distribute money under his plan. that's one of their biggest roles now as well. the two also talked about what they say were california's failures with water and forestry. will you meet with gavin? i don't know, i haven't even thought about it. look, gavin's got one thing he can do. he can release the water that comes from the north. they don't need reservoirs. they don't need any. they're spending all this money on these reservoirs and their fake reservoirs. you know, they're. their reservoirs were empty, the hydrants didn't work. and they're not practicing the science of forestry, which is sprinklers didn't work in the homes because they had nowhere to think of it. we have sprinklers. think of it with no water. now, the thing about reservoirs being fake is not true. trump often says we don't have enough water because california was trying to protect a fish call

newsom also said, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events today. >> the northern california regional intelligence center is one of 80 centers around the nation whose sole focus is to try to prevent those threats. try to provide infrastructure with better resources to protect themselves and working with the whole community, not just law enforcement. >> mike sena is director of the northern california regional intelligence center. sena says working with transportation, mental health professionals and community members is essential. >> our countermeasures hopefully will, you know, keep them from harming the number of people that they'd like to. but it's really too late at that point. working with the public safety, the homeland security, the law enforcement community and the public, we can prevent these types of threats. >> sena says that the national intelligence network does have an office in louisiana called la safe that's run by the state police, and they do very simila

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcementhoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> residents in the east bay starting off the new year with more sideshows. this is video of about 300 people participating in a sideshow in the early yesterday morning around one a and on all men, almeida street. the side show then moved to oakland on market street where participants set off fireworks. oakland police say as soon as they arrived, sus and spectators ran away. >> and you know what, police they need your help to try to find these 2 women who they say stole a wallet from a car last month. police say the women took the wallet and cell phone from a victim's car while they were parked visiting a loved one at the cemetery. the suspected thieves used a stolen cars and made lots of purchases of areas, gilroy businesses. if you recognize please call police. and if remember richmond, they were arrested in calaveras county over the weekend for all

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcementgencies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> residents of the space starting off the new year with more sideshows. this is video of about 300 people participating in a sideshow in valais home early yesterday morning around 01:00am and almeida street. the side show that moved to oakland on market street where participants set off fireworks. oakland pd say this soon as they arrived on the scene, spectators ran away. >> on the east, bay crews put out an rv fire. this is in newark. this happened monday barton street, as you can see, rv was fully engulfed in flames. nobody was hurt. we don't have any word yet on what started that fire. you police. they need your help trying identify these women who they say stole a wallet from a car last month. police say the women took the rolland scelfo from a victim's car. while that person was part of visiting a loved one at a cemetery suspect, these

. >> cal oes urges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events our local law enforcementncies echoing the governor's remarks and are asking the public to always report any suspicious activity in the newsroom. gayle ong kron, 4 news. >> heavenly resort in lake tahoe is now reopened. its left for the first time since multiple skiers were hurt in an incident last week. fire officials say that 5 people fell 30 feet from the lift last monday. they were all taken to the hospital earlier this week. the resort posted on x that the lift is now operating normally after a thorough inspection. >> we'll talk about our forecast now to what's going let's get to this live look outside here. >> at some breezy looks here across the embarcadero kind than in the weather center with what's going on yet. busy this week. you can see this view here at diamond peak and all week long. i think lot of folks, patient going on, it's been, you know, hard to find a let's just say that sometimes we don't have a lot of people up there. we sure have this week wanted to look at our snow pack out of where we

we're getting help from the national guard, the governor, state cal oes has intensified the response. there's probably 14,000 firefighters on the ground today. >> over 1700 fire engines, water tenders, 80 aircraft. >> so the men and women on the line know that that those resources are coming in behind them. it bolsters their morale, it bolsters their resiliency. but the biggest thing is you guys showed at the top of the hour that young family that lost their home. we see that every day in person and that that just it firefighters don't lose. >> and when we see families like that, no matter how tired we are, if we're on our 80 or 90, it just re-energizes us to double down on our effort. >> brian, i am struck by the fact that the firefighters who are fighting these fires in california, they're also protecting their own neighborhoods and own homes. many of the, the, the men and women who have put their who have put themselves on the front lines, some of them have lost their homes. >> can you talk to us a little bit about how you all are providing resources not just to communities, but to

alameda county fire shared video of a fire crew leaving to join a cal oes strike team, which includesbers of oakland, hayward and fremont fire departments. cal fire's scu and ccu teams that are normally based in the bay area are already in southern california. share these photos on social media showing firefighters joining agencies already on the front lines. more teams are on standby. fire officials say the crews across the state can be ready to hit the road in under an hour to help if called. >> specific engines that are prepared with wildland equipment, etc. up here in northern california, we have the diablo winds, which are very similar. it comes at different times of the year, but in southern california they do have the east winds or the santa ana's as they are known. they are seasonal. however, we are seeing that they are lasting longer into the year, which is not typical. >> the strong winds will continue to challenge containment efforts today. wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour are expected to last through tomorrow. >> time now 737. the strong winds knocked down trees and tempo

newsom also said, quote, while there are currently no credible threats directed at california events, cal oesrges all californians to remain vigilant while attending public events. >> today, the northern california regional intelligence center is one of 80 centers around the nation whose sole focus is to try to prevent those threats, try to provide infrastructure with better resources to protect themselves, and working with the whole community, not just law enforcement. >> mike sena is director of the northern california regional intelligence center. sena says working with transportation, mental health professionals and community members is essential. >> our countermeasures hopefully will, you know, keep them from harming the number of people that they'd like to. but it's really too late at that point. working with the public safety, the homeland security, the law enforcement community and the public, we can prevent these types of threats. >> sena says there is an intelligence center in louisiana called la safe, run by the state police, and he says that the public has a very important role to

we'll get as many firefighters throughout the cal fire system in place that get ordered to respond. there's also the california oes mutual aid system that's employed right now, where fire resources from throughout the state, from local agencies will be responding as well. so the process that we go through to fight these fires in california, kind of fortunately and unfortunately, is something that's well tested. so although it's burning quickly right now, there are additional resources throughout the state to respond there. >> yes. and i don't think people realize the amazing amount of coordination that goes into getting all of these agencies to work together and how effective that really is and how much that changes, really hour to hour. all right. deputy chief jonathan cox with cal fire, san mateo division, we appreciate your time and certainly our thoughts with all the firefighters on the line doing some great work to try to stop this fire. thanks, claudine. thank you. all right. we'll continue to follow the breaking news, of course, for you in southern california throughout this evening, right here on ktvu news