daniel lurie appointed a new fire chief on his second day in office, making battalion chief dean crispen the 27th chief in the department's history. he brings 34 years of service with sf fire. crispen has captained stations at chinatown, north beach, and soma replacing jeanine nicholson who stepped down in august due to medical issues. >>> you may have been woke up by a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that struck after 7:00 this morning just off the coast of san francisco, not far from the zoo. it was reportedly felt as far north as santa rosa and as far south as santa cruz. there were a couple small aftershocks in the same area, the strongest, a 2.9 a few hours later. >>> still ahead, autonomous cars aren't just a game changer for the rideshare industry. they're also giving the visually impaired more freedom to live their lives. >> i struggle getting around. i don't have to worr (♪♪) a single touch can say a thousand words. it says... i see you. i feel you. i got you. and i'm never letting go. (♪♪) ever. (♪♪) say it all with irresistibly touchable skin. get in touch. gold bond. >>> for the bli

crispen has captained stations at chinatown, north beach, and soma. >>> san francisco health officials confirmed the first human case of bird flu in a child. their symptoms included fever and pink eye, but they have since recovered. it is unclear how that child was infected. while the risk to the general public is low, health officials are urging people to avoid sick or dead birds and raw dairy products. >>> we are approaching the weekend. i guess you call friday the start of the weekend for some, right? we're still here. >> you get a little early jump on the weekend compared to those of us who do the 11:00 news. >> i'll still watch you tonight. >> appreciate that. >> how is it looking here? >> looking pretty good here, still going to be challenging for southern california. i'm going to turn on the satellite on my map. there's a major winter storm system making its way through the eastern half of the country, so active weather all over the place. in southern california it's the fires. the satellite earlier today doesn't show as much smoke pouring off those fires, but it's still there a

battalion chief dean crispen has served sf fire for 34 years and was part of the team that responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in new york city. >> it is the honor of my life to receive this appointment. i pledge to you that i shall work tirelessly to protect our citizens and visitors. >> crispen will serve as the 27th fire chief. he replaces jeanine nicholson who stepped down due to medical issues. >>> you will soon see these new fare gates at b.a.r.t.'s embarcadero station. workers started installing them today. those gates are designed to prevent fare evasion. all stations are expected to have them in place by the end of this year. >>> still ahead, back to southern california, we are revisiting coffey park about how they rebuilt after a fire tore through their community. ♪ national >>> national guard troops have been deployed to l.a. to help keep the peace. at least 20 arrests have been made since these fires started earlier this week. the fire evacuation zones are under a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew. >>> also in southern california amidst all the devastation we have seen th

battalion chief dean crispen will be the 27th chief in the department's history. he brings 34 years of service with the sf fire department. he was part of the response team to the 9/11 terror attacks in new york city. he replaces jeanine nicholson who stepped down in august due to medical issues. >>> within the past few hours san francisco's health department announced the city's first human case of bird flu. they say a child got sick with the virus and suffered a fever and conjunctivitis but has recovered. the risk to the general public is low and there's no evidence of human-to-human transportation. >>> time could soon be up for tiktok as the u.s. supreme court hears the case that could ban the popular social media app. >>> and a family rebuilding after a major fire in the oakland hills now encountering an unexpected problem, criminals repeatedly targeting their damaged home. >> it's really horrible. it's like they're kind of snatching your heart out all over again. >>> we have much more from southern california where residents are taking stock of what is left a

the san francisco fire department has a new fire chief, mayor daniel lurie has named dean crispen the new fire chief. san francisco health officials have confirmed the first human case of the bird flu in a child, the symptoms included fever and pinkeye but they have since recovered. it is unclear how that child was infected and while the risk is low, health officials are urging people to avoid sick and dead birds and raw dairy products. let's go back out to our meteorologist, zoe mintz, we are talking about the conditions in los angeles but in san francisco, it has been really nice. >> we have been seeing record-breaking high temperatures, for january, i hope everybody has been able to get out and enjoy it, there is an area of high pressure sitting overhead that is creating hazy skies, it is trapping the particulate matter in the air and you probably noticed a little bit yesterday. early this morning, it is quiet and temperatures for some locations are warmer than yesterday, especially across the north bay communities. we are looking at temperatures compared to just 24 hours ago signi