this is fair oaks avenue.e now, after those flames tore through the neighbourhood. that's what fair oaks avenue looked like before. house after house, street after street, it is all gone — almost nothing left of these homes. early estimates suggest the total damage caused could amount to as much as £122 billion. well, our correspondent, john sudworth, joins us now from fair oaks avenue. as thousands of firefighters continue that battle to get this crisis under control, this is what it leaves in its wake. the suburb of altadena sits at the foot of a mountain range over which the unusually strong winds for this time of year, the santa anna winds they call them, poured in on tuesday night and it's that that really lies at the heart of this disaster. it's almost impossible to give a sense of the true scale, so many stories, so many tragedies. we spent a few hours with the residents of one block off this one neighbourhood. los angeles is a city in shock. thousands of people coming to terms with the once unimaginabl

this is fair oaks avenue.it looks like now after the blaze tore through the neighborhood. this is one fair oaks avenue looked like before. now street after street it's all gone. almost nothing left of these homes. early estimates suggest the damage could amount to as much as $150 billion. let's speak to someone now with that area, u.s. congresswoman judy chu, representing california. thanks for being with us. you represent much of the area damaged by the eaton fire. so much devastation. at what point do you believe people will be able to return to their homes and start the process of clearing and rebuilding? rep. chu: there will have to be more containment. i was impressed to wake up this morning and see there was not 3% containment, because we are doing better. what we need, though, is to have more of this under control so we know the fire is not spreading. the other thing is that there will be a wind event, gusts of winds next week, and it will not be as severe as it was this last week. this last week, the w

this is fair oaks avenue.ike now after those flames tore through the neighbourhood. that's what fair oaks avenue looked like before house after house, street after street, it is all gone — almost nothing left of these homes. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth reports from altadena. los angeles is a city in shock. thousands of people coming to terms with the once unimaginable. right around there are my diamond earrings. pete mitchell, an electrician at disneyland, and his wife angela have lived here for over ten years. oh, my god! ang, it survived. what? your little elephant box from thailand. this was their home before the fire. altadena was a pleasant los angeles suburb — a middle—class district, a far cry from the mansions and celebrity lifestyles on the other side of the city. it's devastating, of course. we saw images of it before, our neighbours had come in here before, but it's also the opportunity to rebuild, which is a hard road. but it can be done. i think we will do it. i hope we're rebuil

just a mile way, that is the shocks some fair oaks academy students were experiencing today.your classroom? >> right there. >> reporter: 7-year-old lucy can't wrap her mind around losing her school. when you close your eyes and you think about your school, what are you picturing in your mind? >> i'm just really saddened, because i loved that school. >> reporter: what did you love about it? >> i loved my friends there. i loved my teacher, i loved the playground and p.e. >> reporter: she says evacuating her home felt like a bad dream. >> i was really scared. i mean, it was in the middle of the night when it was happening. so i'm a little bit scare to have had dark. >> reporter: when 10-year-old hudson and his 7-year-old brother atticus evacuated -- >> we were sitting at our dining room table, and we could see the glow of the fire over our courtyard wall. >> reporter: hours later, their firefighter, saw their home engulfed in flames. >> that's my house right there. >> oh, no. i'm so sorry. >> we're trying not to show some of the images because it would be so heartbreaking. >> re

now here's an image showing fair oaks avenue in altadena again. monday looks normal. now look at the same spot yesterday the entire area black, dozens of buildings just ablaze. and in the last hour, we've learned that nearly a thousand buildings have been destroyed. but you can count, and i can guarantee you that that number is expected to grow. well, we have also sent crews to southern california to aid with some relief. this is video of one of our producers took from the air as she approached l.a. today. check out that smoke filled sky. of course. we invite you to stay with us for the latest onir and online. our website is a great resource for breaking news. we're posting updates to nbcbayarea.com all around the clock. okay, let's move in a different direction. a new era has begun in san francisco after being sworn in front of city hall, mayor daniel lurie chose chinatown to celebrate. nbc bay area's gia vang was there for all the festivities. a party that not many say they've ever seen in that neighborhood before. reporter. this was the height of the party. thousan

we just came off of fair oaks near mendocino here. and literally it's from the corner to the corner, the entire block. all of the houses have been burned. >> now, the palisades palisades fire is currently the most destructive of the wildfires in the los angeles area. and since it broke out yesterday morning, it has burned, as i said, at least a thousand buildings. but there are estimates that up to 75% of the homes in pacific palisades are damaged or at least destroyed. this map from cal fire shows exactly where it's burning. there were other fires in the area as recently as 2021. reporter cassandra gutierrez spoke with some of the people who had to evacuate. >> firefighters are still working to protect people and property from the palisades fire tonight. it's already burned through hundreds of structures, leaving a path of destruction and heartbreak behind. residents in pacific palisades began returning home wednesday to find their homes, and more than half of their beloved community leveled. >> unfortunately, i lost my place of work

just a mile away, that is the shock some fair oaks academy students were experiencing today.s your classroom? >> right there. >> reporter: 7-year-old lucy van voorhis can't wrap her mind around losing her school. when you close your eyes and you think about your school, what are you picturing in your mind? >> i'm just really sad. because i love that school. >> reporter: what did you love about it? >> i loved my friends there. i loved my teacher. i loved the playground and p.e. >> reporter: she says evacuating her home felt like a bad dream. >> i was really scared. i mean, it was in the middle of the night when it was happening, so i'm still a little bit scared of the dark. >> reporter: when 10-year-old hudson and his 7-year-old brother atticus evacuated... >> we were sitting at our dining room table, and we could see the glow of the fire over our courtyard wall. >> reporter: hours later, their father, a firefighter, saw their home engulfed in flames. >> that's my house right there. >> oh, no, i'm so sorry. >> we are trying not to show them some of the images because it would

we just came off of fair oaks near mendocino here.and literally it's from the corner to the corner, the entire block. all of the houses have been burned. >> now, the palisades palisades fire is currently the most destructive of the wildfires in the los angeles area. and since it broke out yesterday morning, it has burned, as i said, at least a thousand buildings. but there are estimates that up to 75% of the homes in pacific palisades are damaged or at least destroyed. this map from cal fire shows exactly where it's burning. there were other fires in the area as recently as 2021. reporter cassandra gutierrez spoke with some of the people who had to evacuate. >> firefighters are still working to protect people and property from the palisades fire tonight. it's already burned through hundreds of structures, leaving a path of destruction and heartbreak behind. residents in pacific palisades began returning home wednesday to find their homes, and more than half of their beloved community leveled. >> unfortunately, i lost my place of work

vicente aguilera chavez and agustin sandoval were arrested in connection to a double shooting at fair oaks plaza. a 21 year old man was killed and another person severely injured. both men have now been booked on murder charges. >> time now is 714. bart police are investigating a fatal accident on the tracks in downtown san francisco. all this happened shortly after 9:00 last night between the civic center and the powell street stations. investigators say a train struck and killed a man who had wandered out onto the tracks. the deadly accident in san francisco caused system wide delays for a number of hours last night. >> this morning, oakland police are investigating a triple shooting that left two people dead and another injured in the temescal neighborhood. oakland police say the shooting happened just after ten on friday night on telegraph near 55th street, two blocks from the oakland dmv. two victims were found dead at the scene. a third is in stable condition at the hospital. a bouncer at a bar working just a block away from the shooting says he heard several shots ring out. >> i jus

. >> we're in altadena on fair oaks avenue. angeles national forest is just behind us up here, and we are just continuing to see more and more of the devastation that we've seen on the ground. and now we're seeing in other images that are being shared from the sky, and eveng more images on the ground here, as we've seen block by block, just devastated by the fire that came through here. and even before the fires that came through, there was a lot of wind damage, downed trees, that residents actually had to help each other move some of these trees out of the roads as they worked to evacuate just a couple of days ago. and now, as we're back here today, just seeing the level of more and more of the level of damage and devastation here to so many of the homes, it is just tragic to see now. right now there is a police perimeter around this evacuation zone because of the concerns of looters. we came here this morning and police told us to be careful with looters because they had just arrested two. this was about 2 or 3 in the morning

the guston send over charged with murder after being accused of a shooting that happened at the fair oaks strip mall and 2017. one person was killed. another person injured. that investigation did go cold until detectives were able to identify the man just last year, they were arrested this week. 2 people are dead. another in the hospital after police say there was a triple shooting last night happened on telegraph avenue and 55th street. it happened at a community center where neighbors say there had been a party going on. kron four's check moment has the story. >> residents here on telegraph avenue described a pretty gruesome scene here on friday evening just after 10:00pm where police say 2 people were killed and one was injured in a triple shooting. >> it still left after oakland's 4th and 5th homicides of 2025. left this block of telegraph avenue you people crying props. are that work right here. >> see right here in the senate which years ago, 9 this. that is not a single blade. and i police say they esponded to the shooting just after 10 in evening, 2 were dead on the scene. the ot

we just came off of a fair oaks near mendocino here. and literally it's from the corner to the corner, the entire block, all of the houses have been burned. >> these firefighters have to be tired at this point. our local fire crews are now heading to los angeles to help out with the fight. gloria, what can you tell us about who's making their way to the front lines? >> well, reggie, chances are your city's fire department is helping in the battle against the flames. in l.a. county, 14 firefighters from fremont are among those from more than a dozen local fire departments that are assisting. and in addition to individual firefighters, the bay area is also home to strike teams with the governor's office of emergency services, like one from san mateo. they're now in southern california. the san francisco fire department sent 22 firefighters to the palisades fire, and they could be there for up to two weeks. >> this is what we train for, and we are trying to get there as quickly as possible to help our brothers and sisters in southern calif

the id laura and augustine sandoval have been arrested for a shooting that happened at the fair oaks17 where one person was killed and another person was injured. the investigation went cold until detectives were just able to identify the suspects last year and then the 2 were arrested last week. >> happening right now, the sunnyvale department of public safety is asking for your help in finding this. 76 year-old man he is victor garcia was last seen last week removed, leaving his home on iris bright between iris avenue between 07:00pm and 11, 30 wednesday night into thursday morning. authorities say he shows signs of dementia so they're awfully concerned about him. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the sunnyvale department of public safety. and the chp is also looking for this missing teenage boy in east the east bay. this 14 year-old lavelle jones. he was last seen in hayward on friday. he's described standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall, brown hair, brown eyes. he's believed to be wearing a gray nike jacket and blue jeans bunny alert has actually been extend

vincent and a sandoval were charged with murder after being accused of a shooting that happened at the fair oaks strip mall back in 2017. one person was killed. another was injured. the investigation went cold until the tactics were able to identify the men last year. they were arrested last week. >> time now is 7.34. and we continue to look at what's going on in southern california with the wildfires as the deadly fires rage on the palisades fire. thousands of people are evacuated from that and thousands more prepared to leave at a moment's notice. the washington post reports the palisades fire likely came from a fire that broke out in the santa con of santa monica mountains on new year's eve. and firefighters have been using helicopters to fight the fires. still, you can see the damage and the thousands of structures that have burned 6 days after this ignited with all of the winds that whipped up in la the las angeles fire department says that it's not their practice to monitor locations of past fires. investigators say it's going to be a long time before the final report on the fire's cause i

chavez and agustin sandoval were arrested thursday and friday in connection to a double shooting at fair oaks plaza. a 21 year old man was killed back in 2017 and another person was severely injured. the case went cold after an extensive investigation, but was reopened last year with the help of the santa clara county da's office. both men are now booked for murder charges. the napa county sheriff's office says a man with a history of possessing explosive devices is now facing new charges. deputies say 31 year old justin fisher was taken into custody at a home near downtown napa early yesterday morning. he's accused of having materials used to make bombs. the arrest comes six years after fisher was convicted of having two pipe bombs and other explosive material. investigators say that material was inside of a car fisher was driving on highway 29, in american canyon. two people were killed and another injured in a triple shooting in oakland's temescal neighborhood. oakland police say the shooting happened just after 10:00 friday night on telegraph near 55th street, two blocks from the oakland

. >> we're here on fair oaks in altadena, and this is a friend of mine and her family. she, daisy, is coming here for the first time. her kids were not really grasping the concept of losing their house and they insisted. your older son insisted that he wanted to see all of this. >> he wanted to see his home. he wanted to come back and check his home. he was, you know, we were watching the fire from our window. so he wanted to also see his school and make sure that, you know, everything was there. but he's just he doesn't understand that we lost our home. he was upset. he was crying. but now it's like i forgot my home. >> and now now what do you think is as you watch them go get it? look at this devastation. >> i mean, it gives me comfort to see their innocence and how they just like, you know, don't understand the concept of pain, of losing things. like, i thought they were going to take this a little bit harder and difficult, but they, you know, to me, it's just it's sad to see everything that we work for, everything that we built here to just be gone and ours, you kno

you know, can you tell me up closer to fair oaks, if anything is still standing? l still standing we walk to the end of the block now. all the from lincoln avenue. not one single onone e sisingnglele itit's it's sickening. when a child actually physically walk to the end of the to walk its power lines power lines are not active. it it is no longer here. i don't want to get separated from dan here because >> it's it's there's nothing left. and so. i think for us. we have been saying with this fire engine here with la county as they tried. to keep this fire contained. for us to walk out to the end of the block. and see a very similar situation. and multiple blocks down from us. every single one of them looking like that. was was just breathtaking. take a look at this tree right here. that's just going up in flames. and again. you know, that the house itself that it's standing next to. there's no saving and it's gone. s it's gone up in flames. but the biggest threat that trump poses to this community are the embers. that they can send. down the block. it is. it is pi

i and augustine sandoval and they are accused of murder for a shooting that happened at the fair oaksall in 2017. one person was killed and another person was injured. that investigation was cold until detectives we're able to identify those suspects last year and they were just arrested last week. >> 6.34 is the time. let's continue our coverage of those deadly wildfires in southern california. now as the palisades fire rages on, the thousands of families are still evacuated. thousands more are prepared to leave at any moment. the washington post now reporting that that fire the palisades fire was very likely the result of a new year's eve. fire in the santa monica mountains firefighters are preparing for the worst. well, the residents suspected it was started by fireworks. that's their thinking. firefighters knocked it down fairly quickly. using helicopters when it initially broke out with 6 days later. it's possible that sparks reignited when those winds started really impacting the hills there, the los angeles fire department told the post it's not their practice to patrol sites o

id, laura and augustine sandoval have been accused of murder for a shooting that happened at the fair oaks strip mall back in 2017. that's where one person was killed and was injured. the investigation was cold until detectives were able to identify those 2 suspects last year. they were just arrested last week. well, happening right now, tae sunnyvale department of public safety's asking for your help in finding this 76 year-old man. >> his victory garcia, he was last seen leaving his home on iris avenue sometime between wednesday night and early thursday morning. authorities say he shows signs of dementia, which is why they really want to find him anybody with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the sunnyvale department of public safety. meanwhile, a chp is looking for this missing teenage boy out of the east bay. 14 year-old lavelle jones was last seen in hayward on friday. he's described standing 6 5 feet, 6 inches tall has brown hair, brown eyes and is believed to have been wearing a gray nike jacket with blue jeans when he disappeared. buddy alert has been extended now

we just came off of fair oaks near mendocino here. and literally it's from the corner to the corner, the entire block, all of the houses have been burned. >> and as these fires burn in the southern part of the state, local fire crews are heading to los angeles to help with that fight. gloria, what can you tell us about who is making their way to the front lines? >> chances are your city's fire department is helping in the battle against the flames. in l.a. county, 14 firefighters from fremont are among those from more than a dozen local fire departments that are assisting. and in addition to those individual firefighters, the bay area is also home to strike teams with the governor's office of emergency services, like one from san mateo. they're now in southern california. the san francisco fire department sent 22 firefighters to the palisades fire, and they could be there for up to two weeks. >> this is what we train for, and we are trying to get there as quickly as possible to help our brothers and sisters in southern california in n

they were accused of a shooting that happened at the fair oaks strip mall in 2017. one person died.ther was injured. the investigation went cold until to detectives identify the suspects last year, police arrested the men earlier this week. sunday, department of public safety's asking for help finding 76 year-old victor garcia. he was last seen leaving his home on iris avenue between 07:00pm wednesday and 11:00am thursday. authorities say he shows signs of dementia, anyone with information is urged to contact the sunnyvale department of public safety. in san jose. mayor matt mahan give an update on the city's plan to remove rv encampments starting tomorrow. the city's program to toe rv's parked on some streets goes into effect. city officials approved the plan back in november. on thursday, mayor mahan said the city is working on creating an area where the rv's can park long term. he called the current arrangement unsustainable. >> if you own an rv and want to live in it permanently will work with you. but you need to find a sustainable, permanent place to live in your rv. >> the ci

this is fair oaks avenue.his is what it looks like now after those flames tore through the neighbourhood. that's what fair oaks avenue looked like before. almost nothing is left of these homes. early estimates suggest the total damage caused by the fires could amount to nearly 150 billion dollars. 0ur correspondent helena humphrey is on the ground in altadena, where she's been speaking to families affected by the fires. so it was really terrifying when we got out and my cousin was in an uber and she said when she was at the plane, she saw people throwing up because she saw because everybody was like seeing the fire on the mountain. and then and i remember that it was called the eaton fire. like it was going really fast. we had to go to our hotel to go that's where my mum's work is. and then, that... the fire was getting really close here, and at five am, there was a french teacher, like, he woke up at 5am and the fire woke him up. it was so close. so he ran out of the house, and then he went somewhere else. an

this is — fair oaks avenue. like now after those flames tore through the neighbourhood. that's what fair oaks avenue looked like before. almost nothing is left of these homes. early estimates suggest the total damage caused by the fires could amount to nearly 150 billion dollars. in the last hour we've heard from the bbcs helena humphrey, who is on the ground in altadena. the warning from authorities is that the death toll is likely to climb further and is already at ten and thatis further and is already at ten and that is because fire crews say so far they have not been able to reach the hardest hit areas which is difficult to believe when you look at the level of destruction already here. this is altadena community church in as you can see it has been completely destroyed. a similar picture if you cross the road and take a look at st. mark's episcopal church. that as well has all but gone. just on the road and from here thejewish centre as well has also burned down. we speak to people here, many of them say th

this image shows the fair oaks area near altadena before the fires swept through the area.is the same area yesterday. the red marks show where fires are burning, and the area seems to be covered in thick smoke. if we look closely, we can just make out where some buildings have been burned down. devastating wildfires have hit los angeles before. but weather experts say these fires are being fanned by the most destructive windstorm in decades, with winds of between 80 and 100 miles an hour. so, how much of a role has climate change played in this extreme weather? here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. still images show the fury and the horror of the fires engulfing parts of california. wildfires are a year—round threat in the state, but this year, it experienced its hottest summer on record. we know climate change is making the kind of hot, dry weather california has experienced in recent months more likely. and scientists say that is increasing the number of what are known as fire weather days. now, this graph shows the increase in the area burnt by fires in the us since

this image shows the fair oaks area bfore the fires swept through the area... and this is the same area yesterday — the red marks show where fires are burning, and the area seems to be covered in thick smoke. if we look closely, we can just make out where some buildings have been burned down. devastating wildfires have hit los angeles before. but weather experts say these fires are being fanned by the most destructive windstorm in decades — with winds of between 80 and 100 miles an hour. so how much of a role has climate change played in this extreme weather? here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. still images show the fury and the horror of the fires engulfing parts of california. wildfires are a year—round threat in the state, but this year, it experienced its hottest summer on record. we know climate change is making the kind of hot, dry weather california has experienced in recent months more likely, and scientists say that is increasing the number of what are known as fire weather days. now, this graph shows the increase in the area burned by fires in th

have a look at this one street in altadena where the eaton fire is burning — this is fair oaks avenue flames tore through the neighbourhood. house after house, street after street, it is all gone — almost nothing left of these homes thatjust days ago were full of families lives and possessions. joining me now is christopher flavelle, climate adaption reporter at the new york times. christopher, really good to have you with us. so many questions looking forward, a lot of questions right now to be answered, but looking forward for stops on the la mayor at that news conference earlier say that they were going to aggressively rebuild, but that cannot happen one presumes without a serious consideration of how you try to rebuild, to deal with future fires. ., ., �* , fires. yeah, that's right. after event _ fires. yeah, that's right. after event like - fires. yeah, that's right. after event like this - fires. yeah, that's right. after event like this that fires. yeah, that's right. - after event like this that are so devastating, _ after event like this that are so devastating, the - after