those areas and we're three months from voters choosing a new permanent mayor in oakland, but kevin jenkins was named interim mayor, the city's third mayor in three weeks. our john ramos dives into that political turnover. >> reporter: in the twists and turns of oakland politics, the voters said they wanted a change and they've got it. a set of new council members was sworn in, including one who actually lost the election, and the new mayor is someone who never ran for the job at all. it was inauguration day at oakland city hall and the ceremony began with the city administrator laying out what may be a pretty daunting job. >> the individuals being sworn in today have all asked oakland voters for the sacred responsibility of leading oakland at a time when that leadership has never been more important. >> reporter: the city is worse than broke. it faces a $129 million budgets deficit at a time when public safety is already strained to the breaking point. after taking the oath of office, the three new members of the council addressed the public beginning with zach unger from district 1 who ma

we heard from the interim mayor jenkins just a short time ago. >> we all have to work together. there are some serious issues in the city, but we're only going to get past it. working together. the residents of oakland absolutely demand it. we want to get back to a place where we're doing our basic services well, where we're getting our unsheltered folks housed, where we're filling potholes, where our fire stations are open, and i'm sure that we will work together, get this figured out, and make sure that we get the budget figured out, and make sure that we provide a smooth transition for the next mayor. >> longtime city council member noel gallo has been elevated to the council president role since jenkins is now the acting mayor and former at large council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to serve temporarily in the vacant district two council seat formerly held by bass. abc seven news reporter lena howland tells us the leadership changes come as the city starts implementing budget cutting measures, including one today that impacts fire safety. >> this is all happening only

for now, oakland's interim mayor is kevin jenkins monday. the oakland city council selected him as council president. and as such, you will serve as interim mayor until a special election is held on april. 15th. >> we want to get back to a place where we're doing our basic services. well, where we're giving our unsheltered folks housed. fill in potholes where our fire stations are open. i'm sure that we will work together, get this figured out and make sure that we get the budget figured out and make sure that we provide a smooth transition for the next mayor. jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. >> he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors basabe in interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. dan kerman kron. 4 news. there were other major changes at today's oakland city council meeting 3 new city council members were sworn in. >> and former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to fill the seat of nikki fortunato the seat

he is east oakland councilmember jenkins, today, the city council unanimously selected him as its new council president. it means he will serve as interim mayor until april's special election place. three new councilmembers were sworn in today. despite the reshuffling they are facing the same old problems the most pressing of them all, of course, it is oakland's 129 million budget crisis. we are introduced to the new class of leaders with a daunting task ahead. >> in the turns of oakland politics, they said they wanted a change and now they got it. new councilmembers were sworn in, including one that lost the election. the new mayor is someone who never ran for the job at all. >>>it was inauguration day at oakland city hall. the ceremony began with the city administrator laying out what may be a daunting job. >> the individuals sworn in today have all asked oakland voters for the responsibility of leading oakland at a time when that leadership has never been more important. >> the city is worse than broke. it faces $129 million budget deficit at a time when public safety is strained t

jenkins and his fellow council members have a tall task ahead. the city is wrangling a budget deficit that has forced cuts and closures in the fire department. the police department is calling for more staff training and the sale of the oakland coliseum remains clouded in doubt. but despite no official announcement yet, a move today by congresswoman barbara lee appears to signal that she's throwing her hat in the ring for the next job as the city's next mayor. ktvu jana katsuyama at oakland city hall as all of this unfolded, and she joins us now live in studio with details. jana. >> yes, claudine. congresswoman lee's paperwork was filed. this was just the preliminary first step. she is not officially on any ballots yet, but this all just happened as the city council began their special meeting today with a lot of leadership changes that decided was decided right there in city hall. a day of big changes monday at the oakland city council meeting. [applause] by a unanimous vote, the new city council appointed district six councilmember kevin jenkin

until then, interim mayor jenkins says his focus is to provide basic services. well, we have issues, we have our challenges. but this is a resilient city, and we have a new council that's going to work hard to restore the trust in the city and restore the trust in this government. in oakland, velena jones, nbc, bay area news. well, pg&e crews had their hands full in san francisco this morning. there was a gas leak at the laguna honda hospital. it happened a little after 11 a.m. this morning. the sf department of public health says a contractor ruptured a gas line while doing work outside. san francisco firefighters helped evacuate staff in the administration building, but patients in the hospital building were not affected and did not have to leave. within 30 minutes, all evacuated staff went back inside. pg&e was on scene shortly after to shut off the gas line and repair the damaged pipe. president biden and first lady jill biden are in new orleans tonight. that city's mayor and other leaders greeted them at the airport this afternoon. here's a look at that. th

jenkins is the third person in two months to lead the city, after outgoing president nikki fortunato bass stepped in following the recall of xiang tao. >> i believe that he's someone who listens to everyone who has the ability to just focus on what's the solution, the outcome we're trying to achieve and bring folks together that will be really important over these next four months until our election. >> council member noel gayo was appointed president pro tem to lead the council meetings, also by a unanimous vote. the council has three new members. >> i'm able to sit next to noel gallo. legendary. >> i'm really grateful and looking forward to working alongside my amazing city council colleagues. >> i reject factionalism, score settling, personal aggrandizement. if we don't work as a team, we're going to fail. >> former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to temporarily fill bass's vacant district two seat. i shall oakland leaders face big challenges. a $129 million budget shortfall has created painful decisions about eliminating two police academies, temporary closures of six

councilmember kevin jenkins was selected by his fellow council members as the interim mayor this afternoon. but as kron four's, dan kerman tells us tonight, the spotlight is once again on former congresswoman barbara lee. and the question remains, will she or won't she run for mayor? oakland congresswoman barbara lee registered ali for oakland. mayor 2025 campaign finance committee with the secretary of state's office. now, a spokesman for lee says she'll announce later this week if she's actually going to run for mayor of oakland, she would certainly come out as the odds-on favorite. she's more than likely to win media and political strategist justin berton served as communications director for former oakland mayor libby schaff properly should expect to answer the question. >> why are you doing this at age? 78? do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. everyone understands that she's an iconic, meaningful, impressive person that we've all been rooting for in congress. will we be rooting for her in the mayor's office? >> burton says lee's popularity during a quarter century

mayors in just the last month at a special city council meeting today, a new interim mayor, kevin jenkins, took over as speculation swirls over who will run for office just a few months from now. >> here's abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley with all the action from oakland city hall today, motion passes with a vote of eight ayes. >> congratulations. >> a new interim mayor emerged from today's city council meeting in oakland. >> thank you so much, colleagues. thank you. >> it's been quite the shuffle. mayor shang tao was recalled by voters in november, so oakland city council president nikki fortunato bass became interim mayor last month, but she stepped down today to take her new post as alameda county supervisor. so council voted today to make council member kevin jenkins the new president, which means he automatically becomes the new interim mayor. >> thank you. >> then former city council member rebecca kaplan was tapped to fill the district two vacancy created by bass's departure. >> oaklanders and bay area residents can expect over the coming months, as we're going to have a spe

at a special city council meeting today, a new interim mayor, kevin jenkins, took over. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has all the action from oakland city hall today. >> motion passes with a vote of eight ayes. congratulations. >> a new interim mayor emerged from today's city council meeting in oakland. >> thank you so much, colleagues. thank you. >> it's been quite the shuffle. mayor shang tao was recalled by voters in november, so oakland city council president nikki fortunato bass became interim mayor last month, but she stepped down today to take her new post as alameda county supervisor. so council voted today to make council member kevin jenkins the new president, which means he automatically becomes the new interim mayor. >> thank you. >> then former city council member rebecca kaplan was tapped to fill the district two vacancy created by bass's departure. >> oaklanders and bay area residents can expect over the coming months, as we're going to have a special election that will be held on april 15th to elect a new mayor, as well as to fill the district t

jenkins will hold the office until the city's special election in april. and today we learned about one possible candidate in that race, former east bay congresswoman barbara lee. she filed paperwork today with the city and a sign that she's planning a potential run. representatives for lee were not immediately available for comment about this. >> this week, the city of san jose will start clearing out rv encampments. the city will mark some areas as towaway zones, forcing people in their rvs or cars to leave or risk punishment. the plan is to clean those areas while they're car free. this year, the city also plans to open its second and largest safe parking site, which can take up to 85 vehicles. city data shows there are more than 2000 parked rvs and lived in vehicles in san jose. this week's cleanup will focus on chenowith avenue. >> tens of thousands of lgbtq veterans will soon be eligible for honorable discharges. the department of defense has agreed to settle a lawsuit over don't ask, don't tell under this decades long policy, lgbtq service members w

jenkins will serve as interim mayor until the city holds a special election april 15th. already, 11 people have filed paperwork to run for mayor. today, the alameda county board of supervisors will continue talks over the sale of the oakland coliseum. oakland city leaders say the sale will help alleviate the budget deficit and help save important services. the city previously agreed to sell its share of the site to the african american sports and entertainment group. price in terms of payment, though, remain under negotiation. all right. >> our time is 714 in sacramento, the athletics checking out their new home with opening day for the new baseball season now just 12 weeks away. yesterday, a's manager mark kotsay and several of the players took a tour of sutter health park in west sacramento. now, this minor league ballpark will be their home field for at least the next three years. while their permanent stadium is being built in las vegas. they're hoping this new stadium will lead to a new era in a's baseball. >> they've gone through a lot of failure. they tasted succe

jenkins will hold the office until the city's special election in april. and today we learned about one possible candidate in that race, former east bay congresswoman barbara lee. she filed paperwork today with the city and a sign that she's planning a potential run. representatives for lee were not immediately available for comment about this. >> this week, the city of san jose will start clearing out rv encampments. the city will mark some areas as towaway zones, forcing people in their rvs or cars to leave or risk punishment. the plan is to clean those areas while they're car free. this year, the city also plans to open its second and largest safe parking site, which can take up to 85 vehicles. city data shows there are more than 2000 parked rvs and lived in vehicles in san jose. this week's cleanup will focus on chenowith avenue. >> tens of thousands of lgbtq veterans will soon be eligible for honorable discharges. the department of defense has agreed to settle a lawsuit over don't ask, don't tell under this decades long policy, lgbtq service members w

councilmember kevin jenkins, who was first elected to the council 2 years ago was selected as council president this morning. and as such, he becomes oakland's interim mayor until a special election is held on april. 15th jenkins takes the roles and the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. a bass had been interim mayor december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. now jenkins says the city has some serious challenges ahead, but he's confident that if lawmakers worked together, oakland can get back on track. >> former oakland congresswoman barbara lee has filed paperwork to run for oakland. mayor lee was first elected to congress in 1998. she lost a bid for the u.s. senate seat once held by dianne feinstein recently, lee still has not officially announced. she will, in fact, run. >> well, today, the council also welcomed its newly elected council member and kron four's terisa stasio has that story for us. it's not even so much honor that i feel but gratitude that zac unger, the new oakland city councilmember for distr

jenkins is the third person in two months to lead the city, after outgoing president nikki fortunato bass stepped in following the recall of shengtao. >> i believe that he's someone who listens to everyone who has the ability to just focus on what's the solution, the outcome we're trying to achieve and bring folks together that will be really important over these next four months until our election. >> council member noel gayo was appointed president pro tem to lead the council meetings, also by a unanimous vote. the council has three new members. >> i'm able to sit next to noel gallo. legendary. >> i'm really grateful and looking forward to working alongside my amazing city council colleagues. >> i reject factionalism, score settling and personal aggrandizement. if we don't work as a team, we're going to fail. >> former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to temporarily fill bass's vacant district two seat. >> i shall oakland leaders face big challenges. >> a $129 million budget shortfall has created painful decisions about eliminating two police academies, temporary closure

council member kevin jenkins was appointed to the role of council president and interim mayor. he is the third person in two months to lead the city. after shengtao was recalled in the november election. the previous interim mayor, nikki fortunato bass, will be sworn in as an alameda county supervisor tomorrow. and today, former congresswoman barbara lee did file paperwork in a first step toward a possible run for mayor of oakland. and the man at the center of a kidnaping case in vallejo that made national headlines is now facing new charges. matthew mueller is currently serving 40 years in federal prison for the 2015 kidnaping of denise huskins, in what came to be known as the gone girl case. well, just last week, new charges were brought accusing mueller of being involved in

special election to serve the rest of mayor sheng thao's term set for the 15th and until that kevin jenkins will serve as interim mayor. he takes the office as oakland grapples with a $13 million shortfall. three fire stations are shutting down the next two months, two of them in the oakland hills, and today firefighters rallied calling for the closures to be reversed and warned cuts could result in life-threatening delays with some emergency response times stretching beyond ten minutes. >> the city manager and budget director have decided it's okay for anyone who needs help and calls 911 can wait and wait. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says closing two fire stations will save $5 million, but again, it could mean slower response times. he hopes to reopen them by july. >>> san jose police say they traced a drug dealing operation to this couple out of stockton. investigators say justin dixon frequently traveled to the bay area to sell drugs. police say his girl friend jade linhthasack bought illegal firearms for him. the raid on their home uncovered 13 guns and 5,000 rounds of ammo. >

san francisco da brooke jenkins took this case very seriously instead of the general felonies unit. she signed this to a major crimes prosecutor and pushed for a two year state prison sentence. it didn't work. unlike judges in past hearings for repeat car burglar robert sonza, san francisco superior court judge bruce e chan denied our request for a camera in the courtroom at today's hearing for video or still pictures, and he went through with his offer in exchange for guilty pleas to five felonies receiving stolen property, accessory after the fact, possession of a firearm by a felon, concealed firearm in a vehicle, possession of ammunition. sansa will be released after less than four months in county jail. severe with sansa's history of re-offending. how is this proper? >> i said what i had to say on the record. >> i tried to discuss the case with sansa's public defender, sylvia nguyen. he's been on probation several times and reoffended. i wanted to ask what will be different this time? >> people are kind of upset about what's happening here. how is this proper given his history

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oakland leaders have appointed council member kevin jenkins to take over the position of mayor at least temporarily. >> this comes ahead of a special election in april to decide who will permanently lead the city. and we're learning tonight that former congresswoman barbara lean could be in the running to daily filed campaign finance paperwork with the secretary of state's office signaling a possible run for mayor this spring. she now joins 13. others who have registered with the secretary of state's office so far. former congresswoman will confirm her campaign in the coming days. lee served in congress for 26 years. and her term just ended last week. barbara lee should expect to answer the question. >> why are you doing this at age? 78? do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> jenkins is now oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes over the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was elected to the alameda county board of supervisors basabe in the interim mayor since december 17th. >> following the recall of former mayor sheng thao. >> there were other major ch

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jenkins says his goal is to make sure the next mayor is set up for success.kins will serve as interim mayor until the city holds a special election april 15th. as of yesterday, 11 candidates have filed paperwork to run for mayor of oakland. >> there are new signs this morning that former east bay congresswoman barbara lee may run for mayor of oakland. the longtime oakland resident opened a campaign account yesterday to run for mayor. her spokesperson told the chronicle expect an announcement later this week about her decision to either run or not. >> back over to sal. let's check in on traffic. what do people need to know before they head out the door, sal? >> well, they need to know that pam and dave, that traffic is almost back to normal. i would say it might even be today. it's backed up at all the usual spots. we had a couple of weeks off for a lot of people, but now people are back. you can see the backup is out to the maze here. you can also see that interstate 880 and 580 are doing well, but people are on the road. we don't have a lot of going on on th

east oakland councilman kevin jenkins and the new intermat your. the headlines point to the new heavy hitter waiting in the wings. jenkins will be interim mayor until april's special election to replace recalled maid your sheng thao. he is the city's third mayor in the last month. >> right now, we are not doing the basic things well that people expect. this means potholes and that means police and making sure the fire stations are staffed and we have to get to that place and that's what i'm going to help the city administrator get to. >> jenkins says he doesn't plan to run to keep that seat. three oakland city council members were also sworn in yesterday. and longtime councilmember noel gallo chose to be acting council president until the special election. this is all playing out while that political giant barbara lee eyes the mayor's office. after a huge push to get her to return. lee sent a strong signal she may indeed be planning on running for the mayor's office. what gives us that idea? lee opened a campaign account for the april 15th special

city council member kevin jenkins was unanimously elected as council president. and the interim mayor. he's replacing outgoing council president nikki fortunato bass, who filled that role after the recall of xiang tao. oakland leaders are facing major challenges with a multi-million dollar budget deficit leading to spending cuts. jenkins says his goal is to make sure his successor will be successful for the next mayor. >> i want to get a transition plan ready so that that person can hit the ground running. that person will come in in the middle of our budget process. first and foremost is public safety and the budget process. we need to make sure that our fire stations stay open. >> captain jenkins will serve as interim mayor until the city holds a special election on april 15th. as of yesterday, 11 candidates have filed paperwork to run for mayor. there are some new signs this morning. former east bay congresswoman barbara lee could be running for mayor of oakland. the longtime resident of oakland opened a campaign account yesterday to run for mayor. her spokesp

jenkins is the third person in two months to lead the city, after outgoing president nikki fortunatos stepped in following the recall of xiang tao. >> i believe that he's someone who listens to everyone who has the ability to just focus on what's the solution, the outcome we're trying to achieve and bring folks together that will be really important over these next four months until our election. >> council member noel gayo was appointed president pro tem to lead the council meetings, also by a unanimous vote. the council has three new members. >> i'm able to sit next to noel gallo, legendary. >> i'm really grateful and looking forward to working alongside my amazing city council colleagues. >> i reject factionalism, score settling, personal aggrandizement. if we don't work as a team, we're going to fail. >> former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to temporarily fill bass's vacant district two seat. i shall oakland leaders face big challenges. a $129 million budget shortfall has created painful decisions about eliminating two police academies, temporary closures of six fir

council member kevin jenkins was selected as interim mayor. jenkins is oakland's third mayor. in just the past month after voters recalled shengtao. he replaces interim mayor nikki fortunato bass, who will be sworn in as an alameda county supervisor today. jenkins will hold the office until the city's special election in april. former congresswoman barbara lee has taken a formal step to running for oakland mayor. she filed paperwork with the state. a spokesperson tells the chronicle an official announcement about that decision is coming later this week. >> san francisco is just a little more than a day away from having a new mayor. daniel lowery will be sworn in tomorrow ahead of the official inauguration events. celebrations begin tonight. abc7 news anchor dion limb walks us through a jam packed schedule that's full of historic firsts. >> this is a microphone check here in san francisco, california. >> monday night, the stage was nearly set outside san francisco city hall in anticipation of mayor elect daniel lowery's inauguration ceremony, set to kick off at 1130 wednesday.

jenkins and his fellow council members have a tall task ahead.he city is wrangling a budget deficit that has forced cuts and closures in the fire

griff jenkins live from malibu with more on that later this hour. janice dean is here with fox weather forecast. >> janice: not a lot of containment in palisades and eaten and auto fire is only 47% contained. winds are not our friend today but improvement getting into friday and weekend. yesterday eaton and palisades fire most destructive california wildfires in terms of how many structures have burned. this is going down in history books. winds calm. good news. relative humidity is quite low and winds could gust to 50 to 60 miles per hour today. wind gusts yesterday, 74 mile per hour, hurricane-force winds. expecting wind gusts later this afternoon. sometimes this morning and then things will die down. not great news for areas burning out of control. fire weather warning for southern california and we still have partly cloudy ds, particularly dangerous situation for next several hours. as we get into friday and weekend, much better forecast but still dealing with elevated fire danger for southern california and where those fires continue to burn. h

jenkin serÁ el tercer alcalde de la ciudad en tan sÓlo el Último mes.iÓn requerida para su candidatura a la alcaldÍa de oakland. ademÁs con otras personas han presentado documentos que indican una posible candidatura. nos enfocamos en la ciudad de san josÉ. autoridades informaron que identificaron a la persona responsable de suministrar los narcÓticos para su venta y su novia supuestamente era la persona que compraba armas ilegalmente se les entregaba. la portavoz de la policÍa de san josÉ nos explicÓ mÁs. >> el 3 de diciembre oficiales de la unidad de delitos callejeros, llevan a cabo una investigaciÓn donde interceptaron una venta e identificaron un sospechoso que estaba suministrando narcÓticos ilegales. >> enfrenta cargos por delitos que incluyen armas de fuego ilegales y venta de narcÓticos, mientras que su novia enfrenta cargos por delitos relacionados con armas de fuego ilegales. en palo alto, empresario buscan mÁs seguridad despuÉs de una serie de robos sobre las Últimas semanas. marÍa, delante. maria: muy buenas tardes. me encuentro al frente d

back to you. >> todd: griff jenkins, thank you.avy veteran and single mom of four now searching for a new place to live after her home and community were destroyed in the palisades fire. sarah joins us now. i am so sorry. can you find words to describe what the last week has been like for you? >> yes, i want to apologize in advance, it is difficult to talk about. i may be at a loss of words for some of this. palisades village is a very close-knit town. all of our neighbors know each other. it is an amazing place. we were all coming back from christmas vacation and on tuesday i was out walking my dog. it was a sunny, beautiful day. i walk around the corner and see a plume of smoke over the hills to left of where the village was. as i'm watching and my neighbors are stopping to watch, it is consuming over the hilltop. you can see the flames easily 50 to 100 foot flames and pace it was moving toward us stopped us in our tracks. everybody ran back to evacuate and so i ran back to wake my daughters up and get her moving from the house a

do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> kevin jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who just was elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bass had been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of former mayor sheng thao. there were other major changes at today's open city council meeting. 3 new city council members were sworn in and former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who want to seat, of course, on the alameda county board of supervisors, the new members of the council spoke about their goals of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know

welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. molly. molly: i'm molly line. we'll have more coming up. we begin with officials in new orleans now revealing more details about what the new year's day terror suspect did leading up to that early morning attack that killed 14 and injured dozens more. this, as questions grow for local leaders on what preventative measures may have been missed. jarrett tenney is live in new orleans with the latest developments. >> yeah, molly, we've learned that the suspect made his way to new orleans from houston on new year's eve and when he got here, he spent some time at an air bnb before carrying out his attack. inside that home investigators found bomb making materials similar to what he found in his home in houston and found a homemade device they believe was a silencer for a rifle. and before shamsud din jabbar left to carry out his massacre, the a.t.f. says he set a small fire to burn the evidence that investigators now have, including several laptops and cell phones. as the fbi puts together a timeline how and when the ar

jenkins who you just heard from his oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the >> alameda county board of supervisors. bass has been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> 3 things major changes at monday's oakland city council meeting. that's because 3 new city council members have now been sworn in as you can see it happening there. and former council member rebecca kaplan is a pointed out to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who will now be with the alameda county board of supervisors, the new members of the council spoke about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for

jonathan hunt has an exclusive inside a command center compound in pasadena and griff jenkins in malibu where the threatening winds are picking up this morning. >> they are indeed picking up. good morning, dana. we aren't out of the woods. that's the word from the officials as that particularly dangerous situation red flag warning winds are back through 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. we've got gusts out here in malibu but the decimated home behind me is an active crime scene, dana. you can see the l.a. county sheriff's deputies cordoning off this area and posting up because yesterday, look at this video. we spent hours with california's urban search and rescue teams accompanied by the mexican army who specialize in this searching along with cadaver dogs and they located human remains that haven't yet been identified. we spoke to a california fire spokesperson, israel, he talked a little bit about the difficult task they were undertaking. listen. >> we're here with a team from mexico and task force three. we're validating that everybody evacuated in this section. as you can see there are a lo

this is from griff jenkins and david spunt.rives that truck, with a texas license plate, right through bourbon street. according to their sources, this person came through eagle pass, texas, two days ago, okay. we're gonna leave that up on your screen. these are just new photos. i just keep thinking from covering these things, and also from going to these big events and having fun. who thinks they're going to go out in an area that looks like it has security. 300 police officers. they had security in the area. then you end up having a car drive right down the street, killing at least ten people. they have a coroners truck out there right now. we have to figure what's coming after this, guys. >> alexis, our gratitude to you for bringing us these new pictures. fascinating look as things are beginning to unfold. we appreciate all of those insights as our continuing coverage goes on. >> continuing coverage of our top story. we're awaiting new updates from police after a car plowed through a new year's crowd on bourbon street. with

griff jenkins live.re is some suggestion they might actually cancel the academy awards coming up shortly. in the meantime we would like to say thank you to the generosity of fox employees and viewers. our red cross campaign has raised more than $3 million to date the california wildfire relief effort. and this is in addition to the initial $1 million donation from fox corporation. >> ainsley: and if you want to donated. donate to the american red cross at go.fox/red cross or scan that qr code right there on your screen using your phone. >> brian: all right. carley shimkus you come down from your floor from your show to help us here. >> i certainly did. >> thousands of israelis gathering in tel aviv as the country expresses hope for a potential cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. reportedly in its final stages. qatari mediators saying the deal would be agreed upon, quote: very soon. it is expected to bring the release of a number of hostages still being held by hamas in exchange for hundreds of

griff jenkins will get back to you throughout the hour, thank you. arthel: griff and eric, as the adroit santa ana winds picked back up the fire or weather weather alertsare in effect forh is 100 miles or so south of san francisco all the way down to that u.s./mexico border foxbusiness max and gordon is alive in malibu. what can you tell us from your perspective? >> we are taught what those winds you might be able to hear the winds in my microphone right now by the wind is starting to pick up here. we are starting to see blue skies a clearance of smoke in the malibu area. you are once again able to see all the way to santa monica and the greater los angeles area. it's truly surreal that's the only way you can describe it. you see waves of the pacific ocean crashing onto the burnt out remains of these once beautiful homes. these multi- million-dollar homes that burnt down here in the palisades fire. now we are on the western side of the fire. these homes went up in the early hours of monday or early tuesday morning. we see that most fire activity in t

griff jenkins, thanks very much. former los angeles firefighter john knox joins me now. on board this morning. is los angeles prepared for the stronger winds that are likely to ping today? we've -- pick up today? we've already had one more fire reported. >> yeah. good morning, stuart. you know, we're usually prepared for these winds because we know a day, two days in advance, you know? the palisades fire, i think, took the city, you know, really, for lack of a better word, by storm and swallowed up all of our resources. at this time now you have cal fire who is running that fire, and so it's freed if up a lot of our resources. i mean, we still have, you know, at a the city they still have resources there that they're using. but the the city definitely, i would think at this point, should be ready. stuart: has anyone come up with an explanation if as to why there was no water in the fire hydrants when the fires began? >> well, there's a hot of finger pointing going on right now, you know? i think that that's too early to to really know, but unfortunately it looks, i mean,

griff jenkins for us in malibu. >> sandra: api oh four the l.a. county department.hank you so much for being here. please do provide us your update at the top of this hour here. >> we have 14% containment on the palisades fire. crews out there continuing to put all the hot spots out and continue to grow in the interior perimeter of the fire and making sure there is nothing odd or anything smoldering that could potentially flare up again with the upcoming winds. >> sandra: how would you describe the efforts right now as we know so many of these firefighters have reached a level of exhaustion, how are they doing? >> we continue to get some port and our numbers continue to increase. we have approximately 4,700 people on these fires right now. we continue to work day in and day out, making sure there perimeter increases and continue to increase given the situation and the amount of drought and the dry combustibles in the perimeter of the fire. >> sandra: that is an incredibly immense effort to manage that many people for such an enormous situation and obviously, we are

do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> and jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor. in less than a month. he actually takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bass has been the interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> and there are some major changes at monday's oakland city council meeting 3 new city council members have now been sworn in and former council member rebecca kaplan is now filling the seat of nikki fortunato bas who is now on the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council talked about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know

griff jenkins. thank you. i want to bring on the direct relief emergency response manager for a number of locations around the globe. he is based in santa barbara, direct relief gets much-needed resources to people who need them now in l.a. so aaron, tell me -- i'm sure you are hearing the warnings, too, and probably a bit of panic among people who maybe their homes haven't burned but now they're worried. what is it like on the ground to help and find so much need? >> thank you for having me on the program. the need is incredibly high. as you mentioned, direct relief we work around the world. we're a global disaster response and humanitarian aid organization. and we work in over 100 countries and all 50 states. we work in some of the toughest environment on earth. this is reminiscent of some of the worst places we work. this is an extremely dire situation. the level of devastation is huge. the amount of evacuees who are in need of medical assistance is very, very high. so it's absolutely our responsibility jus

do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. that's had been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> time now 7.19, and there were 3 other changes monday's oakland city council meeting 3 new council members sworn in and also former council member rebecca kaplan is now in the seat of nikki fortunato bas because she won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. so the new members of the council, they spoke about their goal now to move the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we ca

. >> 10, 17 is the time open leaders have a point councilmember kevin jenkins to take over the position of mayor temporarily. all of this ahead of that special election in april. that will ultimately decide who will lead the city on a more permanent basis. but we're learning this morning that former congresswoman barbara lee could be in the running on monday. she filed campaign finance paperwork with the secretary of state's office, which signals a possible run for mayor this spring. she'll be joining 13 other people who have registered with the secretary of state's office so far. the former congresswoman will confirm her campaign in the coming days. so we'll wait to hear what chance to say. we served in congress for 26 years. her term ended just last week, although some are questioning her age. barbara lee should expect to answer the question. >> why are you doing this at age? 78? do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board o

reyna 6.17, is the time and oakland leaders have appointed councilmember kevin jenkins to take over the position of mayor temporarily in this comes ahead of a special election in april. that will decide who will permanently take that office and leave the city. and we're learning the former congresswoman barbara lee could be in the running on monday. she filed campaign finance paperwork with the secretary of state's office, signaling a possible run for mayor this spring. she's among 13 people who have registered with the secretary of state's office so far. the former congresswoman will confirm her campaign in the coming days. so we'll have to see lee served in congress for 26 years. and her term ended just last week. barbara lee should expect to answer the question. >> why are you doing this at age? 78? do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> but jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bats had been interim mayor since december 17th following the

. >> dana: griff jenkins is live in malibu. the sun is up. what do you see, griff? >> well, dana, i see widespread damage and destruction. charred remains of homes and buildings. you mentioned the looting there. there were four more arrests yesterday bringing the total number of looters to 39 in the malibu and pacific palisades area. let's look at this sun coming up here. whoever lived in these homes must have woken up every day and said i have it made. i have everything. well today they have nothing. you can see the steel i-beams and foundation is rubble. it goes for miles up the iconic beautiful pacific coast. you can see burned out s.u.v. another car there . it comes with this warning from the national weather service particularly dangerous situation. the pds warning is the highest the agency can issue intended to invoke the highest level of urgency for residents to evacuate if indeed these brush fires that firefighters are trying to tamp down with these high winds of 70 miles-per-hour for the next possible 48 hours. we talked to a captain with the l.a. fire depa

. >> well, dan jr and dan san francisco da brooke jenkins took this case very seriously.nstead of the general felonies unit, she assigned this to a major crimes prosecutor and pushed for a two year state prison sentence. but it didn't work. unlike judges in past hearings for repeat car burglar robert sanza, san francisco superior court judge bruce e chan denied our request for a camera in the courtroom at today's hearing for video or still pictures, and he went through with his offer in exchange for guilty pleas to five felonies receiving stolen property, accessory after the fact, possession of a firearm by a felon, concealed firearm in a vehicle, possession of ammunition. sansa will be released after less than four months in county jail. with sansa's history of re-offending. how is this proper? >> i said what i had to say on the record. >> i tried to discuss the case with sansa's public defender, sylvia nguyen. he's been on probation several times and reoffended. i wanted to ask what will be different this time? >> people are kind of upset about what's happening here. ho

but first we turned to griff jenkins who was there on the ground in los angeles.ello griff. >> good morning street by street, block by block apocalyptic scenes like the ones behind me of homes and buildings charred and decimated as a death toll rises to more than 100,000 lost angelenos and evacuated from their homes the palisade of fire at this hour 11% contained more than 23000 acres destroyed to give you perspective that is more than 25 times the size of new york grand central park the other fire they are battling, the eaton fire 50% contained more than 14000 acres destroyed. yesterday la's mayor karen bass giving an update saying it now is not the time for pointing fingers. >> we need to stay focused but i will say that when the fires are out, make no mistake, we will have a full accounting of what worked, and especially what did not. >> and shannon, lives have been shattered the emotional component this building here was a preschool lined it with the tiles the children had painted, parents were out here, couple jon and cameron digging through the rubble trying

do you have the strength, the stamina and the commitment. >> jenkins is oakland's 3rd mayor in less than a month. he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors basabe in interim mayor since december 17 following the recall of mayor sheng thao. well, there were other major changes at monday's open city council meeting. 3 new city council members were sworn in. the former council member rebecca kaplan was a point to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council spoke about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. tha

macy jenkins from our la station has more for us in altadena.s is where there is not much standing. all throughout altadena we have found residential streets that look just like this one. a home that once stood. you can see the front door crumbled to the ground, the chimney still standing, but a fire going on inside of the house. the remnants very similar as we go up and down the street. if you take a look over this way, you will see a transformer that once stood now is in the ground. power lines and parts of the street light. all of this debris just covering the sidewalk. and just over to the left, there is a car that is burnt. obviously that person did not have enough time to get that car out of here. one of the things that the l.a. county sheriff's department says they are doing is working, along with cal fire, on human detection teams. they are going door to door to try to find the remains of people who did not make it out of the fire. the death toll for the eaton fire stands at four right now. the fire is still burning more than 13,000 acre