other developing news this morning, senator josh becker is rallying silicon valley's tech leaders to raise funds for those victims of the devastating fires in southern california. those fires as we know, it already claimed the lives of 5 people. becker is calling on the region's entrepreneurs to contribute to the california community foundations. wildfire recovery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts with more than 11,000 acres burned so far, senator backers emphasizing the need for both recovering and climate resilience in the face of increasing natural disasters throughout the state. >> because of the fires in southern california, president biden has canceled what was supposed to be his final overseas trip in his presidency. he was set to go to italy for 3 days meeting with the pope and italy's president and prime minister. but that has been canceled used in santa monica yesterday where he met with fire officials and with governor newsom, the president approved the governor's request for a major disaster declaration and pledged full federal support.

we'll be tracking that updating >> we'll have more things you know today, senator josh becker rally in silicon valley's tech leaders to raise funds for victims of the devastating fires in southern california and already claimed the lives of 5 people. backers calling on the region's entrepreneuers to contribute to the california community foundation. wildfire recovery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts. a grim discovery in the north bay. 4 people found dead inside of a home in santa rosa. investigators are calling this a homicide case. we talked to neighbors as they try to figure out what happened in their typically quiet neighborhood. daniel lurie, officially, sarah says because a new mayor, hundreds of people packed the civic center plaza yesterday for his inauguration. he renewed his promise to move the city forward and address to grow in issues of homelessness and drug addiction. laurie also gives an inside of what to expect from his first 100 days in office. and former congresswoman barbara lee has announced her bid for mayor of oakland. comes ah

state senator josh becker announced the fundraiser just last week.ateo counties and joins us live now to discuss. good morning to you. good morning, stephanie. so first off, tell us a bit about what led to the development of this fundraiser and how much are you hoping to raise? >> yeah, well, first of all, it's just devastating what's happening in southern california. this is one of the worst, the natural disasters in california history. and i want to first thank all the while the firefighters, the first responders, volunteers who are on the ground in southern california committed to doing everything it needs to do to put out these fires with 9500 firefighting personnel on the ground. we have the largest civil aerial firefighting force in the world, which is on site, obviously right now working on these fires. what i'm doing is rallying people in the bay area where all california. so when strikes, we pull together. and so i started rallying individuals, companies, even sports teams. all 7 of our area sports teams are have stepped up and are helping a

think that we have to be smart and creative in ways that we can protect our people here, senator josh becker said. >> the focus right now should not be on political accusations, certainly not appropriate at all. >> the focus of everyone should be on first containing these fires, putting out these fires, protecting civilians. >> wednesday, governor newsom praised president biden for granting federal help for the wildfire response. >> within 36 hours of this incident from the president was a game changer. >> president elect trump said he will work with the governor on rebuilding. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> it's just so overwhelming what's happening there, and we know that the fires are tough to watch. obviously, so many people here in the bay area understand the damage and destruction far too well. >> and certainly during these difficult times, we are always looking for ways to help. you can scan the qr code, it's on your screen there or visit redcross.org slash abc to donate to help the red cross respond and help people recover. >> our coverage of the los angeles firestorm continues,

think that we have to be smart and creative in ways that we can protect our people here, senator josh beckersaid. >> the focus right now should not be on political accusations, certainly not appropriate at all. >> the focus of everyone should be on first containing these fires, putting out these fires, protecting civilians. >> wednesday, governor newsom praised president biden for granting federal help for the wildfire response. >> within 36 hours of this incident from the president was a game changer. >> president elect trump said he will work with the governor on rebuilding. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> it's just so overwhelming what's happening there, and we know that the fires are tough to watch. obviously, so many people here in the bay area understand the damage and destruction far too well. >> and certainly during these difficult times, we are always looking for ways to help. you can scan the qr code, it's on your screen there or visit redcross.org slash abc to donate to help the red cross respond and help people recover. >> our coverage of the los angeles firestorm continues,

. >> senator josh becker is rallying silicon valley's tech leaders to raise funds for victims of thelifornia wildfires. becker is calling for contributions to the california community foundations. wildfire recovery fund helping provide immediate relief and long-term rebuilding efforts. senator becker emphasizes the need for both recovery and climate resilience in the face of increasing natural disasters throughout california. with cal-fire offers millions of dollars to tribes for wildfire resilience projects for the second year in a row. the word is from a quarter million dollars up to 3 million dollars, granted to tribal nonprofits in the state of california to support educational programs and tribal stewardship plans to conduct fire, resilience related work on land. this was shared with the public on the agency's website tuesday. well, 3 raging fires remain uncontained in los angeles county. let's turn now to kyla grogan for the latest on conditions out. >> yeah, i put up satellite see face of smoke and boy, you can definitely see it here. so you're looking at a los angeles area. >