. >>> katie nielsen has a live report from pacific palisades where some are being turned away and others have nothing to return to. >> it is still heartbreaking, 9/11 your house is there to know one of the most -- what i always thought is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in los angeles. it's just gone. >> fire crews are in their final moments, scrambling to contain the blazes. thank you for joining us, i'm andrea nakano. >> i'm brian hackney. now santa ana winds return to the south lands early this week. the eaton fires where crews made the most work. quick update on the fire storm. at least 16 people have died and more than 10,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. now california governor newsom is deploying more national guards to help fight the fires in l.a. a thousand more will show up. 150,000 residents tonight are still under evacuation orders. palisades fires will remain the largest and most active, burning more than 23,000 acres in a number of homes. businesses, landmarks, and it is currently 11% contained, but the flames will continue to march towards densely popul

katie nielsen from altadena and paul heggen will have a better idea of conditions later on in the show. >>> here's a look from high above the fires happening now. katie showed that ridge line from behind. this is what it looks like from high above. you can see that fire does continue to burn and that smoke does continue to billow. you can see the helicopter there doing water drops onto that fire. we aren't sure which fire this is exactly, but there are several wildfires continuing to burn as you can see while katie in her area in altadena, there's completely devastation. there are different spots of hotspots and flames still burning all over l.a. county. >>> the palisades fire now threatening more communities in l.a. county. you can see how close the flames are to homes. this is in topanga. the largest of the wildfires burning now in southern california scorched about 30 square miles and five people confirmed dead, the fire just 8% contained. evacuation orders have been lifted for residents near the kenneth fire which has scorched nearly 1,000 acres in the san fernando valley. the flam

coming up, our katie nielsen is bringing us the latest from the palisades fire. >>> plus, a man in altadena risking his life to save his home and his neighborhood. >> i saw the fires coming down. i did everything i could to stop the line to save my house, to help save their houses. >> what he saw while trying to save his neighborhood from going up in flames. >>> and back here at home, a celebration turned into tragedy. da lin is bringing us the latest in last night's deadly shooting in oakland. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco this saturday night, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. regions in southern california continue to burn for the fifth straight day. there are now 13 confirmed deaths related to this fire. this was video taken early this morning before sunrise. fire crews had a bit of a break yesterday but could see some challenges as winds pick up tonight. and here is a live look at the fires actively burning in the area. the biggest fires, the palisades and the eaton, continue to rage. each less than 20% contained. a big focus today, brian, was the upscale bren

absolutely, katie nielsen. thank you for your reports. see you tonight at 11:00 as well. >>> about 30 miles away in pacific palisades, some people are geting the chance to survey the destruction firsthand. it is heartbreakingly similar to what we saw. home after home gone. nothing left on some lots. the metal supports of the home. and despite the calmer winds, authorities are still urging people to stay out of the evacuation zones but it appears to be more strongly enforced in some areas than others. and today, authorities implemented a curfew from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. they also emphasized that there will be zero tolerance for looting. they have already made about a dozen arrests in the eaton fire zone. the national guard has been called in to help. let's check in with paul heggen. >> that's been the challenge as the offshore winds while not as strong as the past couple of days, have still been a factor. what has been produced as offshore winds is a swirl in the atmosphere at my feet. that will get pushed a little further off to the eas

. >> katie nielsen is in the burn zone with the latest. >> i have two fire pumps here, one for the roof the house. >> reporter: a 60,000-gallon swimming pool, that's gunner jenson's fire plan. >> i can fire this pump up, and it'll protect that whole side of house. then i take this pump with the hose around that side and i can protect that side. >> reporter: he's lived in the canyon for 65 years. >> i've been through about ten really bad fires here. >> reporter: he doesn't have fire fighting experience. he's a plumber. but he says no matter what happens, he's not leaving. his emergency plan if the fire does blow through, yep, you guessed it, the swimming pool. >> take the scuba gear to the bottom of the pool and let the fire blow over and come back up. >> reporter: further up the canyon, winds were pushing the flames closer to homes where the hillsides and houses were painted pink with fire retardant as firefighters work to keep the flames low to the ground. >> see the retardant they dropped earlier, it's slowing things down. it's working in our favor right now. it's slowly backing down

and so our katie nielsen drove to the bay area today. and i know you just got there in the last hour. what things are you seeing right now? >> i think one of the most impactful things that we've seen is just the nature of this fire and how it has been hopscotching from one house to another, which is so indicative of some of these wind driven fires that we are all too familiar with within the bay area. this is where five people have been confirmed, killed in the fire. these are not the mansions of the pacific palisades, and they're not the beach front bungalows of malibu. it's known as a working class neighborhood, north of the 210 freeway, best known for the rose parade. these homes were destroyed and still standing. and it is still there. we were talking with the homeowner of this home that used to be right here. they run a lawn care business. and even his grandparents would live here. now there is nothing left. i asked him, do you know when this happened? he said he drove by around 10:45 this morning and that is when he saw their homes

coming up, our katie nielsen is bringing us the latest from the palisades fire. >>> plus, a man in altadenas home and his neighborhood. >> i saw the fires coming down. i did everything i could to stop the line to save my house, to help save their houses. >> what he saw while trying to save his neighborhood from going up in flames. >>> and back here at home, a celebration turned into tragedy. da lin is bringing us the latest in last night's deadly shooting in oakland. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco this saturday night, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. regions in southern california continue to burn for the fifth straight day. there are now 13 confirmed deaths related to this fire. this was video taken early this morning before sunrise. fire crews had a bit of a break yesterday but could see some challenges as winds pick up tonight. and here is a live look at the

let's go now to katie nielsen live in altadena with more on what she witnessed and certainly some random acts of kindness, what a nice thing to see. >> reporter: one of the things you can always count on during tough times like these are helpers, people who look around and see this level of destruction and just feel for their neighbors, feel for their fellow humans that are going through such an incredibly difficult time and that's what we found today, people who just want to help. >> i emptied that thing out. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying, little fires starting. we had no water pressure. i knew we had a spa. so i carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could, just kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience. he's a nurse and now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there's no way to get any more water out of it. i took everything out i could. >> re

our katie nielsen has just arrived in altadena.ld walk us through the destruction that she is seeing firsthand from the deadly eaton fire. >>> and plus, wildfire victims are taxed on much needed relief money. now they're finally getting some of it back. what a policy change will mean for the town of paradise and beyond. >>> and they live in a neighborhood that is facing some of san francisco's biggest challenges. what they hope to see as daniel lurie steps in to the mayor's office. and all that is coming up in about ten minutes at 6:00, but let's get to vern who is at cal for a look at sports. >>> hello everybody, we're in a couple of hours where the cal men's basketball team will host my alma mater, the virginia cavaliers, that is now a conference matchup. the bears are in miss of their first season in the atlantic coast conference, going against the national program such as uva, duke, north carolina. cal is still looking for their first conference win. and mark madson's squad is back home after traveling cross country last week t

our katie nielsen is back out there tonight for us. obviously the curfew is officially starting. how are things looking right now from your vantage point? >> reporter: juliette, today has been very quiet both in terms of the winds, but also the number of people that we have seen inside the evacuation zone. that curfew you mentioned started at 6:00 p.m. this evening and doesn't end until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. that means only emergency personnel and credentialed members of the media can be inside this evacuation zone and that is because already they've had 20 people arrested for looting in the palisades fire and here in the eaton fire. >> everybody's pulling together. it's unfortunate that people like the looters just don't respect. >> i emptied that thing out. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning during the worst of the firestorm in altadena, desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying and little fire starting and we had no water pressure. i knew i had a spa. so i just carried as many buckets as i could as long as i could and just kept fighting. >> report

our katie nielsen was in altadena along with others ready to help. >> reporter: this is the first full california national guard has been here at the eaton fire. there is a strict curfew in effect for tonight into 6:00 tomorrow morning that started just a few hours ago. it's going to continue on every night indefinitely. that's because looting has been a problem so far. 20 people have been arrested inside the evacuation zones, here at the eaton fire, and also at the palisades fire. for the folks who still have homes here, they say having that extra presence gives them some peace of mind. >> reporter: doug rogers stayed behind on wednesday morning during the worst of the fire storm in altadena, desperate to save his house. >> i saw embers flying. little fires starting. and i knew we had a spot, so i just carried as many buckets as i could for as long as i could, and kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any fire fighting experience. he's a nurse. now all the homes on his block and across the street are gone, except the four he protected with his home depot buckets. >> there is no

our katie nielsen was heading down i-5 today to cover the fires since they passed this strike team coming from marin county. a part of the cavalry of firefighters from northern california, including teams from alameda county and santa rosa. here, we are seeing firefighters from skywalk average, tiburon, and central and southern marin. and a team of 22 firefighters, they are heading to socal from santa clara county, bringing five engines with them. they're going to be assigned to fight the eaton fire near pasadena. and they say all of them have volunteered for the duty, where they could be gone for up to two weeks. >> the two that we have is the training, the special equipment. we have camping gear. we have everything that we need to be self-sufficient for 72 hours. and also to camp out in the dirt if we need to, depending on where the fire front is. >> and the battalion chief wanted locals here to know these assignments are in addition to the firefighters that are still on duty here in the bay area. so he says we are fully covered up here. ryan? >> all right, thanks, anne. >>> first alert

area remain in effect, some people were able to go back to learn the fate of their homes, but as katie nielsen tells us from pacific palisades, that didn't last long. >> reporter: it has been almost a week since the start of the palisades fire and so many people who evacuated on that first day still do not know the fate of their homes. that's why yesterday the l.a. county sheriff's department was actually escorting residents in one by one allowing them back to their properties, but they were so overwhelmed with the number of people that showed up they had to stop doing that today, but there were some people who still came to that road closure anyway trying to get any information they could. >> we got here at 4:00. we were number five, but then they said nobody's allowed in today. >> reporter: james has been trying to get in since yesterday. >> certain things were forgotten. the third story looked like it got burnt. however, it looks like the first floor is intact. other than water damage which we can tolerate, we can get stuff out. >> the guys are giving it everything they have and unfortunate

that is exactly where we find our katie nielsen this evening. she's been reporting all day for us. how are things looking for you right now? >> reporter: juliette, thankfully, the winds have calmed down considerably from what they were yesterday and it gave some of these firefighters a chance to get in and put out some of the hotspots and one of the big things is we saw dozens and dozens of fire trucks from the bay area, engines staffed up here in the eaton fire. as one firefighter told me, it's almost like whac-a-mole. find a hotspot that pops up, knock it down, then look for the next one. the concern is if the winds do pick up, any small smoldering fires could reignite and embers could carry in the wind to the next house or business and catch it on fire. crews are doing everything they can to save homes still standing. some evacuated residents found ways to walk back in today to see what was left of their neighborhoods. >> my neighbor was reporting their house was on fire and i knew it wasn't going to be the same when i got back, but no one knew about mine. i came back and it's n

our katie nielsen is in altadena tonight where she's been checking in with anxious evacuees as well as firefighting crews from here in the bay area helping out. >> reporter: today has really been like whac-a-mole as one firefighter told me earlier today where hotspots pop up and they whack them back down. the goal is to try to make sure none of these fires that are still simmering, smoldering in the remains of these homes really get going again as these winds pick up because then embers can get thrown up into the air and potentially catch homes or businesses on fire that survived the original firestorm. so that is really the plan all night tonight and it's also why this area is still under mandatory evacuation orders, which is causing a lot of people to be very nervous when they're outside the fire lines. >> i'm trying to find out if that fire is coming from where i live, but i can't get any information from anybody. >> reporter: gail cargill didn't know where to go to morning to try to find out if her home is still standing. so she came here along with dozens of other people to the ro

our katie nielsen is live down there for us this evening. we know a lot of bay area strike teams have been sent to the bay area where you are. what are you seeing this evening? >> reporter: yeah, ryan, we actually ran into a lot of those strike teams here in the altadena area today. a lot of the crews were sent into this eaton fire, not the palisades fire. they told us today was almost like whac-a-mole, basically when a hotspot popped up, their job was to go and tamp it down. the reason why, if you look out here in front of me, you can actually see some of these small fires still smoldering in the remains of these homes. the concern is if the winds pick up tonight because we are still under red flag warnings, that embers could be carried up into the air and could then land on some of the homes that have not been burned. those might then catch fire and then you have even more structures lost. so those bay area crews today going around trying to put out these hotspots to make sure that everyone stays safe. now the other part of that is that is

our katie nielsen looks at what's motivating them and other bay area families to make sure no one else suffers the same fate. >> i knew it would be hard to see him up there. he shouldn't be there. >> reporter: lisa marquez is talking about her son fernando who died in 2020 at 17 years old from an accidental fentanyl overdose. >> there's so many young people on there. these are kids. >> reporter: it's part of a fentanyl awareness campaign where people are featured on a digital billboard. >> each angel is displayed over 1,200 times a day on the busiest intersections on travel holidays. >> reporter: michelle sawyer helped organize the billboard ads. she's one of the founders of micah's hugs, a nonprofit named after her stepson who died of an overdose. she and her us are on a mission to educate people about the dangers of fentanyl as well as teach people about narcan. >> a lot of people don't know about fentanyl. they don't know the dangers of it. most fake pills out there are laced with fentanyl and you can't tell the difference, if it's counterfeit or real. >> reporter: she also organize

katie nielsen is live from los angeles with the latest. >>> plus the bay area is coming together forr, john ramos has more on how you can help. >>> and crime in jack london square takes out another long-time business for good. >> i'm very surprised that it happened, you know. we just found out today. >> da lin gets to the bottom of why businesses are suffering and what was the crown jewel of oakland. live from the cbs studios up in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. it is a race against time as fire crews work to contain the fire storm before weather conditions get worse. low humidity and high winds could cause more devastation. in the past 30 minutes, we have learned the death toll has risen to 24 people. 105,000 people have been evacuated. and the fire fight has been going on for six days now. crews are actively battling two major wildfires. the palisades and eaton.

katie nielsen was in altadena along with others ready to help. >> reporter: this is the first full day than -- the california national guard has been here, there is a strict curfew tonight into tomorrow morning, it started just a few hours ago and it is going to continue on every night indefinitely, that is because looting has been a problem so far, 20 people have been arrested inside the evacuation zones here at the eaton fire and the palisades fire and for the folks who still have homes here, they say having that extra presence gives them peace of mind. >> doug rogers stayed behind wednesday morning, desperate to stick -- save his house. >> we had no water pressure, i knew i had this, so i carried as many buckets as i could and kept fighting. >> reporter: he doesn't have any firefighting experience, he is a nurse, now all the homes are gone, except before what he protected with his home depot buckets. now, mixed emotions as the reality of what happened sinks in. >> i just can't express it. >> reporter: a few blocks over, david and his two kids are going around turning off water and g

. >> katie nielsen is live where many people who evacuated still don't know the fate of their homes. katie? >> reporter: andrea, it's been a week since the fire started. so many people still stuck outside of these evacuation zones. yesterday, the l.a. county sheriff's department set up a way where they will be doing escorts to take people in to get to their properties, but they were so overwhelmed by the number of people that showed up. they had to stop doing that today. we were able to talk to some of the people who still went to the road closure area, just trying to get any information they could about the fate of their homes. >> we got here at 4:00. we were number five. but then they would say nobody is allowed in today. >> reporter: james has been trying since yesterday to get back to his condo in the pacific palisades. >> evacuating quickly, and so certain things got forgotten. it looks like they got burned. however, it looks like the first floor is intact. other than water damage, which they could tolerate to get stuff out. >> the guys are giving it everything that they have. an

. >> katie nielsen is in altadena , let's take you over to that. >> reporter: gail didn't know where to go to try to find out if her home is still standing, so she came here along with dozens of other people to the perimeter of the eaton fire in altadena . >> i don't know what is going on. >> reporter: the uncertainty, that is the worst part, she says. while inside the fire lines, crews from the bay area are working to put out hotspots, trying to protect the homes still standing. >> this wall is holding all the heat, it is going to prevent any embers from being kicked out in that direction, when the wind started blowing, it produces a risk for everybody down the line. >> reporter: her house was only one of a few still standing on her block. >> this was total chaos, when we came around the corner, i could not believe it, my neighbor said i think your housemate it, and i said you've got to be kidding. i just started crying. >> reporter: for this engine crew, it is personal, they are from sonoma county, part of the santa rosa fire task force. and scenes like these are all too familiar.

katie nielsen reports from mandeville can you and where firefighters are working to overcome intense winds. >> reporter: we talk about it over and over again and that is the winds. everything that happened today in the palisades fire, all completely wind driven and we are up on the ridgelines above mandeville canyon and the winds are still whipping. firefighters are trying to use the overnight hours to build some containment lines and we have seen dozers on the ridgelines and hand crews getting into trying to do their work. we found one homeowner who said, i don't care how bad it gets, i will not leave. >> i have to do fire pumps. one for the roof and one i will pull to the front of the house . >> reporter: a 60,000 gallon swimming pool is gunnar jensen's fire plan. >> i can fire the pump up and it will protect that side of the house. and i take this pump with the hose around outside of the house and i can protect that side. >> reporter: he has lived in mandeville canyon for 65 years . >> i have been through 10 really bad fires. >> reporter: he does not have any firefighting experien

our katie nielsen looks at what motivates this family and other bay area families to tell their storiesffers this same fate. >> i nigh it would be hard. but different -- to see him up on there. heson there be. >> reporter: lisa marques is talking about her son fernando who died in 2020 at 17 years old from an accidental feint nell overdose. >> these are kids. >> reporter: part of a fentanyl awareness campaign where the pictures of 312 young people who died of overdoses are are featured on a digital billboard off 101 near the san jose airport. >> it's on the busiest intersections on travel holidays. >> reporter: michelle sawyer helped organize the billboard ads. she's one of the founders of may coo's hugs a nonprofit named after her stepson who died of an overdose. they are on a mission to educate people about the dangers of fentanyl as well as teach people about narcan. a medication that can reverse the overdose. >> lot of people don't even know about fentanyl or know the dangers of it. most fake pills out there are laced with fentanyl. and you cannot tell the difference if it's counter

katie nielsen reports from pacific palisades to the l.a. county sheriff's department became overwhelmed with the number of people waiting to be escorted back into burned areas. >> we got here at 4:00. then they said, nobody is allowed in today. >> reporter: james has been trying to get back to his condo in the pacific palisades. >> evacuating quickly and certain things not forgotten. the third story look like it got burnt but it looks like the first floor is intact to other than water damage, which we can tolerate and get stuff out. >> the guys are giving it every thing they have and unfortunately these are the gut punch is that become like a lost. this particular fire would be a five alarm fire and we had five engines. dress different than i am now trying to do what would be 100 people , trying to save this building. >> reporter: the division chief and his team tried for almost 12 hours to keep the condo building from burning. worried the embers could ignite the entire neighborhood about it. but the winds were just too much. >> it was real