where kelsi was right now did not look like it was windy yet, right? >> yes. the biggest issue is the period of how long it has been dry and windy and the fact of the location of these fires. they are the most devastating fires buzz they are not but they are not the largest fires california has seen. they are close to homes, close to businesses and communities. that is the reason. earlier this fire season in september there were three huge fires that were blazing. the bridge fire, the line fire and the airport fire all well above 20,000 acres. in fact the bridge fire over 50,000 acres. look at the number of structures it burned. 81. still a good amount. not nearly as devastating as our current fires blazing right now. and the reason is because look how close they are to communities. look how close they are to areas that are very heavily populated. so, that means everything that is burning is not trees. not what is normally burning in wildfires. they are burning plastics. anyone that lives in southern california. even though the smoke might not be dons and the

kelsi thorud has been talking to people, quite a lot for people to worry about. another night of more wind. >> reporter: that is exactly right, juliette. we have been out here pretty much all day at this checkpoint in brentwood, watching homeowners trying to get in. they still have a checkpoint here. they will be out here all night. it is the national guard as well as police. now, they are only allowing in first responders and residents who have a specific permit that they have to get through the city to let them in here. you are talking, though, they are worried the winds can pick up. that is why the area is still under a mandatory evacuation order. that has been frustrating for a lot of homeowners trying to get back into their houses to retrieve a few things. we spoke to a woman who has lived nearby and has not had power for the last week. >> reporter: it has been an exhausting week for eileen and her friend april. >> it is just really. it is very difficult. hard to put into words being displaced like this. >> reporter: she lives in brentwood, april in pasadena

kelsi thorud has his story. >> reporter: that is right. so many homes destroyed and several that did not. we met a man earlier today who has been camping out in his home since the flames came through last week. >> a bunch of flashlights, rechargeable. lights, gas burner. >> reporter: they have been camping out inside of their altadena home since the eaton fire tore through last week. >> we are on an emotional roller coaster. we are staying, can not leave but it is up and down. >> reporter: he is just one of hundreds of people estimated to still be living in their homes inside the burn zone. we met him as he was making his way home after picking up some supplies at a nearby pop up station within the zone. >> nice to meet you. >> jim. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the entire perimeter of the burn zone in altadena is guarded by the police and national guard. he is as in he were to leave the zone he would not be allowed back in. even as we were following him back up to his house he got pulled over by chp. >> that was the first time the she

kelsi? >> reporter: hey, ryan. yeah, i mean the devastation here is just really hard to comprehend once you get on the ground and you actually see it yourself. but the good news is the recovery effort is slowly inching forward. now those who live here, most of them are not allowed back in this area. first responders are going through all these houses. what they're doing, they're looking to make sure water, gas, power, all of that is turned off and the structures are somewhat stable. so when people come back, they're not walking into debris and having things fall. but only local person that we saw here all day today was a local man who would own a construction company. he was out here with a crew of about 30 people going down these streets, cleaning up debris and trees. his neighbor was chuck hart, where he was out there as i said with a crew of people. he's the owner of the local construction company, as he told us he's been here in the palisades since the fire started last week. now on the day of the flames, he wo

hi, kelsi. >> reporter: hi, juliette. yeah, we are actually right on the edge of the evacuation zones, so you can see this check point here behind me. they have these all across brentwood here tonight. and so it is police and national guard, who are staged out here, and they are only letting in first responders and residents who actually have a permit from the city. and now this entire area like you were just saying, they do not have power right now. and so many people who live in this neighborhood have not been able to stay in their homes, so many people have been trying to come in here as we have seen people trying to come through to get to their homes, to get important documents, or to really check on their homes. and officials are not letting them through, which has caused a lot of frustrations. >> i want to go home to get some medicine for my wife. and they won't let me go one block out. >> reporter: emotions are running high where evacuation orders remain in place as they brace for another round of high winds. >> wi

kelsi thorud is live for us in southern california. the she spoke to a man who is playing a crucial role in making that all happen. hi, kelsi. >> reporter: yeah, i mean you're talking about all the homes destroyeded in this fire. this is one behind me. if you walk over here to where the homes are on, you can see it's perfectly clear. that's in part to one man who rode out the fires here, last week when they came through. >> the whole town son fire. the high school is gone. we still have water pressure here. >> reporter: this video is shot by chuck hart as his beloved neighborhood went up in flames. >> i don't even know, but it's all the way down to the beach. >> reporter: chuck spent that first day doing all he could to save his home and his mom's. >> can we get a little bit of water over here? >> reporter: miraculously he saved both homes. but the rest of the neighborhood was flattened. chuck, who owns a local construction company, grabbed all the gear he could. >> loaded everybody up. chain saws in, like fueled up, ready to roll. jus

our kelsi thorud joins us live in the brentwood neighborhood where evacuations are still in place as people would watch for those winds, kelsey? >> reporter: hey, ryan. yeah, we are actually right on the border of where the evacuation zone is here. you can see behind me, it had is the check point. you see there is police out here. there's national guard. they're only letting in first responders and residents who can show proof that they got a permit from the city. so they're being very strict about who they are letting in this neighborhood. that is because as you said, they are still worried about this area. the palisades fire, still not 100% contained. worst-case scenario if something were to pick up overnight, this would be the neighborhood at risk that's why it's under an evacuation order. a lot of residents have been out of their homes now for about a week. they're starting to get frustrated. we spoke with one woman who hasn't had power in her home for a week. it's been an exhausting week. >> it's just very difficult. it's hard to put into words being displaced like this. >> repo

. >>> i'm kelsi thorud.hen we come back, a san francisco native didn't forget her roots while she was on the golden globe stage. >> it's so nice. oh, my gosh, thank you so, so much. >> we'll have more from comedian ali wong's acceptance speech and her special shout out to one local club. >>> and a group of people hoping to cook with fresh ingredients learned a scary lesson when they figured out their produce was poisonous. >>> and a bad trip that one man could not get away from literally, how he finally got out of a waymo that was stuck going around and around in circles. >>> the wind advisory has been expanded to include most of the bay area. now this goes through wednesday morning, but the strongest winds will occur in southern california. we'll talk about the fire threat there and peak gusts closer to homecoming up in the first alert forecast. heidi covey: so, i have an eye disease that causes blindness. i have moments where i get a little bit sad because i just can't see things that i used to. dr. stanle

our kelsi thorud is live in altadena. you spent some time in some of those neighborhoods devastated by the eaton fire. >> reporter: you can see one of the houses behind me and this is a very common sight here in altadena, but there's another thing a lot of people are talking about here and that's the hundreds of people that are actually still living in the burn zone because their homes were okay like these homes just across the street. we actually met one man earlier today who said he's been camping out in his home since the flames passed through here. >> a bunch of flashlights, rechargeable, aas, headlights, lighters. we have a propane gas stove we take outside. >> reporter: he and his wife have been camping out inside their altadena home since the eaton fire tore through last week. >> we're on this emotional roller coaster where we're still staying. we can't leave, but it's up and down. >> reporter: just one of hundreds of people estimated to still be living in their homes inside the burn zone. we met him as he was maki

our kelsi thorud has his story. >> reporter: so many people lost everything in the eaton fire here in altadena, including the owners of this home here behind me, but also at the same time there were hundreds of people whose homes were not impacted by the flames, including one man we spoke with earlier today. >> a bunch of flashlights, rechargeable, aas, headlights, lighters. we have this propane gas stove. we take it outside. >> reporter: ruslan and his wife have been camping out inside their altadena home since the eaton fire tore through last week. >> we're on this emotional roller coaster where we're still staying, we can't leave, about the it's up and down. >> reporter: he's one of hundreds of people estimated to still be living in their homes inside the burn zone. we met him as he was making his way home after picking up some supplies at a nearby pop-up station within the zone. kelsi, nice to meet you. >> this is jim. >> reporter: the entire perimeter of the burn zone in altadena is heavily guarded by police and national guard. ruslan says if he were to leave the zone, he wouldn'

. >> good morning, i'm kelsi thorud , late yesterday, new evacuation orders were ordered near interstate 405 after a flareup on the eastern side of the palisades fire. at least 11 people have been killed including five of palisades fire and six from the eaton fire. the fire consumed about 56 square miles, an area larger than san francisco, tens of thousands of people remain under evacuation orders. the fires are the most catastrophic that los angeles county has ever seen, and we have the latest developments. >> reporter: firefighters racing towards los angeles neighborhoods, residents facing the palisades fire, with new evacuation orders as the weekend began. >> i took all my family photos of my grandfather who recently passed, those are the only things we took. >> reporter:, wind is helping the firefighters gain some control but the wind is forecasted to pick back up in an area that hasn't seen major rain in more than eight months and there is none in the forecast. >> people are watering down their homes, they are trying to get ahead of the game, people have to come together and help ou

kelsi thorud has a look at how ordinary people are pitching in to help clear the burned-out areas. >> reporter: yes, you were talking about those red dots on the map, symbolizing destroyed homes, this is one here behind me and this is one of just dozens on the streets that we are on here tonight, but come with me over here, we are going to go onto the street and this is miraculous, this street totally clear of debris, that is thanks to one local man who spent the time here fighting the fire, stating his own home and after that, came out to clear the streets to help first responders get through. >> the town was on fire, the high school is gone, we still have water pressure here. >> reporter: this video was shot by chuck hart as his beloved neighborhood of pacific palisades went up in flames. chuck spent that first day doing all he could to save both his home and his mom's. >> can we get a little bit of water over here real quick? just on the corner. >> reporter: miraculously, he saved both homes but so much of the rest of the neighborhood was flattened, so once the worst of the flames

i'm kelsi thorud. death toll from the wildfires in los angeles county has risen to 16 with more than 12,000 churches destroyed or damaged. this morning, cal fire reports the containment remains unchanged for both the policies fire at 11% and the eaton fire at 15%. the palisades fire grew yesterday by 1000 acres and strong winds are expected to complicate efforts. evacuation warnings remain in effect for more than 150,000 residents. including areas near landmarks like the getty museum and ucla. the fires have burned 62 square miles , an area larger than san francisco. or fatalities are expected, as search teams combed through affected neighborhoods. the situation remains critical with higher winds in the forecast for tomorrow. l.a. county is receiving international support to combat the ongoing wildfires. that includes 70 firefighters who just arrived from mexico to join some 40,000 personnel already working to contain those multiple blazes. those firefighters from south of the border landed at lax on s

kelsi thorud is live in altadena for us talking to people in the evacuation zone who stayed in their homes and actually rode things out. >> reporter: yeah. it's estimated that hundreds of people stayed in the burn zone after these fires went through. most of them are people whose homes were not damaged by the flames, but the issue here is if people leave the burn zone, they're not allowed back in. so they're having a lot of trouble getting supplies and that's where groups like these guys come in. they've been out here since the fire started 24/7 handing out meals and different supplies to both first responders and all the people still living here in the burn zone. jerry brown is one of countless volunteers doing all they can to help those still living inside the burn zone in altadena. >> initially we came to be able to take care of the emergency response people and then, you know, that's highway patrol, police, sheriff, all the firefighters, but then quickly we found out that there were many shut-ins that never left. >> reporter: hundreds of people are estimated to still be living in

our kelsi thorud spoke with local fire survivors. >> some people it took five years to get their houseebuilt. >> reporter: pamela said she can't help but feel on high alert seeing the images coming out of southern california. >> i snap into a vigilance kind of like i've got to stay abreast of what the latest information is. >> reporter: just like the thousands of people coming home to nothing but ash down there, pamela and her family lost everything when the tubbs fire plowed through their santa rosa neighborhood back in 2017. >> it felt like when, you know, in wizard of oz and she looks out the window and it's a tornado. that's what it looked like when i looked out my window. >> reporter: pamela and her family escaped the flames in the nick of time, but their house along with the entire coffey park neighborhood, was destroyed. >> it looks like a war zone or like the moonscape. i mean it's just flat. there's nothing. >> it hit me more today than yesterday. >> reporter: steve rahm also lost his home in the tubbs fire. >> we had my mother-in-law, a dog, my niece, my wife all piled in the

kelsi thorud looks at how city leaders are hoping to lure businesses back. >>>>another blow to san francisco's retail market. bloomingdale's, the last major flagship store in the struggling san francisco center, has announced it too, will be closing. >>>>it's really upsetting because, you know, this is the only nice shopping center that we have in the city. >>>>this is just the latest in a string of stores leaving the mall. nordstrom rack, michael kors and the cinemark theater have all shuttered. the closure also comes after macy's, bloomingdale's parent company, announced the closure of its flagship location in union square. >>>>this is. all bloomingdale that i have on all this wonderful stuff, and saks fifth avenue. so what am i going to find that wonderful stuff now? it's a mess. >>>>mayor daniel lurie didn't waste any time responding to the company's announcement, posting this video on x saying his team is already working on solutions to getting retail back into the city. >>>>we're going to make sure downtown is safe and clean. we are going to start a ne

we will go live to kelsi thorud there. >>> plus a decade's long plan to divert delta water through theproval from a bay area water agency. but why people living near the delta say it could be an environmental and economic disaster. >>> and as san francisco welcomes their first major conference of the year, we will hear from tourism officials about why they are optimistic about 2025. all that coming up at 6:00. but let's get to vern in sports. kia, movement that will inspire. and the warriors, on a tail spin of losses from 12-3. they just lost to a team with eight wins total. they just did not drop enough in toronto. and then an eight-win team, they got them. the last night stirred up the trade talks among the fan base, where they will really believe that tay should not make a move? >> you'll want to continue to be better as you don't want to be in that situation where they are passing up opportunities. and it doesn't mean that you're desperate. just as you want to do something. >>> currently the team does not have a strong consistent score to compliment the game, who cannot do this alo

let's get to our kelsi thorud. tell us where you are now and tell us what crews are doing to prepare for another dangerous night. >> reporter: yeah, juliette. we're in la la quinata flintridge. this is an inmate hand crew. you hear a lot about california prisoners coming out and helping during wildfire incidents like this and this is them in action. this is one of the areas that cal fire is worried if the winds go pick up overnight, the eaton fire could come back this direction. we're kind of northwest of altadena, the area pretty much demolished by the eaton fire last week. you can see what these crews are doing. they are pulling all this brush down off of this hill trying to help if a fire does actually come back towards this way. it will not be as traumatic or intense as we saw last week. so they're cutting branches. they're cutting trees, bushes, everything they can to just clear debris out of this area and this is actually right next to a water tank in this neighborhood and this neighborhood is right on the to

our kelsi thorud talked with several business owners who want oakland's new reputation to be dining destination. >> reporter: what better way to showcase the energy and joy of a city than through its food? that's the newly launched oakland restaurant collective's vision when they hope their brand, savor oakland, will inspire. >> the one thing that is arcane to who we are, we always have broken bread. >> reporter: paul iglesias is a founding member of the collective. he also owns two restaurants in the city. >> i also own a contemporary afghan restaurant. both i own with my wife. >> reporter: paul said he and a few other restaurant owners decided to create the collective, not only to help the restaurant industry in the city, but to help bring oakland's reputation back up to what they believe the city has always been. >> the narrative, the things people have said about oakland, were also part perception, if that makes sense. there's a way for us to be able to trigger and talk about things that are negative and then other people will say that those things are negative, whereas it's almost like the

our kelsi thorud takes a closer look at trump's second term. >> reporter: from meta's mark zuckerberg to apple's tim cook along with amazon's jeff bezos and tesla's elon musk, the titans of america's tech industry were all on hand for president donald trump's swearing in. >> silicon valley's been powerful for five decades now. it's not some out of the way no nothing. it's a very powerful industry, but it's never been so involved at the highest levels of government. >> reporter: jason brooks, the anchor of moneywatch on kcbs radio, says he's not surprised to see the tech industry's biggest names cozying up with the new administration. >> for a long time the tech industry just held onto these old norms we're going to do things our way. we don't want to be concerned about politics or social issues, but tech is too big now. >> reporter: he says the relationship elon musk has been able to forge with president trump has shown many in the industry the power a close connection with the president could have. >> i think these other ceos of these very influential and powerful tech companies can

our kelsi thorud spoke with a man who plays a crucial role in figuring out when people can return. >> reporter: well, you can see the utter destruction here behind me. this is just one of several homes on this street that were destroyed by the palisades fire, but come with me onto the street and you see it's perfectly clear, no debris. that is thanks to one local man who spent his time after the fire with a crew going through here clearing these streets to help first responders. >> the town's on fire. high school's gone. we still have water pressure here. i got to pull the guys from up above mom's house. >> reporter: this video was shot by chuck hart as his beloved neighborhood of pacific palisades went up in flames. >> i don't even know. we haven't left, but i'm guessing it's all the way from -- down to the beach. >> reporter: chuck spent that first day doing all he could to save both his home and his mom's. >> ryan, can we get a little bit of water over here real quick? yeah. just on that corner. >> reporter: miraculously, he saved both homes, but so much of the rest of the neighbor

our kelsi thorud looks into the mystery and why some are calling them a vigilante. >> i parked all theere just because of those red lines. >> reporter: erick rodriguez has been working at a construction site near the intersection of balboa and 18th for the last few weeks. he says it's always been a little tricky finding parking in the morning but then this week things got even more complicated. >> that whole block over there was painted red. we had to wait to look for parking. we couldn't even start to work early. we started late just because we couldn't find parking. >> reporter: sfmta officials say several red zones were painted illegally this week. >> it makes me really upset, because i had to go around the block for 15 minutes to look for parking today. i didn't need to do that if we have more parking spots regarding it. >> reporter: california's new daylighting law has now made it illegal for cars to park within 20 feet of any intersection. the city says it's working on painting red zones at intersections in school zones but says many other intersections in the city won't have any

our kelsi thorud has more. >> reporter: richard says he was working behind the counter at all star cafe monday night when gunshots rang out. >> everybody thought it was fireworks. everybody's turning around, looking. after that everybody just ducked, you know, because it just kept going. >> reporter: richard says after that cops flooded the area. >> we saw like ten cop cars pull up. and they were all just posted up around the perimeter waiting. >> reporter: richard says he quickly closed up his shop and got out of there. it wasn't until later he learned the man who was shot was the owner of the dispensary across the street. >> he's a very respectful dude. he's cool. he'll talk to you if you're smoking in there. sometimes he would smoke with us. >> reporter: jason gray says that man is martin olive, the owner of the vapor room. >> martin is one of the wittiest, like most clever people i've ever known. and he doesn't deserve what happened to him. >> reporter: jason told me he's known martin for close to 20 years. they met in the lower hait when jason gave martin a tattoo. >> we became ver

. >> kelsi thorud takes a closer look at the tech industry shift to embrace a second the trump administration >> reporter: from mark zuckerberg to tim cook and jeff bezos and elon musk, the titans of americans tech industry were all on hand for president donald trump's swearing-in. >> silicon valley has been powerful or five decades now and it is not some out-of-the-way nothing. a very powerful industry. it has never been so involved at the highest levels of government. >> reporter: jason brooks, the anchor of money watch on the cbs radio says he is not surprised to see the tech industry's biggest names cozying up with the new administration. >> for a long time the tech industry held onto these old norms with we will do things our way and we don't want to be concerned about politics or social issues and things like that. tech is to be for that now. >> reporter: jason says the relationship elon musk has been able to forge with president trump has shown many in the industry the power a close connection with the president could have . >> i think the other ceos and the influential and powerful te

. >> but if you don't, kelsi thorud has this for you. . >> reporter: in any type of emergency from a wildfire to an earthquake, having a go bag and a preparedness kit is critical. >> imagine if you turn around and the fire's right there and you have to leave. if you had everything predesignated, that makes things a lot easier. >> captain jonathan baxter with the san francisco fire department says when it comes to what to pack in your go bag, think of the peas. >> personal property, like your documents, your driver's license, your passport. think about prescriptions or medications that you may need. your cellphone, cellphone charger. think about your personal computer. these are things that are essential. >> reporter: captain baxter says every family member should have their own go bag, including pets. >> some families decide to take a large bag and put individual bags into that bag that has everyone's in there. other families decide to have every family member have their go bag in an accessible location. that's your decision. the importance is actually having that go bag and knowing

our kelsi thorud is in the brentwood area of los angeles where people have been trying to get into the evacuation zone. >> i want to go home to get some medicine for my wife. and they don't let me to go even one block up. >> reporter: emotions running high in los angeles' brentwood neighborhood where mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as the area braces for another round of high winds. >> they're telling me go to zuma beach and get a pass from them. i don't know where zuma beach is. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the national guard and police have been deployed to keep the neighborhood safe. but residents say they're being turned away. not allowed to even run into their own homes to grab medications or important documents. >> two days ago i was able to get through without any documents. this time, we have to go all the way to zuma beach to get a permit. which makes things a lot harder for us. >> reporter: dan and homa fanny say they're staying at a hotel in another part of town and they understand the fire risk high for their neighborhood but they still wish they could

our kelsi thorud is there. >>>>reporter. >>the chilly weather didn't stop too many. started off with some charcuterie. charcuterie and a little bit of brut, and we're about to go to the water bar and just have some oysters and have a good time. pete little told >>>>us >>he grew up in >>>>martinez, >>moved to san francisco. he says this will be >>>>his >>first time ever taking in the city's new year's fireworks. i'm very excited to see them. i can't wait, i think they're going to be awesome. >>>>happy new year, >>>>mom! three. oh! >>>>right. >>they told us they've seen the fireworks many times. so this year they decided to head over to the other side of the city to spend the evening with some family. my son and my nephews, are in their house and we are going to celebrate the new year together and open a champagne and then just enjoy it. koushik das told >>>>us >>he and his daughter watched the fireworks a few years ago. he's thinking about braving the crowds to watch them again this year. it's our third year here, and my daughter actually likes, you know, the firework

our kelsi thorud is there. >>>>reporter. >>the chilly weather didn't stop too many. started off with some charcuterie. charcuterie and a little bit of brut, and we're about to go to the water bar and just have some oysters and have a good time. pete little told >>>>us >>he grew up in >>>>martinez, >>moved to san francisco. he says this will be >>>>his >>first time ever taking in the city's new year's fireworks. i'm very excited to see them. i can't wait, i think they're going to be awesome. >>>>happy new year, >>>>mom! three. oh! >>>>right. >>they told us they've seen the fireworks many times. so this year they decided to head over to the other side of the city to spend the evening with some family. my son and my nephews, are in their house and we are going to celebrate the new year together and open a champagne and then just enjoy it. koushik das told >>>>us >>he and his daughter watched the fireworks a few years ago. he's thinking about braving the crowds to watch them again this year. it's our third year here, and my daughter actually likes, you know, the firework