gene kang ktla. 5 news. >> yet another chapter in the tiger king saga to talk about tonight. there's new information on a big cat confiscation from the thackerville animal park. those featured in the netflix series. the justice department said today it seized 68 big cats, including lions tigers and a jaguar. the seizure was related to a court approved agreement to settle a complaint against the owners, jeff and lauren lowe who were connected to joe exotic, the self-proclaimed tiger king. the lows took over his exotic exotic animal park in wynnewood in the move to tobaccoville the complaint accuses the lows of inhumane treatment. an attorney for the couple also says the lows, one out of the big cat business officials with the doj say they're working to ensure that the animal seized from the park are sent to responsible animal sanctuaries where >> i wonder what she has to say about this. >> and if you want to get a little taste of the hawaiian islands. vicki liviakis is going help us dine and dish and let us know how we can get our aloha. board am very in the crowd. check out.

that's when the ktla chopper got overhead, they say.nd we've been going along various freeways still highway 91 right now out near surrey dose. >> let's take a listen to the chopper pilots again. >> our health, our full of art beyond that lead lakewood boulevard. about this guy knows it on fire. who knows. maybe it. if the part of what's left of the tires of hard to tell. you know what to say, what they crack in way that by really limited mobility there. but >> however, he dragged now whatever the fire closure. there was ground out of top of the wheel. my guess is that this going slow down over the course. don't know that they like you said, you don't know if the driver knows that it's because it's been smoking for our, you put the low rubber left over from the tire. they just got super heated. >> well, the grinding against pavement as we said for miles and miles been traveling at slow freeway of to stop now. one of 5 that you have. and we shall see what happens as the chopper 5 pointed out, you know that fire now is being holed up unde

this is the video from the camera on the chopper with our sister station ktla.tructure has already burned 180 acres have gone up and there are now evacuation orders in place. >> and you can't really tell from that shot there. there's been fire that has been dropped on the area and looks really can't see too much from this vantage point. but that fire was picking up and spreading because of the winds down there. yeah. this is the antelope valley area. it started about one 30 this afternoon in the area of highway. >> one 38 and the evacuation order was just announced right before we went on the air at 5 o'clock. it's for residents south of highway one 38 to pine view road in from buchanan road east to smoke tree road. so we'll keep an eye on this and when developments warrant, we will break in, let you know about them. >> in a national news tonight the republican party removed congresswoman liz cheney from her position as the gop conference chair kron four's, washington correspondent basil john reports now on reaction to the vote and who could take her spot. >> we

our sister station ktla will provide some live coverage from staples center in southern california.r, folks, the warriors is not over. we'll have another crack at it right here at home on friday. that is if they lose tonight. back to you guys. >> all right. jason, appreciate it. and let's hope can have one of those magical nights and they they shocked the world because they're underdogs hollywood is tinsel town. maybe you can write in my script come movie or something. and for a lot of point wouldn't bet against them now. neither would i thanks, jayson. by the way, you can stay up to date on the dubs as they pursue another championship here in the postseason just scan this qr code on your screen. use that. >> camera on your phone. it will take you right to the kron 4 sports page there. you can get the latest on not just the worries but also the other bay area sports teams you can find what you need to know about tonight's game last minute ticket prices and a gallery of fan photos. you can upload your picks by downloading the kron 4 app and sharing them with us to shoes. the reported

ktla. 5 news. >> now to a story just outside of turlock warehouse fire killed a father and his 2 sonsews say they tried to rescue them but had to stop because the roof collapse from the flames. and now that small community of dana air is mourning the devastating loss. we've got jimmy nguyen with the story. >> was a tragedy to hit the small community like near things like this don't happen. death. >> just looking at what's left of this house in donaire has people like henry alvarado feeling a sense of sadness. he's lived in this neighborhood for quite some time. >> i've got a lot of pain. that before the mother. >> though, hearing according to the stanislaw county sheriff's office, deputies and firefighters got to this house around one 45 this morning after someone called 911. wants fire was able to extinguish those flames. >> we >> we have 3 people that were unaccounted for sergeant luke shorts with the sheriff's office says unfortunately the 3 people that were still inside did not survive an adult male and 2 children to juvenile male children the sheriff's office is not yet releasing

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i'm lauren lyster ktla 5 news. >> still to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 8.e'll let you know how you can celebrate cinco de mile here in san francisco this year. also, we'll let you know how you can also enjoy the monterey aquarium as they slowly. welcome folks back for the first time since the >> a group in the mission district is getting an early start on the cinco de mayo celebrations this year. the founder of the mission food hub is organizing a community bike ride this weekend. it's set to get underway tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at petro del sol park in the mission district. >> and after this said ammonia, we're going to have wrecked this would be those. we're going to give everybody shows free burrito. we're going to give away free cinco de mile mask. we keep yourself covered. we're going to give away free a single them out t-shirts for everybody that participates and then we've rollout at 1 o'clock in the afternoon up 24 street and then down mission street, then down 16th street down to the embarcadero. all the way to fisherman's wharf so we can do

. >> ktla obtained this photo showing at least 10 people on the balcony perched above the rocks leading into the ocean. some sitting and leaning against the railing. >> it could have a lot worse. but. >> that was chris pace reporting for us tonight. meanwhile, take a look at this dramatic rescue from state beach over the weekend. 3 men found themselves stranded on the rocks a few 100 yards from shore last night around 8 o'clock says near high tide, a coast guard helicopter had to be called in to rescue at least one of them in the 2 others rescued by boats in the water. let's talk weather this sunday night at 9 o'clock. a live look along the san francisco embarcadero happy mother's day to all the moms out there. i'm sure the embarcadero was a packed place with a lot of folks spring in mom out for brunch and a little stroll along the waterfront kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is here tonight to get you ready for the start of your monday. and it's not looking too good with regard to the fire danger yeah. unfortunately, fire weather going to stick around with those. >> dangerous cond

. >> john ktla 5 news. >> take a look at this. a hand with thousands of people attending in southern california and many breaking covid rules. this happened saturday night at huntington beach. the party was promoted on a tiktok video that went viral about 2500 people showed up with the party flowing into the downtown area. people were seen climbing up polls and hurling objects at police. a curfew went into effect to calm things down in the in a 149 people were arrested business owners fit sunday morning cleaning up the mess that was left behind. >> kids you. >> no remorse. >> therefore all day long say yeah, we did this all we seeing kids driving by like. also funny, you know. >> it's not funny, guys. it's not him. >> well. the arrest included vandalism failure to disperse and firing off illegal fireworks. many of those arrested. miners. >> we'll take a 51 is the time. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news rattlesnake season starting early this year. what do you do if you come across one and we'll have some tips for you coming

you can use the code ktla 5. but that info is on our website as well. all right.s is pretty cool. we've getting a lot of videos and to the kron 4 news room tonight and people tweeting us about what we're looking at here. i know this looks like a dark screen, but what people are seeing moving across the sky. are these white lights in the line and people are thinking in is the u.s. i would being invaded are the stars moving what's going on we've seen a couple videos coming into the newsroom. and i i know it's hard to tell from this. but that's what's happening. and this happened a couple weeks ago to where people were reported seeing this like anywhere from bike across california, even into arizona and what we believe that's actually happening right now as that they are elon musk's space x starlink satellites that are moving across the sky tonight. so 54 of them are being deployed. >> according according to the twitter site. for the space x starlink 54 of them are being tonight. they're being launched you know, do their thing up in up in the atmosphere and. >> colle

ktla. 5 news. >> 6.22. is the time.nd coming up here on the kron 00:00am morning news people have been flocking to the wine country for this memorial day weekend. we'll tell you how the business is up their shoes sure are loving this uptick in tourism. and before we go to break, here's another live. look this morning from arlington national cemetery in virginia where we can see. >> the 2 for the unknown soldier here and the platform set up for the laying of the wreath. we expect president biden to be there in about a half hour from now. little more than a half hour from now for that ceremony will bring that to you. life. we'll be right back. this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. in our home, we trust dawn antibacterial. it cuts through tough grease with 50% less scrubbing... so our dishes get cleaner, faster. even better, dawn antibacterial removes 99% of bacteria from your hands. we're cleaning now more tha

. >> john ktla 5 news. >> take a look at this party got way out of hand with thousands of people attending the parties was in southern california. any breaking covid rules. this happened saturday night in huntington beach. the party was promoted on a tiktok video went viral about 2500 people ended up showing up with the party flowing into the downtown area. people were seen climbing on polls hurling objects at police. it just got way out of hand. a curfew went into effect to try to calm things down in the end, a 149 people were arrested. business owners spent sunday morning cleaning up the mess that was left behind. >> kids are out too. >> no remorse. >> therefore, all day long say yeah, we did this all we seeing kids driving by like also funny, you know. >> it's not funny, guys. it's not. >> and the arrests included charges of vandalism failure to disperse and firing off illegal fireworks. many of those arrested where minors. >> a growing number of republican lawmakers are moving forward with plans to in the covid-19 unemployment benefits. so starting next month. at least 22 states are go

ktla. 5 news. >> still ahead, we continue to honor the victims of last week's mass shooting in san joseyou will hear from the wife of one of the victims of what their last moments. >> president joe biden is marking his first memorial day weekend as commander in chief by honoring america's fallen heroes in a personal way. >> the president returned to his home state of delaware today attending the annual the commemoration in the newcastle with his grandson hunter in attendance biden honored military personnel for their service and console. the grieving families we have lost loved ones in the line of duty. he also said the holidays, especially difficult for him. since his son beau a veteran died from brain cancer. 6 years ago today. >> i know how much the last search. i know the black hole lead in the middle your chest. it feels like we may get into it and not come out. all i know nothing now. i can say ease the pain. i just know that each year it gets a little bit. little bit news. >> the president plans to honor our nation's heroes at arlington national cemetery tomorrow for the annual m

the topanga area as the palisades brush fire continues to spread gene kang with our sister station ktlae pacific palisades. jean, last we checked these flames have scorched nearly 800 acres. what is the latest down there. >> yeah, good morning. know. first of all, just to set the scene here for you folks in the northern california area. this location is about 30 minutes away from downtown l a as you see a lot of action fire trucks lined up here. this is one of the trailhead that's going into the santa monica mountains where you see a large plume of white smoke this morning and they're going to be very busy this morning. we're talking about those numbers. the palisades fire scorched 750 acres. it is growing this morning. it is still 0% contained. this is really impact impacting a lot of folks here are 500 homes, a 1000 people and because of the rocky terrain, they have to hit this in the air. well, you here at the fire broke out friday night in a remote area of the santa monica mountains near a large residential area by the coast. firefighters worried about dry vegetation that can act as