chief crowley. >> my name is anthony the county of los angeles fire chief. and i'm going to give an la county update in addition to region. one update. for the eaton fire in los angeles county helped edina pasadena and sierra madre, the la county fire department continues to be unified command with the u.s. forest service and the pasadena and sierra madre fire departments. in addition to our law enforcement partners. the fire has been mapped this afternoon at 10,600 acres and it is still growing. we have 0% containment. we have over 750 firefighting personnel assigned on the line and mutual aid resources from out of state, including arizona, have arrived to assist us with this firefight. unfortunately. we have 5 reported civilian fatalities. a number of injuries and over 1000 structures damaged or destroyed. the cause of the fire is unknown and under active investigation by both the los angeles county fire department, los angeles county sheriff's department. and the u.s. forest service arson. investigators. and the moment we learn the cause of this fire, we w

the los angeles _ through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department is prepared. h low relative humidity and learn soil moisture will keep the fire threat _ moisture will keep the fire threat in los angeles county very— threat in los angeles county very high. —— low moisture. i ask— very high. —— low moisture. i ask those _ very high. —— low moisture. i ask those in _ very high. —— low moisture. i ask those in fire prone areas to understand that the necessary public safety power is shut — necessary public safety power is shut offs are important for our collective safety, in preventing the next wildfire natural _ preventing the next wildfire natural disaster. i would like to express my gratitude to the los angeles county board chair, supervisor— los angeles county board chair, supervisor kathryn barbour, and supervisor — supervisor kathryn barbour, and supervisor lindsay horvat, for their— supervisor lindsay horvat, for their leadership and unwavering surrport— their leadership and unwavering support of our residents, my fire — support of our residents, my fire depa

sir. >> good morning, robert luna, sheriff of los angeles county. currently we have well over 4 hundred sheriff's personnel deployed to the fires in addition to normal staffing for patrol-related functions throughout the county of los angeles. deputies continue to assist our residents with evacuations they are performing a lot of humanitarian missions, so many stories to shore providing food and blankets to people. rescuing people who unfortunately did not evacuate when asked to. you've heard it over and over up here. a lot of the stories of heroic actions by our deputy sheriffs, police officers, firefighters, a lot of them are taking place from people who did not choose to evacuate. putting their own lives at risk. so please if you are asked to evacuate, evacuate. it is not only your life you are putting in danger. we continue to conduct roving patrols, manning hard road closures, providing security and evacuation areas to prevent anyone who may be tempted to engage in criminal behavior like looting. it was mentioned earlier before by the supervisor

and we're staying on top of the fires in los angeles county for the latest. you can head to our web site kron 4 dot com. still ahead, coverage of the wildfires continues. the death toll again, the rising to 16. also the concern about violent crime. >> continues an open just most recently, triple shooting at a recently, triple shooting at a community center. are you 50 or older? well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. heidi covey: so, i have an eye disease that causes blindness. i have moments where i get a little bit sad because i just to be hospitalized. can't see things that i used to. dr. stanley taught me to trust in the lord even when you don't want to. god is such a faithful father. nothing that happens to us isn't without his eye upon it. >> 2 people are dead. another hospitalized after a triple shooting last night in oakland on telegraph avenue and 55th street a

we want to let you know that five fires in los angeles county have burned more than 27,000 acres so far. that's 42mi■!s. the longest burning fire is the pacific palisades fire. it's already become the most destructive in l.a. history, and it's still burning out of control at this moment. we want to take a look now at the impact. by the numbers, at least 70,000 residents of l.a. county have been ordered to evacuate as of this morning. altogether, the fire has threatened at least 28,000 structures and different sections of the county, and los angeles fire chief said that 1000 have already been destroyed in the palisades area alone. well, let's get a look now at exactly where those wildfires are burning. we know a fifth fire just broke out. it's called the lidia fire that's up near santa clarita. the first that ignited tuesday morning is the palisades fire just west of malibu. the largest of these five fires is the eaton fire. that fire is the one that we mentioned, is now being blamed for five deaths so far. and we also want to tell you about the first fire that was ignited last night in

fire officials calling this the most destructive fire in los angeles county history. governor gavin newsom announcing the state and mobilize up to 140 additional water tenders to assist in the ongoing firefight. los angeles county. by now, more than 7505 fighting and emergency personnel from up and down. california are in l a they include dozens of firefighters from the bay area apartments in san francisco, santa clara, alameda and sonoma counties since strike teams and fire engines. police have identified the victim shot and killed at a gas station in san francisco's mission district on new year's day. 36 children, rodell de avila, garcia was found dead at a gas station on south van ness avenue. police say the shooter drove away. they quickly tracked him down and they arrested him. and today the nation is saying its final goodbye. president jimmy carter as world leaders, government officials and average americans gathered in washington, d.c., for the former president's state funeral. >> by now, i'm one for the bay area, but not just yet for southern california. here's

about current evacuation orders or warnings or the many street closures that we have here in los angeles county, please visit l.a. county dot gov slash emergency for updated information. and with that, i am going to now introduce the fire chief for los angeles county. uh, best looking fire chief, uh, tony moroney. thank you. thank you. >> thank you. sheriff luna and supervisor barger, chair of the board. so i'm going to limit my my comments to an update for the eaton fire here in los angeles county that's affecting the unincorporated community of altadena. in addition to the cities of pasadena, arcadia, and sierra madre, we remain in unified command. however, we have added one unified command partner. um, cal fire incident management team three has been assigned to the incident to assist with recovery operations, recovery operations consists of trying to coordinate all of our human remain detection teams that will be going house to house to make sure that we can account for anybody who's been killed in the fire. also, setting up community recovery centers. they're also going to be doing damage

los angeles area wildfires. the newest wildfire is burning in woodland hills near the county line separating los angeles and venturas. investigators think that fire was deliberately set. it's burned just under a thousand acres, temporarily forced a neighborhood to evacuate, and it is 35% contained. >> now, the los angeles county coroner's office is now saying the death toll has increased to ten. the palisades fire, still the largest of the fires, burning nearly 20,000 acres, only 6% contained at this point. the eaton fire in the pasadena area has burned more than 13,000 acres, and containment there remains at 0%. and the hurst fire near sylmar has burned 771 acres. it is now 3,137% contained. >> and while the firefighters are starting to make some progress, it will probably take days or even weeks before they get this under control. >> ali rasmus joining us now in studio with the firefight against the two biggest fires burning there in los angeles. ali? >> yeah, the two biggest fires, the palisades and eaton fires combined. they've consumed about 30,000 acres in los angeles county. they've killed at least ten peopl

have to do their work and will lead us out of the crisis that we face here in the city of los angeles and the county of los angeles today. also, lastly, just grateful for the work of the president of the united states. kicked in for us late last night, who happens to be in southern california. the governor was with us in the pacific palisades last night and has helped out in a range of municipalities around the county and outside the county have come in to help where they can. and we're extremely, extremely grateful for their help in this time of crisis, for our city and our county. and with that, i will ask the director of the office of emergency management for los angeles county, kevin mcgowan, to come to the mic. >> thank you for the introduction. i'm kevin mcgowan, i'm the director with l.a. county's office of emergency management. as my partners up here have said before, we're facing a historic natural disaster. and i think that can't be stated strong enough. this is not a normal red flag. we've been in partnership with the national weather service for days prior to the arrival of this severe w

thank you. >> robert luna, sheriff of los angeles county. regarding our deployment, we still have well over a thousand of our los angeles county deputies out there working on 12 hour shifts. >> we have 172 california highway patrol officers. i'd like to thank the commissioner, who was with me yesterday, shaun derry, for all of his assistance. i also want to thank major general beavers. i was with him as well, and he has fortunately been able to increase the amount of national guard assistance that he is giving us to up to 600, and he told me yesterday, if we need more, we can ask for more. >> and we are strategically looking at that, analyzing it, and we'll ask as needed, evacuations. we have approximately and this is some good news because it's dropped. we have over 92,000 people who are under evacuation orders and approximately 89,000 people who are under evacuation warnings. i want our community to know this. and chief moroney did talk about this for a second. >> in every conversation we're having about evacuations, warnings, whether they'

and will lead us out of the crisis that we face here in the city of los angeles and the county of los angeles today. also, lastly, just grateful for the work of the president of the united states kick the in for us late last night, who happens to be in southern california, the governor was with us. and the pacific palisades last night. and has helped out in a range of municipalities around the county. and outside the county, have come in to help, where they can. and we're extremely, extremely grateful for their help in this time of crisis for our city and our county. and with that, i will ask the director of the office of emergency management for los angeles county, kevin mcgowen to come to the mike. >> thank you for the introduction. i'm kevin mcgowen. i'm the director for the office of emergency management. as my warn partners up here have said before. we're facing a historic, natural disaster. and i think that can't be stated strong enough. this is not a normal red flag. we have been in partnership with the national weather service for days prior to the arrival of this severe wind

thank you. >> robert luna, sheriff of los angeles county, regarding our deployment, we still have well over a thousand of our los angeles county deputies out there working on 12 hour shifts. uh, we have 172 california highway patrol officers. i'd like to thank the commissioner who was with me yesterday, shaun derry, for all of his assistance. um, i also want to thank major general beavers. i was with him as well. and he has fortunately been able to increase the amount of national guard assistance that he is giving us to up to 600. and he told me yesterday, if we need more, we can ask for more. and we are strategically looking at that, analyzing it, and will ask as needed. uh, evacuations. we have approximately and this is some good news because it's dropped. we have over 92,000 people who are under evacuation orders and approximately 89,000 people who are under evacuation warnings. i want our community to know this. and chief marrone did talk about this for a second in every conversation we're having about evacuations, warnings, whether they're there, we're going to implement them or t

the american red cross sending volunteers from across the country to los angeles county as part of thegency's work, the red cross has opened shelters for fire survivors across l.a. county. more than 2000 structures have burned at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders. the northern california regional ceo for the red cross says it's doing all it can to help people cope with a devastating situation. >> we've got volunteers at the emergency operations center here in la to see what the needs are, and we're moving as quickly as we can, working around the clock to make sure we're helping people during their darkest moments. >> the red cross says the best way to help here is to donate money online. there are also some in-person volunteer opportunities, but relief agencies say that fire survivors don't need blankets, clothing and food. those supply drives that we've seen in years past. for more information on how you can be of the best help, head to ketv.com. click the link for this report. los angeles unified school district announced all schools and offices in that district are

tomorrow, that includes los angeles county, ventura county, parts of santa barbara and san luis obispoounties. gusts up to well, generally between 50 and 60mph. sustained winds at 20 to 40mph. relative humidity dangerously low between 8 and 15%. and that warning, by the way, extends all the way down into san diego county. so right now we're looking at this area near the fire is considered to be the area that's at extreme risk from oxnard over to thousand oaks, out through santa clarita, and of course, down into los angeles county. now we're going to move along and take a look at conditions here in the bay area. we have very calm weather here. the wind is calm. the sky is blue. 60 degrees in san francisco and hayward and redwood city right now, 59 at oakland, 64 at san jose, 57 at half moon bay. blue sky over the golden gate, looking northward 62 degrees right now in santa rosa. upper 50s at petaluma, napa, fairfield. we have low 60s in concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines. it will be chilly inland again overnight. we don't have a frost advisory in effect yet as

the los angeles county fire department section chief. you want to talk about a group of people who are on the job, i have to tell you, chief, when the los angeles county fire chief spoke just moments ago, he said that you all are on the job until you have 100% containment and you have zero now. god bless you all. what does it look like up close? >> this morning when i was driving in and last night patrolling last night winds over 100 miles-per-hour. the amber casts you see that is showing, those will cast embers, well over 1000 structures destroyed. our top priority despite the weather and wind is to make sure everyone gets out safely. please adhere to the evacuation orders. if you don't feel safe, leave. if you are in a warning you can leave. right now we're really focused on a life threat which pivots our resources to saving people first and we don't have the resources to protect structures. our priority is to save lives. >> harris: talk to me about people who couldn't get out. physically they can't walk and inside their homes with all

los angeles and 4 fires. actually, we're learning there is more now. there's 5 fires in total. there are currently burning throughout los angeles county, including this one. >> be okay. high. be okay. >> so this is video from the most destructive fire in the history of los angeles. that is the pacific palisades fire. the person taking this video and others were trapped by flames in a home in past pacific palisades. look at the flames there outside the window. just like waves of flames. there. the people inside, though, were able to escape safely. still ahead here at 2 o'clock, the south bay is sending support to los angeles county. >> first responders are on their way right now to fight those massive wildfires. hear from them. >> and now off. it's hard to be positive right now. but he >> hartman. >> and now there are 5 fires burning near los angeles. this is video from the deadly eaton fire that's in pasadena. 2 people died there and the flames from all 5 of the fires have now burned more than 26,000 acres in total. and there is no containment for any of these fires right now. there's a lot to go over and a lot of new video that's com

we are taking another look from the sky over los angeles county. those deadly wildfires continue to tear through the area. >> 16 people have died in los angeles county officials. again, they do expect that number to rise. unfortunately, the fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other buildings since tuesday. the palisades fire. just to give you a couple of the big numbers has burned more than 23,000 acres. the eaton fire more than 14,000 acres. as the wildfires rage on the blame game continues on. a lot of people have been questioning governor newsom's leadership, for example, including president-elect donald trump. he's been blasting newsom on social media. newsom in turn is inviting trump to come witness the devastation firsthand. news nation correspondent levy dean has the story. >> blame game this week between the incoming president and california's governor. >> i think that gavin is largely incompetent. and i think the mayor largely incompetent and probably both of them are just stone cold, incompetent. what they've done is terrible. wha

of los angeles, not the city of los angeles. the fire has moved into the county at at the palisades fire and fortunately, the l.a. county fire department did not experience the same issues with the fire hydrants that the los angeles city fire department experienced in the beginning of the palisades fire off of. palisades drive. but you know, your viewers must understand there's a finite amount of water, and the water system really isn't designed for a large scale, ongoing firefight like the one that we just experienced here in los angeles county. >> the los angeles city fire chief says that arson investigators are actively looking into the start of the palisades fire. do you suspect that arson is to blame, at least partly, for this devastation? >> you know, i really don't want to speculate on the cause of these five major incidents, especially when the wind is is so incredibly strong. you know, a cigarette out the window of a car, um, any other ignition source could have started the palisades fire. i'd rather wait than speculate to find out what the cause was. bu

thank you. >> robert luna, sheriff of los angeles county. regarding our deployment. we still have well over 1,000 of our los angeles county deputies out there working on 12-hour shifts. we have 172 california highway patrol officers. i would like to thank the commissioner who was with me yesterday for all of his assistance. i also want to thank major general beavers. i was with him as well and he has fortunately been able to increase the amount of national guard assistance that he is giving us to up to 600 and he told me yesterday if we need more we can ask for more and we are strategically looking at that and analyzing it and will ask as needed. evacuations, we have approximately -- this is some good news because it has dropped. we have over 92,000 people under evacuation orders and approximately 89,000 people who are under evacuation warnings. i want our community to know this and chief maroney did talk about this for a second. in every conversation we're having about evacuations, warnings, whether they are going to implement them or take them away, the conversation

los angeles county firefighters will remain on the front line until we reach full containment, and we that you keep all of los angeles county in your thoughts and prayers. i would now like to invite up los angeles city fire chief christine crowley to give her briefing. thank you. thanks. >> good morning everyone. my name is christine crowley. los angeles city fire department fire chief, i'd like to start with just a moment, if we could, of gratitude, a moment of gratitude for our first responders, our boots on the ground that are battling this intense and multiple jurisdiction and number of fires. so gratitude to those who are doing the work since yesterday through the night. and like chief moroney said, we're going to continue to work hard to ensure that we save people, lives and property. with that, i'll be touching on a couple of major points with the pacific palisades fire. we know that it continues to demand a significant amount of resources and attention. a second major brush fire, now referred to as the hurst fire, has erupted in the sylmar area of los angeles. now, together, t

in los angeles county high. >> the death toll for the fires in the los angeles area rises the new concerns this morning, as the flames are expected to move east, threatening heavily populated communities, and governor gavin newsom takes on misinformation about the fires burning across the details on the new website aimed at giving the public factual information and addressing false claims about the disaster from ktvu. [music] >> fox two news this is mornings on two. >> and welcome to mornings on two. i'm claudine wong. >> and good morning, one and all. i am frank mallicoat. we begin with a historic firestorm down in l.a. county. the main concern this morning is the strong santa ana winds that have already played a major role in the disaster. all week, they are expected to pick up once again. >> that red flag warning in the region has now been extended until at least wednesday night. ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo joins us now to talk about the challenges firefighters will face the next few days. and rosemary,

in fact, there are a red flag warnings in ventura and los angeles counties. as you can see here, we're expecting winds to pick up from the 30 to 40 miles per hour. and even 70 miles per hour in the highest peaks. now, these winds are not as destructive as last week's but they are still dangerous and could cause new fires and even can even spread current fires. now back to the bay area. we have frosty temperatures and a coastal flood advisory in green. now the frosty temperatures. so just keep in mind with the flooding here. this is until 01:00pm. so just look at the high tide with those parking lots and roads prone to flooding and then this area in blue. that's that frost advisory for parts of the east bay and south bay. so you could be waking up to some chilly temperatures in the morning. other than that, the daytime highs are going to be in the 60's, sunny and mild. when i come back, we'll be also talking about winds here in the north bay mountains. back to you. >> thank you, gayle. a former child actor and motivational speaker is one of the people who died

so to come here at 10 o'clock wildfires in los angeles county sparking concern. >> in the oakland hills were to fire stations just closed. firefighters are now calling for more resources here at home. plus, helping los angeles rebuild how a san francisco business owner is supporting those evacuees. and governor gavin newsom ordered an investigation and delay's water supplies. fire hydrants continue to run more on that continue to run more on that coming up. the break. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple: every home should have salonpas. powerful yet non-addictive. targeted and long-lasting. i recommend salonpas. it's good medicine. ♪ hisamitsu ♪ >> now attend the governor has ordered an independent investigation into the la department of water and power. this comes amid reports of loss of water pressure to fire hydrants and water resources in the fire zones. the governor's office says they've ordered la county officials to swiftly prepare a comprehensive review of water systems and document all cases when water supply was not

los angeles has now gone up to 5 5 victims. now 5 people killed. that's according to the los angeles county sheriff's department. there are more than 1000 buildings that have been destroyed as these fierce flames urges raging in the los angeles area. governor gavin newsom says the state has deployed more than 1400 firefighting personnel to battle the fire. but now the palisades and eaton fire. those are the 2 big are ones right now. they're at 0% containment. >> it's going to be okay. i you know the okay. >> video from that more destructive fire that's happening right now. that's the pacific palisades fire at this video just shows what looks like waves of flames outside of this home. the person taking the video and some others that were inside the house for trapped. this is a house in the pacific palisades. we have learned since this person posted the video that they were able to escape safely. we do now have some other video to show you. this is a bird's eye view of the eden fire. more than 10,000 acres burning in this fire alone. and we're learning that 5 people have died from these fires since these all starte

reporter xavier walton has been in los angeles county. one of the first reporters on the ground there and he shares a look now at the destruction that has been left behind. >> the sun is of winds certainly dying down, but is still very smoky out here. still, families are are starting to get a clear picture of the damage, the destruction, the devastation. we're going give you a tour of this home here. i mean. >> beautiful home. this is all that's left. you could still see there in the middle. i don't know if that used to be a pool, but you can still see smoke coming up the sea. the appliances may be and of in a bath tub. it's really unrecognizable as you keep coming up this hill here, you'll see as far as the eye can go, chimneys. here's the thing, though. unit for every chimney that you see standing on its own. that's a house that essentially has burned down and you see the the wires here, another problem, power. we watched on wednesday and thursday. you know, power poles and power lines catching fire. that's the sort of situation people

los angeles. so that's what we're dealing with. los angeles county schools are going to be closed this morning. the superintendent says 2 elementary schools in the district of actually been destroyed. we saw one of those. >> burning live yesterday during our break in cut. yeah. and at this point, the count is above 2000 structures, many homes and other buildings. >> kron four's dan kerman has the latest. >> wednesday evening, fires continue to burn along the pacific coast highway in santa monica and malibu up the hill. much of pacific palisades has been destroyed and what hasn't been continues to be threatened. this incident is very, very dynamic as we speak. the good news, the winds have subsided a bit enough to allow are fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft to provide critical. >> support. to this fire more than 1000 structures have been destroyed so far. and that number is expected to climb. >> i think the house is gone, but i just want to make you know, just i just want to see for myself. residents took electric bikes to make their way up. smoky hills. what they found were neighborhoods burn

deadly wildfires raging across los angeles county. most of them remain out of control. the latest fire breaking out near the hollywood hills late last night, putting some of los angeles, most famed landmarks in harm's way. so far, at least five people have died in the wildfire outbreak, and there are now several major fires burning across the county that are fueled by winds which have at times gusted up to 100mph. evacuations, which some residents describe as chaotic, are underway. the gridlock getting so bad in some places that evacuees have abandoned their cars and continued on foot. more than 130,000 residents impacted by evacuation orders, and more people need to be ready to leave. >> right now, people are very awake to the to the potential and if you see smoke, you smell smoke. get into that. ready? set. go. if you live in the brush area, you should be in the set. absolutely. right now. >> the toll of the destruction already coming into focus in places like the pacific palisades, where at least 1000 structures have gone up in flames. this makes the palisades fire al

cox los angeles county fire department will be prepared. ese winds combined with low humidity's and low fuel moisture's will keep the fire threat in los angeles county hyatt. >> today governor gavin newsom announced he has increased california national guard personnel to support l.a. responders to nearly 1700 service members doubling the boots on the ground as they support local law enforcement. >> we do not exactly what's going happen and when it is going to happen but the fact it's not just us its firefighter, pd, ambulances it's like a collective unit were trying to work together to get the situation fixed. >> the deadly eaton fire is a second most destructive fire in california's history destroying thousands and thousands of homes and businesses. some members of the california national guard are positioned at major intersections long lapd come l.a. county sheriff's debbie's california highway patrol to secure the areas that have been destroyed by this fire but they are blocking off streets to the public that lead to evacuated areas to pr

county. right now, more than 7500. >> firefighting and emergency personnel from up and down. the state are in los angeles. that includes several from the bay area. kron four's gayle ong has more on that. >> firefighters from san francisco. alameda county. santa clara county heading to los angeles to help battle the fast-moving fires forcing thousands of residents to evacuate thoughts go out to. >> everyone southern california and what is really a, you know, a devastating weather event we're sending as many resources as we can to help acting fire chief bill murphy with the santa clara county fire department says. >> 40 firefighters across the county have been mobilized. may get there. there. >> incorporated immediately into the incident action plan assigned to an area the fire to assist with the firefight. strong, gusty offshore winds infamously known as the santa ana winds in southern california. >> mixed with dry conditions have been fueling the wildfires. we see that the winds are 50, 60, 70 miles an hour. >> that's going to dictate where the fire is going to do. >> lieutenant mariano, elias with the s

to neighborhood and trying to save homes in los angeles county.orter cristy fajardo has this report filed a short time ago from altadena. >> now we're walking down this driveway and you can see that these two homes have been burned. and at this point, with the embers flying everywhere, there's no telling if the homes next to it will soon catch fire as well. so obviously a very dangerous situation and unusual now, as we see, right as we were speaking, there was an ember that flew here. and you can see that smoke is now coming from this home. so that's how quickly it happens. and the conditions are making it very difficult for crews to fight this fire. but the fire crews are doing an incredible job doing the absolute best they can to try to save as many structures as they can, but also trying to put the fire out as well. you can see this power line has gone down as well. that's something else that you've got to be very careful about in these neighborhoods is the power lines, obviously, but they do have water here in this neighborhood. they've been t

in northern los angeles county. bolivia fire is burning in the antelope valley. owing large plumes of smoke coming from the angeles national forest. according to calfire this park yesterday afternoon and afternoon near acton. that's about 50 miles north of the city of los angeles. the latest data shows it has burned 348 acres and is 40% contained. the hearst fire that's been burning since tuesday evening in sylmar. not far from san fernando. this is video of crews dumping fire retardant in the area to get that fire under control. the fire caused emergency officials to issue a mandatory evacuation order so far tell fire says this has burned more then at 670 acres with 10% containment. cal fire says the deadly eaton fire burning near alta. dina has burned more than 10,000 acres. no containment here. it's being blamed for the deaths of 5 people. according to fire officials. this started tuesday evening while winds in the area were gusting at more than 100 miles per hour. because scenes like this were a bank of america branch in altadena burned down more than 700 fire

thick smoke in the skies above los angeles county. mark tamayo. it might just be fair to say that about everyone in the county is affected in one way or another by these fires. >> absolutely. gasia just have to remind myself, this is january, and we're talking about these extreme fires burning in southern california. and i wish i could say there would be a pattern change that could really help out the fire crews. there will be some changes, but in terms of fire danger completely going away, that will not be the case. the red flag fire warning is in place until 6 p.m. friday, but i suspect into the weekend, or at least into next week, we will have more warnings because we're going to have those gusty offshore winds stick around into next week. right now, though, at least the forecast, you can see winds gusting around 50 to 65 miles an hour. when these fires started, we had winds gusting to 80 to 100 miles an hour. so the winds have backed off. but still we have strong winds and it's a dry weather pattern as well. here's a satellite showing you the f

los angeles fire chief. they are updating people. let's listen in tomorrow. >> and again monday through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department will be prepared. these winds, combined with low humidities and low fuel moistures, will keep the fire threat in los angeles county, high. please understand that the inevitable public safety power shutoffs that will be implemented prior to this life threatening santa ana wind event. are are crucial to preventing new fire starts and that they help save lives. yes, they're a challenge to deal with, but it's certainly better than having another fire start. i would like to express my gratitude to the los angeles county board of supervisors for their leadership and unwavering support of our residents. my fire department personnel and me as fire chief to our first responders battling these wildfires in the air and on the ground, we commend you for your relentless and fearless dedication in protecting residents throughout this great county. and finally, to our los angeles county residents, please be assured that we will continue to battle these wildfires until they are fully

initially, they were were telling us and reporting that five deaths were caused by these fires in los angeles county. but at this news conference a short time ago, the l.a. county sheriff kind of walked back that number saying, they just don't have a clear picture yet. >> some of them look like a bomb was dropped in them, where we will be able to bring in canines and other things to help us. hopefully not discover too many fatalities. that's our prayer. but this is a crisis and we don't know what to expect. but we're ready for everything. >> driving up lake avenue, the devastation could not be missed. the number of homes, businesses and buildings that were on the fire dwarfed in any sense of available resources. >> now, more than a thousand structures have been destroyed in these fires. 180,000 people in l.a. county are under evacuation orders. another 200,000 under evacuation warnings, meaning they are being told to prepare to leave at a moment's notice. there are curfews in place, and so far, the l.a. county sheriff's office has arrested 20 people in the region on suspicion of looting. now, when i

i'm connor hanson in los angeles county with a look at where these massive outside right now. the american flag flapping in the wind here as you take a live look from our camera pointing toward the golden gate bridge. southern california dealing with a lot to right now. so let's check in with ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo for a look at your forecast here and down south as well. rosemary. >> yeah. sandra garcia, we'll start here in southern california where it is still very, very dry. and the winds are gusting at this time. over at the palisades fire, relative humidity is 20%. the winds are gusting to 15mph or so. but as we've been talking about since the beginning, this is just one reading. if you notice, within those hills, mountains, canyons, you can see the topography here. it's really hard to tell just how quick those gusts are coming through parts of those canyons, as well as in the mountains. relative humidity at the eaton fire 15% and expected to remain between 10 and 20% over the next couple of days. so critically dry right now. the gusts there reported to 20mph.

but that's just for los angeles county. los angeles would have different numbers, and the city of pasadena may have different numbers as well. i would say that the best source for that is the l.a. county coroner if's office because with they encompass the entire county of los angeles including the jurisdictions i just mentioned. >> i'm the chief deputy director of l.a. county public health. the air quality is improving. as we have seen the smoke lessen with the better containment of the fires. at this time the air quality management division is indicating a smoke advisory specifically in those areas close to the fires, in the northwest component of the county. county residents should continue to monitor the air quality index, the aqi levels, wherever they are, but we are seeing improved awi -- aqi numbers. we encourage residents who are smelling smoke or seeing it, who have the the aqi levels in the unhealthy zones to be using masks when they're to outside. >> any other questions? all right. thank you -- >> over here. >> oh,

wednesday for that entire region of southern california ventura county, los angeles county, orange county, all the way over to palm springs for fire danger with dangerously low relative humidity and strong, gusty winds. pardon my loss of voice here. i'm trying. we also have a fire weather watch in effect that will be in effect from monday afternoon through wednesday afternoon for this area of southern california, from palm springs all the way down through san diego county, strong santa ana winds and again, dangerously low relative humidity from ten to about 20%. now, at the moment, the winds in the area of those fires are gusting up to about 45 to 50mph in the windiest locations, still very strong and dangerous winds. if there is any good news here at all, it is that the winds are blowing out of the northeast and carrying much of the smoke from these fires out to sea and away from populated areas. nonetheless, as the fires continue to burn, there will still be a decline in air quality in that area. and i'll have a look at wind gusts in our area in just a few minutes. diane. >> all right.

let's take you live now to los angeles county. are holding a news conference giving an update on the wildfires. you see at the microphone, los angeles mayor karen bass. let's listen in. she just stepped away, though. >> good morning. i want to first start by thanking our first responders who were focused in the topanga region yesterday and responded swiftly to the kenneth fire. incredible action from firefighters who are giving multiple fires absolutely everything they've got. initial reports led our department to serious concerns, but we have the absolute best, most experienced teams leading our efforts. and even with the most challenging circumstances and terrain, they have been able to deliver. next, i want to express my deep frustration with the alert system that is causing confusion and additional panic for our communities at this time of extreme crisis. whatever the cause, it is unacceptable and it is being addressed now by the county's office of emergency management. as director, mcgowan described, we'll be investigating wha

uh, but that's just for los angeles county. los angeles would have different numbers. nd the city of pasadena may have different numbers as well. i would say that the best source for that is the l.a. county coroner's office, because they encompass the entire county of los angeles, including the jurisdictions i just mentioned. >> yeah. anish mahajan chief deputy director of l.a. county public health. the air quality is improving, as we have seen the smoke lessen with the better containment of the fires. at this time, the south coast air quality air quality management division is indicating whether a smoke advisory specifically in those areas close to the fires in the northwest component of the county, county residents should continue to monitor the air quality index, the aqi levels, wherever they are. but we are seeing improved aqi numbers, and so we encourage residents who are closest to the fire, who are smelling smoke or seeing it, who have the aqi levels in the unhealthy zones to be using masks when they're outside. >> any other questions? all right. thank you so muc

our breaking news coverage continues out of los angeles county tonight where multiple fires are tearing through neighborhoods. >> forcing at thousands of people to evacuate. take a look at this. this is video from our sister station in los angeles, ktla. it shows a house in studio city on fire and there it is collapsing. there. fire officials say this home likely caught fire because of embers from the sun set fire, which has been burning in the hollywood hills. the sunset fire is the 6th major fire to burn across la county over the last 48 hours that erupted just before 6 o'clock tonight south of sunset boulevard north of sunset boulevard and has burned about 19 acres near the hollywood walk of fame and other iconic landmarks. of course it is at 0% containment tonight. this new fire adding to the chaos in la county that fire crews are having to deal with there battling the massive palisades fire as well. yeah. it's now been dubbed the most destructive fire in los angeles county history and it's left many people without homes. >> it's just it's just shocking just to look around. it didn'

and after satellite photos up los angeles county.'re saying some there huge area from the shore to hundreds of neighborhoods has been damaged by flames and smoke. as to the latest on weather conditions in southern california. as we look at these pictures, let's go to kron 4 meteorologist gayle ong. and gail, i know they're worried about. >> more wind. winds in the forecast and >> red flag warnings are in effect until wednesday. and the national weather service just in los angeles just issued apds. that is particularly dangerous situation. so that is that was issued last week and we saw what happened. now, the wind storm isn't expected to be as strong but still very destructive. it makes for the dry conditions. we are seeing a lull in the winds right now, especially along the palisades fire in the eaton fire on the east side. as you can see here, humidities are looking good for now and the winds are ok, but take a look at what happens overnight. that's like monday. you see that purple and red that purple indicates 50 to 60 miles per h

in los angeles county, connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, air quality experts say hundreds ofusands of people in the los angeles fire zone have been breathing unhealthy air for the past week. they say the smoke from the huge wildfires contains dangerous toxins from the thousands of burned down homes. many cars, appliances and furniture have gone up in flames, putting toxins into the air. >> you start talking about synthetic materials inside your home. you're talking about plastics. you're talking rubber, insulation, foam, things like that that create benzenes and dioxides and, you know, hydrogen, hydrogen cyanide. you've got things like that that that is extremely toxic and corrosive to your lung, to your lung tissue, for your ability to actually uptake oxygen and deliver it to your tissues. >> air quality experts say this wildfire smoke is hazardous for everyone and especially dangerous for children and the elderly, along with those with respiratory and heart conditions. and as the southern california wildfires reach the one week mark, there is still a lot of uncertainty and

and we are monitoring the devastating wildfires all across los angeles county. we do have more coverage of the windy conditions across the state over on the fox local app. there you can find our live coverage as well as coverage from our los angeles sister station. it's free to download to your hone and s (vo) with fargo, your virtual assistant from wells fargo, you can access your fico® score in a snap. (daughter) what i would give to be able to make art on this scale! (dad) you will one day. but it's equally important for you to be thinking about your future... building credit— (daughter) dad... fargo, what's my fico® score? (dad) wow... it's a work of art. (vo) do you fargo? (daughter) that was corny, but i'll take it. (vo) you can. visit wellsfargo.com/getfargo. this is happening on monarch court, right near west third street in the west part of the city of santa rosa. ktvu betty yu is live for us tonight on scene. and what are you seeing right now at this hour? betty? >> well, right now there is still police activity here on scene. mike, this is being invest

county. stephanie. >> all right. speaking of lisa, here's the latest from los angeles. at least six people are 16. with the l.a. county sheriff saying he expects that number to rise this morning. this as the devastating fires continue to spread across southern california amid dry and windy conditions, leaving officials scrambling to contain the historic destruction. here's abc news reporter alex stone. >> nearly 10 million people across southern california are under a red flag warning and fire weather watch through wednesday. progress made by firefighters over the past few days could be in jeopardy. >> these winds, combined with low humidities and low fuel moistures, will keep the fire threat in los angeles county high as the fire spread. >> over 150,000 people are under evacuation orders and 160,000 are under evacuation warnings. the eaton fire has burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed and damaged 7000 structures. the palisades fire, now expanding in other directions, leaving behind over 21,000 acres scorched. >> i mean, first of all, this is something we never expected because of where we are. t

was flying the drone. >> hundreds of firefighters from the bay area are on the front lines in los angeles county. strike teams are coming from a number of agencies. 150 firefighters from various agencies in san mateo county are among those currently deployed. san francisco, alameda and marin counties also sent dozens of firefighters. many of the bay area strike teams are heading south in vehicles specially built for wildland firefighting. >> those are able to go off road. they're able to pump water and move at the same time where your type one fire engines, which are more of the standard residential fire engines you see out there in your neighborhoods, aren't able to move and pump water at the same time, or have the four wheel drive capabilities. >> the strike teams could spend two weeks or more in los angeles. >> it's going to make a tremendous amount of difference. we are like you said earlier, we are stretched thin, but resources continue to come. and we feel that that we, you know, we got a lot of help coming, as we heard when we talked live with the oakland fire chief in just the past hour

los angeles county fire department spokes woman, captain sheila kellaher.w does it look now? >> so far, she's cooperating, what we're worried about is this evening. the winds will kick up. they are saying maybe 45 mile an hour gusts. that's something to be concerned about. on any normal day if we don't have the fires, we would be fully staffed up ready for the red flag conditions. a big concern is the places that haven't burned. we are ready for deployment here. on this fire, we have everybody in place and pretreated the hills. we're in a good position to handle what happened. >> charles: i know volunteers have come >> all over and other countries. are you okay with all the tools you need right now? >> we do, we have all the tools we need. we have over 5000 firefighters on this fire alone. 540 rigs. 140 dozers and water, we are fully ready to go. they have been working super hard the last seven days. it's pretty incredible. the other people working hard are putting up the power lines and trying to clear things out and get the grid and infrastructure back to

handle on the fires. >> more firefighters and more water tankers have arrived right here in los angeles county as they brace for another round of strong santa ana winds. southern california, once again under a red flag warning days after massive fires broke out around los angeles county. wind gusts will not be as powerful as last week's, but officials warn they could be strong enough to turn one spark into something more. >> it's so dry because of these winds that the brush or fuel, if an ember lands on it, has a 65% of ignition. >> some 14,000 crews from multiple states, as well as mexico and canada, are staging on the ground and in the air. and cal fire is asking people here to avoid certain high risk activities. >> that means like no mowing right now. if you're going to run over a rock, if you're driving, make sure you're not driving a chain in just one week. >> fires have burned more than 40,000 acres. one estimate now puts the cost at more than $250 billion. >> this is all out here, and there's a growing number of people looking to take advantage of the victims, from price gouging to loot

. >> and we want to take you to some live images right now of the scene in los angeles county, where we know five different fires are burning at this hour. you can see the thick smoke there in the distance. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm julian glover and i'm stephanie sierra. >> those wildfires tearing through southern california as we speak, tens of thousands of acres burned and tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. >> we're seeing scenes of destruction practically everywhere. homes, businesses destroyed. but amid the devastation, we are hearing stories of resilience and of neighbors helping neighbors. it makes me want to cry. >> but it also, in the midst of the dark hour, puts a little ray of love and hope. >> all the stuff that's here is replaceable. people are not so happy. the family is the most important thing. >> you see people using garden hoses, buckets, just trying to knock down those flames before they have to flee. >> now we have team coverage today with reporters in los angeles and here in the bay area. we'll also have the latest on those w

fire crews from the bay area and beyond are now racing to los angeles county to help firefighters who are overwhelmed. >> the main priority right now for us is actually rescuing and protecting lives. saving homes is number two. >> ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> good evening, i'm claudine wong. we are following those devastating wildfires in southern california tonight. but we first want to bring you some breaking news from santa rosa. santa ra police are at a home where four people have been found dead. this is on monarch court near west third street. from sky fox. you could see the police presence there this afternoon. and police tape across the street. santa rosa police say they cannot confirm the cause of their deaths right now, but they say they don't believe there is currently any threat to public safety. there is no word yet on the identity of those victims, but we do have a crew headed to that scene, and we'll bring you new information as we get it. and now to the latest from southern california. at this hour, w are following least four major wildfires the largest of

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