. >>> the best teams in the nfl duke it out for the honor of losing to the chiefs in the super bowl. we have a full recap of wildcard weekend coming up. >>> and overcoming heartbreaking loss. find out how los angeles is powering through historic tragedy, thanks to their restaurants. it's monday, january 13th, "early today" starts right now. >>> glad you're with me. good morning. i'm frances rivera. we begin in southern california, where the wildfire-related death toll has now risen to at least 24. this includes 16 killed in the eaton fire, which could make it the fifth deadliest blaze in the state's history. at least 16 people are missing, and police say dozens more missing persons reports came in sunday, but they need to reconcile the numbers before reporting them. firefighters have made some progress, due to calmer winds over the weekend. reaching 27% containment on the eaton fire. and 89% on the hurst fire. but the massive palisades fire, which has devoured more than 23,000 acres is still just 13% contained. entire neighborhoods have been leveled with more than 12,000 structures d