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let's go now to robert luna, the los angeles county sheriff and sheriff. a brand new fire just weeks after the deadly fires a few weeks ago. how is your agency responding? >> uh. >> we're responding. >> quickly and appropriately. i have several. >> hundred deputies. >> uh, not. >> only out there helping with the. evacuation orders that are in place. >> where we. >> approximate that 19. 19,000 people. are in. the evacuation order area and 16,000 in the evacuation warning area. but something that i also wanted to bring to your attention is this fire is approximately three miles out from our pitchers detention center. uh, three of our custody facilities out of our seven are up there, and we are in the process of evacuating one of those facilities that contains approximately 476 inmates. so i have several hundred deputies assisting with that mission as well. >> looting was an issue last time when families evacuated their homes. criminals broke in. sometimes it looked like organized gangs of people like not just a crimes of opportunity. is there a proactive pla

so with that, i would like to introduce our los angeles county sheriff, robert luna. >> thank you. supervisor. just so all of you know, her leadership is amazing. and we've been on the phone consistently with a lot of the challenges that we're facing. but we remind each other, we're facing them together, and we have a lot of good things going on. so as we're working through this, i want everyone to know that the los angeles county sheriff's department has officially requested the support of the california national guard for both fires, at least in l.a. county, both the palisades and eaton fire. we are in the process and will coordinate deployments for any additional requests through the county. and just so everybody is aware, in order to request mutual aid, at least for law enforcement in los angeles county, i'm the primary regional coordinator for that. so the request was made through our department, but we are working in collaboration with the los angeles police department. chief jim mcdonald. chief gene harris, who joined me here to the left and then the chief, ramon batista fro

sheriff robert luna they've had 44 arrests now. in different, you know, particular in the palisades and eaton area as well and then also that federal response. you know, all of the helicopters that were over in particular mandeville canyon overnight own max gordon has been this morning that was there overnight, but you know it is still sounds to me in particular with all of the structures, you know, 7,000 structures just in the palisades area and then you know evacuation orders you've got what, 153,000 people under evacuation orders, and then more are potentially going to have to evacuate, bill, today. they're saying 166,000 are in are under evacuation warnings. so it just seems to me that the concern for the residents and still some of the lack of communication on the ground continues to be a problem for these fires, bill, that began on tuesday. bill: and emergency alert notices that went out for were huge for the viewers who aren't in california didn't hear about it essentially whaptiond the other day, is l.a. county accidentally

we've got the la sheriff robert luna speaking ruptures. >> that we deemed 86 at risk an that could grow evacuation warnings approximately 38,600 residents are under evacuation warnings and approximately 14,332 structures are at risk. ststruructcturureses are at ri at 03:00am. this morning, the i evacuation orders did expand parts of the city of dillard monrovia and like canada. and again, we continue to assess that. that's evolving. that's going to change. so i encourage you to consistently pay attention to all sources of information. so you're ready to go when you are given that order, if that does come? gigiveven that if that dodoese as information changing, even e this i was driving up here, even as i'm walking up to this e podium, i'm rere e eveven n asa about several of our employees who are have lost their homes in the last several hours. i don't know how many because we are still gathering that information. but like all, we are live here in los angeles county. so we are impacted. so we're going to make sure that within our department, we're wrapping our arms around our employees

escuchÁbamos tambiÉn a robert luna, el alguacil del condado de los Ángeles, describir cÓmo parecÍa quen a carlos decir que hay un poquito de alivio, pero eso va a cambiar para el resto del dÍa. estÁ con nosotros ahora. gabriela de jean gaby, cuÉntanos quÉ podemos esperar. >> buenas tardes, nicole. definitivamente tenemos buenas y malas noticias, porque el viento continÚa diciendo presente en menor intensidad, pero todavÍa con la suficiente energÍa para crear incluso nuevos incendios y avivar mÁs esas llamas de los que estÁn activos. esto es lo que estamos observando desde el sur de california. estos cinco incendios, el mÁs grande con mÁs de 17.000 acres. incluso si analizamos los incendios mÁs grandes en california que se han registrado hacia el norte del estado, fÍjese el complex. pues mÁs de 1 millÓn de acres. pero a pesar de que este incendio, la extensiÓn es un poco mÁs pequeÑa en los Ángeles. lo que sÍ hemos visto es que ha activado o ha enfrentado a zonas que son altamente pobladas y es por eso que hemos visto tanta devastaciÓn. ahora note que el viento, pues no estamos esperando

. >> reporter: los angeles county sheriff robert luna warning about criminal activity. >> people that do not belong in these disaster zones need to stay out, or they're going to get arrested. >> reporter: on saturday, two people were detained near vice president kamala harris' home, according to officials. l.a. fire chief kristin crowley adding that it is too dangerous for many residents to go home. >> there's still active fires burning within the palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public. there's no power. there's no water. there's broken gas lines. and we have unstable structures. we met shannon de-grooms when she walked up to talk to police. >> we're waiting a couple minutes to grab some things and get out of town. >> reporter: she was with her fiance shea burns, trying to get back to their pacific palisades home. >> we don't have any answers, and there's a lot of different information, which is why i'm posted up here. >> reporter: shannon couldn't get in. she told us about something she forgot to take. >> my aunt passed away recently, and she left me

la county sheriff robert luna says it could take least another week before residents are allowed back in searches continuing. >> and we still have a variety of work and structures to go through. but even as we're going through some of these grids, there are areas that we are holding because we believe there may be deceased victims. there. >> before those who lost everything, it's been a frustrating process trying to get any information. >> to you, frustrated gallon, a gold and i mean, also just hoping maybe there's something left in the rubble that we can save a keepsake. >> you can understand the frustration, but it's complicated. of course, that was carlos saucedo reporting. and with that, we want to send things over to chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at conditions there. hey, lourdes. yeah, guys, firefighters getting a break today. mother nature cooperating a much more so as we see in those offshore winds turn to more onshore winds. and that is hugely important for fighting these fires, of course, have been very dry. we've seen some humidity levels down in the single

los angeles sheriff robert luna said he has now ordered his deputies to enforce trespassing laws.are in one of these areas and you do not belong there, you are going to be subject to arrest. i hope that is as clear as i can make it because i don't. our first choice isn't to do enforcement. it's not to make arrests. it's to help people. while the fires are actively burning in, nearly 180,000 people are under evacuation order and another 200,000 under evacuation warning. many angelenos are also dealing with gas shutoffs, boil water notices and school closures. the l.a. county tax assessor is reaching out to property owners with information on how people can defer their property tax payments for the time being until they can get themselves back together. and in the last 20 minutes, the l.a. lakers announced they are postponing tonight's game so everybody can focus on what's most important. by the way, if you're feeling a bit hopeless or helpless right now, you can help southern california. the california community foundation set up a wildfire recovery fund to help these folks get thr

. >> reporter: los angeles county sheriff robert luna warning about criminal activity. >> people thatnot belong in these disaster zones need to stay out or they are going to get arrested. >> reporter: saturday two people were detained in the evacuation zone near vice president kamala harris' home, according officials. the l.a. fire chief adding it's too dangerous for many residents to go home. >> there is still active fires that are burning within the palisades area making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public. there is no power. there is no water. there is broken gas lines and we have unstable structures. >> reporter: we met shannon when she walked up to talk to police. her family waiting since 4:00 a.m. >> we are hopeful to get a couple minutes to grab some things and then get out of town. >> reporter: she was with her fiance shea and shea's 8 #-year-old matter trying to get back to their pacific palisades home. >> we don't have any answers and there is a lot of different information which is why i'm posted up here. >> reporter: shannon couldn't get in. she told us about

then sheriff robert luna. and following that, we'll hear from la dwp general manager jim, the skin giannis as well as superintendent about albert. oprah follow. the mayor will come back to the podium and open it up for questions. i'll call on questions from the left. and with that, we're best. thank you. >> good evening, everyone. i stand here today with incredible sympathy and concern about the devastation and the tragedy that our city and county are facing. and i definitely want to send my condolences to the families who lost loved ones to the families and neighborhoods who lost property. this firestone firestorm is the big one in magnitude. >> hurricane force winds are usually accompanied by rain storms. but these are hurricane force winds that are combined with extremely dry drought conditions to provide context at 10:20pm, am yesterday. the palace, 8 fire was at 10 acres. 12 minutes later, it was a 200 acres to those who fled their homes, especially those who have lost their homes. our hearts are breaking

uh, the los angeles county sheriff robert luna said about 30 people had been arrested in his jurisdiction for things of that nature. some of them were actually dressed in the fireman's uniforms with the helmets and everything and breaking into people's houses so. so there's that. but there's also the gouging uh, uh, a gas stations uh, gouging the price of fuel. and especially now landlords and the rental companies increasing the price of rental properties. because there are now tens of thousands of people who have no place to live. and they're desperate to rent some place to live until they can get back on their feet. and some of these companies operate by an algorithm that, that it measures the demand and, and, and, and the availability and those algorithms, you know, just sort of inflate the price automatically. also, some people unscrupulous landlords are inflating the price, but it's illegal. you can't do that in california, according to law. you can't raise a price of, of a rental property up 10 percent over what it was before, you know, in a one year time. so you thought these are b

now, sheriff robert luna, thank you sheriff. >> good morning to everybody this morning.ell over 500 l.a. county deputies that are assisting continuous with evacuations, traffic control, security patrols and other humanitarian efforts. they're out there. i hear people calling me. they see a lot of black and white police cars rolling with lights and siren. they're they're they're out there working. that's what they're doing. they've been actively patrolling the evacuated areas and are increasing their presence to deter any burglary or looting activity that may occur. just to summarize, on evacuations for all the fires that we're dealing with, evacuations orders stand at approximately 153,000 residents that are under evacuation orders and approximately 57,830 structures at risk. and then evacuation warnings. approximately 166,800 residents under both warnings. or i'm sorry, those are just specifically for warnings, what i want to go to next, and we started talking about this last night, is a curfew. a curfew order has been established for the palisades and eden fire areas.

the sheriff of los angeles county, robert luna, quoted as saying the, we don't know that half of it yet as teams, 1st responders go from door to door in ravaged neighborhood some with the advert dogs searching for human remains, hoping not to find them, but knowing almost certainly that the total is going to be much higher as far as the material disruption. it's incalculable, certainly in the hundreds and hundreds of billions and the emotional toll on the city of los angeles as a whole, even for those who were not directly affected for those who didn't lose their homes or their friends homes or possessions. it's, it's a very, very heavy, a heart breaking situation and now firefighters say that they are gaining some containment on the major fires. that's really good news. but with this very dry weather that we've been having 8 months of route and the forecasts for more winds on their way. los angeles unfortunately, is not yet out of danger. rob reynolds, l, just the euro. malibu california as well as a backdrop to this series of reports. so from that 2024 was the health this year on reco

la cifra de muertos ascendiÓ a 16 y segÚn el alguacil del condado de los Ángeles, robert luna, hay 13ros esta noche. el incendio se extiende hacia el este, hacia encino y tambiÉn hacia brentwood. erika flores precisamente estÁ en este lugar con la Última informaciÓn por quinto dÍa. >> los Ángeles arden llamas. el incendio es el mayor siniestro en el condado. avanza ferozmente tierra adentro, consumiendo todo a su paso, incluyendo cientos de estructuras adicionales. y amenazan nuevas comunidades como encino, west y brentwood. albino se quedÓ sin empleo. el restaurante donde habÍa trabajado por dÉcadas como mesero fue devorado por el fuego. >> mi corazÓn estÁ acÁ. mi corazÓn estÁ aquÍ. mi vida estÁ acÁ. he crecido a mis hijas y mi familia trabajando en este bonito lugar. >> mientras en el segundo incendio mÁs devastador estÁn los residentes han estado regresando al sitio donde su hogar estuvo una vez en pie. david tenÍa viviendo aquÍ mÁs de 20 aÑos con su esposa y dos hijos. >> lo material se puede reemplazar aunque tome un poco de tiempo. pero esta es tu casa y. y aquÍ es donde quieres

robert luna says we don't know the half of it yet. as officers and 1st responders go from door to door and all of those houses seeking human remains, hoping not to find them, but possibly possibly it's, it's going to be much, much worse than the the physical told the material damage the economic damage on calculable right now i've heard estimates of a $150000000000.00 to that. that seems low. the emotional toll is, is also something that people are having really hard time coming to grips with. i spoke to one mother who was high school teenage child was weeping in the night just thinking of all the places that she knew in her neighborhood in pacific palisades or friends, houses that have been destroyed her houses. okay. but as her, her whole background and everything she knew is, is gone. so it's, it's really unspeakable. it's, it's difficult as to, to kind of comprehend throughly, paradise lost. wow. what a trudy officer situation. rob, thank you so much for bringing us all of that reporting world. reynolds live for us in malibu. now

sheriff robert luna talking about things they are seeing in the areas. listen. >> i saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter. i asked him if he was okay, because he was sitting down. i didn't realize he was in handcuffs. he was degreed like a fire man and he was not. >> griff: a man with a blow torch taken into custody, he is an illegal immigrant. they are holding him on probation violation, not charged with anything like arson. officials worry because of policy they may not be able to take him into a detainer. winds, they are expecting a dangerous situation, could see gusts up to 70 miles per hour. palisades fire 13% contained after burning 23,000 acres. eaton fire burned 14,000. captain eric scott had this to say. a -- things are still burning and active. it is so dry that the brush or fuel if an ember lands on it, has 65% ignition. we are chasing fires. >> griff: particular concern is in the palisades fire, we were seeing those fires burning close to densely populated areas. we are expecting a news conference from mayor karen bos. >> carley: ver

county sheriff robert luna is saying it is simply too dangerous here for residents to come back. listen here. >> driving around some of these areas, literally they look like war zones. there are downed power poles, electric wires, still some smoldering fires. it is not safe. >> meanwhile, mike, there is serious threat of additional fires. we watched all day yesterday as those airplanes, supers coopers, were dropping the red fire retardant on the canyon area. that is northeast of where we are and that was threatening dense populated areas like mandeville canyon as well as brentwood. officials say if it were to reach that and get the knees elevated wind comes in elevated fires spread down the canyon anthills, it could create a very significant event as we headed to the new week. that is a problem. the eaton fire is now 27% contained after burning some 14,000 acres. the palisades fire still only 11 % contained after burning more and destroying 23,000 acres. to put that into perspective, more than 25 times the size of new york's central park. really, a dangerous situation as we come

riding shotgun is sheriff robert luna. horses pull the wagon adorned with yellow roses.the sheriff's personnel are dressed in traditional western wear from the mid-19th century. 1926, a sheriff led the procession and the rose parade on horseback. i will pop quiz you later on that one. leeza: it has been a busy, beautiful start to the new year. just like that, the parade has come to a close, finale. there were some favorite moments. can i start first? mark: yes, please. leeza: there was a woman's power story led by billie jean king. what a great way to remind audiences of this woman's spectacular influence on the 20th century. not just in sports but the feeling of, you have to stand up for yourself. i loved our grand marshal. mark: is it my turn? i want to go with the improv nature thisade has offered. fans stopping the show and taking over. that made it one of the best days ever for us as hosts. we are sitting here and flying by the seat of our pants. the horns you are hearing behind us, a bunch of people are leaving and they are trying to get a truck down here. leeza: h

county sheriff robert luna said a nighttime curfew would resume tonight in those areas. >> we're notnge to inconvenience anybody. we're doing it to protect the structures, the house that people have left because we ordered them to leave. and i want them to be confident that we are doing everything we can to secure that. >> at least 20 arrests have been made for lewding -- luting. and in addition to law enforcement national guard are patrolling streets in a briefing today, president joe biden got an update on the fires and said his administration is working with president-elect trump's team. >> they know everything we're doing with the response. >> back in los angeles, council member tracy park laments the future of the pacific palisades since many residents who were underinsured may never be able to rebuild. >> i think the reality is that the palisades is going to look and feel different. that's probably inevitable as people decide whether to rebuild, what to rebuild and i think it also raises really important questions about our city about densification in area that is are prone to

looters will bring former sheriff of los angeles county and sheriff, this morning the current sheriff robert lunas of things i want to go over the up with increase l.a. county staffing to about 1200 personnel he said it l likely they will ad more. many of them are on 12 hour shifts which means i believe they are 12 on, 12 off. they are working incredibly hard of course they have been assigned to close to 1500 missions? if i would ask you now having been the sheriff there for four years, relate that to us in layman's terms. just how hard are these deputies working? >> i can tell you the voices i have heard from the front lines from the command post for example, deputies are working 22 hours, 23, 24 hours in the same spot without moving they are stretched beyond sin. the national guard showed up for days too late. the fact is the department is severely understaffed because of political decisions in the board of supervisors. they wanted to fund social justice projects and take away from the sheriff's department from fire, from probation and now that you need all these first responders to respond to

here was la county sheriff robert luna speaking about the official death toll from these fires whichght was at five. >> regarding any death toll information, yes. we had preliminary numbers yesterday. i got to be honest with you. as i reviewed some of those last night and this morning i was not satisfied with the information we are getting and it's not the fault of our people. the people working under very difficult conditions are doing their best to do what they need to do. some of them looked like a bomb dropped into them. to bring canines and other thing to help us. hopefully not discover too many fatalities. that's our prayer. unfortunately, based on the preliminary information i have seen in the two large fires that we are dealing with on each side of the county. unfortunately, i think the death toll will rise. i hope i'm wrong. but i think it will rise. >> since sheriff luna made the remarks this morning the official death toll has risen to six. one of the key factors fueling all of these fire is the wind speed. the national weather service warns that inspeeds are expected to i

county robert luna saint 700 people currently being housed across nine shelters but that is probably an understatement. those looking for housing where can they stay skyhigh prices in some cases outright gouging during the crisis. summer taken a drastic measure they are fleeing los angeles entirely to rat on the east coast real estate breaker under broker up and down the east coast is working with l.a. desperate for housing he is here with the fox business exclusive. what are you hearing from clients on the west coast. >> first and foremost it's a tragedy of proportions and were doing everything possible to help our west coast brothers and sisters much as we possibly can. started on wednesday morning we started getting phone calls for real estate agents based in and around los angeles first saying we have clients that might need to evacuate their thinking about coming to the east coast on thursday that picked up on friday became worse and worse and we feel those calls all throughout the weekend and we started facilitating rentals but those are about to turn into purchases immediately

. >> 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 superviso

. >> 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 take or

at a press conference this morning, la county police sheriff robert luna confirmed the arrest of some looters continue to conduct roving patrols. >> manning hard road closures, providing security in evacuation areas to prevent anyone who may be tempted tempted. to engage in criminal behavior or behavior like looting. and i'm going to make this crystal clear to everybody out there. last night. and this morning we are up to 20 20 individuals who chose to go into our areas and deprive these poor people who have been through so much of their property. as you know, when we have an evacuation order by law, if you remain in that area, you are guilty of a misdemeanor. if you commit certain crimes that could jump up to a felony. i'm going to be asking our employees to start enforcing that. that is very different than a curfew. why? because it's 24 7. if you are in one of these areas and you do not belong there, you are going to be subject to arrest. >> california attorney general rob bonta is warning folks about scammers during all this. he says the scammer see an opportunity to take advantage

sheriff, robert luna, he's coming out strong.e you are in an evacuated area and you're not supposed to be there, that's a misdemeanor. if you create a crime, that -- commit a crime, that this jumps to the felony. they may enforce a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew starting tonight. possible. stuart: jason, come back in, please -- >> what are they talking about? they haven't enforced looting for years. i mean, you could go walk into any store and go steal sufficient, and they don't have any if problem with this. where's e the national guard? i saw bill melugin earlier, and he's saying -- he's on the ground, you can see him, he's there. they haven't seen a single national guards person there, and it's the been how many days? you can't take this long to react. you have to be able the put these things in place. there are some checkpoints, but this looting is going the to get out of control. stuart: going to be political change in california. it's going to be called for. jason, thank you. >>> check futures, dow off 250. nasdaq down 200. the op

. >> sheriff robert luna. >> good morning to everybody. this morning we have well over 500 la county deputies assisting continuous with evacuations, traffic control, security patrols and other humanitarian efforts. they are out there. i hear people calling me they see a lot of black and white police cars rolling with lights and siren. they are out there working. that's what they are doing. they've been actively patrolling evacuated areas and increasing their presence to deter any burglary or looting activity that may occur. just to summarize on evacuations for all the fires that we're dealing with, evacuations orders stand at approximately 153,000 residents that are under evacuation orders and approximately 57,830 structures at risk. evacuation warnings approximately 166,800 residents under both warnings -- those are just specifically for warnings. what i want to go to next and we started talking about this last night is curfew. a curfew order has been established for the palisades and eaton fire areas in all mandatory evacuation zones. th

. >> 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 conversatio

. >> 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

that's how the los angeles county sheriff robert luna is describing the destruction across the fire zoneright now, pacific palisades is still burning, though we know at last count, it had already claimed 17,234 acres. the number of structures damaged or destroyed, still unknown at the palisades fire. but it's estimated to be in the thousands. and some residents in malibu, they're now getting their first look at the sheer level of destruction. >> i kept spraying all the embers, and then the next thing i know, a 30-foot wall of fire was coming at 60 miles an hour, and i couldn't see. and it was so smoky, so i said, it's time to leave. we lost everything we own, but -- it doesn't even look like a house anymore. it just looks like a -- something. >> cbs of nbc steve patterson is on the ground for us. he is in altadena. steve, what's it like there? >> we're in pacific palisades now, chris. we've moved. and it looks as everyone has described it, like a war zone. this is a perfect example of what we've heard from jacob and katy, who grew up here. that these neighborhoods are gone. this neighbor

county sheriff, robert luna, says 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting so far.ep rising. and after an incident yesterday in the skies over the palisades fire, the fbi wants to make sure unauthorized drones no longer fly over that fire zone. the l.a. county firefighters say a drone collided with an aircraft that was dropping water on the flames. no one was hurt, but that collision put a hole in the left wing and forced the aircraft to land. still no word on who was flying that drone. >> the skies above los angeles have been smoky for the better part of this week. now we have new video that shows what happened when the first plume rose above the pacific coast highway. we'll take a picture here. this is what it was like on tuesday. one woman saw the smoke and rushed home to check on her house. as smoke began to take over. essentially perfect blue skies. she took this video as she feared what she'd see in her neighborhood. >> it's hard to watch the fire, and there's no fire trucks that were there at that time. yeah, you hear the sirens, but what can you actually do?

robert luna, los angeles county, california, sheriff: people are saying, i just want to go look at myse and i want to see what's left. we know that, but we have people literally looking for the remains of your neighbors. please be patient with us. geoff: with a dangerous fire weather forecast expected to extend at least through wednesday, let's turn now to california's state fire marshal, daniel berlant, for more on the conditions and the unprecedented challenges that firefighters continue to face across the region. thanks so much for being with us. daniel berlant, california state fire marshal: thanks. geoff: these fires remain largely uncontained and you have got millions of people in southern california who are forecast to be in critical fire risk zones, as we said, at least through midweek. what are the persistent challenges that your crews are facing at this moment? daniel: while we are making progress on a number of fronts on the current fires, as you mentioned, we are gearing up, we are preplanning for significant winds over the next couple of days. that may not only hamper the

county sheriff robert luna expects to increase as well.he also described what they called the devastation, the destruction of these wildfires, calling it war zones, equating it to war zones. but all these officials talking about all the efforts to contain these blazes, they said that there has been some good news, the hurst fire, for one, they said about 89% of that has been contained. but there's other challenges ahead, namely the palisades fire just 11% contained of the palisades fire, 27% of the eaton fire is contained. this is 105,000 people remain under evacuation orders in l.a. now, the l.a. officials, county and city officials also talked about their communications with the trump team. they have not spoken directly with the incoming president, donald trump, who takes office in eight days. but they have spoken to his team. the l.a. city mayor, karen bass, saying that she believes that trump will visit the area, as does the l.a. county board of supervisors chair kathryn barger, urging him to trump to visit the area, calling for a robu

. >> los angeles county sheriff robert luna warning about criminal activity. >> people that do not belong in these disaster zones need to stay out, or they're going to get arrested. >> on saturday, two people were detained in the evacuation zone near. vice president kamala harris's home. according to officials. l.a. fire chief kristen crowley, adding that it is too dangerous for many residents to go home. >> there are still active fires that are burning within the palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public. there's no power, there's no water, there's broken gas lines, and we have unstable structures. tell me your first name. >> we met shannon grooms when she walked up to talk to police. her family waiting since 4 a.m. >> we're just hopeful to get a couple minutes to grab some things and. and then get out of town. >> she was with her fiance, shay burns, and shay's 81 year old mother, judy mcelroy, trying to get back to their pacific palisades home. >> we don't have any answers and there's a lot of different information, which is why i'm posted up here. >> shann

and i want to play a clip from los angeles county sheriff robert luna about what he says they are facing >> when i was out there in the malibu area, um, i saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter, and i asked him if he was okay because he was sitting down. i didn't realize we had him in handcuffs. we were turning him over to lapd because he was dressed like a fireman. and he was not. he just got caught burglarizing a home. >> i mean, extraordinary people posing as firefighters, you know, trying to take advantage of folks right now. so how might the state prosecute people who were arrested, who are alleged to be taking advantage of, you know, fire victims? >> first, you can call me rob any time you want. second, this is terrible conduct. these are folks who have been evacuated. their their lives have been turned upside down. they have been displaced. they have lost their homes, all of their belongings, the most valuable things in their lives. some have lost loved ones and and or are looking for and searching for loved ones. and they deserve support and services and resources and com

county sheriff robert luna expressed on the program last night, is that more victims may still be discovered. here's what my team and i saw today. while firefighters in the mountains look for hotspots in altadena, search and rescue squads go through what the fires have left behind. this is a regional task force of search and rescue crews from from different departments, but they are all working together here, combing over every inch in a property that's been destroyed. uh, they identified where the kitchen is. um, they look at the abandoned vehicles that have been burned out. they're literally sifting inch by inch through the rubble to see if there are any human remains. they move carefully through the ashes of a home using tools and sometimes their hands to see what lies beneath. do you ever get used to it? >> uh, i don't think. i don't think any of us get used to it. i think you develop coping mechanisms and a way to process things that are very difficult to see, and to be around. >> captain joseph walz has been doing this for 18 years. >> what fuels everyone? everyone here working on this

i'm here with sheriff robert luna of l.a. county sheriff's department. um, just talk a little bit about what in terms of what your officers are doing, looking for for missing, looking for for those who have died. >> yeah. so first of all, i'm really proud to represent all the men of the men and women of the los angeles county sheriff's department. >> they are doing amazing work, working long hours. >> so we're very appreciative. so we've got several missions between evacuations, road closures, ingress and egress, humanitarian missions. and we're out there working and we're unfortunately we're doing what we call looter suppression, because when people don't want to leave their house under evacuation orders, they're afraid that people may break into their homes. so we are out there trying to ensure that people's homes are safe. so that's a primary mission. >> are you seeing a lot of i mean, how many arrests have you made? and for on looting as of last night, we have had a total of 34 arrests. >> but not all of them are for either burglary or looting. there

the sheriff robert luna is all over television. the fire chief, the. firefighters, obviously, gavin newsom is all over every screen here. so i just think of all the people in los angeles, she's the one who is the punching bag at the moment. >> yeah, a lot of scrutiny for all of them. peter hamby, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you all so much for joining us here at cnn news night with abby phillip is up next. >> tonight. mr.. hegseth grilled on the hill. >> i have read multiple reports of your regularly being drunk at work. >> from the personal, you have admitted that you had sex while you were married to wife two to the policy. i suggest you do a little homework. the big question is donald trump's man to lead american forces qualified for the job. plus, tiktok on tiktok. as the ban looms, is elon musk shopping? and when they go low, she stays home. why michelle obama is breaking tradition and snubbing the inauguration. live at the table scott jennings, ashley allison, kevin o'leary, catherine rampell and juan williams. americans with differen

county sheriff robert luna said about those caught looting. >> i'm telling you right now, i know people talk about no bail, and i've given direction that if somebody is caught doing this, they are not going to get cited and released. they're going to get booked. we are not screwing around with this. we don't want anyone taking advantage of our residents that have already been victimized. >> how concerned are you about these? bad actors trying to take advantage of your constituents? >> oh, i'm very concerned. i brought it up early on, and i actually have to say that i am so relieved that we've got a district attorney that actually is going to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. today, he made it clear you are caught and you are convicted. don't think you're going to get off with a slap on the wrist. this is unbelievable. last night, my community, the sheriffs, recovered property from from individuals that had gone in and stole from someone's home who evacuated, honored the request to evacuate, and in turn had their house burglarized. you know, i'm i'm i'm all over this as well. a