. >>> los vientos estan propagando el fuego en casi un acre por s g segundo, en la localidad de l sylmarapenas ha tenido tiempo de evacuar, de hecho en m medio de la cobetura, el corr corresponsal francisco cuevas ayudo a una familia hispana que intentaba sacar la abuela, f francisco cuentanos . >>> q¿que tal, juegos olimpicoj tardes, un dia dificil para los residentes de california, espe i especialmetnte en sylmar, ciuda que desperto ante un terrible incedio, el trabajo nos pone en situaciones dificiles y tuvimos que ayudar en ocasiones a varios residentes para poder subir a a salvo ,las arutoridades nos in r informaron que 4 mil acres de e terreno han sido consumidos por los incejndios, mientras dque e miles de flamilias han sido ev u evacuadas y lo peor de todo; el clima no esta cooperando. >>> la llamada de ecimergencia m tomo por sorpresa a miles de fliamilias en suylmar, californ tuv pertenencias y salir con su f a familia . >>> estamos cerca no mas de uno, toda la flamilia, es lo mas it importante de uno, los hijos. >>> las fuertes rafagas de vi viento en el terreno seco pro propa

de california "sylmar" al sur de california.-hasta el momento, las llamas han arrasado con mas de 11 mil acres, 2 mil 500 estructuras afectadas y 30 viviendas consumidas por las llamas. ---se espera que hoy los vientos disminuyan su intensidad y las autoridades indicaron que las alertas de bandera roja se extenderan hasta el dia viernes. ---y el denominado "'skirball fire" esta causando preocupacin a los propietarios de un exclusivo vecindario en "bel-air", pues no solo esta causando el cierre de autopistas sino que las llamas estan alcanzando las grandes viviendas,por lo que las personas arriesgan sus vidas como usted puede ver en pantalla para tratar de apagar el fuego. mas de 200 bomberos se encuentran extinguiendo las llamas en esta zona ---miles de dolares han perdido en los ultimos dias varias victimas de un conocido fraude. ---via telefonica los acusan de haber faltado a la cita para ser jurado y como nos cuenta pilar niÑo desde redwood city... han logrado estafarlos. si hay algo de gran responsabilidad es cuando la corte

new video into the news room showing the flames in sylmar. we are going to take ewe there live and tell you how the bay area is responding to help. >>> a day after the president endorsed roy moore, the rnc is now gaining support. marcus? >> thanks, scott. we want to look at the board. the dow is up one point there. the dow opened higher, but declined pressure s&p 500 and nasdaq. it is now 6:41. you are watching "today in the bay." when you're clocking out. i'm the one clocking in... sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. i can even help with a silent night. does your bed do that? i don't actually talk, but i can tell you how you slept. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. >>> it is 6:44. as you get ready to head out, windy, but all clear. as we take a live look outside in san jose, we will have still some of those tree limbs down from the wind gusts and going to evergreen. 45 degrees at 8:00 this morning. a chilly start. look at today into the low 6

. >> reporter: as crews battle multiple fires in los angeles suburbs, in sylmar dozens of homes are lost. number that there likely climb. hundreds of animals also caught in the path of fire. long night and long day as crews lose ground and families lose homes just before christmas. >> i just can't believe, 65 years old, got to start over. >> reporter: tonight lester, at this location, we're flanked by firefighters for safety on both sides. the winds are picking back up. on thursday, they'll reach 70 miles an hour. lester, back to you. >> amazing destruction in such a short time. miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> another major story, president trump on verge of decision that many fear to inflame tensions in middle, expected to announce that u.s. will recognize jerusalem as capital of israel and move embassy there. led the state department to warn u.s. government employees to avoid palestinian areas of jerusalem and the west bank. andrea mitchell with more. >> reporter: claimed by three of the world's great religions, central in a dispute pitting president trump and israel's prime minister a

rob marciano, sylmar, congress appears to be on track to avert a government shutdown. money runs out tomorrow at midnight, but the house is set to vote today on a bill to keep agencies running through december 22nd. and president trump will meet with congressional leaders today. the president warned on wednesday that a shutdown could happen. but the white house said the president was anticipating productive talks. >>> also happening today, a big announcement from senator al franken after losing support from many fellow democrats. franken is widely expected to row si resign. but his office insists he has not made a final decision yet. dozens of democrats, including senate minority leader, chuck schumer, are calling for him to step down as two more accusers come forward. >> you're saying he should resign. >> and i get no pride or pleasure in saying >> i think today's allegations just further add to a fact pattern here that's just unacceptable. >> one of the new accusers said franken tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006 and another woman claims he groped her at a party eigh

the second, the creek fire, started this morning in cagle anan canyon near sylmar. the third and latest, the rye fire is burning in santa clarita, but no homes are threatened there yet. the big concern this hour is strong winds. as we look live in eventual ra coun ventura county, see the flames going strong devouring that structure there. firefighters say there's 0% containment. abc news reporter has more. >> reporter: this is just a glimpse of the destruction, this fire is burning out of control. due to the intensity of the fire and the winds, crews are having a hard time making access and we're told there are multiple reports of structures burning. winds gusting up to 68 miles per hour, whipping up explosive wildfires raging through southern california. >> anybody home? >> reporter: sheriff's deputies knocking on homes in the town of santa paula in the middle of the night, and forcing evacuation orders for at least 8,000 homes. >> we have over 100 sheriff's personnel working in the fire areas dealing with evacuations. >> reporter: the flames devouring everything i

marcie gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> talk more about those winds right now. firefighters are saying today could be one of the worst days and part of that is because conditions are just so dry. mike has been talking about this for several days now. we're facing it here. they really don't need to be facing it there because they're trying to set up the fire breaks. that's making it more difficult. >> it's jumping them in most cases. look at the winds, reggie. hi, everybody. they're even faster than they were this morning, especially ventura. look at that, gusting to nearly 50 miles per hour right now. simi valley, 20. san fernando, 33. that's why this entire area, 8.7, nearly 8.7 million people under critical fire conditions. that red flag warning for extreme fire danger from the border with mexico, all the way up to slow. this is going to last not only today, but tomorrow and also most of the day saturday, reggie, until 8:00. evacuations, there could be more coming. >> we'll continue watching it, mike, thank you. >>> world news tonight anchor david muir is goin

las cosas e incrementar la magnitud del incendio ---terrible tragedia se reporta en un rancho de sylmarlcinados por las llamas del incendio creek.. ---"martin plascencia" nos tiene mas detalles de este caso. aunque con serias quemaduras en las ancas y la frente, ruben es uno de los 60 caballos que se salvo de un rancho que ayer fue devorado por las llamas del incendio creek. no todos los animales sobrevivieron virginia padilla/propietaria del caballo ruben 58:13 una tragedia! había muchos caballos que no pudieron salirse y los hallamos todavía en sus caballerizas quemados. virgina calcula que 30 caballos s no salieron vivos del rancho padilla que la familia de ella tiene en las colinas de sylmar. francisco padilla/propietario del rancho todos queremos los caballos es otra familia para mi es un respeto y los siento que haya pasado esto con los caballos el incendio creek que hasta hoy ha consumido mas de 14, mil acres de maleza los soprendio ayer como a las cuatro de la manana y la familia apenas tuvo tiempo de desalojar no teníamos ni tiempo para abrir las caballerizas. no había tiempo p

los incendios de sylmar, santa clarita y san diego, estÁn contenidos en 70% y en bel-air, en 75%. calles para repartir mascarillas. >> si no tenmeos la gente que nos debe comer, ¿dÓnde? dulce: para algunos padres de familia como amadeo, el ausentarse no es una opciÓn. >> tenemos que trabajar para pagar la renta, pero otra parte es ser consciente de que estÁ en peligro la salud de uno. aparte estar trabajando todo el dÍa. dulce: la alerta roja permanecerÁ hasta esta noche, sin embargo expertos dicen que se puede alargar. beatriz: pasamos al Área de la bahÍa, porque los afectados por los incendios al norte de california tienen hasta maÑana lunes para solicitar la ayuda federal. fema esta recibiendo las solicitudes de damnificados que buscan asistencia financiera para cubrir los daÑos que no son incluidos en su pÓliza de seguros. las personas dueÑos de negocios podrÍan aplicar tras recibir prÉstamos con la administraciÓn de pequeÑos negocios. en la frontera del paso texas por el lugar de encuentro para familias mexicanas, momento de grandes emociones. >> nosotros vemos en acciÓn. per

. >> in sylmar people and pane malls fleeing the creek fire. 20 miles south of sylmar a brushfire forced shutdown in the wealthy bel air neighborhood. the flames coming dangerously close to the named getty center museum. >> get ready, load up your cars. >> it's calm. the winds are not blowing. but they are forecast to come back with a vengeance even stronger than monday night and yesterday where they gifted 70 miles per hour. -- gusted 70 miles per hour. embers could reignite and burn downter homes and hillsides that made it through the other fires. the damage estimate is still early on, but it has to be in the least hundreds of millions of dollars. lou: 200,000 people being evacuated, where are they being sheltered. and have we ever seen that's people evacuated this quickly with wildfires? reporter: i don't know about that up in. but i can tell you it's different types of evacuations. you have people who are preliminary evacuations. i am not sure what the mandatory number is. we are expecting a press conference to get that in the next hour. like in northern california, you don't have to

this one in particular is the creek fire burning in the area of sylmar, just northeast of los angeles. as you can see, it is still burning quite a bit of acreage, and thousands of acreage at this point. and tens of thousands of firefighters are on the front line. all over southern california at this hour. >>> jimmy kimmel is off this week as his son billy recovers from another successful heart surgery. but we got an update overnight on the seven month old. he is eating, smiling, all of this after surgery. >> he was born with a heart defect and had emergency surgery in may. jimmy's wife molly has given a new interview now about billy's health and how it launched jimmy into the national health care debate. >> no parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life. it just shouldn't happen. >> so you see jimmy there talking a little bit earlier when after his son had the initial surgery. now molly says that she and jimmy hope that by talking about health care they're helping other families. now she says people ask about billy everywhere she and jimmy go. >> sh

nosotros nos encontramos en sylmar. se desplazaron a 100,000 personas de este lugar.o, ya que alguna de las embarcaciones fueron canceladas. muchas personas van a encontrar escombros. los vehÍculos estÁn hechos chatarras como pueden ver. les quiero mostrar algo que acabamos de encontrar. es impresionante. hablamos de los caballos. aquÍ, tambiÉn, podemos apreciar como esta culebra quedÓ congelada y murió con el incendio. a su lado parece ser un pequeÑo lagarto. esto creo que se debe aquel incendio decÍan que era explosivo. esta alerta por los vientos va a continuarcreando la dificultad para los bomberos y el incendio que causa mucha consternaciÓn es el incendio de ventura. alcanzÓ al otro condado que es santa bÁrbara. este incendio estÁ arrasando en ventura y santa bÁrbara. son mÁs de 32,000 acres acabadas. le vamos a traer todos los detalles del incendio por univisiÓn. carolina: gracias, dulce por el deporte en vivo. javier: se conocen nuevos detalles del tiroteo en la escuela de nuevo mÉxico. la policÍa dijo que las dos personas muertas son estudiantes hispanos. uno

marci gonzalez, sylmar, california. >>> happening now, a reminder that the bay area is under a spare the air alert until tomorrow. sky 7 shot these pictures of smoke from the southern california fires on the horizon. weather conditions there are trapping wood smoke pollution close to the ground. remember, no wood burning during spare the air days. >>> happening today, a candlelight vigil in san francisco will honor the 26 people killed at sandy hook five years ago. a 20-year-old gunman shot 20 children all between the ages of 6 and 7 and six adult staff members at sandy hook elementary school in the city of new town, connecticut. today more than 200 events across the country are commemorating sandy hook and asking lawmakers to do more to end gun violence. the san francisco event begins at 2:00 at st. dominic's church on bush street. house minority leader nancy pelosi is scheduled to attend. >>> buying ammunition off the internet will soon get more expensive and more complicated in california. a new law takes effect starting in january. right now, stores that sell ammo are seeing spik

the creek fire is burning near sylmar. >> in terms of the size of the fires, the creek fire is 11,000 acres. the rie fire is 5,000. the thomas is the largest, so far, have been burned 55,000 acres. >> we sent our own crew to ventura to speak to the people impacted by the fire. >> jodi hernandez filed this report. >> reporter: it's been a long and stressful night for folks here in ventura county. as you can see, the hillside has been ablaze all through the night. this morning, the threat is far from over. the wind fueled thomas fire continues to spread in ventura county, leaving entire neighborhoods aglow. the people who live there on edge. many are choosing not to evacuate. up stead, they are doing what they can to protect their homes. >> a bunch of structures that have been burned. ventura is totally burnt up. i hope we are not part of the statistics. >> we'll fight it. if it gets ugly, i have my car in the drive way packs, with somewhere to go. >> one home everybody is watching, the former home of johnny cash. >> it means a lot to the community. >> chip hickman owns the home. he bou

meantime, the creek fire near sylmar burned 11,000 acres and the rye fire 5,000 acres. that fire near the getty center is 50 acres right now. >>> we are going to switch gears and the discussion to bring lanes to 101 is ramping up. >> sharon katsuda is live along the freeway in burling game with the impact it could have on a lot of people's commute. good morning, sharon. >> reporter: laura and marcus. well, the traffic looks good right now. we know the usual in a couple hours, it is going to be stop and go traffic in this area. the goal of this project, if it goes through, to keep the traffic moving at 45 miles per hour in the express lanes. caltrans is looking for your input on express lanes in this area along highway 101. charge drivers in the express lanes from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. similar to highway 680. other express lanes charge several dollars to less than a dollar to use it in peak hours. it stretches highway 101 to highway 380 near sfo. if approved, the express lane construction could begin in may of 2019. a public hearing will take place in redwood city and c

marci gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> well, the smoke from the wildfires is making its way to the bay area. you've probably noticed that. this was a look towards san francisco late this afternoon from our mountain tam camera. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here to talk air quality with us in the bay area. sandhya? >> yeah, kristen, that air quality that you were looking at was poor buzz of this. take a look at the satellite picture. smoke from those fires drifting from the southern california fires out over the water, but also some of this was moving up towards the bay area. we do have red flag warnings for southern california, impacting over 7 million people. extreme fire danger until sunday at 8:00 p.m. right now winds, yeah, they're gusty, but not as strong as earlier today. santa clarita, 20. midnight we are looking at wind gusts close to 30 miles per hour. topping 30 miles per hour in the morning. and then really continuing to remain gusty friday night. so, excuse me, smoke from the wildfires come up around this area of high pressure. it's a clockwise flow. smoky sk

marci gonzalez, sylmar, california. abc 7 news. >>> happening now, a reminder that the bay area is under a spare the air alert until tomorrow. sky 7 shot these pictures of smoke from the southern california fires on the horizon. weather conditions there are trapping wood smoke pollution close to the ground. remember, no wood burning during spare the air days. >>> happening today, a candlelight vigil in san francisco will honor the 26 people killed at sandy hook five years ago. a 20-year-old gunman shot 20 children all between the ages of 6 and 7 and six adult staff members at sandy hook elementary school in the city of new town, connecticut. today more than 200 events across the country are commemorating sandy hook and asking lawmakers to do more to end gun violence. the san francisco event begins at 2:00 at st. dominic's church on bush street. house minority leader nancy pelosi is scheduled to attend. >>> buying ammunition off the internet will soon get more expensive and more complicated in california. a new law takes

abc news sylmar, california. >>> our weather continueses to be affected look at the hazy skies near mount diablo. smoke in the contributing to the brownish air. >> abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya has hags more on this. >> ufrmt for two more days. spare the airtime alert saturday and sunday. poor air quality the north bay. moderate for the rest of the bay area. look at the smoke from the southern california wildfires and basically that is flowing up around the area of high pressure. clockwise rotation drying up the smoke. red flag warnings for more than 7 people in southern california until sunday night at 8:00 p.m. the fire danger is elevated. right now the humidity levels you see why it's elevated so low. 10% in santa clarita. seemy valley heading into midnight the winds increase. pretty light right now but gusty to 34-mile-per-hour heading into tomorrow night. 37 in ventura. going to be gusty sunday night. as you look at live doppler 7 what we really need is rain. i'll let you no he if there is any sight when i come back in a few minutes. kristin. >> sandhya thank you. we are learning

. >> reporter: so he went to sylmar and packed up horse poop. >> festive. >> reporter: and he dropped it off at steve mnuchin's houses in bel-air and one in beverly hills. >> i rang the door bell. nobody answered. >> reporter: same thing for me. the package of poop, still here. maybe package pirates didn't want to touch it. but they believe that this package of poop is just perfect. >> i support that very much. i was ready to write my name as well. >> dear mr. mnuchin and trump, we the american people are returning the gift of the christmas tax bill because it is utter horse [censor] >> reporter: an attorney told me that he doesn't believe that strong will face any criminal charges. >> well, my wife is a lawyer. and i'm not too worried. >> reporter: strong is a psychologist. he said he has written books >> as it turns out, i'm going to be the guy known for horse [censor] >> please, people, listen. don't get any ideas. this is a serious topic. the secret service has taken over the investigation into this. a spokesperson says the agency was aware of the incident but declines to comment

fire officials are also battling the rye fire, this is near santa clarita and the creek fire near sylmar. the skirball fire is near the getty center, one that may that a lot of people have been worried about as it gets closer to that museum with precious and priceless art. >>> the thomas fire has now burned 90,000 acres, that's about three times the size of san francisco. the creek fire near sylmar has burned more than 12,000 acres this morning, the rye hire is at 7,000 acres and the skirball fire that we've been watching has burned 475 acres. the big concern today is the extreme wind conditions in southern california. in fact, take a look at this map, see that purple area there, a purple flag warning is in effect today for most of southern california covering ventura, los angeles, orange and san diego counties. that means there is an extreme threat for wildfires and if a fire starts, it would be considered uncontrollable and just think we already have all of these raging right now. >> that's why we want to bring in meteorologist kari hall. kari, when people hear that purple they are not

marci gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> the lilac fire in san diego county moved so fast trainers at a farm had to turn their horses loose to try and save them. this is near the san louie ray downs facility. the california horse racing board says close to 500 horses were stabled there. about 25 of them died when the fire swept through. >>> the abc 7 news app has been sending out updates on the southern california wildfires. you can be the first to know as we get updates with major developments on this breaking news. download the arkbc 7 news app, enable the push alerts. >>> developing news, union workers in oakland rejected the city's latest offer. they're still on strike. this is day four of public employees off the job. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has been at city hall every day of the strike. amy, i suppose the next move is going to come from the city. >> reporter: and it just came, reggie. i just talked to the mayor's spokesperson who said the city is ready to declare an impasse and bring in a state mediator. these workers are digging in and are full of energy this morn

which broke out across the l-a county foothills near lake view terrace and sylmar. ( darya ) now to a... an east bay lyft driver carjacked at gunpoint and the thieves are still on the loose. it happened in pittsburg on sunday night. robin langston picked up two people near the pittsburg bay point bart station. she then went to drop the two off at mcdonald's and when she turned around there was a gun in her face. she got out of the car and ran into the mcdonald's to call for help. the onstar satellite service located her car in oakland a short time later but police weren't able to respond for two hours. ( darya ) police say... to their knowledge there was nobody in the car when onstar located it... which is why they did not respond immediately. langston was eventually able to get her car back after it was towed. ( darya ) in the east bay... the search is on for a driver who took off... after hitting and killing a ped

tenemos cobertura en equipo siguiendo muy de cerca esta emergencia --- --- martn plascencia desde sylmarn lo ms reciente del incendio creek --- pero antes vamos con raymond mesa desde "ojai" zona afectada "thomas" para que nos de una actualizacin de qu est ocurriendo ---- raymond banner luis raymond --- muchas gracias raymond, parece que lo peor an est por llegar esto segn las autoridades, que anoche emitieron el mximo nivel de alerta para gran parte del territorio al sur del estado --- ---vamos a pasar con nuestra compaÑera gabriela delln y los detalles de qu significa esta alerta. --la vida silvestre no se salva del siniestro... un conejo fue salvado por un hombre que huia de la zona del desastre y todo quedo captado en camara... --puede ver como el heroe de este animalito lucha por atraparlo cuando brinca a un arbusto... rapidamente sale de alli y es cuando el hombre logra capturarlo y llevarselo de la escena que estaba completamente consumida por las llamas. ---la policia busca a otras posibles victimas de un hombre que es acusado de tocar inapropiadamente a jovenicitas durante un ba

marci gonzalez, abc news, sylmar, california. >>> well, the smoke from the wildfires is making its waybay area. you've probably noticed that. this was a look towards san francisco late this afternoon from our mountain tam camera. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here to talk air quality with us in the bay area. sandhya? >> yeah, kristen, that air quality that you were looking at was poor buzz of this. take a look at the satellite picture. smoke from those fires drifting from the southern california fires out over the water, but also some of this was moving up towards the bay area. we do have red flag warnings for southern california, impacting over 7 million people. extreme fire danger until sunday at 8:00 p.m. right now winds, yeah, they're gusty, but not as strong as earlier today. santa clarita, 20. midnight we are looking at wind gusts close to 30 miles per hour. topping 30 miles per hour in the morning. and then really continuing to remain gusty friday night. so, excuse me, smoke from the wildfires come up around this area of high pressure. it's a clockwise flow. smoky skies from

. >> we had a rain of fire covering us across the sylmar down the hill so it was terrifying. >> reporterthe houses that were under construction were destroyed. several other homes were also damaged. >>> firefighters are make some progress in their battle against the massive thomas fire in ventura and santa barbra's counties. it's 25% contained. since it began more than a week ago near st. paula, the fire has burned 236,000 acres and destroyed more than 900 structures. meanwhile, in los angeles, investigators say a cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a wildfire in the bel air region. the skirball is now 85% contained. >>> big difference between the northern california fires in wine country and the ones in southern california. we had some precipitation and rain after it's bone dry. >> it's been dry in the state of california in december. we usually get 1.5" of rain. we have had nothing just a couple of raindrops that's about it. we desperately need more rain. late next week there's a slim chance for rain. that's it. here's what's happening. we have a battle going on with this hig

wildfires burned down a dozen homes in sylmar, california.whipped up the flips in santa clarita. >> that is not good. >> not good at all. >> what does it look in terms of the forecast. >> not good. >> it is going to stay dry for a while. for us, we have a pattern change. it was 60 today. it will be maybe 50 tomorrow. and then 30s by the weekend. >> so get the tree tomorrow at the latest. >> yeah. i would not get the tree tonight because it is raining, mr. johnson. le here. american model on the left and the european model on the right. notice the heaviest precipitation, the snow has now pushed off to the east because of the european has taken that coastal low further east. the gfs has good snows west of the divide. both have snow west to the divide. that is not our snow. our best chance is saturday night, maybe some snow showers late saturday night. should not interfere in case saturday night is your date night. you should be okay. live look outside. still 57. winds out of the south at 9. the front is still back to the west. they will kick an

abc news sylmar, california. >>> our weather continueses to be affected look at the hazy skies near mount diablo. smoke in the contributing to the brownish air. >> abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya has hags more on this. >> ufrmt for two more days. spare the airtime alert saturday and sunday. poor air quality the north bay. moderate for the rest of the bay area. look at the smoke from the southern california wildfires and basically that is flowing up around the area of high pressure. clockwise rotation drying up the smoke. red flag warnings for more than 7 people in southern california until sunday night at 8:00 p.m. the fire danger is elevated. right now the humidity levels you see why it's elevated so low. 10% in santa clarita. seemy valley heading into midnight the winds increase. pretty light right now but gusty to 34-mile-per-hour heading into tomorrow night. 37 in ventura. going to be gusty sunday night. as you look at live doppler 7 what we really need is rain. i'll let you no he if there is any sight when i come back in a few minutes. kristin. >> sandhya thank you. we are learning

afternoon los angeles county issued an unhealthy air alert for parts of the san fernando valley, sylmarmalibu and santa monica. (grant) and here's a live look at the creek fire burning in southern california tonight... in los angeles county -- so far it has scorched 11 thousand acres (grant) and the bay area is also experiencing dry weather... and it's going to last a while. (catherine) chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here with the details... breezy conditions will continue in many areas through early tomorrow. locally strong and gusty north to northeast winds are forecast, especially in the north and east bay hills. dry weather conditions may persist through all of next week. nights will be very cool through at least midweek, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys, especially on tuesday night. daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week. a big story we're following tonight... a jury is deliberating the fate of a man accused of committing one of the most gruesome murders in san francisco history.(grant) five members of a family were brutally

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the creek fire is in lakeview terrace and sylmar. the biggest is the thomas fire in ventura county. >> a red flag warning remains in effect for much of ventura and los angeles counties through friday. and all public schools will be closed tomorrow. >> here's more from dana back es. >> the fires here that have left behind so many destruction don't show my sign of letting up. fires are raging in california. the thomas fire in ventura county, northwest of los angeles, expanding to over 70 square miles in a matter of hours. >> they're attacking it the best they can. that's all they can do. this wind is moving in every direction. >> reporter: these horses rescued in the nick of time. >> it's craziness. i don't know where to go. i don't know where to take them. >> reporter: some homeowners lost everything. >> it's devastating. this was going to be in my die in it house. the house died before i did. >> reporter: this apartment complex, destroyed. the vista del mar hospital razed to the ground. everyone made it out in time. >> i know a lot o

live in sylmar, abc seven eyewitness news. nancy: there are now half a dozen active fires across southern california. the largest is the thomas fire near venture up. this point and just 10% contained. a lot to keep track of. keep it here on world news tonight and stream our newscast abc newsugh the wjla app. >> back here locally, the search for pamela butler today. teams of officers searching in between therea locals and the express lanes. butler's killer pleaded guilty, but her body has never been found. sam takes us behind the scenes of today's search. >> we are along interstate 95 of this 147 mile marker highway, where d.c. police came solve a nearly nine-year-old mystery. as t , the highway was closed so authorities could search the area for the remains of pamela butler, who disappeared nearly nine years ago. her brother, derek butler, was among those watching the search with cadaver dogs. and over,p going over up and down. it has to come to an end at some point. butler's boyfriend confessed he strangled her .uring an argu

sylmar, california. >>> the road to recovery is long and hard. but we'll get there. >> grit and optimism in the face of a tragedy faced not once but twice. a bay area couple who lost their home in the north bay fires watched in horror as the hole they recently left in ventura also burned to the ground if you can believe it. >> it is very overwhelming. it was overwhelming with one fire. >> like thousands of others, dr. wong and his wife lost their hole in the north bay fires. exactly two months ago, their split level was one of many leveled in santa rosa's fountain grove area. >> there was a 20-foot tall tree lit up like a torch. then i realized, oh, this is really bad. >> that was bad enough. >> i'm watching the house burn. it's horrible. >> but then it happened again. on us the, the house they left behind in ventura just six months ago. the one they rented out, hoping to return to someday also burned to the ground. the wongs saw it engulfed in flames on the website of a southern california tv station. >> it was surreal. more like numb. did this

of meanwhile, these are new, live pictures of the creek fire burning near the towns of sunland and sylmar. also 0 containment here. more than 120,000 people are impacted by evacuations due to this fire. >>> today, president trump formally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel and committed to ultimately moving the u.s. embassy there. >> it's a controversial decision generating anger and concern from people who believe this should have been negotiated through peace talks. >> abc news reporter, serena marshal has details from washington. >> reporter: a signature that took mere seconds, reversing decades of u.s. policy. president trump declared jerusalem the capital of israel. and is starting the process of moving the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. he said this was simply a recognition of reality. >> today we finally acknowledge the obvious. that jerusalem is israel's capital. >> reporter: in 1995, a resolution was passed to do just previous presidents due to fears it would spark violence in the region making peace talks impossible. var yu various factions have called for three da

of meanwhile, these are new, live pictures of the creek fire burning near the towns of sunland and sylmartainment here. more than 120,000 people are impacted by evacuations due to this fire. >>> today, president trump formally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel and committed to ultimately moving the u.s. embassy there. >> it's a controversial decision generating anger and concern from people who believe this should have been negotiated through peace talks. >> abc news reporter, serena marshal has details from washington. >> reporter: a signature that took mere seconds, reversing decades of u.s. policy. president trump declared jerusalem the capital of israel. and is starting the process of moving the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv. he said this was simply a recognition of reality. >> today we finally acknowledge the obvious. that jerusalem is israel's capital. >> reporter: in 1995, a resolution was passed to do just previous presidents due to fears it would spark violence in the region making peace talks impossible. var yu various factions have called for three days of rage.

live in sylmar, california. >> and we're getting a bird's eye view of the thomas fire. the aircraft took this photo showing a gigantic plume over ventura county earlier this week. nasa says the aircraft wasn't even planning to capture the photo. it was actually performing an engineering flight test of one of the instruments when it spotted all that smoke. a look at these infrared satellites. it can be seen in orange. the burn scar is brown and unburned areas are in green. these fires could go down as one of the most destructive ever and are spreading at about an acre per second. which is extremely he fast. >> now check the out. a man risked his own life to save a wild rabbit. that got dangerously close to flames along highway 1 north of ventura. the daring rescue was captured by a news photographer. the man knelt down, stopped the rabbit in its tracks as you saw earlier and was able to pick it up and save it. here's a look at another fire burning this murrieta in riverside county. you can see the smoke rising from the fire that's burning down there. this one started at

the creek fire near sylmar, the rye fire and the little mountain fire. >> let's bring in jodi hernandez who joins us live. and you were there for the napa fires now in ventura county tell us what you are seeing and experiencing. >> reporter: well it's a familiar site jessica. we're here right off highway 33 in ventura county where you can see the thomas fire is actively burning tonight. we have been watching as the fire sweeps across the hillside right above a neighborhood. and it has been taking structures along with it that are located on that hillside. now neighbors tell me that this is the former neighborhood of johnny cash. apparently he used to live here with his first wife years ago. firefighters are taking a stand trying to protect the famous residence. neighbors tell aus barn has burned on the property. but so far the johnny cash house is still standing. as you mentioned, at least 150 structures have burned so far in this 50,000-acre wildfire. 27,000 people have been evacuated. we talked to a number of people in this neighborhood who are under an evacuation order but have decid

the creek fire is burning near sylmar. >> the creek fire is at 11,000 acres. the rye fire at 5,000 acres and the thomas fire burnt around 55,000 acres. we sent our own crews to ventura to talk about what has happened and the impact from the thomas fire. >> jodi hernandez filed this report. >> reporter: a long and stressful night for folks here in ventura county. you can see the hillsides have been ablaze all through the night. this morning, the thread is far from over. the wind-fueled thomas fire continues to spread in ventura county, leaving entire neighborhoods aglow. the people who live there on edge. many are choosing not to evacuate. instead, they are doing what they can to protect their homes. >> a bunch of structures that have been burnt. ventura is totally burnt up. i hope we are not part of the statistics. >> just fight it and if it gets ugly, i have more car in the driveway packed and ready to go. >> reporter: one house everyone is watching, the former home of johnny cash. the community's claim to fame. >> i think it means a lot to the community, too

this is video of the creek fire burning in sylmar. these aerials from our nbc sister station knbc, 4,000 acres have burned so far. you can see how close that fire is to the homes. this is something very similar to what many of us saw as we watched the north bay fires burn. again, 4,000 acres burned right now in the creek fire there in southern california. we have a lot of crews coming from the bay area to help in that matter. >>> right now, the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. right now, the dow and s&p 500 down but the nasdaq up 22 points. nasdaq raises at top stocks rebound. the tech industry, the best performing sector this year. taken a hit recently, sliding about 3% over the past week. >>> and apple has quietly launched an iphone x that is not really tied to any wireless company. it's now selling the unlocked sim-free iphone x on its website. prior to last night, customers had to choose a wireless carrier in the u.s., but now customers can actually pay full price and activate it with a carrier of their own choice. the

. >> marcus, you mentioned the creek fire in sylmar, it is also still burning. cal fire says over 11,000 acres have burned. 2,500 structures were threatened, about 30 homes destroyed. more than 100,000 people have evacuated that area alone. the rye fire burning near santa clarita, it is the only one with containment at 5%. 7,000 acres burned there. 1,300 evacuated. president trump says his thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by the fires. he's encouraging everyone to listen to local and state officials. he goes on to write, quote, thank you to all the first responders for your incredible work. >> our jodi hernandez has been posting pictures and videos and information since she arrived yesterday. if you want to get a look at what she's posting. it's @jodihernandeztv. we'll also bring you more live pictures throughout this hour. >>> new at 11:00, a look at video of the carport fire. this is in campbell. it broke out around 10:00 last night at an apartment complex. seven vehicles were destroyed whether another 10 were damaged. luckily none was hurt. t

evacuation orders have been lifted overnight in the or actually have been put in place overnight in the sylmara as the fire continues to burn. more live aerials this time over the lilac fire that started in san diego county. these are two of six major wildfires burning across southern california at this hour. >>> we have new video into the news room, helmet camera footage from the santa barbara fire as they battle the thomas fire. here is what we know. six fires burned more than 140,000 acres combined. nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated. more than 500 structures, including many homes have been destroyed. >> the wildfires in southern california have an impact on the air quality here in the bay area. the smoke is making its way up the coast. >> kris sanchez is live with a three-day spare the air alert issued this weekend. >> reporter: hi there, scott and laura. it is very cold out here this morning. that cold air is trapping the pollution closer to the ground. when that wildfire smoke from southern california makes its way here, that is going to contribute to our poor air quality. as you

. >> reporter: about 50 miles east in sylmar another wildfire has burned down at least a dozen homes and winds are whipping this fast growing blaze in santa clarita forcing a major freeway closure. the firefighters here on the front lines right now are from all across california and they are getting more reinforcement tonight and they are going to need that because these winds, these santa ana winds, they are forecast to remain here in our area through at least thursday. back to you. >> chris, we are hearing that fire officials say hundreds more homes have likely been lost at this point. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: right. initially they were saying about 150 for this area. that was their best guess, but there are a lot of areas, neighborhoods, streets they have not actually been able to get to yet to assess the damage. so from the start they thought that number was going to go up. it likely well over the next day or two as they start to really get in there and take an up close look at the damage. we have gone to many of these neighborhoods and in several neighborhoods

the flames have forced the evacuation of more than 100,000 people many living in sylmar and lakeview terrace. >> the governor today declared a state of emergency in ventura and l.a. counties. chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now. those santa ana winds are making it difficult for firefighters to get down there. >> yeah, that is the whole story. you can talk about fuel and talk about fuel moisture and temperatures and humidity. it's all about the wind. the wind is howling down there. we saw it last night. we're seeing it again tonight. we'll see it again tomorrow night. that's the thing. these santa ana wind conditions usually last for a couple nights. almost like we have our heat waves here in the summer or the fall. it's three hot and out. that's typically santa ana is maybe two big days and then it's done or somewhere in that range, but we're talking this thing wants to go all the way into friday at least according to some of the latest models. that indicates red flag warnings and wind advisories are going to be in the offing and that gives firefighters no respite to get som

fire has now burned 11,000 acres in san fernando valley and forced mandatory evacuations in parts of sylmar and lakeview terrace. the dry conditions and powerful winds in southern california are expected to fan these flames on all of these fires making the battle that much tougher for firefighters. i want to show you another live look right now from a helicopter above the thomas fire. 150 structures have burned, a thousand firefighters are battling this fire and thousands of people have been evacuated as this fire broke out late yesterday. those santa ana winds are fueling the flames. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin now in the weather center. at sunset and sunrise is when these winds get stronger, is that right? >> yeah, typically the winds really pickup like around here when we have our offshore winds, it's usually after midnight they really get going in the early morning hours. it looks like two fires here. we're looking at a lot of smoke too. that is no clouds down there. that is all smoke you are seeing. winds continue to blow in the 50-60-mile-per-hour range. as the evening