i'm taylor tomlinson, and this has been "after midnight"! goodnight! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >>> now at 11:00 apocalyptic things out of california >> we got married 33, this is a first. >> i couldn't even grab anything >> there is a lot of fire right now. >> reporter: multiple wildfires burning tonight, with tens of thousands forced out of their homes. by this is being called a worst-case scenario. >>> then, a new chapter in an american nightmare. a kidnapper admitted to carrying out similar crimes decades before he was arrested. >>> and lips a >> thank you and i will see you tomorrow. >> san francisco's mayor hours before he will be sworn in. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey. >> hi, i am sara donchey alongside chief meteorologist, paul heggen, we are watching a major disaster playing out in parts of southern california. >> this is essentially a worst case scenario, when it comes to wildfire conditions. there are now multiple wildfires burning out of control. it has already been a long night there. unfortunately things are only

i'm taylor tomlinson, and this has been "after midnight"! good night! >>> now at 11:00. that instruction left behind in the socal fire has people in the east bay taking steps to stays repaired. how a fire in the hills in a major budget crisis are playing a role. >>> the palisades fire forced them from their home nearly a week ago and tonight frustration is building as people still aren't being allowed back home. >>> the clock is ticking for tiktok. >> everyday is holding your breath to see what happens. >> how bay area influencers are preparing to lose the app and maybe their livelihood . >>> hi, i am sarah. fires are on people's minds here and across the state. you can't blame people for seeing that instruction in l.a. and wondering if their own neighborhoods are as protected as they possibly can be. who went through the keller fire last year in the open hills are trying to plan for their future. >> reporter: the fire is raging in and around los angeles are fueling questions for those in oakland neighborhoods vulnerable to wildfires. delaine sims, who lost her oakland h

i am taylor tomlinson and this has been "after midnight." good night. it's okay to come out. >> how they're trying to revive the city's image. >>> then i.c.e. in the bay area, the arrests that have already been made and the concerns about how many more could end up in handcuffs. >>> so this is conclusive proof as to where the fire started and where it spread. >> lawyers in southern california say technology has revealed the origin of the eaton fire. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi. i'm sara donchey. >>> if ever a city needed a crisis pr team, oakland certainly might. the city has no shortage of well publicized problems like crime and blight and that has become part of its brand , not just here in the bay area, but really all over the country, but if you ask people who live in oakland, a lot of them will tell you pretty enthusiastically they're city is so much more than its bad reputation. it is beautiful, for one, and its incredible food scene is one of the most exciting ways to celebrate its many cultu

i'm taylor tomlinson, and this has been "after midnight"! goodnight! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >>> now at 11:00 -- >> there are massive flames that they are still dealing with. >> after flames scorched the los angeles area, now wildfires are forcing evacuations further north. >>> then -- >> i will do whatever it takes to protect our students. >> school leaders have a plan in place if some of president trump's promises regarding immigrant families actually come to pass. >>> plus, dozens of bay area college students wondering, what's next? as one university slashes several programs along with the entire athletics department. >>> and -- >> last seen at this convenience store around 10:00 saturday night. >> decades after a double murder rocked the east bay, a judge hands a killer his sentence. >> from kpix, this is "the late news with sara donchey," cbs news bay area. >> i'm juliette goodrich, ra is off tonight. >>> wind- fueled fires burning in southern california. the hughes fire burning 30 miles north of the palisades and eaton fires near castaic. 31,00

i'm taylor tomlinson, and this has been "after midnight"! goodnight! oh, my god. >>> now at 11:00 -- >> crash, crash, crash. this is alert 3, crash, crash, crash. >> -- more than 60 people are believed to be dead after a plane and helicopter collided over d.c., investigators trying to figure out how it could have happened. >> our mission is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened. >> while the president seems to be already pointing the finger. >> how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash? >> because i have common sense. >>> and a bay area mother hoping for justice for the people accused of killing her daughter. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi. i'm sara donchey. >>> usually when people talk about dry january, it's because they gave the vodka sodas for a month. this time it was a dry january for all of us. new year's resolution or not, because we hardly got any rain. well, that is over. paul heggen is back with the end of dry january

i'm taylor tomlinson, and this has been "after midnight"! goodnight! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >>> now at 11:00. >> we are very disappointed. you should see my wife. she was just, you know, so mad. >> a family devastated by an east bay district attorney's decision. why they feel justice has never truly been served in their daughter's death. >>> then a somber ceremony marking a dark day in the tis history of half moon bay. >>> plus -- listen >> this money would be made available immediately. >> a different kind of fire fight and hope for the future. >>> and curb confusion on the streets of san francisco. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm juliette goodrich, sara is off tonight. new developments in the case of a 24-year-old woman found dead more than two years ago. alexis gabe was discovered in amador county after an intense search. she had been abducted and murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2022. the oakley police chief at the time said the search for gabe was the biggest case in the department's histor

i am taylor tomlinson, this has been "after midnight"! good night ! >>> now at 11:00, the worst of the winds might be behind southern californians, but for many the damage is already done. >> i'm never going to be able to show my kids where i grew up. it's all gone. it's all gone. >> a feeling some in the bay area know all too well. >> we're exhausted by the idea that this is happening to another community. >>> plus multiple san francisco communities losing a valuable resource, why the nation's largest pharmacy chain says it's closing a dozen more stores. >>> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi. i'm sara donchey. >>> we try to think of a word to describe the catastrophe that has been unfolding in southern california over the past few days and relentless comes to mind because as one fire starts to come under control, another one pops right up. this is the kenneth fire that was burning in the hills near calabasas. it has already burned 1,000 acres across two different counties and led to a whole new set of evac

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the cast of "shrinking," michael urie, jessica williams, and luke tennie will be there with taylor tomlinson you watch the show, you know i spend most of my time standing right over there in the news garage, sourcing the most topical story aluminum which i shape into sleek panels around a 101.6-inch steel tube chassis with a hand-crimped hood, coil spring suspension and a "side oiler" ford 7 liter engine with a 4-barrel 780 cfm holley carburetor to create the elegant yet powerful shelby cobra 427 that is my monologue. but sometimes, folks, just sometimes, i'm kicked awake by an escaped circus bear behind an abandoned carny tent where i strap a discarded baby pool to a rusty tricycle and we putter off together on the rattletrap clutter buggy of news that is my segment... ♪ ♪ >> "meanwhile"! >> stephen: there it is. it's the only vehicle i need. the only escape pod i need. meanwhile, francis ford coppola has apologized for starting hollywood's sequel obsession: saying "i'm the jerk that started numbers on movies. i'm embarrassed, and i apologize to everyone." and well you should, sir! i did no

folks, stick around after the chauffeur taylor tomlinson and her panelists joe manganiello, thomas lennonu're watching the show, i just wanted to tell you that if you do watch the show and i hope you do, you know that for the past few months, i've been asking you at home to send in your questions for me and my beautiful wife, evie. and i specifically ask you to write out your question in a letter then take a photo of it, then email that to us, so we can print it out again as a letter. and i'm happy to say we've already received almost 400 of your letters, so now it's time for the very first "late show email in-bag." ♪ ♪ "the late show" email in vague. as always, please welcome my wife, evie. from here, darling. good to see you. evie mcgee, everybody. there you go. >> evie: thank you! >> stephen: please have a seat. >> evie: hello. >> evie! evie! >> steevie! >> evie: i'm not egging them on at all. >> stephen: do not steal my people. >> evie: a lot of mail. i'm excited to see what people -- >> stephen: these are actual letters you and i have not seen. >> evie: i've not seen these. >> stephe

stick around after the late show for taylor tomlinson and her panelists, the cast of "ghosts" on "afteronight. should be spooky fun. kids. science still doesn't know why they look like that guy who fixed your furnace. but one thing's for sure, kids ask a lot of questions. that's why here at "the late show" have devised a fun little segment on the show where i give parents a much-needed break by answering real questions& from their real kids. we've had some trouble naming this segment in the past. first we called it "stephen takes your kids" which sounded bad. then my team came up with a long list of other titles about children and i said, "i hate them all." but i've been told we've got a new one tonight, so it's time for... oh, come on! you know that's not what i meant, right? hi, kids. i love you. i am stephen. who's got a question for me? >> are you afraid of cicadas. >> stephen: mckinley, i'm afraid of anything that comes back every 17 years. that includes cicadas and low-rise jeans. who's got another question? >> why are giraffe tongues purple? >> stephen: great question. giraffes h