it was really difficult for me at ucla those first two years.t out, but what led to the inspiration for me to become a better student and would have an impact on the rest of my life and the development of chicano studies, so getting to the question that you asked, it was taking the first african american history course and the first chicano mexican american history course ever offered in the university of california system in 1968 and 69. and for me, it was like a light going on in my head. it inspired me to be a better student, it inspired me to think about eventually a career, once a couple of professors thought i had some possibilities to go on to graduate school and maybe be a professor someday. that was unheard of, pretty much, in my generation, but it was that ethnic studies course and the curriculum that followed that inspired me to want to know more about mexican american history because my generation had no opportunity whatsoever growing up to learn about the history of latino people, of african american people, of asian american people

los investigadores de ucla estudiaron los niveles de contaminación en los hogares, lugares de trabajo personas en mayor riesgo de desarrollar la enfermedad de parkinson, ya que los contaminantes pueden contribuir a esta enfermedad a través de la inflamación, el estrés oxidativo y en general resultar tóxicos para el cerebro. beauty is the fastest growing neurodegenerative disease and its potential pollution is not well understood the central value. for example is a major. corridor for trucks as we know. las expertas de ucla me cuentan que el parkinson y sus posibles vínculos con la contaminación del aire no se comprenden bien aún. pero los camiones que pasan por el valle central, el uso de diésel y la maquinaria para la agricultura, combinadas con un aspecto del tiempo conocida como capa de inversión, mantiene el aire contaminado por más tiempo en esa zona y el resultado es que las personas lo respiran por más tiempo. también entienden que las personas no pueden dejar de manejar o ir al trabajo, pero sugieren el transporte público para reducir la contaminación. hacer ejercicio lejos de

angelenos impacted by the fires and they— angelenos impacted by the fires and they will open at the uclark which was formerly known as the westside pavilion — formerly known as the westside pavilion. it will operate from 9am — pavilion. it will operate from 9am until 8pm, seven days a week — 9am until 8pm, seven days a week. these centres will help people — week. these centres will help people who have lost vital records _ people who have lost vital records like birth certificates, driving licences, sociat — certificates, driving licences, social security documentation. there — social security documentation. there were people who have lost their— there were people who have lost their homes, and they will provide _ their homes, and they will provide referrals for mental health— provide referrals for mental health counselling and other services _ health counselling and other services. we anticipate there will be — services. we anticipate there will be a _ services. we anticipate there will be a representation for over— will be a representation for over 20 _ will be a representation for ove

doctor daniel swain with ucla. we appreciate your time and expertise.hanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> again, our live reporting continues on abc seven news at four, five and 6 p.m. get those live updates anytime at abc seven news.com. and by downloading the abc seven news bay area app. okay, let's get you to our other big story back here at home. daniel lurie is officially san francisco's 46th mayor after being sworn sworn in on the steps of city hall. jesse peterson, who has known lurie and his family for more than a decade and works in the state's public defender's office, administered that oath of office. >> i, daniel lurie, do solemnly swear during such time as i hold the office, during such time as i hold the office as mayor and city of san francisco as mayor and city of san francisco. >> congratulations. thank you. >> during his inauguration speech, mayor lurie said his top priorities are fixing the fentanyl crisis, helping the homeless, keeping downtown streets safe, and balancing the city's budget deficit. >> it is the greatest

meanwhile ucla canceled classes through at least friday. pepperdine has moved everything online until at least the 19th. >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now. thankfully, the fire crews had a little bit better time fighting those fires today, maybe mother nature cooperating just a little bit. >> yeah. the winds were gusty, not as bad as a couple days ago. they had a better break last night into very early this morning. the winds have been picking up, though, and unfortunately they aren't done with the critical fire weather. another offshore wind event is likely heading into next week. these are the latest statistics according to cal fire and there's no hope of keeping up on a realtime basis, just short of 30,000 acres burned, containment less than 1%. it's not 0%. they have had some success on some of the smaller fires, but the larger ones are still at 0%, but the wind is still gusty. the onshore flow will be pushing farther off to the east. that's going to allow the winds to weaken as we head through the next 24 h

i went to ucla. >> i was about to say ucla. >> i've been to a rose bowl. you know we were amazing when i was there. been to the rose parade, rose bowl game. it's super fun love. yeah i love all the bowl games. it's very fun. i think there's too many now. it almost seems like, wasn't it always like new year's day and maybe another day now it's all into february. >> there's still a bowl game sponsoring something. yeah, yeah. >> so, ali, i mean, of all the sports to watch, football, especially college football, i think is the best sport to watch. and so but i've always just i never actually seek it out like, oh, this time i have to go watch this. but it's always because of the people in my life. it's always on the tv, right? >> yeah. >> i'll watch it. yeah. it's like on by default. >> i love bowl game season. yeah. i also like that they've now done the college football playoff because now there's something on the line. right. those final bowl games really the college football championship. so i like the idea that you know, this means something. not to say tha

and now ucla campus as well, on standby for a potential impacts that it might have on from these fires. and i'll say also, right now, we're still hearing aircrafts on the air. there's been a lull on those winds. there were so damaging and played such an important part in in getting this fire to spread. but that is expected to change. the firefighters want to take advantage of these good conditions to use those aircrafts to help fight this fire from the skies, as well as from the ground. but we know that winds are expected to come back, not to the extent they were earlier this week when these fires began, but it will make fighting this even more difficult. amara. >> victor. yeah, the getty center now evacuated except for a small emergency staff. ucla is telling their students to prepare for potential evacuation, although they have not ordered the evacuation of the campus. and we've got these live pictures here courtesy of kabc. and this fire still raging again. palisades fire now 11% contained. that is progress. and there is this moment of calmer winds, but still so many elements that t

he is the director of the ucla water resources group and research and co-executive director of the ucla luskin center for innovation. gregory, i'm so glad you're here with us because we keep hearing all this conflicting information about this water problem, this water pressure problem. can you tell us exactly what is happening and why? >> yeah, well, there's a few different fires, obviously, and that means actually different water systems dealing with the different fires. there's 200 different water systems in los angeles county. but i think the big controversy has been around the palisades fire that's served by la dwp, which serves the entire city of la. in that case, there's been a lot of criticism around the lack of functioning of the fire hydrants around tank sizes. and now recently around a reservoir that's up in the area of being offline. i'd say largely, i know it's not a popular story that what public officials are saying about the capacity of an urban water system to fight a wildfire is true, and that they're not well equipped. they haven't been expected to fight wildfires in t

we spoke with a doctor who is the assistant professor of medicine and public health at ucla.ter: thank you so much for joining us. you have lived on the west coast for a long time. how does this fire compared to others you have experienced and what kinds of symptoms are folks presenting in your clinical practice right now? >> it is been a very busy few days. lots of folks coming into the clinic feeling more chest tightness. in general just worse than their baseline. we have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to optimize respiratory medications to compensate for that. and counseling on how to best keep themselves safe given these difficult circumstances we are experiencing right now. reporter: what kind of health issues tend to crop up when there are fires like this? >> we worry most about people with a lung disease. it can work its way down into the deepest parts of the loan. and transmit through the long. that can affect people without pre-existing lung disease. if people cannot get enough oxygen in their body. even if you are a seasoned athlete, this is not the ti

ucla is fine. ucla looks fine. >> then bring this guy down. >> but and this is purdy's second right elbow injury in three seasons. the niners are still expected to sign him to the richest contract in team history, valued between 50 and $60 million each season, either backup quarterbacks josh dobbs or brandon allen will start for the niners against arizona. and you can see that game right here on ktvu. at 125 on sunday. >> our time now 710 down in pasadena. hundreds of people are shivering in the cold, claiming their spots to watch this morning's rose parade. we're going to take you live to pasadena to give you a street side view of this annual event. >> and a bay area man says he had trouble getting a job because he is on the autism spectrum. how the san francisco sheriff gave him a life changing people were killed and 30 hurt during new year's celebrations. that's after a truck plowed into the crowd on bourbon street in the city's popular french quarter. the police chief says the driver was, quote

as you near westwood, which is where ucla campus is, we will continue to follow all of this for you.and our continuing coverage is on all of our streaming platforms roku, fire tv, google tv, and nbcbayarea.com. any time check those sites or download our free nbc bay area app. we're going to turn now to other news. president joe biden plans to deliver a farewell address to the nation next week. on wednesday, biden will be delivering his speech from the oval office. his remarks will come less than a week before president elect trump's inauguration. president biden is expected to talk about his time in various political offices, along with a message to america about the country's future. and a live look for you. the sun is shining on our state capitol, where state legislatures, legislators, pardon me, are looking over the budget proposal submitted by governor newsom this week. the governor laid out some of the highlights. he calls it a $322 billion budget that has no deficit. the governor says it allocates money to develop the first statewide transitional kindergarten program anywhere i

>> you set me up beautifully, eric but where the heads of the emergency room at ucla has been saying right away people got injured in the power outages and the power lines coming down. people are short of breath having pulmonary issues there is anxiety they don't go right away the starting to come to the ucla er now but cedar cyanide done something interesting. they stop their elective surgeries they expanded their long clinics facing a lot of it with longer problems. they're getting exacerbated or emphysema exasperated. in the aftermath of this you're going to see valley fever by the weight white which is a fungal infection that is been noted with all prior wildfires. the key here mental health is always affected. so for a fungus then what is that exactly? >> is called valley fever it is a fungal infection that thrives in situations like this where there is a wildfires. and it spreads it increases dramatically in the aftermath of the wildfires i'm pointing out you are going to be seeing more and more health implications going forward. the particulate matter you're getting into your

ucla is fine.looks fine with purdy expected to miss the niners season finale against the arizona cardinals. >> shanahan will have to decide between joshua dobbs and brandon allen to start in purdy's place. >> all right, new year's eve night. big night. a lot of folks going out. just drive safely tonight and just be careful. designated drivers, the whole bit. and the weather is cooperating in terms of fog. no fog to speak of. there's some low clouds coming in. it's going to be chilly. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow will be about the same. rain on friday. we talked about that. but the story tonight is temperatures in the low 50s is going to be a chilly night. good night in the city for fireworks. good night. good night. actually, it's a great night for fireworks, right? because we've got a lot of fuel moisture. fires aren't a horrible, horrible, horrible concern like they are on the 4th of july. but anyway, just enjoy the evening. just be safe. forecast next couple of days will be mor

assistance centers is for angelenos impacted by the palisades and hurst fires and they will open at the ucla research park formerly known as the west side pavilion. it will operate from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week. these centers will help people who have lost vital records like birth certificates, drivers license, social security. they will provide referrals for mental health counseling and other offices. there will be representation for over 20 city departments. there will be representatives from the state and federal departments and agencies. later today, we are also going to be releasing policies on the city level that will help with the rebuilding process. so as we continue to go through these next few days where the fires are still a serious threat, we also want to begin to help people put their lives back together and to prepare to rebuild our city. i also want to again remind angelenos that la city.gov is now a one-stop shop for assistance for those impacted and a place to help angelenos find a way to get involved. as the winds pick up, please stay safe, please heed the c

frank is bringing decades of experience to ucla. dr. frank was born in mexico where he discovered his passion for public health and service. and spent six years as mexico's secretary of health. i'm excited to see dr. frank bring his leadership experience as he serves the bruin community and keeps ucla as a top public university in the country. doctor, we welcome you to the bruin family and i look forward to working with you on behalf of our constituents, our students, our educators. look forward to continue to do more good things. thank you, dr. frank. mr. speaker, i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to recognize penn state women's volleyball team's victory in the national championship. penn state made history which

including areas near landmarks like the getty museum and ucla. fires have burned 62 square miles , an area larger than san francisco. or fatalities are expected, as search teams combed through affected neighborhoods. the situation remains critical with higher winds in the forecast for tomorrow. l.a. county is receiving international support to combat the ongoing wildfires. that includes 70 firefighters who just arrived from mexico to join some 40,000 personnel already working to contain those multiple blazes. those firefighters from south of the border landed at lax on saturday and were greeted by governor gavin newsom. they will be station at the noble creek operation space before being deployed to assist with firefighting efforts. newsom expressed gratitude for mexico's support in addressing the ongoing crisis. >> this is what friends do. this is what relationships are all about. friends and need, being there for one another. we want to be there for the people of mexico in times of need and is after's. we are incredibly humbled and grateful tha

services will transition to centralized assistance centers, one at pasadena city college and the other at ucla research park. these centers will be in-person venues where all impacted individuals can receive direct support for fema's assistance program, which helps residents access lodging, essential items and other large financial. want to thank fema for their continued support for our impacted residents. our residents need this support to begin rebuilding. and believe me, after last night's meeting that i attended with my constituents, they are desperate. so many residents i've heard from, especially those without insurance, are concerned they won't receive enough assistance to rebuild their lives on top of fema assistance, i'm going to be advocating for innovative, innovative loan and housing solutions to bring people back to their communities. people need help, and they need to know what kind of support they're going to receive. last night i joined hundreds of impacted victims in pasadena to hear their stories, understand their needs, and to discuss what comes next. many wildfire survivors

ucla is fine.with purdy expected to miss the niners season finale against the arizona cardinals. >> shanahan will decide between joshua dobbs and brandon allen to start in purdy's place. the state minimum wage is going up in the new year. all employers must pay a minimum of $16.50 an hour. fast food workers already have a higher minimum wage of $20 an hour. this year, employees at certain health care facilities will receive a higher minimum wage, ranging from 18 to $23 an hour, depending on the facility. and some california cities and counties have higher minimum wages than the states. california is ending 2024 with a stagnant labor market. as ktvu tom vacar tells us, one sector of the economy made up for sluggish job gains elsewhere. >> california's unemployment rate from a year ago ended up at 5.4% from 5.1%, but that's the second highest only to nevada, well above the nation's current rate of 4.2%. >> it's not merely higher than it was a year ago, but our job growth has slowed. we gained only 11

services will transition to centralized assistance centers, one at pasadena city college and the other at ucla research park. these centers will be in-person venues where all impacted individuals can receive direct support for fema's assistance program, which helps residents access lodging, essential items and other large financial needs. you can visit recovery dot l.a. county.gov for all the details, and i would encourage everyone listening to go to one of these sites because i was at the convention center. i know supervisor solis, you were as well, and i saw people handing out cards. >> i don't know who they are, i don't know who they represent, but people are looking for an opportunity. at these recovery centers, you will have legitimate government officials who are going to work with you to make sure you receive the benefits you deserve. >> i want to thank fema for their continued support for our impacted residents. our residents need this support to begin rebuilding. and believe me, after last night's meeting that i attended with my constituents, they are desperate. so many residents i've

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students at ucla have been placed under high alert. >> katie nielsen is in the burn zone with the latest roof and one to pull hose around to the front of the house. >> reporter: a 60,000-gallon swimming pool, that's gunner jenson's fire plan. >> i can fire this pump up, and it'll protect that whole side of house. then i take this pump with the hose around that side and i can protect that side. >> reporter: he's lived in the canyon for 65 years. >> i've been through about ten really bad fires here. >> reporter: he doesn't have fire fighting experience. he's a plumber. but he says no matter what happens, he's not leaving. his emergency plan if the fire does blow through, yep, you guessed it, the swimming pool. >> take the scuba gear to the bottom of the pool and let the fire blow over and come back up. >> reporter: further up the canyon, winds were pushing the flames closer to homes where the hillsides and houses were painted pink with fire retardant as firefighters work to keep the flames low to the ground. >> see the retardant they dropped earlier, it's slowing things down. it's working

ucla is fine. >> ucla looks fine with purdy expected to miss the niners season finale against the arizona. shanahan will decide between joshua dobbs and brandon allen to start in purdy's place. >> all righty. we're looking at the weather and it's going to be cool again tonight. not as cold as last night. and that has to do with a few more clouds in here. there was a freeze warning last night. tonight there's just a frost advisory. you can see the jet stream kind of lined up in a position that will bring us rain by friday. not right away, by friday. so tomorrow is going to be a few clouds. right? and thursday, a couple clouds. partly cloudy. partly sunny. and then friday we get rain in here. a regular weather system which will bring rain all the way to san jose. not a ton of rain, but rain. and in the mountains, snow and probably a winter snow storm advisory. maybe a winter storm warning if we're lucky, and then a beautiful sunset. if you're looking at your tv or if you're not looking at your tv, go look at your tv. beautiful shot there. the sun just peeking out. days are getting longer, a

. >> [inaudible] >> well, i mean, you know, i can certainly share my experience at ucla when we wering having all the protests there. and, you know, the idea that we would have 2030 police officers -- 200 police officers that were waiting around to to go to a protest in ucla, that's just not the way you mobilize troops. people are coming from all over the place. well, you're talking 20 the, 30 years ago. i can't, i can't, i can't respond to that. chief? would you -- >> yeah. i mean, this is an unpredictable event. you have predictable wind coming. you don't know the extent of that wind. you can't predict you're going to have a fire and certainly nothing to this scale. something like you mentioned the o.j. simpson case, that's something that in that at that time -- and i was there -- it was predictable that the verdict was going to come out date certain, and so you could set up to be able to address whatever the issues were. but with natural disasters, it's a whole difference ball game. nobody, can afford to send people to stand around for what may happen. we have to respond as quickly

mandeville canyon, a major gateway to iconic and populated places ss in los ange like the getty museum and uclalike so many other residents she found her palisades home turned to rubble. >> and now returning, this is what's left. everything is decimated. the town is decimated. >> reporter: california firefighters are joined in battle from eight other states, mexico and canada. laura haefli, cbs news, los angeles, california. >> many of the people impacted in los angeles are just coming to grips with the enormity of their loss, and that includes hundreds at a beachfront mobile home community that was destroyed in the palisades fire. we get perspective from all this from cbs' maurice dubois. >> from up here you get the scope, the scale of the disaster. there is not much to see for beverly, a retired attorney. >> i'm at a loss. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the firestorm took what was her affordable beachfront paradise, a mobile home park of 170 homes tucked between ultra luxury mega mansions. now she faces what so many do, uncertainty and near total loss. >> you know, whatever i owned is

came out today, daniel swain, one of the leading climate researchers, started at stanford, went to ucla, now works at the centers for atmospheric research. he coined the phrase weather whiplash to clue us all in to what the most obvious impact climate change will have on california's weather and that's swinging back between bigger extremes, deeper droughts and bigger rains when they come. think about what this did in southern california. two years of huge rain. the brush took off. the grasses really grew. then we enter a year where we had pretty intense heat this summer down there, baked all that stuff and now that stuff never got watered. so it's just sitting there. the winds are strong enough and they're like the last little piece of this puzzle, but it really is the preceding three winters that put us in this situation. let me show you another retrospective on this. we'll go to the weather computer and i'll switch the vantage point. if we're looking on the virtual map this year showing us how dry we are, that's the image we've shown many times, southern california record dry and we'r

daniel swain is a climate scientist with ucla and the university of california who specializes in extremeke floods, droughts, and wildfires. dr. swain, good to have you with us. first question, why and how did these fires get so bad so quickly? >> thanks for having me. there is really a confluence of two key factors. one is the presence of very strong and dry hurricane force winds in portions of the los angeles basin and surrounding areas that have been affected by these fires over the past 24 hours, as well as exceptionally dry, anonymously so dry vegetation in the region. a record dry stuck to the rainy season. it essentially has not rained in the los angeles area since last winter. strong winds this time of year are not unusual but they are typically. y preceded by some rainfall that mitigates the fire risk that this time around the record warmth and dryness in recent months has set the stage for the strong wind event to produce catastrophic wildfires. annita: the l.a. police chief says there has been nothing like this before as far as he was concerned with the winds. why are they so s

daniel swain and his group of researchers out of ucla and originally stanford published this paper today. the timing is uncanny. if we leave behind the paper that they published and switch back to the weather computer, just a review on how this went this winter, we've shown you that. the red shows where we're record dry. this was last winter and this was the winter before that. if we come on in for a close-up look at l.a., 0 percent average rainfall this winter. last year numbers were 190% and the year before up 240%. so swinging wildly from one extreme to the next is the hallmark that we should be thinking about. sure, this was a big wind event, but the winds were only the last little element of this. it was really the preceding two winters that set us up for the fires that california is now seeing and the paper tells us as we go ahead over the next several decades of warming, we're likely going to be seeing that whiplash become more intense. that's kind of like the simple takeaway. we'll talk about this again in a little more detail during the 5:30 newscast. i'll be back with our forec

that would include the getty center and ucla. california's department of forestry saying more than 38,000 acres have been scorched, with more than 12,000 structures destroyed. people have seen decades of their life literally go up in flames. joining us now, cnn's stephanie elam, who's in los angeles brentwood neighborhood, that's on the eastern part of this palisades fire. and, stephanie, i know you're up in the hills. you've been watching as choppers and other aircraft have been dropping water flame retardant, trying to get ahead of this fire. if and when these these winds pick right back up. what are you seeing? >> the winds are picking back up. i can already tell you that, jessica. it's starting to gust here right now. it's gotten a little chilly out here and the wind is blowing up some of this ash. and i can also see it's changed the way it's blowing some of the smoke here. the big fight right now is happening here beyond this house, across this canyon on the other side there. that is where we are seeing a lot of the helicopt

could be lost, with the largest fire inching closer to brentwood, bel-air and other communities near ucla. the palisades fire is at least 11% contained right now, and the second largest, eaton fire is 15% contained. the fire chief says to expect more power shut offs ahead of life threatening winds, an effort that could stop new fires from popping up. now, the national weather service warns very dangerous weather conditions will continue into next week. cnn's stephanie elam is on the ground near brentwood and shows us what fire crews are doing to prepare for this new round of strong winds. >> i want to draw your attention to this ridge line up here behind us. up there where you see a vehicle parked up on top of that sandy colored area. they have been bulldozing, making that broader, making that wider. and the reason why they're doing that is because they want to have a defensible space, a place where they can battle against the flames. were the fire to come this direction. and we have gotten information that the winds will change direction and start to blow this way. right now the fire is

ucla, by the way, has been warned they could be on evacuation. is the the touchy touch and go nature of this situation as they're fighting this fire right now. ross, though you are not only living this yourself, but in this moment where tomorrow is going to be monday and children are going to go back to school, some of them, and i want to talk about the kids that aren't going back to school, though. first, if i could. the schools here in and altadena, some of them have been completely burned down. those schools, as far as i understand, talking to families here in the palisades, they don't have a plan yet. they don't know. so those children are completely adrift in a certain sense. so what? what to do in a moment like this of such complete and utter uprootedness? >> it's really unimaginable. and, you know, a lot of times teachers don't even get training on this. there's no person coming in and saying, hey, here's what you should do. >> so at geffen academy, we started a mental health education institute and put out resources to really try and help

she is a professor of epidemiology at the ucla fielding school of public health. i should say, professor, thank you so much for offering your expertise to this conversation. these are the sort of side angles that we also try to talk about. i wonder if you can tell our viewers, especially those living in and around the area there in california, how can folks draw a distinction between, let's say, a woodland fire, which is typically organic vegetation and wood, as opposed to an urban fire that's sweeping through through neighborhoods? how much more toxic is that for people? >> we really don't have data on specifically on how this kind of fine particulate matter really changes the risk when it comes to urban versus a fire in a in a forest. but the bottom line is this, this fine particulate matter can penetrate deep into the lungs and become a real problem. it can even enter the bloodstream. and the bottom line is that it's very, very dangerous for people, in particular people who are older, people who have chronic conditions, young people, people who are pregnant. yo

we've had them in the past i was at ucla 30 years ago when there were evacuation orders, but they were they were only voluntary, but this time it was mandatory. so it took me about an hour to get to my parents because streets were closed. i was able to find a side street. i know the streets of the palisades pretty well. got to them, pulled very few things, saw the neighbor across the street who helped. has been helping my dad. he's disabled from a stroke and every time he falls, my mom would call this neighbor to help us and then rushed out. but when i say rushed out, we rushed out into a gridlock of traffic. it was crazy. we were. we were on sunset boulevard and there were fires on the street on both sides of us. we could feel the heat in the car and we were in that traffic for an hour, just standing still, watching the fireworks. the firemen try to do whatever they could. and then luckily, the people behind me had turned around. the police started turning around, going the opposite direction of what we were told to do, and i was able to find another side street to get to safety to pa

that would also include the getty center, ucla.oining us now, cnn's gustavo valdez from the pacific palisades neighborhood of los angeles. and, gustavo, obviously, you are standing in just one of the absolutely hardest hit areas. we're just a whole community was very quickly wiped out. tell us more about about what you've seen today. >> well, we've seen a few of the residents trying to come back and see what they find. in fact, not long ago we heard a lady calling the name of what she said was her pet dog, trying to see if somehow he's around the area. so that's just one of the many stories we've heard from residents, many of them frustrated that they can't even access this area. but i talked to a gentleman earlier that he went to his house and he seemed optimistic. the house is gone, but he says the memories live with him. >> i see the frame in my mind. i know what was there. my memory, you know, i had my electric bike park right behind it. i had my pool table and my ping pong table. and, you know, we left my wife, you know, we ju

westwood is where ucla is. containment is at 14%. this fire is believed to have takenight lives so far. let's switch our graphic now to the east in pasadena and altadena. the eaton fire has burned more than 14,000 acres. containment stands at 33%. this fire has taken at least 16 lives and damaged or destroyed an estimated 12,000 structures. most of those structures are homes in total. these fires have now taken 24 lives. earlier today, our sky ranger spotted arson investigators near where the palisades fire started, which was last tuesday. you see them down below. they are looking into any indications of how this all started, including whether it may have reignited from a separate fire in the same area that was caused by fireworks on new year's eve. investigators are also inspecting an electrical transmission tower as a possible reason behind the eaton fire. this is up above pasadena. this video, captured as the fire ignited, shows the flames burning near those electrical towers before racing down the canyon. now la's power company,

>>>>well, today, fema is opening recovery centers at ucla and pasadena city college, operating seven days a week for the next several weeks. and donald trump may be planning a visit to southern california next week to assess the wildfire damage. the wall street journal reports it would come after he is sworn in as president on monday. the president elect has been critical of governor newsom for prioritizing environmental policy over public safety. let's give you another live look in this one in southern california. one of the fire zones right now, you can see the devastation as we just see those homes and businesses completely burned to the ground, nothing but just ash and rubble right there. so let's get to first alert meteorologist jessica burch for more on the conditions. today suggests there's concern that those winds may pick back up, >>>>and they are starting to pick back up right now. i mean, they're under a red flag warning widespread throughout los angeles all the way down into san diego. a high wind warning in effect right now. and of course, the air quality alerts that are

. >> reporter: ucla professor stephanie pincetl points to a history of fires in the west.all fire near denver snaked down a hill, growing from a grass fire into the most destructive in colorado's history, incinerating more than 1,000 suburban homes. and in 2013, the arnell hill fire in arizona killed 19 elite firefighters who were trying to protect homes just down the mountain. >> we are still thinking that as humans we can overpower nature. well, we are not quite that powerful. >> reporter: these fires all have one thing in common: they take place at the wildland-urban interface, a technical term where humans have overstepped into nature. a third of all american homes exist in this type of space. is there anybody who can be held accountable? >> suburban sprawl? how about that? >> reporter: is this in any way a winnable firefight? >> no. why would we even think that way? "winning" means we are still trying to dominate natural patterns. we cannot "win" over nature ultimately. >> reporter: do you think that if this can happen here, it can happen anywhere? >> for sure. for su

the gonzaga bulldogs had arrived in la for saturday's game against ucla. the university says at the time the team was unaware of what happened. now rivals on the football field. friends and service. the university of oregon and ohio state university teamed up to do good ahead of their rose bowl faceoff. representatives from both schools prepare about 27,000 food kits for seniors, families and people in need across los angeles county. the service project is a years long tradition for both schools. so we were first invited 13 years ago by ohio state. this is their 25th time doing the service project, our 13th. and so we just come together really trying to serve the community that is hosting us and do our best to kind of give back. the ducks and the buckeyes are set to compete in the rose bowl on new year's day. up next, we'll take you to new york city to show you how they're getting iconic new year's eve celebration. we are talking, of course, about the ball drop in new york's times square. workers set up barriers today to make sure police can control what i

westwood is where ucla is. the eaton fire, which is near pasadena and altadena, has burned more than 14,000 acres. 16 of the 24 deaths so far are from this fire. one woman's father died in his home in altadena, omari my time 810 central standard time and said, baby, i'm getting ready to have to evacuate. you know, about the fire. and i said, okay, dad. he said, i love you. he said, but we're going to have to evacuate. that's all right. so before we hung up the phone, he said, baby, i gotta go. the fire made it to my yard. so sad for so many families. la fire officials say they have made progress over the weekend when the santa ana winds slowed down. however, here comes those winds again. a red flag warning is once again in effect through wednesday in parts of la and ventura counties. raj will he or won't he? shortly after donald trump becomes president next monday, he will face a request from governor newsom for wildfire assistance funds. normally, these disaster requests are honored by congress and the preside

the other side of 405, just to give you a reference, you got brentwood and beverly glen, brentwood, ucla down there, northwest of downtown los angeles. now, the eaton fire also seeing relatively light wind for now. but here is the problem moving forward, beginning as early as tomorrow. those wind speeds, those dry, gusty offshore santa ana winds increase as we head into sunday, monday morning. and you can see there by thousand oaks, just north on the north side of the palisades fire. there. you've got wind gusts up to 50mph again. so we're looking at this sunday, and it's very likely that this offshore wind pattern, which is brought in this fire weather watch for most of the mountains and those fire zones around la. this is not just a saturday and sunday event. these offshore winds are expected to continue through at least wednesday of next week. short term here. not much change in the forecast. not much support from the weather over the next few days and it's just been so dry down there. thank you rob. we'll see you a bit later. more help is arriving. this is a super scooper. look at th

the gonzaga bulldogs had arrived in la for saturday's game against ucla. the university says at the time the team was unaware of what happened. up next closing some attractions briefly, they say the ride's getting some tlct jen b asks, "how can i get fast download speeds while out and about?" jen, we've engineered xfinity mobile with wifi speeds up to a gig, so you can download and do much more all at once. it's an idea that's quite attractive. or... another word... -fashionable? i was gonna say- "popular! you're gonna be pop-uuuu-larrr!" can you do defying gravity?! yeah, get my harness. buy one line of unlimited, get one free for a year with xfinity mobile. and see “wicked,” in theaters now. to get things ready. the anaheim park needs to temporarily close eight popular rides. so starting january 6th through mid-march. it's a small world. one of my favorites, the haunted mansion. another favorite and the mark twain riverboat will be closed for several days, maybe even weeks. also on the renovation list. disneyland's railroad and monorail. some attractions

you've got westwood, ucla on the east side of the freeway and on the west side you have brentwood. the expectation is the fire may move into mandeville canyon. and if it drops down into this area ahead of the next wind shift, this could lead to a big problem, as we'reexpecting the return of these gusty offshore winds. so you can see here wind speeds starting to accelerate during the day tomorrow across southern california, which means that fire could make another run to the south. peak winds as we head into sunday morning could once again be gusting from 40 to 60mph. so we have a new fire weather watch right over the palisades. fire there may get upgraded to a red flag warning as we head into saturday. also to the east around altadena. the eaton fire too will see those winds increasing again out of the north as we move forward into the weekend. we'll have the latest on the wind conditions in southern california and our own wind advisory in our bay area hills. coming up in a few minutes. okay. thank you. rob. this horrible situation playing out all week since tuesday. here are some

i went to ucla. >> i was about to say ucla. >> i've been to a rose bowl. you know we were amazing when i was there. been to the rose parade, rose bowl game. it's super fun love. yeah i love all the bowl games. it's very fun. i think there's too many now. it almost seems like, wasn't it always like new year's day and maybe another day now it's all into february. >> there's still a bowl game sponsoring something. yeah, yeah. >> so, ali, i mean, of all the sports to watch, football, especially college football, i think is the best sport to watch. and so but i've always just i never actually seek it out like, oh, this time i have to go watch this. but it's always because of the people in my life. it's always on the tv, right? >> yeah. >> i'll watch it. yeah. it's like on by default. >> i love bowl game season. yeah. i also like that they've now done the college football playoff because now there's something on the line. right. those final bowl games really the college football championship. so i like the idea that you know, this means something. not to say tha

ucla won't be holding in-person classes at all this week.nstead, it's canceling undergraduate classes and moving its graduate level classes online. a decision on what is happening next week is soon to come. the university says there is no immediate fire danger to the campus. still, air quality in the area is terrible and expected to only worsen. >> our time now. 740 the growing wildfires in southern california now delaying hollywood's oscar nominations. the academy was originally planning to announce the nominees january 17th. now it's been moved to the 19th. several events that come before the oscars were also postponed or canceled. the oscars are still scheduled to take place on march 2nd. >> let's get out the door here. 740. it's a busy one in the traffic center, isn't it? >> well, it is, and we've had some slow traffic on the peninsula. we have a couple of issues there. we had an earlier crash in san mateo on westbound 92. that's cleared. the san mateo bridge is improving. southbound 101 near woodside road. they're clearing a crash. it's

this as the world- renowned getty art museum threatened by fire, and students at ucla have been warned to get ready to get out as all classes now will be remote all of next week. and today, a close- up look at the devastation in altadena. house after house leveled. more than 150,000 people are under evacuation orders. after dennis quaid among them. >> i can't say enough about the firefighters and the first responders in this town. we got some good ones. good people here. and we're fighting as hard as we can to save our city. >> more than 1500 national guard troops have now been called up, some of them to patrol evacuation zones. and los angeles county officials say so far, more than 20 people have been arrested for burglary and looting. >> just emptied the truck here with everything i was able to throw in. >> and so many now in limbo. blake mallon, a married father of two, lost his home. >> tried to grab things that i thought would be hard to replace. so just a lot of kind of kid's, baby things. lot of photo books. kind of memorable moments. >> reporter: he stayed to the very end as he

you mention water pressure, a few years ago, ucla dumped so many thousands, millions of gallons of water and there was a pressure situation. point was, it destroyed pressure for this kind of need in the pipes when you need to fight fires. it makes no sense why they did it. people questioned at the time. we can't imagine. we are praying for you, your pre-schooler, your entire family during this horrific time. we will be watching, please keep us posted. >> carley: we hope your house is still standing. >> we appreciate your prayers and thoughts and anything you have to support our community. >> carley: ocoverage continues f the devastating wildfire in los angeles next. they say seeing is believing, but with stearns & foster® that's only part of the story. we handcraft every stearns & foster® using the finest materials, like indulgent memory foam, and ultra-conforming intellicoils®, for a beautiful mattress, and indescribable comfort... every single night. (♪) start the new year with incredible comfort, and savings up to $800 on select adjustable mattress sets. stearns & foster® what comfort

you've got westwood, ucla on the east side of the freeway and on the west side you have brentwood. the expectation is the fire may move into mandeville canyon. and if it drops down into this area ahead of the next wind shift, this could lead to a big problem, as we're expecting the return of these gusty offshore winds. so you can see here wind speeds starting to accelerate during the day tomorrow across southern california, which means that fire could make another run to the south. peak winds as we head into sunday morning could once again be gusting from 40 to 60mph. so we have a new fire weather watch right over the palisades. fire there may get upgraded to a red flag warning as we head into saturday. also to the east around altadena. the eaton fire too will see those winds increasing again out of the north as we move forward into the weekend. we'll have the latest on the wind conditions in southern california and our own wind advisory in our bay area hills. coming up in a few minutes. okay. thank you. rob. this horrible situation playing out all week since tuesday. here are some

. >> reporter: travis loncore is ajunk professor of environment and sustainability at ucla. he says whenever humans and an ecosystem like the palisades meet, the risk amplifies. >> so if you think about where the palisades fire started in palisades highlands, the fact that there is a road up there that creates the access for people that gives you the spark that then gets you the fire. >> reporter: the fire in the palisades exploded so quickly that there was a common refrain -- >> and there is not a single firefighter here on the street. >> reporter: crews were stretched thin, and officials are facing criticism for their response. but reinforcements have since arrived. more fire crews from out of state, canada, and mexico are here, and the national guard has been activated in part to help stop looting. and it's all eerily familiar from lahaina in maui to paradise in northern california, a distraught public and entire towns singed off the map. and still, while containment is growing, the dangerous santa ana winds return again monday. los angeles, glamorous home of the nation's