our kayna whitworth is there in thousand oaks, ventura county, california. kayna, what is the scene now? >> reporter: it's been a terrible night here, kendis. i have to tell you when we learned a total of 13 people are dead including sheriff's deputy, it was highly emotional for the ventura county sheriff to talk about that. what i'm seeing right now is something i have to tell you, though, kendis, pretty incredible. i'm watching right now as deputies, as witnesses, as the victims have now gathered in the middle of an intersection, some of the young girls have bandages on their legs and have joined in a prayer circle together right now. they're trying to tell us tha tyoi t come back stronger than ever after a horrifying night at the borderline bar and grill. it's located just off the 101 which is a major thoroughfare in eriff's ofci the that there is blood everywhere. it's absolutely tragic and this investigation is just beginning. when asked if they believe the suspect killed himself, they said it appears that way, although it is currently under investigati

this is a live look of the woosley fire in ventura county. as of this morning it has burned more than 4- thousand acres in ventura county... causing 30-thousand residents to evacuate. about 1-thousand homes are being threatned as firefighters are actively trying to defend structures. steep terrain has made the burn area inaccessible. ( darya ) the second fire burning in ventura county is the hill fire. that fire has grown to 10-thousand acres... forcing about 12-hundred residents out of their homes. heavy smoke forced officials to closed roads including the 1-0-1 freeway in both directions. crews are concerned about the overnight winds that could spread the flames further. ( james ) and we have continuing coverage on these wildfires on kron4.com. there you will find details on the red flag warning... and the latest on those affected areas. you can also you can also download our kron4 mobile app... where we'll send you push alerts when breaking news happens. ( james ) the tight-knit community of thousand oaks, california is paying tribute to t

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this is in ventura, and l.a. counties combined.have been watching this morning, sadly, as homes go up in flames. what is called the woolsey fire, that is in ventura county, in fact, this is a live look from our chopper overhead there. look at the size of this fire. 8,000 acres have burned so far. those were early numbers, but it's been so hard for firefighters to update them, no doubt it has grown, as this fire is now facing zero percent containment. there's a second fire, as i mentioned, burning in the area as well, this one is called the hill fire, that is in l.a. county, where up to 10,000 acres have burned there. this one so fierce that it is actually, they've had to close down 101, as the fire jumped there near malibu lake area, as evacuation orders are there, too. >> from the southern part of the state to the northern part, right there, the butte county area facing the fires as well. the entire town of paradise under evacuation, hundreds of homes there are burned, as well as schools and churches. that monday store fire is sho

it's located about 40 miles west of los angeles in ventura county. thousand oaks recently ranked as one of the country's safest cities. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez tracking all of that for us. >> this was so shocking that even the sheriff had a hard time keeping his composure as he talked about what happened last night. young people were running away from the bar, the ones who could get out, running into the darkness as law enforcement was still working to get into that bar in thousand oaks. some of the people inside the bar say this was just a regular wednesday night when that gunman walked in and started shooting almost as soon as he set foot inside the bar. pepperdine university put out a statement, they know some of their students were there when the bullets were flying. >> our friends got the bar stools and they started slamming them against the window so we could get out. >> we just tried to take cover. >> i mean, now we just sit and wait and kind of play -- just waited until the sheriffs came out. >> hoping to get out and look for our

among the victims, a ventura county sheriff's sergeant.king news this morning out of southerncalifornia. 12 people shot and killed inside of a nightclub, among them a sheriff's sergeant, ron helus. the gunman we've now learned is dead. investigators still working to determine who he was and why he did this. >> this is a scene, some of the images we've been getting in the last few hours, this is -- the shooting started around 11:20 pacific time in ventura county at college night,

a live look at ventura county right now dealing with two wildfires burning in ventura county and forcing hundreds, if not thousands, of evacuations overnight. we just got word a few moments ago during our newscast, about a half hour or so ago, highway 101 is closed in both directions through ventura county. of course 101 in the bay area as well. in that particular area it connects ventura county eventually to did the los angeles. you can see the huge flames on the hillside there. ventura county where thousand oaks is located where the the mass shooting happened yesterday morning. we are keeping our eyes on this. we'll give you any new details as they come in. homes very close to the flames. >>> because of the other big fire that we are monitoring out of the north of us in butte county, we want to reiterate santa rosa schools have just decided they are going to close this morning. they sent out this tweet that says all santa rosa city schools closed friday, november 9th. air quality is entering the hazardous range. remain indoors at home. smoke is drifting into the bay area making air qua

southern california, ventura county into l.a. county, highway 101 will be closed for portions, because of a hill fire, and also the woolsey fire, the two we're watching down there, and then north of here, up in butte county, where the camp fire burns through the chico paradise area, highway 99 definitely affected, watch 149, watch 70. i'll send out a limping so you can check whatever freeways you'll use around the state. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> at 6:53, east bay congressman might be challenging president trump in 2020. eric swalwell could be one of the first democrats to throw his hat into the ring. he could announce his decision sometime in the beginning of 2019. >>> we have much more for you right now, a quick look at top stories. flights at sfo are experiencing issues because of the smoke in the area. we'll have more when we come back as well as the wildfires raging across our state. bay area responders are headed to help as the fires burn out of control near chico and l.a. we're taking a live look at ch

that was the sheriff -- the main sheriff in ventura county. heartbreaking there, talking about the loss of one of his sheriff's deputies. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll have more breaking news out of sober californuthern cal. meteorologist kari hall has been standing by with the alert we have this morning with the danger, the high fire danger. >> red flag warning in effect for our bay area hills and our winds are already starting to pick up this morning. we have such low humidity that any flames could spread rapidly. we do have to be really careful. our humidity starts out in some of our dryer spots. right now at about 19% in napa and our winds are already picking up. our current wind speeds at 31 miles per hour in napa and in fairfield and the rest of the bay area also seeing some gusty winds that will continue to increase. not only that but we'll have very warm temperatures for early november reaching into the low 80s in some spots in the inland valleys and also in the hills. and

it's eastern ventura county, so there are hospitals both in the western county and eastern ventura countybut it's not clear exactly how many people have come in or have been treated or are walk-ins. and we haven't gotten a clear idea at this point exactly how many people may have been transported. >> as for the people who are fortunately not injured, we are looking at crowds. are they being taken to one specific place? are they free to go? >> well, with this kind of a chaotic scene, you tend to try to interview witnesses who are right there and have kind of stayed. but sometimes people leave the scene. that's part of the challenge for investigates, is you're trying to piece together a timeline and the chain of events, is to try to get as many people who were in proximity to the shooting to be able to talk to them about what happened. and i think some of that is you can even see with some of the knbc coverage, some people have stayed around and there was one person interviewed earlier, a young man who seemed to be pretty close to -- >> let me just interrupt you for just a second. andrew, p

i go from ventura county to cal ba abassas. -- calabassas. cal lutheran. >> pepperdine. >> it is hard for me to talk. i'm super traumatized. i'm really shaking right now. >> thank you so much for your time. >> something i have never experienced in my life. >> holden, we are sad for you. we are sorry for your friends. we hope they got out okay. thank you for your time. >> thank you. be safe tonight. >> thank you. not what you want to have happen. not what a kid should go through. >> far too many college students and young people have experienced it. even elementary students in the most recent years. we appreciate holden harrah joining us. for you just joining us 4:33 eastern time. 1:33 pacific time. a mass shooting in thousand oaks, california northwest of los angeles. information is still coming in. here is what we know. the attacker forced his way into the borderline bar & grill in thousand oaks. a huge country and western dance bar popular with pepperdine and cal lutheran and moorpark college students attend. at least 11 injured, including

sparked around 2-30 yesterday afternoon in ventura county.ed more than 2- thousand acres as of yesterday evening... and is still growing. several communities have been evacuated and it even forced the 101 freeway to be shutdown. ( robin ) another fire burning in the same county --- is the hills fire. it burned at least 12-point-5 miles in just the first 2 hours. it originiated in the santa rosa valley --- which is just about 10 miles northwest of thousand oaks. ( robin )now on to the story we have been following since we first brought it to you as breaking news yesterday morning.flags around the state were ordered to fly at half staff in mourning for the now 12 people killed at a night club in thousand oaks. ( robin )this story continues to update as we learn new information about the shooter and get to know the victims. authorities have yet not determined a motive.but they do know the gunman... 28- year -old david long was a frequent patron at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks. ( robin )fbi officials say investigators are still s

minnesota that the former wrestler a hollywood actor and the mayor of brooklyn park minnesota jesse ventura shocked the world and became the thirty eighth governor in the state of minnesota today and watching the hawks we will look back on that historic win and take a look at his time in office and the true changes that he implemented and the things he fought for in his battles with the political establishment and the mainstream media so take a journey with us as we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of governor jesse ventura. street with a thing like. this would be the last part of. the day like you that i got. with the please. please please. please this is. what caused me to run for governor i kind of french myself to help us celebrate and remember the twentieth anniversary of the political campaign that shocked the world former governor jesse ventura was joined by several key figures in his campaign and administration campaign chairman dean barkley bill hillsman the campaign advertising guru and political strategist. running mate and thirty seven year schoolteacher made. and finally the

and ventura county sheriff's deputy.unman has now been identified. >> per multiple law enforcement officials, he is a white male in his late 20s. a .45 caliber glock was legally purchased. as of right now, they have no motive for the shooting. the fbi is on the scene assisting in the investigation as they try to figure out a possible motive >> let's listen to kabc in los angeles. >> -- get guns and going on a rampage. we need to do something. we are in the safest city in the nation. it is something we need to ability act on. i hope every time we have a shooting, we do something. it's time to act. i hope congress acts. we need to act. i want to take a moment to say our hearts go out to sergeant helus. we have lost a wonderful 29-year veteran of our sheriff's department. our hearts go out to the family. >> you obviously know a lot of people who are coming in here as mayor here. how do we move forward as a community? >> obviously we have to embrace and give everything we can to the families and give them everything we can.

he's a 29-year veteran of the ventura county sheriff's department. he was planning to retire as early as next year. we want to take you live to southern california right now, checking in with our sister station knbc, who has reporters at the scene. >> the folks are also checking in with that -- into that emergency hot line number. that's where the list of injured people is coming out of. as people are calling in, they're also checking to -- checking in and seeing if their loved ones are at a nearby hospital. they're running that list with folks inside and they're hopefully trying to get the news. we'll go ahead and try to get a parent over here. sir, can we talk to you quickly? thank you so much. again, it's a very tough time for all of them parents holding up their cell phones, trying to make sure that if their child is at a nearby hospital, they know they're searching for them, showing photos of them. again, we've seen people coming in and out here from the team center in thousand oaks. we have chaplains, we have sheriff's deputies, representatives

and so clearly broken hearts here in ventura county. we have seen many of the sheriffs deputies who have been on site leave the past 30 minutes or so. however, there is still a lot of activity going in and out of the er. not only law enforcement but what appears to be family members. among the family members, i told you about this during our last half hour. we heard from the uncle of one elis freshman aelenaho pepperdine university. she was among those who was attending the borderline bar & grill, the music and dancing that was under way last night. she was with several of her roommates. she got separated from the group. her uncle was here at the hospital. a former reporter for fox news channel. he was here trying to learn a little bit more about his niece. he did not know where she was, cold not get a hold of her. he spoke to one of her roommates. he said when the shooting happened, they simply lost track. everyone started running. no one has heard from elena since then. he said there wasn't going a lot going on and she was not there.

and ventura counties right by the 101. so we are going to continue to keep an eye on this as the morning goes on. >> thank you. . >>> check out this dramatic new video of the woolsey fire in southern california. flames engulf this home. you can see the second floor collapsing as the garage caves in. evacuees of the butte county trying to get out of town b30,000 people were ordered to evacuate -- trying to get out of town. 30,000 people were ordered to evacuate. a stranger picked up a woman without a car and took her to family members. >> i walked out to clark road and a girl picked me up and took me down. it took us four hours to get down. >> i saw everything burn, tornadoes like you wouldn't believe. the town hall was burning when i left. and i just had to leave. i was tired of cutting fences for people. [ cr ] >> this morning, social media is flooded with posts from people looking for loved ones. actor james woods turned his twitter account into a lost and found for families. that story and continuing fire coverage we'll

sheriff geoff dean, ventura county, ca: "it's a horrific scene in there.s blood everywhere."9-1-1 dispatch: "suspect is a white male, approximately eight, shot, weapon was a black-semi automatic."the f-b-i says the shooter was ian david long, a former marine, who opened fire inside the bar..killing at least 12 people before, one authority believes, taking his own life.the mystery puzzling investigators is: why did he do it?right now - they're going through his home, his car and his belongings in search of clues.captain garo kuredjian, ventura county sheriff's office: "we're hoping to find information that will help us identify what the motive was for this sick, sick depraved individual."officials say long had encounters with police.as recently as april, which lead to long meeting with mental health specialists..captain garo kuredjian, ventura county sheriff's office: "specially trained individuals that evaluated him and made a determination that he in fact was not.. at this point it's way too early to tell if there were any pre-incident indicators that may

and ventura counties. but an hour ago the fire jumped the 101 so it is now threatening the communities of calabasas and malibu. so hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. about 75,000 homes. these evacuation orders coming in the dead of night. some getting the alert through a text messages, others by door knocks. at this point, we have no idea how many homes have burned. but it is at least dozens of homes. the last official word we got was 30. but it is certainly going to be a lot more. you can see just the massive acreage covered right now by those flames. and, of course, we are only getting one perspective. now that it jumped the freeway, they closed it down about 20 minutes ago which was also a diicult challenge because you still had people in the process of evacuating. and i want to mention, this is right near the community of thousand oaks and, in fact, it is in thousand oaks. this community was dealing with the shooting yesterday. so utter devastation for these people. we are going to ke

one of those is a ventura county sheriff's deputy.st learned he is identified as 29-year-old david ian long. >> you were just alerted just after midnight. you can customize to get breaking news where you live. abc 7 news reporter dion lim will have reports from the shooting scene later today on abc 7 news and abc 7 news app. follow dion lim on twitter. >>> you are more than 7 minutes away from myus 15 miles per hour. they will spread off to the west and take over our north bay mountains. even up to 43 miles per hour. notice they will spike at 6:00. this morning and again during the evening hours. that's when we will have our fastest winds and when the fire danger will be the greatest. in the overnight hours, oe the fire threat. let's talk about temperatures. some areas, 17 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. some areas 7 degrees cooler. san francisco, we have 47 in ocean beach. chrissy field, ex else or, 60 degrees right now. here's a look at what's going on as far as the fire danger. it is going to spread all the way to

we're just north of los angeles county here in ventura. and ventura county is where sheriff's sergeant ron helus had been on the force for 29 years. he was one year away from retirement. at this point he was a patrol sergeant. he had been on the s.w.a.t. task force that you had heard about earlier in the hour. he had had probably just about every job in this department, and it seems like from what we've been able to gather being up here, everybody knew and loved this man. it was -- it is an 800-deputy force. it seems like he had a personal connection with more people than one might know. about an hour and a half from now, his body will be taken from here where it was delivered not in an ambulance but in a patrol car by fellow deputies early this morning and taken in a procession to the ventura county medical examiner's office. sergeant helus is survived, of course, by his wife and his son, and the process that we are going to see in an hour and a half is that his body will come out in an official procession here with the ventura county she

ventura freeway. it is just off that in the thousand oaks area that the mayor reminds us is one of the safest communities in the united states. people from around the country move there for the safety. where have we heard that before? parkland, florida. one of the safest in the united states. people move because of how safe it was thought to be. >> james gagliano is here with us. we heard from authorities that the shooter is dead. there are fatalities. we have a casualty number of 11. this could change. what's happening now? now we are getting the information, what is happening on the scene? >> most importantly, are there any more planned attacks? was the shooter who we know now is down. was there anyone who provided material support or aid? i guess security cameras will be reviewed. they want to determine how he got there. did he get there in a vehicle? does the vehicle have plans in it or manifesto or creed? does it have explosive devices or any other weapons? that's first and foremost. once they ru

and los angeles ventura and burning in fire that's burning in ventura and los angeles counties.morees are more homes are more homes are threatened. a number of (pam) a number of celebrities who are evacuating too, due to the woosley fire. (ken) kron4's grant lodes joins us now with more on that. (grant) celebrities... not immune to the effects of fire. kim and kanye are tweeting out that the flames are getting close to their home but everyone is safe. the couple along with their security team have been evacuated. kaitlin jenner however is not so lucky and tmz has reported her home has burned down. kim also tweeted out a thank you to firefighters. alyssa milioano also evacuated her home tweeting "i took my kids, dogs computer and my doc marten boots... horses are being evacuated by my trainer." roma downy posted this picture of smoke as she evacuated her home saying... pulling out of my driveway with my two big dogs in the back... please pray for our community and the safety of our first responders. (ken) the (ken) (ken) the alameda county fire department has sent crews to help with

jesse ventura's being declared the winner i don't remember which you from c.b.s. or a.b.c. i don't know who made the first call but then all of a sudden the other two came right along the border. got to me there was only sixty percent of the vote. and they were declaring me the winner. everyone wanted me to go out there and i said i'm a boy you know. how when there's only sixty percent of the vote. i said you want me to walk out there and declare myself the i said what if i lose you well i'll be the biggest laughingstock in the history i said i'm not there yet and i'll never forget bill sitting there call me quiet man. he looks at me. he said you trust. to ensure i said yes bill i did he said trust me. i said. i said bill does forty percent of the phone left how can you say they haven't been wrong in fifty years because you've got to go all the way to. do here true whatever zachary fifty years. and fifty years ago you are the governor and i remember all of those huddling in the closet there to try to figure out what to do next and terry who's the unsung hero of this new pai

at least two people have died in ventura county.les county.... that fire has burned 83-thousand acres. the 'hill fire' also burning in ventura county has destroyed about 170 homes... thousands of people are under evacuation orders. here's kron4's gayle ong with the latest. since thursday..this has been the scene in southern californiathe woolsey and hill fires ravaging ventura county. as firefighters struggle to contain the flames. --sot-- mark lorenzen/ ventura county fire chief: "mother nature has given us a short reprieve. the winds are not blowing, but we know tomorrow, mother nature's going to turn her fan back on, and the winds are going to start blowing. the fast moving fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate including the entire city of malibu. --sot--"you just think about the things that mean the most and that are the most valuable, something that could help you out along the road if you need help from someone else or you know, grab and go and just fit as much as you can in there.

these are live pictures right now in ventura county..dreds of homes have been >>> back to the woolsey fire. this is a live picture. hundreds of homes have already been destroyed. firefighters are attacking those flames from the air and the ground. more than 200,000 people are still under mandatory evacuations and two people have been killed. >> we will have live reports from the campfire. we will see you back here at the news -- for the news at 5 pm and 6 pm. >> ridge: you said we're in trouble. >> craig: your words. you texted me. >> ridge: no. >> craig: and i deleted it just like you said. >> ridge: stop. no, no, no, no. >> craig: what? >> ridge: stop talking. he's here. [ tires screeching ] idge: yeah, that was spencer. he's gone. >> craig: he knows now. damn it! he knows, ridge. now he knows why i ruled against him -- because of you, because of what you asked me to do. >> katie: they can't get caught

there are mandatory evacuations ventura county -- in ventura county and los angeles county due to anothere not far away. >>> it is a scene all too familiar. a community in mourning after a mass shooting. ♪ >> heavy hearts at a vigil in thousand oaks last night. neighbors coming together to remember 12 victims killed by a gunman at borderline bar & grill. >> six of the 12 have been identified. five at the bar when the gunman started shooting. justine meek, alaina housley and an manrique and luis castillo. as well as noel sparks. here is cody's father, jason. >> how much i miss -- oh, son, i love you so much. i have a daughter coming in on the 29th of this month. he was so excited to have his first sister and not -- now she'll never know. oh, cody, i love you, son. >> also killed is sergeant ron helus. a 29-year veteran of the ventura county sheriff's office. he was the first to rush through the door at borderline. law enforcement and members of the community lining the streets to honor him as his body was transported to the medical examiner's office. new video has emerged of the massacre a

we are expecting the ventura county sheriff's office to hold a news conference.at to you live as soon as it gets underway. >>> just hours after the midterm vote, president trump is working to change the narrative by announcing his embattled attorney general jeff sessions is out of a job. shortly after those contentious post measuremeidterm press conf the president announced on twitter we are pleased to announce matthew whittaker will become our new acting attorney general of the united states. he will serve our country well. we thank attorney general jeff sessions for his service and wish him well. a permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date. sessions' updated resignation letter begins by stating he was stepping down at trump's request. the president has increasingly hammered sessions on his decision to recuse himself from overseeing mueller's russia probe. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was at the white house for what officials say was a previously scheduled meeting, according to the department of justice. rosenstein will no longer oversee

this is in southern california and ventura county. they're calling it the woolsey fire. 8,000 acres consumed so far. 30,000 homes are threatened, 75,000 people evacuated, many of them, sadly staying in some of the shelters there used yesterday for the shooting. >> absolutely, and the situation is the wind, that's also playing a big factor there. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that and kari, we have dangers here in our area as well. >> we do have, the camp fire that's farther to the north of the bay area, and still a red flag warning in effect. i'll have more on that and what to expect throughout the day, coming up next. destructive wild overnight >>> breaking news at 4:30, destructive wildfires exploding overnight across the state, from the north to the south, emergency evacuations, as flames fueled by strong winds demolish homes. >> my home was across the street. i woke up, and my house was full of smoke, and i walked out of the house, and there was fire all the way around my very, very fast. >> our team monitoring updates

and ventura counties. at least two people have died. a number of structures have been destroyed, and more than 200,000 people are under mandatory evacuations. once again, president trump is threatening to pull federal funds, tweeting: "there is no reason for these massive, deadly, and costly forest fires in california except that forest management is so poor, billions of dollars are given each year with so many lives lost all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. remedy now, or no more fed payments." california professional firefighters fired back, tweeting "the president's attack is ill timed and demeaning to victims and to our firefighters on the front lines. cal fire victims need support instead of recrimination and blame." ." . >>> authorities are looking for a serial arsonist after six fires sparked in the past 24 urin francisco's golden gate park. devin feely on the message from the fire department. >> reporter: the fire department said this 3rd fire broke out at 6:40 this morning. thankfully firefighters were able to qui

lauren: coming in here with breaking news, ventura county sheriff's spokesperson saying the gunman inalifornia bar shooting is dead inside that bar in southern california. we do know that at least 11 people were injured in shooting in thousand oaks, 40 miles west of los angeles. the bar was packed with college students. man reportedly the shooter reportedly used smoke bombs and fired at least 30 shots. cheryl: all right, we will continue to follow the breaking news out of southern california but we are covering market news as well this morning, you probably saw it happen on your screen, dow industrials soared nearly 550 points yesterday as a result from midterm elections came in. pretty much as the street expected, could this be the start of 20% gain for the s&p 500 one year from now. alan, senior portfolio at ebs, is here with us, good to have you, sir. >> good morning, cheryl. cheryl: if history points to what they believe will happen, they are looking for 20% gain from s&p based on the structure that we have now, which is a democratic controlled house and republican controlled sena

(justine) the woolsey is burning in both ventura and los angeles county... that fire has burned 83-thousand acres. the 'hill fire' also burning in ventura county and has burned more than 45- hundred acres.(jr stone)about 170 homes have been destroyed so far, and thousands of people are under evacuation orders.kron4's gayle ong has been tracking these fires. gayle i flew over these fires last night in route back to the bay area. what's the latest down there in the malibu area? the aftermath absolutely devastating but a lull in fierce winds that drove the pair of destructive fires allowed firefighters to make their first real progress in stopping the blazes today. since thursday..this has been the scene in southern californiathe woolsey and hill fires ravaging ventura county. as firefighters struggle to contain the flames. --sot-- mark lorenzen/ ventura county fire chief: "mother nature has given us a short reprieve. the winds are not blowing, but we know tomorrow, mother nature's going to turn her fan back on, and the winds are going to start blowing.

we want to go to the very latest in ventura county. breaking news this morning on a a former marine, neighbor say he had ptsd. police were called to his home a few months ago saying he was acting irate. but they say there was no reason to have a mental health hold on him. but something was definitely wrong last night when he went into a pack bar and killed 12 people before killing himself. he saw his photo a moment ago. ian david long was identified and we have a lot of information that has come out within the last half hour from the police press conference. we will go to the scene with paul to get the very latest on what we know at this hour. >> reporter: authorities have identified that shooter as ian take it - - he was identified as ian david long. he has four and a half years of military experience. the people who are there described the horrifying moments when he opened fire. >> gunshots fired. >> reporter: it was shortly before midnight. a man armed with a gun entered the borderline bar and grill. >> and the hours immediately aft

en el bar "borderline bar & grill" en la ciudad de "thousand oaks", en el condado ventura.ovil de este ataque aun se desconoce. --de las victimas mortales ha sido identificado el agente del aguacil del condado "ventura" -- su nombre es "ron hee- lus"... el trabaj con el departamento por 29 aÑos. - el oficial entro al lugar donde cientos de jvenes desesperados intentaban salvarse. -- a las 10 de esta maÑana se realizara una procesion por las calles del condado ventura en honor al oficial. pg&e continua vigilando de cerca las condiciones del tiempo... pues oficialmente estamos bajo alerta de bandera roja. -- fuertes vientos y condiciones secas incrementan el riesgo de incendios forestales. ellos podrian suspender el servicio electrico en las proximas horas en los condados napa y lake. -- esta alerta continua vigente hasta maÑana. hasta maÑana. puente de la bahia musica seguimos con la cobertura es especial un tiroteo en el cond d condado ventura en los angeles 40 millas este de los angeles, 13 personas, rusos del atacante perdieron la vida, se realizÓ una rueda de prensa en d

county, the ventura county sheriff's department, excuse me. but a lot of people are wondering, who else might be a victim? a lot of people, about 200, 300 can fit into the borderline bar and grill which is back here. and, we know it was college night. so, there was a lot of people 18 and up. in fact, the more and more people you talk to out here, it seems like everybody seems to know somebody who is in there. myself. i even know a few friends who are in there who left about 15 minutes before the shooting rang out. are lost to people interested in hearing this full list of victims, when we do hear it in the next 45 minutes. that is one question everybody is waiting on right now. the other question is, why? why did the shooter come here last night? investigators have spent the day here, about a mile from where i'm standing, going through his property, to his car which is here in the parking lot behind us. they moved it not long ago and they are looking for answers, looking for motives. so far they have ruled out whether or not they can rule out

(grant) the other catastrophic fire in the state is down in ventura county...s where the woolsey fire is burning down homes... at least 150 homes have been destroyed. and more than 250-thousand people are under evacuation orders. that includes the entire city of malibu.. a city entire city of malibu.. a city of about 13-thousand people. it has torched more than 35 thousand acres... right now, the fire's pace has forced firefighters to focus on saving lives... preserving property is secondary. reporter omar jimenez was on the front lines of the fire... and right before he was supposed to do a live report... flames forced him and the crew to get out of there. we on the outskirts of the woolsey fire right now. you can see we're on the other side of the 101 freeway. it's already jumped and this is what officials fear. you feel this wind that's been coming lot of these flames spreading, and you can see how low the visibility actually is here right now. this place actually a little bit too unsafe for us to be right now so we're gonna try and get to a safer location.

a huge wildfire burning in ventura and l.a. counties. i want to show you some live pictures right now. several homes have burned. dozens in fact. we don't have an accurate count right now. with you you can see some of them burning there. these are pictures from our sister station's chopper right now. we have seen firefighters going door to door. mandatory evacuations overnight. so waking people up in the middle of the night. some of these warnings coming over cell phone, some just by person and people, um, hearing sirens and then realizing they needed to leave. we're hearing between 30,000 and 75,000 homes being evacuated right now in that area. again, that's between l.a. and ventura counties. the fire threatening to cross 101 right now. so we are trying to get a better handle on exactly how many homes we're talking about. but we have heard up to 75,000 homes under evacuation now. this fire started at 2:25 p.m. yesterday in simi valley and just quickly blew up, spreading to at least 8,000 acres and firefighters we are hearing have been c

presentadora: estÁn de luto todos los miembros de la oficina del alguacil del condado de ventura.or porque Él entro a enfrentar al pistolero sin saber de no todo el mundo acredita que eso dio la oportunidad a que otros jÓvenes pudieran salir con vida del lugar.verdadero hÍ enfrentar, cuando antes de tiroteo en columbine, colorado. primero rodeaban el lugar, se hacÍa perímetro. ahora tienen que entrar. deseada --desgraciadamente, o trabaja mÁs. presentadora: y hay que ver que estos alguaciles de una ciudad, una de las 30 ciudades mÁs figuras de los estados unidos, actuaron como nunca jamÁs imaginaron ni en la peor de sus pesadillas. fÉlix: pero también como estaban entrenados. ellos sabÍan. no quiere que esto suceda. no quieren que les toque actuar de esa manera, pero estÁn entrenados para enfrcorresponde, como dice jaime, muy seguramente, si no es por la acciÓn de estrÚ. presentadora: vamos a ir a mensajes y regresamos aquÍ a esta desde thousand oaks en california. ♪ algunas veces, una tos puede interrumpir una buena noche de sueño. es entonces cuando el necesita vicks vaporub. me

the other two fires, the hill fire is burning in ventura county, and the woolsey fire is burning in ventura and los angeles county. two people are confirmed dead and -- confirmed dead and three firefighters were hurt. 335 homes have been destroyed around malibu, and in thousand oaks and simi valley. they say right now the biggest threat is the hot dry winds that threw -- continue through today. >>> our primary focus for right now in this incident is life, then property protection. we expect strong winds through tuesday. >>> it's burned 146 square miles which is three times the size of san francisco. it's just now 30% contained with full containment expected by thursday. the other fire, the hill fire has burned 7 square miles near camarao, they expect to have it completely surrounded by tuesday. there's no word whether they expect it to be homes. there are no reports of injuries or deaths in that fire. >>> county firefistarted yester the freeway was closed amid several neighborhoods, and they were ev the cars traveling along the flames there. this is the ridge line separating los angeles and

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two of them burning in ventura county, california. highway 101 in several areas already. we found out malibu is being ordered to evacuate because of wildfires. >>> the other major wildfire is in camp fire burning in bute county has exploded in size. more people are still being evacuated right now. more than 25,000 people that live near chico are being urged to leave their homes. bay area crews are rushing in to help control the flames before they destroy more property. let's bring in alisa harrington who is covering the fire in bute county. >> reporter: this is why people are being evacuated in the chico area. i'm in chico about three miles from downtown. we're seeing flames and smoke. we're seeing a lot of firefighters. this is just about three miles from. downtown and about four or five miles from chico state university. what you're seeing behind me is a controlled burn. this is to eat up some of the trees and other things that could fuel the wildfire. this is what the firefighters did to prevent the camp fire from moving closer to

we heard that update now, the sheriff in ventura county. there are significant outstanding questions related to what happened overnight in thousand oaks. >> the answer to the two questions that jeremy asked, the last two, would apparently be no, he was not on the radar federal law enforcement officials as far as we know. the gun we believe is purchased in 2016. the incident at his house was in april where they were called out there. and because they did not determine him to be -- to have mental disabilities, they would not have had the authority under state or federal law to take away any guns that he had. the answer to those two questions that he asked would apparently be no. what we now know about the weapon, this is the picture we've shown before. this is a glock 21. it's a .45 caliber weapon. that means it had more fire power than a traditional handgun of this time, a .9 millimeter handgun. that could be why so many people were killed. the magazine or clip as it's called fits into the bottom of the handle here and it comes with a conven

that's in ventura county, 40 miles west of los angeles. several hundred people were inside that venue at the time. witnesses say they heard gunshots. they saw smoke bombs going off. so far there's been no positive identification of the gunman, but it has been confirmed that he has died. >>> we'll continue to follow this story but at 4:18 we'll take a look at what's going on here in the bay area with our traffic and weather. kari, starting off another cool morning. >> it's going to be cool but windy, especially for the hills. that's the reason we have a high fire danger and red flag warning in effect for all of these areas shaded in red and also includes the santa cruz mountains. we've been watching the rencon fire and getting containment on that. winds may gust 50 to 60 miles an hour. as far as our current relative humidity, it's down to about 18% in napa. most of us are seeing slightly elevated humidity, which is very typical for those early hours. as we go throughout the day, humidity drops. winds will stay gusty. as we go into the after

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the 'hill fire' has burned more than 45-hundred acres in ventura county.e)about 150 homes have been destroyed so far, and thousands of people under evacuation orders. kron4's gayle ong has been tracking these fires and joins us live in the studio with details.gayle, last night i flew right over these fires. what does the situation look like this evening? the pictures are devastating and there is no end in sight when this fire will be outso far the woolsey fire is only 5 percent contained,the hill fire 25 percent contained. since thursday..this has been the scene in southern californiathe woolsey and hill fires ravaging ventura county as firefighters struggle to contain the flames. --sot-- mark lorenzen/ ventura county fire chief: "mother nature has given us a short reprieve. the winds are not blowing, but we know tomorrow, mother nature's going to turn her fan back on, and the winds are going to start blowing. the fast moving fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate including the entire city of malibu. --sot--"you

in ventura and los angeles counties. together, the hill and woolsey fires have burned at least 80,000 acres and prompted mandatory evacuations in a number of communities. about 30,000 homes are threatened. that large fire, again, in the north part of the state in butte county creating smoky conditions in the bay area as we give you a live look out at san francisco bay. which you can't even see. but usually it is there. the sales force tower in the foreground. we will check in with steve in a few minutes >> we know very windy. the santa ana winds dying down there. thankfully. but last year, it was early october. this year, almost mid-november, and we are experiencing these fire conditions. >> it's crazy to think this fire started yesterday at 6:30 am. we are not that far in. it was a small fire than. >> we are just one day in. the city of paradise has been devastated. cal fire says the whole town is gone. we spoke with cal fire earlier at 7:00. we are waiting for a news briefing from the state. regarding devastating wildf

de 92,000 acres se es estima que miles de viviendas continÚan en riesgo mientras que en el condado venturacontenido un 80% no sin antes devastar mÁs de 4000 acres. el nÚmero de incendios aumentÓ a 29, al sur del estado se confirmÓ la muerte de dos personas >>> y tambiÉn el condado ventura hablaron de mantenerse alerta incendio forestal destruyÓ mÁs de 100 acres el fuego obligÓ a los conductores a trasladarse en sentido contrario. esto fue al sur del estadio y ha cobrado la vida del men-2 personas >>> que comentan cÓmo los residentes se preparan para lo peor pues se esperan rÁfagas de viento que podrÍan poner en riesgo mÁs hogares. >>> quizÁs el ambiente sea algo diferente, esta familia tenÍa 22 aÑos viviendo acÁ y asÍ como ellos muchos perdieron sus casas ante una emergencia y quizÁs todavÍa continÚa. >>> las llamas dejar mÁs de 180 viviendas destruidas. >>> yo me levantÉ y vi que e estaba el fuego. >>> ricardo aÚn no olvida esa infernal madrugada donde afortunadamente su residencia se salvÓ. >>> estamos contentos estamos todos bien tenemos como unos 40 aÑos viviendo aquÍ. >>> don sergio f

we're expecting to hear from the ventura county sheriff. it's one of the most important unanswered questions surrounding the mueller probe following jeff sessions' firing. what's going to happen to the president's son? according to politico, quote, donald trump jr. has told friends in recent weeks that he believes he could be indicted, according to one of those people. on top of that report, gave sherman from vanity fair goes a bit further. three sources tell him junior has been telling friends it could happen this week. one person close to don junior speculated that mueller could indict him for making false statements to congress and to the fbi about whether he had told his father about the june 2016 trump tower meet with russians to gather dirt on hillary clinton. this source heard the case could revolve around trump's former deputy campaign chairman rick gates who is cooperating with mueller and who is deeply involved in the campaign at the time of the meeting. trump, this person continued, is very upset about the risk don junior faces.

ventura county sheriff's deputy ron helus lost his life. he was on the phone with his wife when shots came over the radio. 21-year-old noel sparks was active in her church. a friend praised sparks for helping others. she graduated high school in the north bay last year. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard was at a vigil for sparks last night. >> it hurts when it hits home for sure. >> reporter: friends lit candles to remember alaina housely. her family owns a long-time grocery store. she was a teenager who was going places. >> she was the most amazing person. she had such a future ahead of her. >> reporter: alaina was a freshman at pepperdine university. she and friends were at a bar in thousand oaks when a gunman opened fire. alaina was among the 12 victims killed. ♪ they filled the soccer field in napa for where alaina graduated last spring. >> we pray for the families. we pray for the victims. >> she's the athlete that never stops trying. she's the student who never stops studying. >> if you ever needed a friend, she was the one to go to

of open dance space located in malibu but moved to ventura county. massive amount of space to deal with. >> this is a nightmare for law enforcement. you have a massive crime scene, people packed into a nightclub, a perfect killing field for an active shooter and the individual, and incredibly cool act, took out the security officer who was out friends. he went in and opened fire on individuals at the front of the bar colluding the office and there was a deputy working, security job. bill: would situation, here's the deputy speaking live. >> if he is captured or neutralized, somebody out of the bar and grill. >> what do you know? >> i heard of smoke bombs, a reporter mentioned it but i don't know about it. i don't have the status of any of their injuries. >> is the location clear? might be in this attic. >> we have deputies going through it. my understanding, i haven't heard that at all. >> don't know if you missed that, the number of casualties 6 to 11, we don't know the status of. heather: you will be giving in and out and warranted. all this inform