Nearly 6, six 66,000 acres have burned in the last 24 hours. Theyre battling three major fires threatening thousands of homes. The largest the thomas fire. Reporter i can tell you firefighters are focusing their fight on some flair ups. Tonight their worried about the wind. Its hard the to put emotions and words together. Reporter its one of at least 150 structures lost in a devastating wildfire in ventura. It looked like it was going to be saved then this happened. Its almost like an out of body experience. Reporter david chapel is one of tens of thousands of people evacuated in a hurry. When he came back his home was burned down to it studs. Im in shock i think. Im emotional but its like wow its all surreal at the moment. Reporter the result of santa ana wind gusts in combination with dry weather. No rain came in the month of november in california, so we have extremely dry fuels. Reporter at least 30 homes have b been lost with many more threatened. The foothill area is also home to ranches and just north in Santa Clarita another fire is taxing resources. We have lost houses, we have not lost lives. Do not wait, leave your homes. Reporter volunteers are ready to offer some comfort. More than 1,000 firefighters are here battling just this one fire in ventura county. We know more reinforcements are opted way. They should be here tonight and more tomorrow. You mentioned the winds a couple of times there in the report. Doesnt seem like theyre going to be dying down here any time soon. No theyre actually quite calm tonight compared to what they have been. We expect the wind to continue through thursday. We had winds near 90 miles per hour. Certainly they are a big problem for firefighters. Santa anas are relentless, thank you chris. The thomas fire hopped 101. The fire made it all the way to the shoreline. This wildfire in Santa Clarita burning near six flags magic mountain. There are among at least a dozen area Fire Departments who have joined the fire fight. Tonight filming on s. W. A. T. Has been suspended because theres so much smoke in the air. Hbo has also halted their production of west world. Were hearing 911 calls from the west. Im seeing some weird lights, like sparks. Im not sure if they could be fire or not. For some it was the last call they would ever make. 24 would lose their lives trying to escape the fires. Dozens more would lose their homes. It doesnt look like the strike will be over any time soon. Reporter today 3,000 oakland works went on strike and the city is bracing for more as the mayor is having a fundraiser. They say it shows she doesnt have her priorities straight. Striking city of Workers Union calling out mayor shaaf tonight. Blasting her for attending a reelection fundraiser as workers walked out the job today bringing most City Services to a standstill. City workers placed a giant inflatable rat. A central issue is money. The Sticking Point of the wages were like 10 over jurisdictions in the area. Reporter the mayor offered most employees a 6 raise. Strikers tried to bring in former mayor brown. I dont think anybody wants to see the strike go on any longer than it needs to. When the workers are striking were not at the negotiating table and thats where we need to be. Reporter in oakland, kristin ahers. Tonight the shooting death of cate steinle is know a federal case. The new charges against the man who pulled the trigger came hours after the San Francisco d. A. Fell on his sword. Reporter the state trial is over now a federal grand jury has indicted jose garcia serrate for two counts of the killing of steinle. St first charges felon in possession of firearm. The second, alien in possession of a firearm. The federal government usually avoids these things. Reporter unusually but not unheard of for the feds to charge someone with the very same crime of that of a state. In this particular case not completely unexpected given how big of a role this case has had. If there was any failure in the preparation or presentation in in case the response is mine and mine alone. Reporter gascon held a press conference to talk about why he stands by his prosecution team. We disagree obviously with their decision but we respect their decision. We fell and still do that we had evidence of a murder case. He called for restraint while labeling the president a madman. I think sometimes we need to use a little bit of discipline. And not a madman that is waiting to dictate everything we do. Reporter serrate is still in jail. Its not known how or when he will be released to federal custody. Todays state department is warning u. S. Diplomats and their families to avoid parts of jerusalem. Theres fear that therell be violence as the president moves to accept israel as the capital of jerusalem. U. S. Troops are being repositioned to areas of potential unrest. Today palestinian president said President Trump told him it was his intention to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. He warned the president there would be possible violence if he did that. That would be actually the kiss of death to the two state solution. Reporter the governments of france, saudi arabia and jordan all raised objections noting the pelestinians recognize East Jerusalem as their capital. U. S. Officials say President Trump will recognize jerusalem as israels capital. These students are celebrating victory in a pwalt l against Sexual Harassment battle against sexual battle over Sexual Harassment. Kpix fives betty yu is on at san jose state students are celebrating what theyre calling a victory in a battle against Sexual Harassment. Betty yu has the story. Reporter as the Student Group dedicated today this cause believes that it helped put public pressure on this professor to step down but it says theres much more work to be done. Today 9,060 women have physically assaulted 9,600 women have been physically assaulted. They call a Victory Party over the resignation of professor asakar. Recently this campus has been kind of under fire. From the asakar case. Which we had a big involvement in him resigning. Reporter Ashley Rose Sanchez helped create the Group Students against Sexual Harassment because of the case. But is pledging to do more. So were trying to give people the opportunity. If you want to come talk to us, were here for you. Reporter the Group Believes there are other victims that have yet to come forward. I think this organization is really critical for those students to have voices. Reporter professor jason laker says he was harassed by the university for advertising the case. I think we need to Pay Attention to these different sectors. I would have hope had the a school as diverse and had so much history of activism as san jose state is i would have expected far better. And the Student Group is also pushing the university to make changes to its Faculty Union contract with regard to Sexual Harassment. Tonight the University Said it is compliant with all the requirements from the state and any changes must be renegotiated. Live in san jose, betty yu. Kpix5. The longest serving member of the house of representatives is stepping down amidst accusations of sexual misconduct. Im retiring today. And i want everyone to know how much i appreciate the support. Reporter john conyers announced his retirement. Five women accused the 88year old democrat of harassment or inappropriate tax you can. Roy moore is getting more endorsements. First President Trump and tonight former white house tragedyist steve bannon campaigned for him today. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell was behind the article revealing judge roy moores alleged misconduct with teenage girls in alabama. Anyone who dared protest Steve Bannons presence was shouted down. With just six days until the alabama seat is vacated, former bright bart editor and white house advisor steve bannon took the stage for roy moore. This is not about judge moore, this is not about donald trufr. Donald trump. This is about you. This is about you 100 . After eight women stepped forward the race has gardenerred attention. This whole thing was a set up. Folks down here in alabama know that. This is the jeff besos washington post. Did he sign a check today 100 to jones. What did he say . Put country ahead of party. Come on. Theres been a lot of fake news. Theres been a lot of diversion. Reporter mitt romney also held the chorus of republicans to say people should not cast a vote for roy moore this week. The city has decided to limit robowalks. Supervisor norman yee who introduced the legislation says we should support invasion but interests cannot outweigh reporter tony lopez was there as the 78yearold got the surprise of his life. Theres a picture of the year i deployed to vietnam. A half century ago, barnes would head out on this ship answering a familiar call to duty. I was called to serve and thats what i did. Reporter today at 78 he has earned his little patch of paradise. What little time he got he would venture to the philippines. I thought the women were beautiful. One of those women would keep a secret. Olivia had done family researching and found a distant relative who led her to the man she always wanted to meet. We were there as gary stared out the window to his new world. Waiting to embrace his daughter for the very first time. There she is. [ laughter ] this is truly a miracle. Ive been you know on this quest for so many years since i was 10 years old. Here we find each other at age 50 and 78. Its a miracle. I cant describe. Oh my gosh. Tony lopez, for kpix5. Wow. Amazing story. And its a beautiful beautiful story. And it was also a beautiful night out. You can see it is clear. It is well lit and it is a pretty night. Temperatures are starting to dip down in San Francisco getting down to 54 in the north bay. Even cooler 39 degrees. 40 in livermore. Napa, petaluma, san rafael, santa rosa you could dip down into the upper 40s. Be sure to protect your pets and plants. Its going to be the coldest night of the week and you do not want your plants to go to waste. The type of pressure system thats sitting right here is whats responsible for all the clear weather were seeing. Warmer temperatures, slightly warmer than average. This low pressure system is whats responsible for those anita anna winds an weather pattern thats making it so hard to fight if fires in southern california. Our headlines are that its going to be a chilly night. Patchy frost in areas of the bay. Temperatures are going to really be quiet lovely. 61 in pacifica. Freemont 65. Fairfield 62. Taking a look at our seven day. It is going to be an absolutely beautiful week ahead. Taking a look tomorrow through the rest of the day its going to be sunny and beautiful. Basically sunny and beautiful and in the 60s just rinse and repeat and also enjoy you guys. And on and on and on. No rain. I know we need the rain but it is nice to have the sunshine at least for a brief moment. Abs absolutely. Thank you. Rising sea levels are threatening some communities. And heres whats coming up on the late show with Stephen Colbert. This little girl met santa for the first time this Holiday Season and her face says it all. Share some if you encounter a downed power line, you need to stay away from it. Call 911. Let our First Responders come out and handle it. Police and fire will respond as well as pg e. Pg e will make the scene safe. If you are in your home or your first step is to get out, travel to a safe distance until you cant smell the gas anymore and then call 911. The First Responders will come out and theyll make it safe for you and your community. 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I know youre looking for me to say. We didnt. We didnt call any new plays. We are not doing anything new. Big night tonight for two bay area quarterbacks with roots. Collin kaepernick presented with the muhammad ali award. Mean while tonight in sacramento, former raider quarterback jim plucket was inducted into the California Hall of fame. Kap and plunket dont see eye to eye. Heapfully thaaeupl hopefully they will get out of it and go back to playing what theyre paid to do. A controversy has been going on for a season and a half right now. I decide youre on one side or the other. Either ginger or mary anne, youre never going to convince someone to go to the other side. I our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 430. Michelle griego and kenny choi will have all the news you need good night Stephen Colbert is is next. Our next newscast at 4 30. Thank you. Be here tomorrow morning bright