And with the warriors headed to San Francisco and the raiders going to las vegas the question looms large. Will oakland lose the as. I am more determined than ever that the oak land as stay in oakland. That could be turf tougher than ever. Spare land is evaporating quickly and finding a site that meets the communitys needs and the as price tag. Phil, thank you. A team out of Southern California where flames are moving closer to multiMillion Dollar mansions. The fires that broke out early this morning in bellaire caused thousands to evacuate. The biggest is the thomas fire in ventura county. To the east the fire is burning near magic mountains and then to the south of that near the 210 freeway. Correspondent nottingham in the bellaire neighborhood right now. Danielle. Well, veronica, these wild fires have shut down highways, schools, a meze em and museum and even the production of Popular Television shows. And in bellaire where homes can cost tens of Million Dollars. And tonight many of those residents are still not in their home. Terrifying images, part of 405 shut down. The famous getty Center Closed and surrounded by names. The wind field fires threatening the famous bellaire neighborhood full of multiMillion Dollar mansions. At least 4 homes were lost. Im ready to go. My cat is in my car. Im ready to bound immediately but this is my house and i love my house. This is one of several fires raging out of control in Southern California. Scorching tens of thousands of acres, forcing mass evacuations, shutting down schools and causing widespread power outages. The largest is burning northwest of los angeles. Every time you see the flames going up your heart sinks down and you keep praying and hoping. Fire Officials Say they dont yet know how many homes and buildings have been destroyed and strong santa ana winds are expected to pick up speed. Our water system relies on bump systems pump systems and they are electrically powered. Theres a lot of different factors. And the weather is only expected to get worse. Wind gusts could be up to 70 Miles Per Hour overnight. So firefighters still have a lot of work ahead this week. Live in los angeles. Danielle nottingham. Today we learned the wild fires that ra advantaged wine ravaged wine country generated more than 9 billion in insurance claims. That makes the fire the most expensive in california history. The fires in more than california devastated the area and now we know just how devastating they were. State Officials Say the damages tallied by insurance claims are in the billions. Sewn ohm a county, 475 homes were destroyed and almost 10,000 had partial or smoke damage. Nap a totals hit 2 more than 2000 with smoke and partial damage. Lake county with 52 million in damages. We are on the road to recovery but lites a long one its a long one and fire officials have more than just the task of rebuilding. We told you about the spike of false fema claims. They have been brought in to investigate those. The local Assistance Center in santa rose a was helping resolve more than 120 fraudulent claims. There are payments predators that go after people who are trying to survive a disaster and we are doing our best tocom if you or someone you know has been a victim of Identity Theft of these fraudulent claims, fema had this information for you. You can go to a local Assistance Center or Identity Theft gov. After a streetcar rear ended a bus. It happened this afternoon on market and 8th streets. 9 people were injured. Paramedics treated them on the scene for minor injuries. We have been telling you about the back and forth debate in San Francisco over recreational pot. Well, tonight its a done deal. To allow dispensaries to apply for permits. They should be able to start selling the first month of january. The hold up is how far the dispensaries have to be from schools. Many in the Chinese American Community wanted a wider buffer zone. The group is taking out these full page ads. They plan to file paperwork officially. After a jury found kate steinlys murder not guilty. Kpix says suzie, what did he have to tell you . Well, voir on ka, mayor lee said he was remaining violent to give the steinly family some privacy during what clearly is a very difficult day. But today he broke his silence criticizing President Trump and Standing Firm in his sanctuary city beliefs. Mayor ed lee is no stranger to talking about the sanctuary city, so why did he avoid the media for ten days . Today he told us. I felt that i shouldnt comment. I think my feelings were strong about just supporting the family and having allowing them to really absorb what happened here. If that response sounds familiar, it should. District attorney whose office prosecuted the case said the same thing. He waited five days to certainlily comment on the verdict. Politicians and candidates use the tragedy of this event for political gain. President trump has called this verdict. Whether the federal Administration Starts outing off about their policies we are going to be strong in our sang werey status. Sanctuary status. Not allow somebody, a madman that is dictating everything. A kpix poll taken after the verdict found 74 of outviewers want police to cooperate with Immigration Enforcement in cases like mayor lee said the city does cooperate but dont to be short shortsighted. When they go to School Without fear of being harassed or deported you are going to have a stronger city for that. People will become witnesses in court trials. They will make sure that their communities are safe because they are treated as residents of the city. Mayor lee went on to say that San Francisco will always cooperate with the federal government in cases like this but went on to say that the feds should not expect San Francisco police to do their job for them. Coming up, Bank Accounts drained. How some oakland teachers ended up with the opposite of a payday. This family is closing up shop. How years of heavy lifting has taken a toll on this to if you. Formerly homeless is locked into place. Something else is locked into place, a strong ridge of High Pressure. Nothing on the radar anywhere close to northern california. How long does it last . The answer to the 7 day forecast looking live at the bay bridge coming up. From head , we learned a couple of hours ago oakland city workers will strike again tomorrow. That means everything from head start programs will be closed again where there was some hope this afternoon. The city and the unions would come to some sort of a deal today. But has happened . Well, ellen, there was some hope and leaders are behind closed doors discussing it. We thought maybe the strike would be over but that isnt the case. Finally caught up. Is the strike over . After a closed session meeting most Council Members left tight lipped and myor looked visiblely frustrated. Could lead to the he will i am nation of 188 full time positions in the city of oak lands. We recessed until tomorrow. So the strike continues . The strike will continue. In the City Clerks Office the sign reads closed. The mayor said the strike is unlawful but the Union Representing libraries and said they have the right to strike and they are ready to keep it going. Its really sad the employees and their families. The holiday the going to create some hardship gls outside city hall trash is spilling over on to the streets. As some of the 3000 workers on strike demand better wages and working conditions. They say they plan to stick it out even if it means another day out on the picket lines and day three of no pay. We cannot spends money we dont have. We also have laid out its not just the money and revenues we know about over the next two years. We know over the next 5 years going to be increasing our pension costs cumulatively. So the city of oakland looking along term down the road. What does it look like for employees then. Does it mean some employees will have to have layoffs. Come tomorrow the city is back to number crunching. They are going to meet at 1 00 and the Union Members will be out here on the picket line for day 3. Some employees of Oakland Unified School district got a bit of of a shock. The School District had taken money out of their accounts. It has nothing to do with our finances. We have the money to pay our employees and we for the foreseeable future theres no reason why that would be the case. We are certain this had nothing to do with our funding. The district admitted it was an hr error. The good news, the process forgetting peoples money back to them has begun. New at 6 00 the santa fe business is getting ready for shut its doors for good after feeding customers for almost 3 4 of a century. The santa fe to fu company. Thats where we finds lynn ramirez. Few businesses in the bay area can say they have been continuously run by the same family since the end of world war ii. Now the Third Generation of families that has run this business has finally said its time to call it quits. After working 53 years in his family run shop making to fu. He has earned a little rest but first he and his wife amy will have to survive three more weeks. We are sold out. No more. Im sold out. His grandfather started the business in japan town just after world war ii. We have been in business for 70 years. His earliest memories are coming into the shop and bothering his father who was trying to make a living. We would run in and out of the store. He started working here as a delivery boy at 8 after college, he took over the business and 25 years amy joined him in marriage and partnership. The whole process is still by hand. And its a lot of work. The years of heavy lifting have taken a toll. Chester has back and knee problems and the grind has burned them out so they decided to call it quits. We are really tired. Its not just the store. Its really so much a warm feeling here, friendship. I really miss that part. The closure will leave a hole in japan town. My dad used to bring me down here. And leave many japanese americans in the area without a place to get what for many is comfort food. Its really fresh. They make it daily and theres nothing like it. Chester said he would like to play golf and spend time with his Adult Children to make up for time lost. I want to enjoy life, whats left of my life. Theres still 3 more weeks before they will close on december 30th but if you are interested in coming down and getting some of that fresh to fu, come early, they sold out by noon today and the line was out the door. Weather time. We want to give you a little bit of an update. There are numerous fires burning in Southern California. Will the weather get any better. The answer temporarily is no. The winds will stay elevated and we will have an off shore wind. Will it be Higher Elevations sustained winds . Gusts at the highest Mountain Peak to 80 Miles Per Hour. It is going to be cranking through saturday with relative humidity coming from land. Rh will be down below 50 . Not a good situation in Southern California. 60s today, sunshine. San francisco, 54. Liver more your high, 61. Showing you the radar, we are still looking. Rainfall this water year, the numbers are beginning to go down and they will go down a lot more. We are only 60 average. 52 average for san jose. As long as the sky doesnt move the forecast is not going to change. Keeping los angeles dry. All of the bay area dry, all of washington. British columbia dry because of this. Displace the jet stream well to the north until it moves. Its not moving. So it will be chilly tonight, freezing in sports. Especially the Higher Elevations. Concord, 36. A little frosty in santa rosea. Dry weather continues. Look at san jose, 71, oakland, sunshine. 66, get outside and enjoy. Plenty of sunshine for the next 7 days. As a matter of fact there are 21 icons on our forecast. All 21, nothing but sunshine with most of the afternoon spent in the 60s, forecast not changing for now. Back to you. Thank you. Still ahead, torched and melted. Fire rips through a bay area carport. The question for investigators, how did this start. Straight ahead, its only midweek and 49er fans just cant wait to see jimmy gar appear la perform again of. And do the giants have star player carlos in the door or not . It feels good to be back. Meetings start in 4 days 2 giants very in the mix for the services of superstar slugger giancarlo stanton. The winter meeting starts in 4 days and number 2, the giants very much in the mix with the services of super star slugger. Look at this power. I mean, barely swings and hes got all of it. Bobby evans the general manager told knbr, the giants have agreed to term with the marlins on the deal and its all up to stanton. The National League mvp still has not indicated if he would approve a trade to san San Francisco. Switching over to the nfl. Wont be around to host the raiders sunday in kansas city. The chiefs suspended the quarterback for this cycle here against the jets. His conduct as he tossed the penalty flag into the stands because he didnt like the field and then he walked off the field. Starter, a whole lot of 49ers faithful is hoping jimmy g will be the franchise next great quarterback. Our producers had a little fun today editing the comparisons with joe montana. Late in the half. The catch. Probably was stretched. But look, even jimmy g says, on any mention of him and number 16. Joe montana comparisons, i think its a little early for those. Its only been one game. I think it might be a little early. You bet. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell is smiling. 5 years through 2024 to keep playing the role of the bad guy for the owners. The deal could be worth 200 million. Conducting business in charlotte. Game 5 will have moving pictures on the late show. You have got it. Coming up on the right. Thats Dallas Mavericks big man. Has not played the last 5 games so at halftime he got a little hungry, went back and grabbed a hot dog. Maybe his coach can help with an endorsement deal. Im going to go talk to wild about jerrys over on knocks, the hot dog place and were going to see if they will do the inner lynns, relish only,. Heres one for you. What do myself and rick carlyle have in common . Youre so good looking. We were actually both in the same graduating class at the university of virginia back in 19, some time ago. You need a deal. Times far far away. Thank you. Coming up in our next half hour, from bad to worse. Flames rush on in Southern California. Plus Time Magazine honored the people behind the me 2 movement. And how a wayward coyote managed to evade capture in can frisk. The urgent fight tonight. To stop flames from reaching. Youre watching kpix 5 news. Our top story at 6 30t urgent fight to stop flames from reaching multiMillion Dollar homes in one of Southern Californias priciest neighborhoods. It is one of 4 4 major firing this evening. The thomas vier in vent fire in venture a county is the biggest. Nearly 200 homes and buildings have been destroyed by the 4 fires. About 150,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Reporter Daniel Nottingham is live in bellaire with the very latest. Yeah, here in bellaire homes can cost tens of millions of dollars and 1200 people have been forced to evacuate their homes tonight and police are still blocking off the entrance to the neighborhood. These wild fires have shut down highways, schools, a museum and even the production of Popular Television shows here in los angeles. A wind fueled fire quickly spread in the bellaire neighborhood full of multi Million Dollar mansions. Are among those evacuated. They saw their neighbors house on fire and could only hope for the best. Amazing how far this fire has gone and how much damage. Its unbelievable. Many of the threatened homes are on winding paths like this where fire can spread quickly. It quickly grew to 150 acres. The famous getty center is closed but Museum Experts say the art inside is protected. More than 350 firefighters are battling the wild fires from the ground and the air. My firefighters have been working since sunday. So our people are getting tired. The majority of emergency resources are still battling the massive wild fire in venture a county where at least 200 homes have burned with thousands more threatened. Strong moving santa ana winds pushed all the way to the ocean. Isthe wind will always be the biggest threat. Forced School Districts to shut down. And thousands of firefighters are working these wild fires and even more help is coming from northern california. And right now its about over 200,000 people who are evacuated so these wild fires are really affecting areas that are heavily populated. Live in bellaire tonight in los angeles. Danielle nottingham. We know the wind is going to pick up in the next few hours but are they saying how strong those winds are going to get . Yeah, alan, they say we havent seen the worse of it yet. Winds gusts are expected to reach up to 70 Miles Per Hour and thats overnight into thursday. The state fire Officials Say any new fires have the potential to grow rapidly so firefighters are on alert and this area, this region is definitely not out of the woods for the week. No, its not. All right, danielle for us tonight. Thank you. A group of women took the cover of Time Magazine person of the year and 2 of them are connected to the bare area. The silence breakers are women who spoke out and ignited the me 2 national movement. The issue features women who shared stories of Sexual Harassment including San Francisco adom ay i couldnt. Facing pressure from his own party to resign. The former congressional aid told plight cothat franck en tried to force i believely kiss her in 2006. Franken said in a statement the accusation is quote categorically not true. The minnesota senator already faces a Senate Investigation after several women accused him of Sexual Harassment. The type of complaints and accusations have led me to believe that it is probably in the best interest of a lot of people that he resign. Franken is expected to make an announcement tomorrow. President trump announced today that the u. S. Now recognizes jerusalem as the cant of israel. The president said he is starting the process of moving the american embassy. The move rejects the of previous president s. This is a long overdue step to advance the peace process. Protests have already started in the west bank and gaza. The state department has issued a travel warning to put off nonessential travel to parts of jerusalem. Foster cities making history. Sworn into office monday. Hes now the first palestinian american mayor in the state of california. He immigrated back in 1983. He says his role in office is needed now more than ever. This is very important for the bay area and the state of california and the nation as a whole. If you will. Demonstrated this monday when i was selected as a mayor. This is the anti thinks he is. He hopes his position will inspire children to get into politics. Coming up, cars are left to burn at a bay area apartment complex. The question now, how did it start. And the search for 2 pit bulls that mauled a little dog to death and then went after the owner. When you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. Choose a cookie makeor brownie crustol. Add your favorite ice cream flavor and tasty toppings for an ice cream treat you eat like pizza. Polar pizza from baskinrobbins. Grab one today or order online. In San Francisco. The Victim Told Police the search is on tonight for 2 pit bulls that mauled a small dog to death. These 2 dogs ron from across the street as she was walking her chi chihuahua. She said the pit bulls jumped on her and knocked her down on november 20th. If you do recognize these pit bulls call police. A coyote was spotted in San Francisco south of market today. Take a look. The little guy found object a building. The coyote was clearly confused. Im not sure if it was hurt. Animal control officers were called but we are told the coyote got away. There was a small flareup today. Caution tape covered the burned out carport. You could see some of the car melted. Crews tell us 7 cars were destroyed. Another 10 cars damaged. One resident was at a nearby cafe with his wife. Everything was blocked off. We could only see the smoke in the front of the building. Knots knowing found out i took a loss on my car so pretty tough pill to swallow. No one was injured and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Waters finally coming to san jose. The county has approved a 1. 7 million fluoridation Treatment Plant in this empty lot. Will add fluoride to the Drinking Water for 100,000 customers. What do you think this is going to do for your kids . Its going to improve their or al health for sure. It helps the enamel of the teeth. The city said the need is greatest in because residents have the least access to dental care. A group of parents are now suing california claiming too many students are failing to read and write. The plaintiffs are from 3 underperforming schools, 2 in los angeles and one in stockton. Their 60 page complaint argues that the state has done nothing for students who dont know how to read and write. It claims the state fails to intervene when a child falls behind. Enterintervention would mean you identify a problem with a student at school you would actually go in and intervene. But most of the people we are representing in this lawsuit have asked for help and been denied help. The students are remaining anonymous. Says california has one of the most ambitious programs in the student. Unit by unit locked into place. The unique way san jose is homes for the homeless. Clear skies in all of the bay area, leads to a chilly evening and cold night tonight. But 70s in december. Yeah, its coming. Well talk about how long we stay warm and dry and food for bay area families coming up next as well. Are fleet of cars is still being tested. And still needs state inspections. Despite that. The agency says it still gotten update from bart. It says its new fleet of cars is still being tested. Despite that the agency says it still hopes to have ten of those cars in service by next month. Over the next year bart said it will receive an additional 10 cars. The entire car replacement is expected to be after 2022. San jose workers were busy helping the homeless today. They are installing module homes to create a 4 or 5 story building. Each comes quipped with a kitchen and a sleeping area. This prompt will provide physical and mental health. The construction will probably take less than a year. Whats unique about the modular process is that the podium was built and all you had here about a week and a half ago was the first floor and now the modules will be done in about 2 weeks. Once completed this will be the largest project in san jose and one of the first dedicated to formerly homeless. Whole foods has opened a lower cost version of itself. The 365 opened today in concord. Its smaller than a typical whole food store. Instead of after butcher and meat and fish are sold already packaged and prices are usually less than those at whole foods. The prices are lower, some prices are the same. The mix is a little bit different. Another difference, most of the price signs are electronic. The store also has a tacory a and burger stand. 200 more are being planned. Joins us now with the forecast. Its been a pretty mild evening. It has. 40s and 50s outside. Mild is a good word to use for each of the next 7 days. A live look at san jose. 59 in San Francisco, oakland 55. Concord 58. We are beginning to cool down. Outside of santa rosa, 51. How chilly do we get tonight. Not as cold as last night. Santa rosa, 33. A light freeze. Nap a, 35 but outside. It may be up valley up to 33 and concord, san jose all dropping below 40 so it will be a jacket morning tomorrow but its sunglasses weather in the afternoon. Its all about the ridge. This has been the weather maker for us for the past couple of days. Will continue to be the weather maker for us for the next several days. This ridge is blocking. Theres something trying to get through here so the moisture that things are going west to east will hit San Francisco, instead will make it up to anchorage alaska. Until that ridge moves, nothing is going to change. We are going to stay very sunny. Upper 50s your average highs for early december. Tomorrow 66 in oak lands, 8 degrees above average. 71 in san jose. That is 20 degrees. This is future cast predicting where things will stands as late as sunday and notice the ridge of High Pressure is just as strong. Hasnt moved an inch over the course of 3 or 4 days. If we were going to next wednesday or thursday it likely would be some it ration. So until that ridge budges the forecast is not going to change. The mornings will remain chilly to cold. The afternoons will remain sunny and mild. 60s forth a while. So here are your highs once again. Sunny vail, sunny tomorrow. How about 68 at halfmoon bay. 67 in nap a 67 or 68 degrees. Mill valley, 64 and closer dale, sunshine. Across the border nothing but sunshine. This is early december. We are supposed to get rainfall. Not this early december. It is literally nothing but sunshine across the board with highs in the 60s. It is time now for our food family drive and chevron is a big company. Thanks so much for having us here tonight. We are so proud to return to support the alameda food bank. We have patterned with the fad partnered with the food bank for about 10 years now. So in 2017 our employees volunteered for over 700 700 hours in the food bank. Not just the money but over time. Exactly. And juan, it is scutch an expensive place such an expensive place to live and some people have to make a decision, is it food or is it shelter. How does the food bank help . Its wonderful. We are able to actually for ever dollar we raise we are able to turn it into worth of food. That food will go to one in 5 people in the county. Roughly about 300,000 peopleably. The support that chevron gives us is to help specifically children in public schools, which is an important piece for academic readiness. So thank you chevron. 60,000, thats a lot of money. You can help out. 5 or 10 bucks, stop by whole foods or you can do it online. Well be right back. Coming up, being a food give away. She has a green thumb, maybe two. You are going to meet the jefferson award winner who grows healthy vegetables and gives them all away to those in need. Coming up a possible solution to the bay area traffic problem. The renewed call to build another bridge across the bay. But how much is it going to cost and how long is it going to take . Over on our sister station. We are celebrating the season sharing photos of holidays lights. His boat decked out with the tropical santa theme. Her Christmas Lights turned her family room into a rave. And we invite you to share your photos, your lights and leave us a message on our facebook page. Well be right back. But its another thing to take ood youve g well, its one thing to start a vegetable garden because you love to grow fresh healthy food. But its another thing to take all that food and give it away to those in need. Been doing it for years. Chris advance wasnt really a gardner until 15 years ago. I started hiking. I started cooking and eating better and i started growing vegetables. First in his home garden. Then about 7 years ago while working as an assistant to the library he saw a piece of lands. Every now and then the city would come in and mow it. I knew exactly what to do with this space. Out been about a whole harvest ever since but what was he going to do with all the kale, carrots and call cauliflower. It just popped in my head. I had heard about the resource center. I had been over there and i said its all going to go to the resource center. For more than 40 years the Pacifica Resource Center has provided to those in need. And for the past 6 years chris has been giving away his harvest to the prc. He took it upon himself to do something that he loved and to turn around and help all of our families. Its life saving. An annual donation of about 400 keeps the garden going and chris donates as much as 800 pounds of produce each year. After he retires he says he will come back as a volunteer. It just makes my heart sing. So for working the soil, growing healthy vegetables and donating them. This weeks jefferson award goes to chris advance. Donations to the garden do come from library patrons. You can donate your local hero for a jefferson award. We need more people like him in the world. Great people. That does it for us at 6 00. Dont forget to join us at 10 00 on kckw. Enjoy the warm weather. Even if no one in your home smokes, Secondhand Smoke can be closer than you think. 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