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Valley. The camera is moving around quite a bit. Take our word for it. In the area on the 405 in san fernando valley, you can see how traffic is. These are aerial shots, live. The smokes, the flames, if you know the area near the getty center, right in the heart of the san fernando valley, extremely densely populated sherman oaks, brentwood, mullholland drive, it is in the area of the wildfire that is spreading. I was talking i dont know if you can see. They have a Fire Fighting helicopter up. That is good to see. They need that. And Steve Paulson has been talking about the air quality, the winds in the area as well. It is a very, very fluid situation down there in los angeles. And certainly with this situation, steve can chime in here, winds are the story. Very, very low humidity is a factor. 8 for some. 8 by the getty. The winds are not as bad but im seeing 54 Miles Per Hour east of ventura. Really . It is not as bad for some. But there will still be off and on wind gusts around 50 in the higher elevations. This is sepulveda pass at 5 30 this morning. That is unbelievable. That is a separate fire from the thomas and the creek and rye fire. There is a 20 to 25 degree spread on the temps here. 30 in santa rosa. 53 one observation in San Francisco. 51 in half moon bay. Palo alto at 35. So its an easterly breeze. That means there is 32 for woodside. 55 for monster a. Moss beach at 54. The coast, upper 60s possible for santa cruz today. This is what is called a blocking pattern. The west coast, get use today get used to it. It will be here for a few days. We will have lots of sunshine today. Temperatures will be nice. Very warm on the coast. And then we will drop off again tonight and be cold. Temperatures to the north, 60. On the coast, in i had to upper mid to upper 60s. 7 03. How is the traffic . Not that i ignore you, but i havent been paying attention. It has been slow. If youre trying to get to the airport in San Francisco, i would not recommend using highway 101. There have been a couple crashes on southbound 101 right after the old candlestick exit here. I would advise you to use 280 instead. Use 280 down the peninsula and connect with 380 to go this way because of all of the slow traffic. Right now southbound 101 is a mess heading down to san bruno. Here is a look at the san mateo bridge. Looking okay. It is a little bit slower than eastbound of course. And as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is okay. It looks like caltrans is pushing a stalled vehicle right here out of the way, which may cause just a little bit of slow traffic. For the most part, were okay at toll plaza. This is highway 4. We have a report of a crash. Westbound highway 4 at loverage road. That may set you back to pittsburgh. Thank you, sal. There are four serious wildfires in Southern California burning as we speak. The newest fire is near the getty museum in l. A. Were talking about near the getty center and ucla. There are two other fires, the creek and the rye fires in los angeles county, along with the thomas fire in Ventura County. Crews are battling that new brush fire that broke out just before 5 00 this morning right across the freeway from the getty center. Northbound 405 in the area is shut down. This fire started at six acres and has grown quickly to 50 acres burned. The fire is moving uphill on the east side of the freeway. Crews are setting up on the southbound side of 405 to prevent the foothill ares irfrom jumping that freeway. The thomas fire is the biggest of the wildfires. It burned 101 square miles in Ventura County. It is likely that hundreds of homes have already burned but they wont be able to keep it from doing much more. The fire burned into the city of ventura yesterday. 38,000 people are now evacuated. The winds are pushing the flames west towards even more neighborhoods. Fire Officials Say they havent heard about any deaths or serious injuries. But they say the thomas fire could keep burning for several days. About 50 miles away, back in los angeles county, the creek fire is threatening hundreds of homes there. It has already burned 17 square miles. We know it destroyed at least 30 homes in the northern san fernando valley. Two firefighters have been hurt battling the flames. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. 12 miles north of the creek fire is the rye fire. It is threatening hundreds of home. That fire in the city of Santa Clarita is 5 contained but already burned 5,000 acres. At one point it shut down interstate 5 near the Magic Mountain amusement park. We havent heard of any serious injuries from that fire there. Many of the 50,000 people who have been force today evacuate in Ventura County, they moved into Evacuation Centers in that area. Ktvus Cristina Rendon is at the fairground. It is serving as a shelter and a command post where a fire briefing should be getting underway . Reporter yes. That is exactly right. The meeting is just about to get started. Before we show you that, take a look off into the distance. You can see this haze there against the palm trees, against the flag pole. This is really as the sun is coming up, you can see just how thick the smoke is here in Ventura County. We were driving in from Santa Barbara. We saw the fire cross highway 101 from Santa Barbara as we drove into Ventura County. It is thick smoke out here. The air quality is very poor as expected because this is one of the largest fires here in Southern California. We will pan out over this way. You can see this is the meeting where all of the firefighters from across the state are. Theyre getting their safety briefing this morning. Were not allowed to go into that meeting. But this is where firefighters are getting their orders for the day. Tons of fire crews from the bay area are in there as well trying to get their orders on where to go today to fight the thomas fire. It was an hour ago that we shot video of the crews starting their day, coming in and out with their gear, getting something to eat. Theyre well rested from yesterday. And they are now getting ready to go out on to the front lines. And realso understand that overnight, this fire has grown from 55,000 acres to 65,000 acres. The evacuations are still the same, around 35,000 people in Ventura County. When we spoke with cal fire half an hour ago, he said this is similar to what we saw in the north bay fires. The fires hopscotching to different neighborhoods as well as crossing the highway there, highway 101. As you have been reporting, as we have been reporting, this fire started early Tuesday Morning or late monday night. It went from santa paula all the way to ventura and it has reached the coast. That is about a 30mile distance it has traveled. The crews are worried about a Small Community called ojah where there are homes in that valley. That is where they will focus their efforts today. Briefings getting underway with fire crews across the state. We hope to get updated information on how they will attack this. We know that right now, it is daybreak. So that means the air attack is about to begin. Yesterday, they did fly above but they had to ground those planes and choppers because the winds were too strong. Thankfully overnight the winds were not as bad as the night before. Gasia. Christina, have you had a chance to talk to anybody who has come to where you are that is using it as a shelter. Reporter we spoke to one woman rushing off to the bathroom. The Evacuation Center is on the other side of the fairgrounds here. She is from ventura and came here last night. It is just a place to sleep really. Thankfully her home was not affected. You have to feel for everyone here. There is nothing like sleeping in your own bed. When you have to spend the night on a cot, not knowing what youre going to return home to, that is very nerve racking and scary. We hope to talk to the folks in the next half hour. Very good. We will bring you in. Thank you. The time is 7 10. It shouldnt be a surprise to you but this has been an unusually bad year for california wildfires. The state department of forestry says wildfires have burned more than one million acres in the state. Area the size of all of sonoma county, just consider that. That includes all of the fires from the beginning of the year through last sunday. So thats not even counting the Southern California wildfires were getting right now. Here at home this morning, fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused a huge fire that destroyed a number of cars at an apartment complex in campbell. Alex savidge is live there this morning to show us the damage and talk about the investigation here. Alex. Reporter gasia, good morning to you. The good news in all of this, no one was hurt last night. This was a very large fire that ripped through this carport. But there are a lot of people who live in the apartment complex that will have to find another way to get around this morning. Let me show you some of the damage here. Look at all of the burnedout cars here. There are seven car thats were destroyed by this fire. And also a motorcycle. You might be able to see over there. It was parked in front of one of the cars. That is a harley that was burned in the large fire last night that started at about 10 30 or so. We will show you this video. This fire happened at an apartment complex here in campbell. Now, a neighbor shot this cell phone video that shows huge flames. This fire started somewhere in this carport, according to the Fire Department, and then it quickly spread from car to car. There was also one neighboring Apartment Unit that was slightly damaged by the fire. But everyone living in this Apartment Building did have to evacuate last night. And we talked to one woman who told us her car was destroyed. I have good insurance. Im overinsured. Ill be able to replace it. But its a 2006gto so they dont make them anymore. It was in prime condition. So but it was well insured. Reporter those who evacuated their apartments last night were allowed back into their units about an hour or so after this fire started. When it was at its peak, firefighters and of course a lot of people who live in the complex had concern about the fire spreading to the Apartment Building itself. Thankfully fire crews on the ground were able to prevent that from happening. Investigators with the Santa Clara County Fire Department are looking into the cause of this fire, gasia, and they tell us that they are investigating the possibility that this may have been arson. But you have seven car thats were destroyed here. And one mans Harley Davidson motorcycle also gone as well. A lot of people waking up this morning trying to figure out how to get to work. A lot of destruction. Thank you, alex. The time is 7 13 this morning, 10 00 a. M. , President Trump will roguery asylum as the capital of israel and move the u. S. Embassy. It is something that he promised to do on the campaign trail. We will move the United States embassy to the capital, jerusalem. There are protests by angry palestinians. The palestinians claim the eastern half of the city as the capital of a future independent state. Jerusalem is the palestinian capital. By moving them bass e, trump is passing all the red lines in politics. Now there, has been a lot of International Criticism of moving the u. S. Embassy, also warnings this will derail the peace process. President trump is due to make that announcement from the white house at 10 00 this morning, our time. The time is 7 14. Were staying on top of the breaking news happening right now. Wildfires raging across Southern California. In minutes, we will have more reports for you from Ventura County and bring you the latest on evacuations across Southern California. Automatically adjusting sensing your everd to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. I can even help with a silent night. Does your bed do that . I dont actually talk, but i can tell you how you slept. Im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. Lets meet at a sleep number store. 7 16. Were bringing in more pictures for you. This is the situation near the getty center. The fire just started this morning. It has already burned at least 50 aches. Firefighters are facing winds. The topography is a problem. Dave, you know the area well. It is hilly and a lot of dry grass and brushes as well. There are a lot of valleys. Also it is right near the 405 freeway, one of the busiest freeways in the world. Always busy during rush hour. Especially it is a mess out there today. This is an area that is well known for ucla is close by. The neighborhoods that theyre focusing on right now, belair crest, theyre evacuating people in those areas. A lot of celebrities live right in the area that is on fire right now. So this is theyre getting a lot of help. We saw firefighters and fire trucks staging along with these firefighters in the streets and the canyons, the hills right there. Theyre also staging along a bridge that goes across the 405 freeway along mullholland. This bears a lot of watching. Were staying on top of that situation. A number of bay area crews are in Southern California fighting the fires. Meanwhile here in at home and in the east bay, thousands of oakland city workers are on strike for a second day. That means that most City Services are not available to oakland residents. Ktvus allie rasmus is here to explain what is next and when this strike may possibly end. Good morning, allie. Reporter good morning. Were outside of Oakland City Hall. Behind us you can see members of local 1021 getting their signs and supplies ready for day two of the strike, involving about 3,000 oakland city works. Representatives hope the strike will come to an end after today. Whether it does or not will depend on the actions of the City Council Later this afternoon. At 1 00, city council will meet for a closed session to consider the proposal for a one Year Contract with a 4 raise. If a majority of Council Members agree, that would end the strike. In the meantime City Services like libraries, Parking Enforcement, public works, head start and child care programs are closed for id day. The union is asking for a one Year Contract with a 4 raise and would like to negotiate overtime, use of workers. The city wanted a threeyear deal with raises tied to city revenues. We cannot make Financial Decisions today that we cannot afford either today or in the longterm. Im confident that the Decision Makers will get everyone back to work and Services Back to oakland. Im counting on city council to come through for all of us. Reporter now, ktvu contacted at least two of the members who said city Council Members who said they will vote for the oneYear Contract proposal today. A third was undecided. All it takes is a simple majority for the contract to be approved and the strike would come to an end. In the meantime as you can see here in front of these Oakland City Office buildings, people with signs, workers still picketing for a second day of this oakland strike. Back to you guys. Allie rasmus in oakland. I was going to ask allie who has been coming up to the buildings unaware of the strike and turning away because they cant get in . Reporter not so far yet this morning. I believe this office has maybe some city inspections, building inspection officers. Another building that they have been picketing in front of adjacent to Oakland City Hall is where they have a lot of Parking Enforcement and parking permit services. At this hour, we havent seen anyone coming to the door and being turned away. That may be a different story maybe at some of the libraries. Later on this morning, im sure you will see that with people seeing the signs we showed saying City Services shut down for today. Thank you, allie rasmus. We turn to you with the question of the day. The city workers are striking for a second day. Which side do you support, city workers or the city itself. Let us know what you know by voting on our twitter page or ktvu. Com or leave us comments on facebook. The time is 7 21. Sal is coming back. He will get you to where you need to go. How does it look out there . It is slow out there. I want to warn you that 101 is not the way to get to the airport. 101 is slow right at the 280 interchange. You can see it is slow all the way down to san bruno. Use 280 get through it. You will have tousling through slow traffic through daly city, but i would do it that way or use Public Transportation to the airport which is also a good way to do t were looking at the san mateo bridge and traffic is okay heading out to the highrise. We had slow traffic at the bay bridge which is nothing new. Backed up for 25 minutes at the toll plaza. Theres an accident blocking a couple of lanes. Traffic in general in this location will be slow as you drive over to concord. 7 22. Lets bring in steve. Thank you, sal. Youre welcome. Good morning. Clear here. Although there is a good breeze for some, coming off of the oakley Berkeley Hills. Thats where the warmest temps will be. There is a spread between San Francisco and oakland. 30 degrees in rehnart park. San francisco at 53 degrees. Look at cloverdale, 43. Theres a breeze there. 29 in graton. 40s for others. If you get that breeze, your temps are in the 40s. If not, youre in the 30s. El cerrito, up to 50. There you go. 50 in berkeley and el sobrante. There is the northeast breeze. 31 pleasanton and 32 san ramon, dublin and walnut creek. If you get the breeze, it will be very mild and warm. Freeze warnings out for the interior, mostly north bay. I have seen 29s. Half moon bay is 54. Palo alto is 34. So there is your difference. Thats an off shore breeze. High pressure, i mean, this pattern looks like it is locked in. Not going anywhere soon. East at oakland, east at sfo. Northeast at half moon bay. We will have sunny, mild warm days for this time of year. And then clear, cold nights. Temperatures in the 60s here. Mid60s for some. Berkeley, oakland, San Francisco, pacifica. Low 60s to the east. 68 in santa cruz would not surprise me. Half moon bay, 67. Except for maybe fog, it is high and dry, gasia. Thank you, steve. 7 23. A fare increase. Coming up, when bart will raise all of its fares and why bart is making that move. 7 26 no. A big Movie Theater chain is trying to get people into the theaters. Plus Bay Area Companies are among the best places to work in america. Pam cook back in the studio with money business. Pam. Yeah. Some of the Companies Best places to work are some of the best places to invest. Facebook, google to name a couple of them. I will have that story, the details in just a moment. First of all, i want to give you the numbers. The opening bell this morning rang in and the markets were a little bit mixed. Although i will say that some comments from former fed chairman Alan Greenspan coming in a moment ago, helping to take stocks down as we take a live look at the dow jones. You can see it is down 26 points. He says that tax reform will do very little for growth. He is worried more about inflation. That is taking stocks down for the most part. There is the dow, the nasdaq and the s p 500. The nasdaq hanging on to a gain right now because of the tech stocks. Google pulling its Youtube Video services from popular amazon devices in an escalating feud between companies. Google has block touchdown from fire tv and echo. It is in retaliation for amazon refusal to sell google products that compete with amazon gadgets such as googles home device which is a rival to the echo. It does not allow Google Hardware to stream amazon prime video. Cenemark is launching movie club. It lets people buy one movie ticket a month for a discounted price of 8. 99. Subscribers will be allowed to bring a friend at a lower rate as well as roll over any unused tickets for future use. It owns 350 theaters in the country. 18 Bay Area Companies made it on to the list of the top 100 best places to work in the country. For the secondaer in a row, facebook took the top spot for large companies. Google came in fifth overall. Sales force is 15th. Linkin and doc usign come in at 22 and 23. It includes compensation and benefits, corporate culture, Career Opportunities as well. Great, a lot of Technology Stocks coming in as some great places to work. They certainly have been, as i mentioned, great places to invest in. And, pam, you said that Alan Greenspan shook things up. People look to him with his experience. He is skeptical about this tax reform bill. Thank you, pam. The time is 7 29. Were still following the breaking news in Southern California. Were going live. This is the fire in los angeles near the getty center. You cant see a whole lot. But it is a very active fire scene. Firefighters battling in these live pictures right here. We will have the latest on all four fires burning in that area coming up next. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Good morning. It is wednesday, december 6th. Im gasia mikaelian. And good morning. Im dave clark. Lots to talk about, including our weather. Steve paulson is back. It is either cold or not too bad here. Yeah. I cant keep up down there. Yeah. We are looking for a freeze warning. There are a few upper 20s, marin county and sonoma county. I saw upper 20s around hillsberg. Sleepy hollow was 28. Geyser val, alexander valley. North bay interior and many locations that are close. Santa rosa is below freezing. Look at San Francisco, 53. Look at half moon bay, 54. Palo alto and sunnyvale are 34. Fairfield is 32. 32 in menlo park. 32 in woodside. And then you start to find 40s if you get enough of a breeze. Los altos, 42. Moss beach and half moon bay, they will be in the mid60s. I think santa cruz is in the upper 60s. You see the airflow. It is all off shore for just about everybody in the state of california. Good breeze coming in off of the oakland and Berkeley Hills here. Gusts 25, 35 Miles Per Hour. And that easterly breeze is making it over to the coast. It is an off shore for us. Not as strong as in Southern California. But it is also a sign that High Pressure is anchored here for a while. 60s on the temps. Warmest temps over by the coast today. 7 33. Sal tells us what . Well, we do have the rollover vehicle ive been talking about, steve, on highway 4 in the pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh police just tweeted this photo. It is upsidedown blocking the left two lanes. Traffic will be backed up driving through. Obviously the freeway is down to one or two lanes. And traffic is going to be slow. One of the things i want to remind you is that you should not only leave yourself time to get past that crash, but there is slow traffic over to the willow pass grade. You will see slow traffic all the way out to concord. The highway 4 commute not doing very well. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. That is backed up all the way out to the maze. A 20 to 25minute delay. Driving from the east shore. From the carquinez bridge out to the maze, it is take going 45 minutes to do that right now. This is a look at the san mateo bridge. You can see that traffic is moderately heavy. Highway 101 is not doing well at all. It is slow into brings bain and south city. You may want to take the 280 which has filled in and use interstate 30 to reconnect to the bayshore freeway. If youre trying to catch a flight, you might be late unless you allow extra time. Back to the desk. We have been bringing you photos of the Southern California fire. The newest fire broke oust just this morning. It is right around areas and streets that you might know. The getty center, mullholland drive. You see firefighters actively working to save a home. They are on the structure. You see thick brack smoke billowing. As we learned from the north bay fire, firefighters certainly work to protect each home. We saw unfortunate incidents where the home next door is considered a loss so theyre working to save the one next to it. Theyre working to save what they can. What is most important is human life, animal life and then property. So its its a dangerous situation for the firefighters. Sure it is. A very tense situation, dave, for all of the people who live in the area of the fire. We are talking about mandatory evacuations. Lapd assist withing that. We have seen people with garden hoses trying to fight the flames. Several bay area Fire Departments are sending firefighters down to Southern California to help out. Now, this we have seen the firefighters up close in southern in a little earlier this morning as we panned around. But several firefighters from san mateo county, they assembled yesterday, heading south. Some have been deployed to help out with floods and hurricanes in the past year. They have been very busy. They will be active down there in Southern California, in the los angeles area. Here is a shot of them. Gathered, getting ready to head on out. A lot of work is ahead for them. But i know the firefighters in Southern California appreciate them coming down to help out and battle those flames. So many firefighters in Southern California now just busy fighting the north bay wildfires. We will swing back to what is happening in the north bay with the fbi coming in, saying it needs to investigate fraudulent claims and potential scammers. It has been two months now since the deadly and destructive north bay fires. Leigh martinez is in santa rose a the devastated Fountain Grove neighborhood. Tell us about this fbi task force. They are targeting people who have been scamming fire victims. Reporter well, the fbi San Francisco offices, it has seen this before with other disaster. As soon as a disaster hits, people file false claims for fema aid or conducting these scams. So the fbi is warning fire victim thats if they receive any emails or any type of other correspondence about potential job offers or potential howsing that they didnt apply for, that they should be report thanksgiving and just be weary of anyone reaching out to them or charities popping up that you havent heard of before. The Public Officials have been saying an Alarming Number of claims into fema are duplicates. Numerous fire victims had trouble signing up for aid because someone else had registered with their name and information. Many of these are expected to be fraudulent. The press democrat reports that the fbi and its task force of more than a dozen agency wills look into these duplicate fema claims as well as Fraudulent Charities and advertisements for housing and jobs directed at fire victims. In more positive news from the north bay fire areas, the relief fund will cut a second check this week to fire victim thats lost their homes, jobs or wages during the october wildfires. A large portion of the donations collected came from outside of the north bay. Donations as far away as australia and germany. 100 of those donation thats came in, 100 are going to fire victims. We were checking in with some of the Assistance Centers in downtown santa rosa this morning to check in to see if they had any reports of fraud or any residents coming in saying that they are a little curious about some of the phone calls that they have been receiving. So far one office that handles the debris applications, debris removal and access, they said they only heard a report three weeks ago from one person who was questioning something and didnt have any particulars on that. So we will be reaching out to fema later on today. As for the deadlines, though, we have new deadlines for the fire relief fund. A lot of the deadlines have closed in the north bay, except in two areas. Napa residents can still apply up to friday for the relieves. And Sonoma Valley fire victims have until december 15th to get their applications in to apply for the north Bay Fire Relief Fund. Back to you guys. Thank you, Leigh Martinez in santa rosa. A Homicide Investigation in san jose is underway after a man was found shot to death on a high school campus. Police rushed to Mount Pleasant high school yesterday morning at around 7 00. When they arrived, they found the body inside an entrance to the school. Classes went on as scheduled but the Police Patrols have increased on and around the campus. We dont know the name of the victim yet. But police say the victim is neither a student or staff member. The u. S. Attorneys office has filed charges against jose ynez Garcia Zarate, the man found not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of indicate steinly. He is facing new immigration and weapons charges. Although he was acquitted of murder and manslaughter, the jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will be sentenced on that conviction next week. Federal immigration officials have already said that they plan to deport him to mexico after he serves husband sentence. Our time is 7 41, gasia. Were following all of the latest developments surrounding the wildfires burning right now in Southern California. Look at some of the pictures. Coming up at 8 00, the new evacuations underway down there and the challenges that the fire crews are facing as they still battle those flames. Also, former 49er Colin Kaepernick receives an award from sports illustrated. The big name who awarded kaepernick that award. Good morning. We still have a bunch of slow traffic here in the bay area. Especially when it comes to getting into San Francisco. We will tell you a little more about that coming up. If youre looking for rain, forget it. Nothing there. If youre looking for cold temps, plenty of those. At least away from the coast. We will talk about that coming up. 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. The time is 7 44. There is a new wildfire that broke out in Southern California this morning. There this is a wide look over essentially los angeles, if you will. The fire that many of us are focusing on this morning is called the scureball fire. It has burned through 50 aches but that number will grow as we get into the morning here. Here are pictures on the ground. This is a scene that we saw in the north bay over and over again. These are live pictures. Not that long ago. As dave mentioned, live pictures here. Fire crews putting water on the roof of a home clearly burning up there on the second story. As you see them put water on it, watch as the flames and the smoke are whipped around by heavy winds. The winds are not expected to die down any time soon. This area is densely populated with many homes and there is a lot of vegetation. Yeah. A lot of rugged areas as well that is fuel for wildfires. Densely populated along the 405 freeway. People know the sepulveda pass in that area, not far from ucla, the getty center. A lot of buildings a lot of homes, a lot of people. And a lot of fire. This is very concerning. Just a minute ago, we saw a water drop, a helicopter dropping water down. The air attack is crucial. Two factors here. Helicopters cant fly in heavy wind. That has been the case. Secondly, so many of the other wildfires started in the evening or nighttime hours. And so essentially you cant fly in the middle of the night. The fire gets a huge head start on crews working against t a couple of the same factors we saw in the north bay fires. Here at home those started on a sunday night. Some started in the evening, late hours or in the dark hours of the morning. Back to this picture here. You are talking about one by one, houses are being saved. We saw people with garden hoses trying to save their properties. Mandatory evacuations near the getty center, mullholland drive. You see firefighters trying to get that fire out and trying to save that one home before they move on to the others threatened. Yeah. We will keep an eye on everything that is happening in Southern California. Bringing you details throughout mornings on 2. The time is 7 46. In other news, hundreds of native nigerians are back home after protests that they were being sold as slaves. A video in libya showed nigerian migrants being sold as slaves. Look now. The african unit and the Member States are returning. About 15,000 nigerians are being returned to their home country before the end of the year. There are reports 400,000 african migrants are being held under inhumane conditions in camps all across libya. Russia has been suspended from the Winter Olympics by the International Olympic committee because of alleged state sponsored doping. Russian athletes will be able to compete as neutral competitors who compete under the title olympic athlete from russia. Just minutes ago today, russian president putin said he would not stop the athletes from competing at the winter games. A San Francisco supervisor wants to expand legislation that requires many businesses in San Francisco to have gender neutral bathrooms. Supervisor Hillary Ronan will ask today to expand the requirements to include single room occupancy hotels. Those hotels typically provide lowincome housing and shared toilets and bathing facilities. She says that transgender residents asked her to amend the law because going to the bathroom can be stressful, even dangerous. The board of supervisors voted last year for all bathrooms to be gender neutral. Starting january 1st, all fares will go up 2. 7 on bart. That includes discount tickets. That is anywhere from 75 cents to 2 a ride. Bart will charge 50 cents for any rider that uses a paper ticket. They want customers to use a clipper card. I have six of these in my purse. Im going to use them before i get charged extra. Me, i dont like to waste money. It is the end of an era for one. Can i have one . No. 3 and 4. These are mine. Sal, am i the only person left who uses these. Hi to turn on my mic. No. Gassa, i have a few of those. Use them now. Yeah. Where do i go on bart, gasia . Ill go somewhere. Okay. Let me just get the computer. It seems like it went to sleep on me. All right. We can start here. I want to start with the peninsula and getting down to it. Southbound 101 out of San Francisco, it really has been one of those commutes where you wish you werent going to the airport today. If that is you, you will see slow traffic on 101 beginning near the ups heading all the way down to san bruno. If youre catching a flight, use 280 or take bart to the airport which is a good option. Chp tweeted this photo of an overturned vehicle just ail little bit. Traffic is getting caught up. Look how light it looks here. That is artificially light because people are not getting through. They are stuck in the backup behind the crash. Bay bridge toll plaza, about 15 to 20 minutes before you make it on to the span. And this mornings commute we already mentioned the peninsula. I want to go down to the south bay where all of the freeways, 280, 101 and 85 are busy getting into the west valley. 7 50. Lets bring in steve. Thank you, sal. Clear here. Either mild or very cold. There are lots of upper 20s, 30s. You get over by the bay and also the coast, and that offshore breeze is still there, which equals 50. I wanted to show you the Hollywood Sign still visible. There is a lot of smoke still visible. There are four fires. This is the main one by the getty center. We do have freeze warning out until 9 00. For good reason. A few upper 20s, mainly north bay. Santa rosa is 30. 53 in the city. Sfo, 51. 50 in berkeley. 38 by the concord pavilion. Sunnyvale is 34. Napa airport is 32. Santa clara ais 32. 29 in gilroy. 37 in santa cruz. Yet, i still think that santa cruz will be close to 68 today as we get the coast dealing with the offshore breeze. This is High Pressure. It is called a blocking pattern. They usually last three weeks. People ask me, do you see any rain . No. Not until after the 21st, if then. What you look for in this kind of a pattern is something coming underneath. You get a lot of lead time on that. There is nothing like that right now. A northeasterly breeze coming in off of the oakley Berkeley Hills over the coast. For some, windy conditions. For most, a breezy pattern. North at half moon bay. The offshore breeze is in place. No clouds at all. Severe clear. You couldnt place High Pressure in a worst place if youre looking for rain. It is righter us. Everything will be in the middle of the country. In fact they may have 40s in florida over the next couple of days. Northern florida for lows. Everything is not here. Thats for sure. Except High Pressure and that spreaded offshore breeze which is now affecting not only us but Southern California. Except for tule fog, gave, there is nothing. Youre all over it. Im trying. A new Southern California wildfire overnight. Steve has been talking about it. We are. Forcing thousands of people out of their homes. The latest on the fire fight and the dangerous conditions making it extremely challenging for firefighters. Up next, this. Time magazine announced its person of the year. Who or shall i say what was given the honor . The time is 7 55. Actor terry cruz is saying his former agent over a groping incident. He filed a complaint with the lapd and filed a lawsuit as well. Talent agents at the company encouraged sexually predatory behavior and also said that he was the victim of sexual assault, harassment, as well as Emotional Distress during and after the alleged incident. The time is 7 56. It is official, Time Magazines person of the year isnt just one person. But millions of victims of Sexual Harassment and assault. This morning, Time Magazine named the antiharassment Metoo Movement as the 2017 person of the year. In particular, it highlights women deemed the silence breakers. The cover of Time Magazine shows some of the women who spoke out against alleged Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct during the year. President trump was the runner up for the person of the year. Other finalists included Colin Kaepernick. Colin kaepernick has won the muhammad ali legacy aware. Kaepernick and the audience were in for a surprise. Beyonce presented the award and thanked kaepernick for his personal sacrifice. Kaepernick began kneeling during the National Anthem during games last season. He no longer is playing in the nfl but says he will continue to work for the people, quote, with or without the nfls platform. The time is 7 57. Well, the warriors wont have steph curry playing tonight and possibly for the next couple of weeks. Steph sprained huisache l monday night in new orleans. You saw the play right there. That hurt. An mri revealed no structural damage. But there is some swelling. There is also no timetable for when steph will be back. Hes going to be reevaluated in two weeks. The warriors fans you can expect to see a lot of shaun livingston. He will get more playing time while curry recovers. We are staying on top of developments coming from Southern California. A number of fires burning there this morning. Homes burning. We showed that to you live. People evacuated. We will talk about the new evacuation orders and the challenges that fire crews are facing identifying the fires. New dramatic video from the front lines. Look at this, how the conditions are becoming really difficult for those firefighters down there in Southern California. Photo time lets show them how deep my new ikea sofa goes whoa, whoa i told you to put plastic slip covers its fine i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Is everyone looking . Make the dream yours. No ones looking photo time lets show them how deep my new ikea sofa goes whoa, whoa i told you to put plastic slip covers its fine i will just slip it off and throw it into the wash. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Is everyone looking . Make the dream yours. No ones looking a new wildfire breaks out in Southern California overnight, forcing even more people to evacuate. We will have the latest on the fire fight and the strong winds making it extremely challenging for firefighters. Mornings on 2 continues now. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is wednesday, december 6th. Im mike mibach. Im gasia mikaelian. Lets continue to bring you more on the wildfires burning out of control in Southern California. There are four fires, the newest one is called the skirball fire. It started just before 5 00 this morning, about three hours ago, right across the freeway from the getty center. The 405 freeway in the area is shut down as of right now. We see a very thick, very heavy plume of black smoke that doesnt appear to be whipped by peeve winds at whipped by heavy winds, at least right now. The thomas fire that we reported on since yesterday morning, this one is in Ventura County. It is likely that hundreds of homes have already burned but they wont know how many until they get the fire under control and can move into the burned out areas. The fire burned into the city of ventura yesterday. Some 38,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes. Winds are pushing the flames west towards more neighborhoods. Fire Officials Say there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. The thomas fire could continue to burn for several days. 55 miles away, the creek fire is threatening hundreds of structures. It has burned 17 square miles in the san fernando valley. Two firefighters have been hurt and more than 100,000 people have beenarded to evacuate. 12 miles north of the creek fire, the rye fire is also threatening hundreds of homes. Fire Officials Say this fire in the city of Santa Clarita is 5 contained. Already burned 7,000 acres. At one point this fire actually shut down the 5 near the Magic Mountain amusement park. No serious injuries reported there. Take a look at this video. You see a firefighter battling the skirball fire near the getty center. He is overcome by heat ask taken away to get medical assistance. Lets get more from gina silva. Reporter the firefighter is getting better. He got water and help. What he was trying to do is come inside of this home. Because we have been told that the attic is on fire and the flames are coming up. One of the other firefighters said in a panic, this house were concerned it will go up like a bomb. You should move. We were trying to get our equipment out of there. We are stuck because all of the hoses are here. As ive been telling you, this road were on the 1300 block here. It is very small road. Difficult to get in and out. Which is why they have been saying doctor is an evacuation order. Please leave right away. At this point when youre stuck, youre pretty much stuck. Now, we got here probably about 5 15. And things werent that bad. Suddenly as soon as we got all of our equipment, the flames were on both sides. The firefighters were working on one of the houses right over here. And they saved the house. The fire was not o the roof. They were able to save that house. They asked us to please help them get the firefighters attention to come bay to put the flames out on their property. How are you doing, sir . It is a lot of smoke inhalation. Trying to get back in. Be safe. Okay. Thanks. Gina silva there reporting. I was watching her do that report at my desk. It shows you how powerful the fires are and the danger that the firefighters are in every day as they fight the fires. Lets turn to steve. The power of the santa ana as. The skirball is the with unthat started this morning. I saw pictures from the students the at ucla. It is not there yet but they can see it. Right now theyre okay. That is kind of the information im seeing. We have temperature thats are cold. Add woodside to that list. What list would that be . 32 degrees. North nap a that is paul watson. And john in woodside at 32. There it is. 32. 33 los altos. Menlo park at 33. Then you can find 40s. Although foster city is 39. 56 in moss beach because of an offshore breed. Some of the coldest temps, i saw 20s near the north. Freeze warning out until 9 00. 34 santa rosa. They were down to 30. 33 fairfield. Also 32. Were beginning to bounce off of the lows. Over towards palo alto and sunnyvale, youre in the mid 30s. 20 degree spread on the temps. Worst Case Scenario if youre looking for rain. East at oakland. North at half moon bay. And it is coming off of the Oakland Berkeley hills. The coast will be sunny and nice. I wouldnt be surprised with the upper 60s because it is so cold. Low 60s there. Pittsburgh, you want to start there or what, sal . Yeah. Were starting in the east bay. Okay. But we do have a lot of slow traffic all over the bay area, steve. Highway 4 seems to well, it seems deceptively light because a lot of people are not getting through at highway 4. Pardon me. I had to cough there. Pardon me. Highway 4 at loveridge, we have an overturned vehicle. Traffic is jammed. Give yourself extra time if youre leaving antioch. A lot of slow traffic on the san mateo and the dumbarton bridge heading across. On the peninsula, if youre leaving for the airport out of San Francisco, southbound 101 is pretty slow heading south. All the way down the peninsula, we have slow traffic through san mateo, palo alto and all the way into the south bay. All of this traffic is slow. 8 06. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Just a short time ago, noaa tweeted out these photos of the fires burning in and around los angeles county. It shows what it looked like yesterday compared to monday. The winds are expected to continue at least throughout the day. It has been an unusually bad year for wildfires in california. Now the state is telling us how bad. The state department of forestry says wildfires have burned more than a million acres in the state, an area the size of sonoma county. That includes fires from the first of the year through sunday. It does not count the ongoing fires burning in Southern California. With the Southern California wildfires burning out of control, many people are brought back to the memories of the north bay fires that happened less than two months ago. The pictures were seeing from los angeles and ventura counties are hard for north bay fire victims to see. It is creating a new trauma for fire vick temperatures more than 400 miles away. Reporter carmens burger bar sits in a strip mall with leveled neighborhoods all around. Sports not fire coverage on tv here. No demand to watch a disaster among people who just lived one. I use today look at it and be like, you know, it happens to someone else who lived in the wilderness or something. But it is clearly not that anymore. Reporter this couple lost their home in the tubbs fire. The similarities so clear. Ferocious winds, little warning, escaping in the light with their lives, firefighters stopping an inferno from taking homes. It is not as populated but it is spreading so fast. It doesnt seem to be many fire breaks around the area. It is scary. You dont feel safe. You dont feel safe anyway. Reporter agencies helping survivors heal see renewed stress in clients. Ive been on edge today. I have been seeing it and staff has been talking about it. Reporter they host support groups for fire families and they expect the next one on friday will be in demand. It brought back all of the feels of oh, my gosh, what is happening . How did this happen . Are we safe . Are they safe . Reporter fear and uncertainty flood back with these scenes. Similar sights, smells can trigger, oh, my gosh, it is happening again ask they relive it. Reporter the burn zones are in different stages of recovery. Some lots scraped. Others untouched. But the emotional recovery is harder to measure. Having gone through this ourselves, it is just so painful to watch and to know that they had a horrific night like we it that first night. Were all californians. Were in this together and it is sad it is happening during the holidays. A controversial decision by the president of the United States. What he is expected to announce today that is angering foreign leaders. Also more on the Southern California fires burning right now. The new one that started this morning. We will have the latest on the damage and the fire fight itself. It feels good to be back. Its just my eczema again,t. But its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. This morning, President Trump will announce plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv. Israel claims all of jerusalem as the capital but the palestinians claim the eastern half of the city. There has been widespread International Criticism of moving the embassy and warnings it will derail the peace process. President trump will make the announcement from the white house at 10 00 this morning our time. Back here in the bay area, thousands of oakland city workers on strike for a second day which means that most City Services wont be available to oakland residents. Allie rasmus is live to explain what is next and when the strike could end, allie. Reporter a lot of people are hoping that the City Council Meeting later toed will end the strike. 3,000 members of the largest civilian union are on strike. You see them on the picket line. This is clay and 14th street entrance to city hall. But there are workers on the picket lines all around city hall. Union representatives hope this strike will come to an end after today. Whether it does or not will depend on the city council. At 1 00 this afternoon, the city council will meet for a closed session to consider a unions proposal for a oneYear Contract with a 4 raise. A simple majority of Council Members would be able to agree on that. And that would then end the strike. In the meantime City Services like libraries, Parking Enforcement, public works, head start child care programs all shut down for another day. What the union is asking for for now is a 4 raise with a onecart. The city wanted a longer contract. The Union Members say this is not about wages. The city needs to fire more fulltime workers. That they rely too much on part time workers and mandatory overtime. We spoke to a Library Assistant on strike who says that some of her coworkers have had the temporary status for years. To have half of your workforce be temporary part time workers, its a huge drain on our energies and our resources. I think they do it because it is cheaper. There are being legitimate business reasons about why you do sometimes have to have seasonal workers. This is an issue that is very important to both of us. And we are still negotiating on that issue. Reporter the Union Representatives were afraid they wouldnt be aible to continue negotiating the issue if they agreed to the citys last proposal. That is one of the big reasons that they went on strike yesterday. We contact today City Council Member whos say they plan to vote on the oneYear Contract proposal this afternoon. A third said they were undecided. It takes a simple majority of city Council Members to agree on the proposal and then the strike would end by the end of the day. Back to you guys. Allie rasmus live in oakland. Thank you. The question of the day as oakland city workers are striking for a second day, which side do you support . 74 say you support the workers. 26 support the city itself. Vote on twitter and ktvu. Com and leave comments on facebook. Lets go to sal with a look at the commute. Good morning, sal. We keep going back to highway 4 because they finally cleared the crash. This crash is gone now. So traffic may be able to get through. Right now it is still light. You may want to jump ahead of the crowd a the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see that traffic is moderate. Getting to the toll plaza this morning, about a 45minute wait or drive, i should say, from the carquinez bridge to the maze. San mateo and dumbarton has been busy. So is highway 101 if youre just joining us. Because of earlier issues, 101 is slow down to the airport. 8 16. Lets bring in steve with todays forecast. Thank you, sal. Chilly temps and some that arent too bad at all. The place to be if you want warm temps is the coast today. A chilly 34 at point reyes. The water temps are 57 to 60. Even though the coast is cool, if youre inland, it doesnt take move. Looking for a low in the high 60s this afternoon. Mid60s wouldnt spry. I do get point reyes at 43. You can find lots of 30s. Occidental, windsor, petaluma. There are a couple observations in napa that are at 32. This one is at 37. Look what you can find around the bay. You find 40s. There is an easterly breeze. 28 to 32. I saw a couple 29s near hillsberg and geyserville earlier. 53 in half moon bay. 53 in San Francisco. 51234 berk 51 in berkeley. Just brutal for us here. It has parked itself, anchored. I dont see any rain through the 21st. Even that looks weak. What you look in this kind of a pattern is you look for it to build northward and hopefully something will come underneath. Dont see that yet. Hints of changes after christmas. That is far out. A northerly breeze coming off of the Oakland Berkeley hills. It has been good. Strong, i should say, not good. That heads right over to half moon bay, sfo. There is your easterly or northerly breeze. 32 up in ukiah and sacramento at 35. So it is cold. The days are very short. The nights are long. With High Pressure like this, dont expect anything. In fact, we may not see a cloud for a while, except for a patchy low cloud. Mid60s, in the bay. Upper 60s along the coast. Santa cruz, i wouldnt be surprised with low 60s for inland area thats are the hot spots. Not this time of year. Quia set and boring. Thank you, steve. This just in. President trump is tweeting about the fires in the state saying our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of the california wildfires. I encourage everyone to heed the advice by local and state officials. Thank you all First Responders for their incredible work. A lot of the First Responders of course from right here in the bay area. If we can pull in live pictures. It is it is such a familiar story, such a familiar picture. Firefighters going one by one, trying to save the houses that they can. This house here we watched them put water on the roof. I thought i saw part of the home burning on the left side. This is a smoky neighborhood. I believe this is part of the skirball fire that started about 7 and a half hours ago this morning. You see that firefighters are aiming their hoses, individual spots of water being put on burning homes. There is of course an air attack underway that was not possible due to high winds and the fact that resources are so spread out. There were four major fires burning, mike. This is one of the newest ones that forced many people to evacuate. Winds are in the 25 Miles Per Hour range. Theyre really not going to die down soon. All the way from the 405 west to the pacific. Hundreds of homes destroyed. Tens of thousands of acres burned. Tens of thousands of people under mandatory vac weighs. We will stay on top of the situation in Southern California. Parents in the south bay tell us they are outraged. The demand for more security following a shooting at school while class was not in session. The two men charged in oaklands deadly ghost ship fire are scheduled to be in court today. The preliminary hearing for Master Tenant Derick Almena and max harris was postponed from monday because the judge was sick. Both mechanic are charges with 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter. Now, the judge will decide if there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial. It is expected to last a week and will include testimony of former tenants and investigators. Jose ynez Garcia Zarate now faces new immigration and weapons charged. Although acquitted of murder and manslaughter, he was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He will be deported after he serves his sentence. San franciscos District Attorney talked about the verdict in the kate steinle case. He held a News Conference saying he respents the jurys verdict to aquilt jose ynez Garcia Zarate of the most serious charges. He also says that he takes full responsibility for the prosecution of the controversial case. If there was any failure in the preparation and presentation in this case, the responsibility is mine and mine alone. The Homicide Team and my office worked tirelessly on this case. And i hope that their hard work is appreciated, even if they were not able to secure a guilty verdict. Some legal analysts say gastons prosecutors overcharged the case, leading to the acquittal. Jurors found jose ynez Garcia Zarate not guilty, again, of murder or Involuntary Manslaughter charge. This fire started at 10 30 last night at an Apartment Building near the prune yard shopping center. 13 cars were either damaged or destroyed, along with a carport there. Was damage to one apartment. And People Living in the Apartment Building had to be evacuated. No one was allowed back into their homes until 11 30 last night. This morning, the fire is under investigation. Parents in san jose are demanding more security and better communication from the School District after a shooting at an elementary school. Last week, 21yearold Nicholas Oconnor was arrested on suspicion of firing a shotgun at surveillance cameras at the elementary school. He was accused of doing that three months over the past month. It happened while no one was at school. But at an emergency meeting, paints say more security needs to be put in place to protect children. They want to know why other schools were alerted to what happened before they were. The district is looking into the concerns and are working with police. All right. Dramatic video from the fires burning in Southern California. How the conditions are proving to be very difficult for firefighters as they battle to save thousands of homes. Reporter the fbi has set up a task force to look into fraudulent claims to fema after the north bay wildfires. More details coming up. It is slow but we are seeing some improvement for the bay area commute. We will tell you more about what we see coming up. Well, sunny. That is an easy forecast. Were going from 30s, even 40sand 50s. The high temps are tricky. It will stay clear for a while. Heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. 8 29. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It a busy december 6th. Im gasia mikaelian. Im mike mibach. Five wildfires are burning out of control in Southern California. The newest fire is near the getty center in los angeles. The rye and the creek are also burning and the thomas fire in Ventura County and one near san bernardino. The skirball fire broke out about 5 00 this morning across the freeway from the getty center. Right now the 405 in the area is shut down in both directions. Crews are trying to prevent the fire from jumping the freeway. We will share video of a firefighter battle the skirball fire. Overcome by heat and smoke, exhaustion. He was given water and rejoined the fire fight a short time later. Lets take a look at the conditions that firefighters are dealing with. In the skirball, humidity is 8 to 10 . I have seen gusts to 30. But the 405 is closed. Both ways. Yeah. Think about that. We also have pretty cold temperatures here. We also have an easterly breeze. Weve had a little bit of rain. They havent had any rain. This is certified super woman. It is cold in the east bay. I see it. Thank you, certified. That is nice for you to say. I know this guy. Were bouncing off some of those. American canyon because of the easterly breeze, theyre in the 40s. Low 30s. Graton still in there. Upper 20s. Berkeley, 50. Lots of 30 interests walnut creek and the 680 corridor. Pleasanton was down to 32. I think things are starting to get above freezing for most locations. Maybe not all but for most. 30s for many and 50s closer to the bay and the coast. Berkeley at 52. The city in the 50s. The easterly breeze, you can see the circulation around the high. No sign of any rain. But there are signs of an easterly breeze. The coast is the place to be if youre looking for anything over 65. Upper 60s for some, especially around santa cruz. 8 31. East bay. Do you want to start there or somewhere else. We see traffic on the east shore freeway. It will be slow driving from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Once you get on to the bridge, it looks okay. In San Francisco, we havent had any problems there. Northbound 880 traffic near oakland is slowing down as you leave san leandro and get into oakland. Southbound 101 has been slow because of earlier problems on the peninsula near bridgebain and south city. You can kind of tell in this picture just as you go around the corner there, hospital curve, thats where it begins to slow, heading south. Also we can look at the map here. One of the things that i want to remind you, you can use 280. I think 280 might be a little better. But there will be slowing between daly city and san bruno. A lot of people have heard about this. This is a look at the south bay. All of the commutes in the Silicon Valley are slow as usual. But 280 in downtown san jose looks okay. 8 32. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Back to our coverage of the wildfires burning out of control in Southern California. Cristina rendon is live on the fire lines of the thomas fire in Ventura County. You have moved. Now you are ten miles south of ojah. Give us the situation there. Reporter gasia and mike, good morning to you. Were here on a hillside, about 10 miles south of ojah. This fire is actively burning behind us. This is a neighbor in the area that brought out a water hose and connected it to a spigot on the fairgrounds where we are and he started hosing down this hillside. You can see the flames really picking up on the ridge right there. The neighbors who live in this area say theyre not under mandatory evacuation orders but the flames are getting very close. It is very concerning to see this smoke and the flames as well. We want to speak with one of the neighbors who lives in this area too. His name is nelson cooper. And he was just driving by when he noticed the flames. Why did you stop . Just because it seems kind of small. And like we could do something about it before it gets on to the trees and jumps over. So hes back there hosing. He hooked up to like the county water supply. He started watering everything down. And this is all on fire, this whole area here. And he put it out and stopped it from getting to the bigger trees. So i think he prevented a lot. In terms of the homes in this area, how many would be affected if this does jump over the highway . I mean, theres no telling. Because i mean we have seen how far it came. I believe this is from santa paula, this one. So i mean it could keep going. It could jump over. There are hundreds of homes back there. So, yeah, he could have potentially saved a lot. And this is really a community effort. You were saying that yesterday everybody was hosing down their roofs. Yeah. Yesterday all of us on the street were just hosing down our roofs. You could see the flames. And we were trying to soak everything, get everything wet. Uhhuh. Because it has been so dry, you know. Yeah. It was scary. Because, you know, you see the flames. Especially at night, it appears to be so much bigger. Reporter okay. Yeah. Reporter we appreciate your time. Ill let you get back to the Fire Fighting efforts there. Stay safe. This is just one of the many areas. So were to give you perspective, were off of highway 33, ten miles south of ojah. The flames are burning on this hillside and on the other side. Thats where the fire jumped 101 overnight there. Is really nothing in that area thankfully. It just burns right out into the ocean. Thats where firefighters will focus their efforts this morning, we understand. Also the fire fight by air. But this you know, thankfully it didnt grow too big. It has already burned 65,000 acres. The winds werent as bad as they were one night ago. The new number is 65,000 acres for the thomas fire in Ventura County. Thank you. Lets go live to Allison Barber who is live in Ventura County. Allison, can you paint the picture for us from your scene right now . Reporter yes. So firefighters, a couple fire trucks are leaving right now. They have been over here trying to fight Little Pockets of fires like this one right here. You see this step up here on fire. We are on a little basketball court. So one thing that the firefighters here said that theyre having trouble with in this neighborhood are Railroad Ties. They say that the oils theyre soaked in makes it incredible difficult to put out the fires. A lot of people in this neighborhood have landscaping that have Railroad Ties. You can see the oil. Once they get lit, it is hard to put out the fire. And then there are metal poles holding them down. The truck is they cant dig them out and flip them over. They keep having the fires pick up. And an ember can come and spread to somewhere else that hasnt been touched in the neighborhood. Let me show you the neighborhood behind us. This is a neighborhood that has been hit hard. You can see the home thats are just flattened. One or two places, mike and gasia, where you will see home thats are flat. There will be one that is okay. More than not in this neighborhood, the more we go back into the into the hills here, the more we see the home thats are just completely damaged. And most people in this area have left. They have evacuated. Again, the firefighters have been here all morning trying to put out a lot of the Little Pockets of fire. The big problem in the neighborhood have been the Railroad Ties because so many homes have landscaping that use them. Allison, it doesnt seem awfully windy where you are. Reporter its not. It is interesting. It comes and goes. This morning, we had a few pockets where maybe for 15 minutes it would be calm and then big gusts of winds would come through. For the last hour or so, its been pretty calm like this, which of course is a good thing for the firefighters here because they need that so that they can get out and do their jobs. One thing they said in ventura yesterday that they want today do, fire officials said once the sun came up, they were hoping to get air tankers up and helicopters. They have half a dozen helicopters they wanted to fly over to contain the fire so it stops doing this, hitting homes in different neighborhoods. With the wind holding off, that helps them potentially be able to do that. It is expected to pick up and it has been a giveandtake all morning where there are moments like this where it feels very calm and it seems like a good sign for firefighters. Then there are moments where it comes through and it comes through strong. Thank you, allison. Several bay area Fire Departments are sending firefighters to Southern California to help out. This is a photo of firefighters from san mateo Fire Department assembled yesterday afternoon as they packed up and got ready to go south. Some of the firefighters have also been deployed to help out with floods and hurricanes over the last year. Two months after the deadly north bay fire, the fbi is investigating fraudulent claims and potential scammers. Leigh martinez has more on the new fbi task force. Reporter an Alarming Number of claims are duplicates. Fire victims have reported having trouble signing up for aid because when they went to register, someone else had registered with their name and information. Some many of the claims are suspected to be fraudulent. The fbi leads a task force of federal, state and local agencies to investigate fraud relate today the north bay fires. The fbi is looking into the duplicate fema claims as well as Fraudulent Charities and advertisements for housing and jobs directed at fire victims. The fbi warns fire victims not to respond to unsolicited e mails and jobs that they didnt ask for and warn against those soliciting money for charity. They want to collect intelligence for other disasters in houston and port rick to spot fraud trends. In more positive news, this week a second wave of money from the north Bay Fire Relief Fund will go out. Fire victims that lost their homes, jobs or wages during the october wildfires and previously applied for the funds aid will get a check this week. The deadline for submitting applications to the relief fund has ended in many areas. For napa residents, the deadline is this friday. For Sonoma Valley fire victims, the deadline is december 15. Still to come, if you shopped online so far this holiday season, the reason your packages might be delayed. Republican leaders in congress are trying to push through a short term spending bill by the end of the week to prevent a Government Shutdown. Republicans postponed a vote from today to tomorrow to allow more time to work out disputes with conservatives who want tighter restrictions on the budget. The deadline to pass the spending bill to avoid the Government Shutdown is midnight friday. The house is expected to take up a bill today to make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines. This is the first since Mass Shootings in texas and las vegas. This comes as the committee holds a hearing about withholding criminal history to the fbi. They want to strengthen the fbi database of prohibited gun buyers after the air force failed to report the conviction of the gunman who killed 26 people in texas. Pam cook is back in the studio with more in todays money business. Havent heard his name in a while. Alan greenspan says the new tax bill will do little to stimulate growth and policy makers should be concerned about inflation. That certainly is affecting stocks this morning. Tech stocks have been gaining ground since that opening bell today. Checking in on the latest numbers. Numbers were mixed. They are coming back a bit right now. No big moves there. But there is a live look at the dow jones. Up about 16 points. 24,196. The nasdaq and the s p 500 gaining ground as well. If you shopped online this holiday season, your packages may be delayed. Ups is struggling to keep up with deliveries because even more people than anticipated shopped online in the days following thanksgiving. Dont panic yet. It is only a day or two behind. So you will still get the packages before christmas. The company says it is also working to hire even more help and stream line operations for the rest of the holiday season. Well, 18 Bay Area Companies made it on to the list of the top 100 best places to work in the country. For the second year in a row, facebook was named the best place to work in the country by glassdoor. Google came in at number five. Sales force number 15. Linkedin, number 21. And docusign, number 22. It is based on the reviews of current and former employees of the companies. By the way, i looked up adobe. They are in the top 50 best companies to work for. If youre a woman, costco, t mobile and go daddy also on that list. Okay. So a lot of companies locally that are rated good to work for. Good. A good situation to be in. Thank you, pam. Lets check in with sal right now and a look at the commute. Sal, how are we doing right now . Were improving, mike and gasia. Things are improving but we still have slowing. Lets start off with the south bay and the Silicon Valley commute. Northbound 280 is fine in this stretch. If you get up to cupertino, you will slow down near highway 17. It is jammed solid up to 85. 101 and 85 are all jammed. This is the time of the commute. If you ever wondered this time of the morning, when is it clear . 6 30 is pretty clear if you want to get up early one day and go to your job in the west valley. This is a look at the peninsula, traffic is pretty busy on highway 101 this morning. San mateo bridge getting there will just be moderate. If youre driving into oakland downtown, you can see that traffic here is going to be a little bit slow at the bay bridge. About 25minute delay. At 8 47, lets bring in steve. Thank you, sal. Youre welcome. Good morning, everybody. Clear here. Any sign of rain . No. Not until probably after the 21st. Maybe even longer than that unless something changes. Chloe loves clouds up in lake county. Kelseyville, 24 is the coldest low that i saw. Pat yourselves on the back. It may be brisk to do that. Clearlake was 36. Highs will be in the low 60s, i think. We are beginning to warm up. Some areas didnt get below 50. Berkeley 52. The city is 54. Lots of 30s because of this easterly breeze which we still have as well. It is not as strong as some for Southern California. A worst Case Scenario for us. High pressure is locked in. No sign of this breaking down, at least through i think after the 21st. Believe me, im looking. I am looking. There are hints maybe after christmas, but we will see. Northeast breeze, berkeley lab. North northeast right above the oakland zoo. Gusts to 30 Miles Per Hour there. Isolated areas have a pretty good wind. Others have a breeze. Oakland airport due east. Half moon bay, due north. There is a northerly component. 30s for sacramento. Redding, 56 with a northerly breeze. 14 south lake tahoe. And homewood is 33. Incline village at 35. Reno at 23 degrees. If there is a patch or two of fog, that would probably be it. With this scenario in place, this pattern, it is what you see today is probably what we will get for a while. Unfortunately in Southern California the duration the offshore winds will continue through the end of the week. I dont see any change. Around the bay, with the courtesy of the offshore breeze, i went 68 for santa cruz. What you see is what you get, gasia. Pretty quiet. Thank you, steve. 8 49. Still to come this morning, Time Magazine announced the person of the year. We will tell you how it honored those who have come forward about sexual assault. It feels good to be back. Tthose of us who go out theree to with a sense of wonder. Ed. Bridging worlds,finding delights in our differences. If youre one of us, and you want to explore more of this great planet, were ready to take you there. Widen your world. Turkish airlines well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Major problems with bart. More trouble with bart is coming to light as we approach the 2019 date when the last old bart car is supposed to stop carrying passengers. Barts two and a half billion dollars to replace the fleet has hit a snag where bart officials seem hesitant to provide exact dates of when the new cars will be in service. In november, bart failed a test run of the new tencar lineup with the California Public utilities commission. As a result, bart was required to write up what went wrong. 2 investigates obtained that response. It detailed both the hardware and software errors. Softwarewise, the train failed to identify seven of the ten cars. Hardware wise, doors failed to open when the train stopped. Bart says neither of the issues were safety related but the problem could affect service. For months, 2 investigates has been holding bart and bombardier responsible for the fleet of the future. 60 cars were promised by the enof the year. Then 20, then ten. Bart spokesman jim allison says they are hoping to get the ten cars in service by december 15th. With just over a week until that date and a history of missed deadlines, critics say they are not holding their breath. Both bart and bombardier say they are concentrating on testing now. When they run a test run, regulators can request more testing before the cars can carry the public. Candice nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. Changes are coming for people who ride bart. Starting january 1st, all fares will go up 2. 7 , including discount tickets. Bart will start charging 50 cents for any rider using a paper ticket. That 50 cent fee is an effort to get more customers to use clipper cards. Time magazine person of the year is not just one person but victims of sexual assault. They named the Metoo Movement as the 2017 person of the year. Time is highlighting the silence breakers. The cover shows some of the women who spoke out against alleged Sexual Harassment this last year. President trump was the runner up. Other finalists included Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick was given the muhammad ali legacy award. It goes to an athlete that uses his or her public profile to promote social change. Beyonce presented the award and thanked him for his personal sacrifice. He started kneeling during the national and the them last season to protest racial inequality and police brutality. He is no longer playing in the nfl but will continue to work for the people with or without the nfls platform. Steph curry of the warriors wont play tonight. He may be out for the next few weeks. He sprained his ankle monday night in new orleans. An mri revealed no structural damage and no major swelling. There is no timetable when he will be back. He will be reevaluated in two weeks. San francisco is taking steps to regulate delivery robots. The board of supervisors voted yesterday to require companies to get permits to test the robots which are already being used in other bay area cities. This will you law is a response to concern thats delivery robots may be unsafe around pedestrians and other safety issues. Under the ordinance, they cant go faster than 3 Miles Per Hour and a human operator has to be with the robot at all times. The time is 8 55. We will be back with more news. The family of the bay bridge toll collector killed in a crash over the weekend is asking for donations. The 46yearold woman was killed when a driver under the influence crashed into a toll booth there at the baba. Were learning that she was called into work to fill in just two hours before the crash. A go fund me page was created yesterday and has raised more than 9,300. According to the gofundme page, many of her family members cant afford to travel to the United States. A Homicide Investigation in san jose is underway after a man was found shot to death on a high school campus. Police were called to Mount Pleasant high around 7 00 yesterday morning. They found the mans body inside an entrance to the school. Classes went on as scheduled but Police Patrols increased on and around campus. Police say the suspect is neither a student or staff member. His name has not been released yet. Police in fremont detained a driver that struck and killed a neighborhood last night in the warm springs neighborhood. The driver left the scene but the car was located in a nearby parking lot and a person was arrested. Police shut down east warren in both directions for several hours. Authorities have not provided the name of the pedestrian killed or any information about the driver. The former manager of a large apartment complex in san jose says he was fired because of a cultural celebration that he planned to hold for tenants during hindu awareness month. Eric was the manager at the apartments until two months ago. For octobers hindu awareness month, he planned a traditional hindu celebration. He says when the Management Company found out, there was backlash. Someone said there is an issue. And then all of a sudden they said it needs to be canceled. I asked why . You know, why is it going to be canceled . The answer was im terminated. An email from the Management Company says that he violated fair housing by planning and promoting an inappropriate resident event. No one from the company agreed to talk to us for the story. Eric is now looking for another job. Ktvus annual one warm coat collection drive is well underway. We are encouraging anyone with a gently used or new coat to donate to those in need. Here are the donation locations. You can make clothing donations at participating ups and big o tires stores. We ride along with police in the south bay for the 10th annual shop with a cop benefit children. Firefighters in Southern California have their hands full this morning. They are battles winds, humidity in the single digits. The fire fight is taking place in densely Populated Areas among steep terrain. This live picture tells one story of many. Perhaps dozens certainly dozens, perh