Reporter he hand plans to spend his birthday with his family. His daughter sis an intern for nbc bay area. Her dad got called to the fire line. It all happened so fast that it just really unreal. The thomas fire has destroyed home after home. I was helping will cover them at the station do the santa rosa stuff. This is awful. I cant imagine. Now im someone with a go fund me. They work to salvage what they can. They worry how much the fire will destroy before firefighters can get the upper hand. S you just know anything can happen and starting to get the feel of what happened in Northern California earlier in the year. Tonight the fire is once again moving in direction. Neighbors are being evacuated. Its been raining ashes. Reporting live, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. She toured some of the destruction. You can follow along on twitter. This video quickly went viral. A driver shot this while driving on the 405 on his way into work. A mountainside engulfed in flames. This is part of the fire, the new one that erupted. It burned dangerously close to the world famous getty museum. It also shut down the 405. Traffic was a mess but all lanes have since reopened. Now big of a Natural Disaster is this. We want to show you how widespread this is. The thomas fire, this one we have been focusing on throughout the week, this is in Ventura County. Here is the rye fire which is theer imagi near magic mountain. The new one we have been talking about, the p fire along the 405 near bel aire and the getty museum. We want to show you the view of this from space. A lot of those clouds but a will the of us is also smoke. The thick smoke hanging over the pacific ocean. This photo was taken by nasas satellite. Take another look at the fire. Flames burning widely and out of control. Firefighters trying to save thousands of homes at this hour. Jeff i understand the wind will pick up. It is over the next two days. In terms of acreages burned, what were seeing right now is everything went up again because of the very dry and gusty conditions. The creek fire, 11,000 acres burning near san fernando. This thomas fire, 65,000 acres. The wind, a key component for the firefighters. Tonight it continues to pick up 20 to 40 miles an hour gusts are possible. Well see more 20 to 40 miles an hour winds at 8 00 in the morning on thursday. That continuing throughout thursday night. Not much better for friday morning. Still 20 to 40 miles an hour but once we hit saturday morning we should see a way less in the way of wind. Well have another look at this. Its coming up at 5 19 tonight. Thank you, jeff. Well closely monitor the situation in Southern California and be posting constant updates online at nbcbayarea. Com. Were hearing the jury side of the story following last weeks verdict in the kate steinle case. What did the juror say and why did he speak out . Reporter he said confusion. The fact no one seemed to understand why the jury came to the verdict that it did. They had to consider all the reasonable explanations. I want to explain to people why the jury did as they did and defend them. I think they did the right thing. Reporter a mechanical engineer with a phd from stanford. He says hes not a legal expert but after six weeks serving as an alternate juror on the kate steinle murder trial hes become familiar with the presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt. If theres a reasonable presentation of the evidence that favors the defendant even if theres others that incriminate him, the juror has to choose the one that favors the defendant. Reporter he said finding the weapon on pier 14 and bringing one himself seemed reasonable. He says the prosecutions choice to describe his secret game of russian roulette in closing arguments didnt seem to stack up. From the previous five weeks of system and evidence, the evidence really didnt seem to be there to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to kill anyone in this case. I think many of us were a little bit surprised that was the tactic taken. Reporter he spoke to the 12 jurors involved in deliberations for hours. One of his first questions for his fellow jurors, why did it take six days to deliberate . He assumed it might be the case they had to try to flip one person. Turns out thats not what happened. Coming up at 6 00, the reason why phil said there was a lot of time, considerable amount of time spent on these deliberations. Reporting live, sam brock, nbc bay area news. Looking forward to hearing more. Well see you at 6 00. Thank you, sam. A pair of pit bulls in San Francisco police want you to take a look at. Investigators released these surveillance photos within the past hour. They say the two pit bulls are suspected of attacking and woman and her chi whuahua last month. They ran from across the street, knocking the woman down and attacked her chihuahua who later died at the vets office. They later ran off. Police say they are a risk to public safety. The big reveal. Time magazines person of the year, they are called the silence breakers. The women who took on the fight against Sexual Harassment. Among them, taylor swift and ashley judd but two bay area women. Nbc bay area marian is here with how they earned the title. A former uber engineer who blew the whistle on harassment. I had a man grope me in front of multiple colleagues and i was tired of wondering if it was something i wore or a vibe i was giving off. When i talked to other women , s they were furious too. She said she never thought the decision would land her on the cover of time magazine. A critical player in the hashtag metoo movement, she organized an open letter signed by 147 women addressing many years of harassment in the states capital. Software engineer who took on harassment at uber is also on the cover. All of these women and men were sending me messages about things that happened to them and saying we cant stand out and say what happened to us but youve told our story. Thank you for speaking out. It was so overwhelming. Reporter both of the women admit they took a risk but decided enough is enough. We cant all be crazy. We cant all be sluts. We cant all be asking for it. The silence breakers including Actress Ashley Judd along with Hotel Workers and farm workers. Women with different backgrounds speaking out together and now they are finally being heard. They didnt just speak out, they prompted change. A state assemblyman resigned amid accusations he groped women and the senate will have an outside law firm look into allegations of Sexual Harassment. Nbc bay area news. Thank you so much. Our coverage continues. Ashley judd speaks exclusively with nightly news about going public with her allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the title wave of accusations that follows. Lester holt joins us in 20 minutes. His political career might be over. Al mafranken is being pressuredo step down by his own colleagues. This comes after allegations against unwanted touching against franken. New york senator tweeted he must step aside. Two dozen other Democratic Senators joined in including california senators. I think when we start having to talk about the differences between Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment and unwanted groping, youre having to wrong conversation. You need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay. Frankens office issuing a statement saying the senator will make an announcement tomorrow. Much of the world condemning President Trumps decision to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. That overturned decades of policy. The overwhelming response from world leaders, its bad move and would end any attempt at mideast peace. Palestinian authority calls the announcement totally unacceptable. He is strengthening the forces in this region as no one has done before. This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. Already demonstrations of anger around the world and threats of more to come. Still to come here at 5 00, they were supposed to get their paychec paychecks. Thousands of employees were charged. The mistake behind the missing money. Plus a big blow today for the plan to get a new ballpark for the as in oakland. Clear and 60 right now in San Francisco. Ill show you where it reaches 70 degrees tomorrow plus the own bay area wind forecast. Thats at 5 19 tonight. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, 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. Coverage of breaking news in Southern California. This is a live look over the fires from our nbc chopper. And it could get worse. The winds are going to pickup. The los a live look of the larger fire burning in Southern California. This is the thomas fire. This is night three of the aggressive fight and could get worse. The winds are going to pick up. The los angeles fire chief says tomorrows fire threat level will be the highest hes seen in his career. Well keep following this online and our social media accounts. Back here in the bay area there is no paycheck. Hundreds of School Employees had money taken out of their bank accounts. The banking error is creating a lot of headaches and frustration within the Oakland Unified School district. Scott, whats happening there . Reporter some say they have gotten paid. Some have not. We expect the District Meeting to start in about an hour. We have talked to teachers and some say they are still waiting on their money. At this point the district admits to making what it calls a human error. Somehow reversing payroll deposits for 2800 people. Some of those employees say they found out when they tried to use that money to pay bills, buy gas, that sort of thing. Any time this happens, its terrible but its the holiday, people pay property taxes, paying bills. We never want to have this happen. Certainly we want to do everything we can to make it right. We apologize. Reporter the district insists the whole thing is an accident. They say they will eventually make good on all of this working with banks to not only get the employees paid but to make sure that any Overdraft Fees are rescinded. As of this evening some of those 2800 employees have told us they have been paid. Others say they are still waiting on the money. Reports live in oakland, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. It was an emotional day in two men charged in Oakland Ghostship fire. Two former tenants are charged with involuntary manslaughter. The first witness was a guest staying at the warehouse last year. He testified he thought the fire was burning behind a sound system set up on a second floor for a dance party but realize the smoke was coming from the floor below. He jumped out of a second story window to safety but he wasnt able to recall on the stand where specific items were placed in the warehouse and who ordered them put there. The preliminary hearing is expected to last five days. The whole prelim will be longer than they think but i think this witness will be longer than most others. This hearing will determine if this case goes to trial. Prosecutors are expected to call two dozen witnesses. They only got through two witnesses today. The bad blood continues in oakland. Tomorrow city workers say they will be on strike yet again. Thousands of none emergency workers march today for the second straight day of higher wages and improved conditions p the city county did meet behind closed doors and Union Leaders announce they will extend the strike into tomorrow. Mayor libby says the strike is unlawful since most sides are actively negotiating and theres no impact. Jeff has been tracking the fires and the increase fire threat coming overnight into tomorrow. The next two and a half days will get even gustier across Southern California. Eventually well get break in the forecast. I want to start the micro climate off in case you missed our weather at the top of this show. Theres four primary fires burning. You have the creek fire in san fernando in interstate 210. Thats 11,000 acres. The rye fire at 7,000 acres. Thomas fire, the largest one in Ventura County and the new one were hearing about that burned in bel aire and interstate 405. 50 acres right now. Winds 20 to 40 miles an hour tonight all the way through friday. Then you can see here by this weekend its not going to be quite as gusty but its still going to be breezy the saturday should give us a bit of a break in terms of those gusty winds. The fire weather, our dry sun t t thiny weather but produced. It continues to push our rainfall up into alaska. The fires burning in Southern California has it on our minds here because of our recent fires. I wanted to take a look at the winds for tonight. Its going to be breezy near straSan Francisco. A drier, offshore wind. I dont see anything higher than this but it will be breezy tonight. Please remember no barbecuing or anything of that kind its so extremely dry here across the bay. As we head into tomorrow morning, its going to be chilly to start. We have been used to this. No big deal here. 37 to begin. 43 for the peninsula and 41 in the south bay. Well go down to an average of 38 for the north bay. We have a tremendous amount of warming on the way for tomorrow with that drier direction of the wind coming out of north and the east. Its going to push us into the 70s in the south bay. This will be the mildest location. Look at this. 70 this east san jose. 71 in gilroy. Well be close to record setting heat for the east bay. 67 in pleasanton and 64 in oakland. Peninsula comes in with sunny skies all around. San francisco, sunshine in the outer sunset and 65 and right up towards wine country, a mild 70 in napa. Extended forecast shows dry in San Francisco. The next seven days, 40s for morning temperatures. 60s for the afternoon. Take a look at the inland forecast. Ive put the wind and what we can expect over the next seven days. Nothing too gusty but its going to be breezy off and on with this dry weather and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. We need some rain. Just not going to happen right now. We feel for those people down in l. A. With the winds increasing the next couple of days. Up next, a hidden camera found spying on air b and b renters. The Warning Police want everyone to hear. Homepage. San Francisco Mayor ed lee approved rules for recreational pot sales in San Francisco. The rules lay out where pot can be sold and who can sell it. San Francisco Mayor ed lee approves rules for recreational pot in the city. San francisco animal control is on the look out for a coyote. We just tweeted pictures. Well have more right after this short break. Their plan for a new ballpark. Or is this just a negotiating tactic . The team s plan build a ballpak on Laney College property seems did the as just strike out on their new plan for a ballpark or is this just a negotiating tactic . The board told the shachancelloo end talks with the team after meeting last night. The chancellor said it gives the district a chance to step back and decide what to do next but didnt rule out a future deal with the as. Why dont we bring everything together and kind of assess, compile our assets and then reach out to potential partners to see how we want to meet the needs. Heated march at the Chancellors Office today by College Supporters who dont want the new ballpark on the property. Nbc bay area robert handa joins us live at 6 00 with more on the verbal fight and the as future possibilities. A woman made a disturbing discovery after renting out a room to man. Here is what she found. A camera installed inside of her new york apartment. She found the cell phone in her bathroom with the camera pointed at the toilet. The phone was running the app that starts recording when it detects motion. She found a recording device that look likes a phone charger plugged into a bathroom outlet. Police say when they arrested the man, he did admit that phone and charger were both his. Stay with us. When we come back more on the fires burning in Southern California opinion well have an update. 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. Devastating fires in Southern California. A live look over the largest one were going to continue to track those devastating wildfires in Southern California. A live look over the largest fire in Ventura County. This one prompting new evacuations. The newest fire near bel aire is still threatening multimillion dollar homes. This fire will get harder the next two days. Winds will pick up. Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. Jodi hernandez will have another live report at 6 00. Ucla campus is within the fire zone. The Basketball Team cancelling their game tonight against montana. The students wearing the mask and the mascot being protected. Were bringing jeff in now. Is there a chance with the winds picking up these four fires could grow to five or six fires . Anything is possible at this point. Its so hard to get containment and with the winds gusting up, those embers could blow even more. Were looking at these gusty winds all the way through fridays forecast. On average, 50 to 40 miles an hour winds. Again in the hills it could top 60 miles per hour. Largest one