famous getty museum. i m dan ashley, ama daetz is off. five active fires burn right now. no deaths thankfully. comes right up to houses, freeways and world famous landmarks. biggest is thomas in ventura county, jumped to 90,000 acres. 150 homes burned but fire officials expect that number to rise. skirball fire scorched about 500 acres near the wealthy community of bel-air. so far four homes burned there. marci gonzalez with more. reporter: raging flames threatening commuters along the busy 405 freeway and charring multimillion-dollar homes in elite bel-air neighborhood. really frightening. lot of homes here. reporter: one of four major fires burning out of control. of course i m worried. reporter: nearly 200,000 people ordered to evacuate, including this nursing home. number expected to climb as flames spread. more than 80,000 acres scorched so far, fuelled by strong santa ana winds. kicking up to 70 miles an hour. that s hurricane force winds. reporter: neighb
couldn t seal the deal.deal reaction to their season ending loss coming up. fox5 local news starts now. > happy new year and i m jim lokay and i m lauren demarco. we begin tonight with shock andd heart break-in howard county-in where a 16 year old girl was shot and killed in her bedroom. she was a sophomore in high school. the shooter was a 16 year old boy who shot the girl s mother and then himself. > lindsay watts is live. reporter: jim, what we know so far is that the 15 year old is from elliott city. police tonight have not release his name and they say it s unclear, what, if initial connection he had to charlotte. one of charlotte s close friendi from here at school tells mels nobody knows why this has happened and everyone is stunned. friends are mourning on social media sharing photos and memories bra, one writing i ll never forget the amazing soul you were. there are flowers in front ofer the homes where police were called at 2:00 in the morning. charlotte s mom said
if someone has to die to feel better about yourself, you have to change that mentality. reporter: they believe the boy, fan or 16 years old, was ?? 15 or 16 years old was the target. he will survive. the woman was taken to boston medical, but didn t make it. we re not at war. we re not in iraq and afghanistan. we re here in roxbury, dorchester and let s make a stance and be accounted for something. i believe it starts at home to take care where parents really truly need to be accountable for the children. reporter: they re asking for the public help and say it s a busy street. someone had to see something. we have both a female and young kid getting shot in broad daylight, people need to take responsibility and step up and say yes. reporter: now if you know anything, call 1?800?494?tips and you can remain anonymous. live in dorchester, brandon, 7 and police investigating yet another shoot nothing dorchester. this happening earlier in the evening ? geneva avenue. o
her district is dishing out money but they say nothing criminal is happening. there are no criminal charges for union county public schools superintendent, doctor mariella s. ellis. that s was decided after a three-month investigation centered around her side business and her new business partner jason. jason moody and hamm was in except at the company when the investigation first began. the biggest problem, this all this all came to light after union, public schools purchased 10000 laptops from the company. that s when it came to be a conflict of interest. a personal business relationship from a vendor that the school uses. back in november, plaques 46 spoke with sean mar who uncovered this information leading to the state investigation. saying there is no evidence any crime was committed by doctor ellis. the board of education member gary tells me, i felt this would always be the case, it is case, it is a cloud hanging over everyone and now we can see the sunshine. wh
hi jenna it centered around purchase laptops and it turns out the superintendent has a side business with a former exec of a computer company. her district is dishing out money but they say nothing criminal is happening. there are no criminal charges for union county public schools superintendent, doctor mariella s. ellis. that s was decided after a three-month investigation centered around her side business and her new business partner jason. jason moody and hamm was in except at the company when the investigation first began. the biggest problem, this all this all came to light after union, public schools purchased 10000 laptops from the company. conflict of interest. a personal business relationship from a vendor that the school uses. back in november, plaques 46 spoke with sean mar who uncovered this information leading to the state investigation. on friday union county district attorney issued a statement saying there is no evidence any crime was committed by docto