Good morning, everyone and welcome to police off the cuff real crime stories.

I'm your host, tired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.

Folks, as we enter Monday, January 13, 2025, the situation in California,

in California still remains extremely critical.

In fact, the death toll has been up to 24 dead and 16 missing, and high winds are expected to return to the area.

As the rescue workers get into some of these areas that were inaccessible due to this inferno,

undoubtedly they're going to discover more and more people deceased, which is just a horrible thing.

People want to return to their homes or what's left to their homes to retrieve prescriptions, medications, animals, possessions.

Possessions. At this point, the police had to stop that it was just too dangerous for folks to return to these areas

according to the new york times live updates firefighters rushed to contain the la blazes as death toll rises to 24. The Eaton Fire has killed 16 people.

Firefighters have made progress on the wildfires over the weekend,

but forecast is worn of fiercer winds later this week.

The blazers tearing through Los Angeles have killed at least 24 people.

As officials expect another round of strong winds to hit the area on Monday and Tuesday.

Over the weekend, firefighters tried to take advantage of karma wins, which allowed them to

make progress against the two

biggest blazes, the Palisades and the Eaton fires. The Eaton fire has killed at least 16 people,

making it one of the deadliest in California history. Another 16 people reported missing

in the areas of the two largest fires, according to

Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County. Officials expect those numbers to rise.

The slower winds are not likely to last, as forecast is warned of fiercer gusts to come.

The shifting nature of the winds has made it difficult to predict how as forecast is warned of fiercely gusts to come.

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