>> happening right now. lightning popping around the bay area tonight. this is san mateo. concern tonight is that one strike could spark disaste disaster. we caught lightning strike tower cam are video from our emeryville camera overlooking the bay with san francisco in the background as you can see. taken just after 8:00 p.m. you can see multiple strike which we have edited together to give awe sense of what happened during the evening. here's a look from our san mateo bridge camera. see the lightning strike there in the upper left portion of your screen. fairly dramatic. an with all that lightning we are seeing some rain. here's video sent to from us a viewer if san jose. you can see the rain hitting the pool in the back yard of this houseñ#rib on fields drive. now here's a look at you report photo sent to us by bay area viewers. mike tweeted this shot from a lightning strike from dublin

looking to san francisco. thank you for that mike. >> another bolt from san mateo county. you report pick from viewer anthony sea bold. check out this photo tweeted to us from bryan in south san francisco. shows a massive blast of light new england coming from the cloudy sky above. really remarkable shot. dramatic in. ge. carolyn is off. dangerous weather is moving through the bay area right now. zappedia is here with the latest conditions now out there. sandhya. >> get right to l&÷oppler 7 hd we still see development on our radar which is up in mt. st. helens nachlt numerous lightning strike here moving across the bay year and out over the ocean. this is latest look around this area lightning strike right now so definitely some thunderstorms rumble through this. just saw light new england strike south of sunnyvale there as we take you down to street level. sunnyvale getting heavy rainfall right now. and as i pull out here i do want to show

you what is beginning to develop. just west of montere monterey. watching these cell here just west of monterey strong thunderstorms which is why special m reap warping has just been issued byñr national weather service. in effect until 12:15 in the morning so boaters be wear. interior cell santa cruz mountains until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that red flag range going for the north bay mountains and interior valley until wednesda wednesday. at 5:00 p.m. we have more thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll let you know how long the threat will remain and when you can start to see some stabilization around here in just a few minutes. take a look at the wake up weather as well. >> thanks. lightning streak starting fires across the state including this one in kern county. right now the shirley fire called is burning in the

for 400 homes issued. it is the largest of self southern california wildfires sparked by lightning streaks. now around the bay area tonight firefighters are watching the weather very closely and in some spots they are doing more than just watching frankly. nick smith live in mill vale and out on patrol tonight as they warm homeowner to be on guard. >> in fact they also told to us look out for light new england ourselves and we have seen few light new england streak just warning in effect for parts of the north bay until wednesday means that dry light new england if it connects with fuel it could be dangerous. >> we took out some cedar. we took out some different things we learned were more flammable. >> doing what firefighters wish all homeowner who live in areas with heavy vegetation would do. remove the brush and debris that can become fuel. >> you do it once a year then

ready. >>reporter: make sure all of mill vale is ready they place on alert and tells the community elements for possible dry light new england strike the permission to start a blaz blaze. >> what we call the. >>reporter: michael the mill valley battalion chef and vegetation on steep slope like this with house inner mixed in the area police parts of mill valley at greatest risk than oakland before the fire in 199 1991. >> dry light new england changes dynamic don't know where it falls e.we have potential for serious situation. >> compounding the issue narrow winding road little ramp for emergency vehicle to enter if residents trying to skip. making path like this essential. >> people from up above want to evacuate or need to and can't drive they can just walk down and follow the signs. >>reporter: to make sure everyone is prepared in the event of emergency the city of

mill value offering a class to all rest didn't free of charge. we have police that had information on our web site at 7 news.com. in mill value abc 7 news. >> if you cap take your photo or video of light anything in the bay area we sure would will have to see and share with viewers. e-mail us at this cite or share the image with us at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. of course we are on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. >> build fire shut down main p &ntrance in yosemite national park. state route 120 near grove land is off limits to drivers going in and out of yosemite. the 800 acre fire has burned several structures and forced campground evacuation agencies along route 120. authorities say to use highway 140 as alternative to get in the park. >> moving on. man at the wheel of limousine that caught fire with deadly results will not face charges. 5 women died in that limo in may. 7 news has

that and reaction from the driver himself. lillian. >> today announcement confirmed what abc 7 news reported friday that the cause of the fear was mechanical and that cautions against limo driver were unfounded. >> some tragedy are cems and some are not. this one is not. hence will not be any criminal charges. >> took three months for investigators to claw that the fire was accidental. in all 10 people were inside the limo when it burst in glimpse on the san mateo bridge. 5 female passengers died that night. >> primary catalyst of the tragedy was the catastrophic failure of the rear suspension system which allow the vehicle drive shot to ultimately kilometer into contact with the floor man. >> investigators also cleared the limo driver of any wrongdoing sense the fire orvilleñr brown under intense scrutiny. >> help me help me. >>reporter: one survivor claimed brown didn't do enough to help she and her friends

escape. the estranged wife said he was talking on the cell phone with her playing loud music before the fire. but investigators found none of that was true. >> upon rae view of the cell phone records chp and district attorney investigators determine mr. brown was not on his phone at the time of the tragedy. >> disturbing very disturbing going through stress from the accident alone and then to have something like this it hurts. >>reporter: despite no criminal charges the p uc is finding the limo operator 7500 dollars for allowing more passengers than seat belt. investigators say they will never know if those 2 extra passengers contributed to the failure of the rear suspension system. this is abc 7 news. >> well dramatic 911 calls made medley after the fire spread show the panic as victims tried to escape. pretty upsetting stuff we won't air parts of the recording because that would be too much for the victim family

and want to respect them. here are edited portion of the call from survivor highway patrol officer and limousine drivrment listen. >> the get out get out get out i have a car fire limousine fully engulfed doors locked i can't get inside the car anything else for me to do. n no. i don't think there's anything we can do. hello0. yes. we have the fire department open the way can you tell me how many people are in the vehicle. i don't know ma'am i don't know i don't kno know. okay. i understand you don't know that's okay. oh, my god. we have people on the way. oh, >> how shaken he was. last voice heard was the limousine driver orville pwrouchbility he plans to sponsor series of concerts to benefit the families of the victims. >> deliberation are expected to continue tomorrow in marin couldn't serialxd killer case. 79-year-old joe defened himself at trillion and case went to the jury this afternoon. he

argued the prosecution did not proof that he was capable of killing for northern california women in the late 70's and then early 90's. he then had a letter slipped to the abc 7 news i team that details who joe claims are other possible suspect in one of the murders. he faces the death penalty if convicted again in the hands of the jury. >> mayp written biologist buried 42 foot whale at stinson beach after unable to save the life today. whale washed ashore barely breathing early this morning. group of people tried to get endangeredmy whale back that the water but wouldn't budge. whale died around 10:00 a.m. marin biologist say barely breathing and scratches on the belly. performed a test to help figure out what caused the whale to beach itself but no word on the result. they are endangered. 3500 of them left in the wild. >> l more to bring you tonight. school starting up again. students are really experiencing sticker shock and

michael had some tips for you tonight open saving money. >> i sure do know where to look savings to be had. we introduce to you something called lost leader and show you some real student discounts. >> excellent michael. barely escaping burning car. we show you how well known actor survived this fiery wreck in southern california. and royal reveal. first official pictures of the future continuing. and unusual photographer chosen to snap those photos. stay with us. 7 news at >>.

>> thinks not a good year buying school smrichlt parents pay more now than ever b.all this week michael is here with which is for to you save money buying back to school supplies and michael is here now and you have really put together some fabulous tichlts all week long. we have a lot of stuff going on. if you are a parent having shpd for school supply be ready for sticker shock. the annual backpack surhave i finds school supply sprays rise at 5 times the writ of inflation and bay area parents are feeling it. i only saw one dad. mom and kid were out in force when i was at this target store. look at the list. everywhere you look a back to school list. purchases being checked off. 1 by 1.

>> i feel in target is very, praised pretty well so why waste my time driving from store to store when i can get everything here. >>reporter: these twice like target you might lake another store. but if you do weren't to make the rounds you will be rewarded. retailers are selling some product for less than what they are paying for them. those are called lost leaders because they are sold at a loss but lead shoppers to the store. joe teaches shoppers how to get grit deals. >> every store in town have lost leader 10 cent ruler and glue stichblingt i carry it with me and i'm around town i don't chase them but i keep the list and if i see them at bargain praises i check them off and buy when cheap. >>reporter: look at the office max. huge banner in the windo window. promising weekly penny deals. >> you buy the lost leader at the office supply store last week staple had notebook for 1

cent. >>reporter: joe is with consumer action. he saysxd a good strategy is to lack for back to ask deals where others may not think to look. drug stores. dollar stores. groceries. safeway has back to school supply and they offer lost leaders too. here's a great tip from unlikely source. pawn go on lane pawn brokers. folks say think like a college student. even if your kids are only in elementary school. >> any place with on campus book store they are going to offer student discounts. >>reporter: you don't have to be a student on that campus. just to be a student somewhere. >> generally assuming if you are 13 years old you are probably not trying to game the system so they trust that you are a student. >>reporter: finally always start by digging through your kitchen drawers. >> before you go shopping, shop your home. for things like binders notebook pens. you may

have a lot of stuff lying around the house and declutter save money at the same time, i have to go back to the student body cards because powerful and most of us don't think about using them until after the school year starts. we get our new card. the carry your old one from last year now and when you are out always ask about a student discount especially at any store located near university campus. by the way that's anywhere in the bay area. >> it's )yáwj$p&ll over the place. this is first of many. >> all week long we have special reports we save real money. >> bricking news out of san jose. 3 people have been shot at restaurant on allen rock avenue. happened at the bar and restaurant about 10 tonight so a little more than hour ago this is a live picture from the scene again in san jose. police say one man life threatening injuries. other 2 are expected to sur75. right now police interviewing witnesses and trying to track down the shooter. actor dick van dyke rescued from car today after it burst into flames. 87-year-old jaguar sedan caught

fire on highway 101 in los angeles this afternoon. offxd duty firefighters driving by saw van dyke slumped at the wheel. firefighters pulled over grabbed the actor from inside and pulled him to safet safety. van dyke says he was actually not hurt. he was just trying to phone the dmv. >> watch this royal family has relessed first official pictures of prince george and parents. prince william and duchess of cambridge. and here they are. royal couple holding prince george now almost 1 month old and doing very well. pictures were taken by kate father michael. >> go back and talk about the weather forecast. watching all of the lightning strike around the bay area. sandy is here. >> yes dan. it's still intense out there as you look at live doppler 7 hd we have had hundreds of lightning strike around the state more than 9,000 today so far. you will notice here off the coast line lightning strike and also overland let me take you a little bit closer here. as we

look towards this area lightning push off the coast here. a lot of people posting on twitter and facebook and seeing the lightning. they are seeing some rain in some spots. this is a cell moving towards portola valley. should be there in about 29 minutes so watching that carefully also just west of the monterey and south west of monteray area we developing here which is why a special marine warning issued. seat fog down below and this camera has been lighting up as well. we have seen some strike on there as well. 59 in san francisco right now. it is 56 in oakland. 70 degrees in san jose. pretty pleasant there. and as you look at the view from the emeryville camera you can see the bay bridge there. this one also has been seeing lightning strike. send us your pictures. you have been great about telling me what the weather conditions are in your area. 57 right now in san francisco. it is 59 in novato. still pretty mild concord livermore in the 70's. from

our roof cam are looking at the embarcadero quiet scene. chance of thunder through wednesday red flag warning up and cooler next few days. bring the thunderstorms area of low pressure that is just pulling up monsoon moisture we have the heat from the sun earlier in the day and then you get the lift from the mountains which provide enough instability to create those thunderstorms we was of instability continue to move through and we will see this through the night heading into tomorrow morning and into wed as the low lifts northward give yourself plenty of time for the morning commute. dryer air will spread north but it's not until wednesday evening that the thunderstorm possibility diminishes. tomorrow morning isolatedç=(mf thunderstorm posse for the morning commute. get the kids off to school or heading to work give yourself plenty of time fog around as well. mid 50's to upper 60's extremely mild start to the morning. partly cloudy for the afternoon and a little bit cooler. still keeping threat of thunder in the forego. 90 antioch livermore

74 oakland 70 san francisco. 78 for you in santa rosa. 84 san jose and 66 in half moon bay. as you check out the accu-weather 7 day forecast isolated thunderstorms possible for tuesday early wednesday and then we'll see dryer more stable air moving in. back to the usual summer weather mid 60's coast. é@ low 90's inland thursday friday only cool off for the weekend down to the 80's inland dan low to mid 60's coast side but high fire danger still due to the initial dry lightning watch out for that. thanks very much. stay here with us sports is up next.

>> model of efficiency describes parker tonight could

go everything to keep the a's in it against seattle. i thought i dressed up for work tonight. this guy. parker 6 and o in the last 14 starts. another gem tonight. the only run allowed in the seventhñi. morales drives with the double to right. tied it at one. same score in the eighth. parker out of a jam first and third nobody out a streak out. foul out and another strike out s parker goes "newsnight". struck out 8 first career game just yelled threw the td to hit a one off. ignored me. ears perked off carter cap and that cap off a within. 19th of the year for moss. rangers hammer huh stop oakland stays within an half game of texas in the west. giants red sox. at&t park. boston marathon bombing survivors north of woodside and martinez throwing out the first pitch. pick it up 5th inning. drew takes tim deep to right

center. this land at the bottom of the wall. santa nothing. allow 5 earned run. lester. parker 8 in the third scoreless. struck out 3. double my tone the eighth. giants shut out at home 7 nothing. aj jenkins departing san francisco with same amount of this arrived with in 2012. sear o. traded kansas city straight up for wide receiver jonathan bald we know. drop constant issue for jenkins preventing moving up the depth chart in return they get a guy with similar wrap. failed the expectation. >> fresh start both young men and hopefully positive for both of them and for the 2 team. no reason that the both these guys can't end up having a great dreary. >> pre-season monday night

football robert griffin the third getting a kick out of this. excuse me. 22 yard for the touch down. awkward goal post dunk. second quarter third strippinger rex. catch 1 handed levtd hand. washington beats pittsburg 24-13. week ago tonight cal safety sebastian rushed to hospital with neck injury in concussion. he tucked the media members today. >> calm my symptoms right now. get a lot of rest and just would i love to play whenever but just want to make sure that i'm fully healthy and on the field. >> expected to make a full recovery. this sport report brought to you by riff rock casino that's really, really good. >> look and sound great hope he's okay. >> light anything strike the bay area. video earlier tonight. update the condition

>> hi. live doppler 7 hd still tracking thunderstorms activity and here are pictures sent in short time ago by leah san carlos lightning. see there. look at the wake up weather. isolated thunderstorms still possible in the morning. red flag warnings going could see showers with coastal fog. temperatures mild. mike tracking it all 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. >> thank you very much. >> that is our report tonight thanks so much for watching. we appreciate your time. i'm dan. 7 news continues now on line and on twitter facebook and all your mobile device was our new 7 news app. 4:30 tomorrow morning is the next tomorrow morning is the next newscast. thanks for being

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