look at the next several hour, we'll be watching for that moisture to move in from the southwest so the south bay has a third possibility of seeing some of those thunderstorms. i'll be back with a closer lk plus look and plus a check on your weekend coming right up. the red flag warning has cal fire anticipating what could be another very busy firefighting stretch ahead. chris winn is live with more. >> reporter: and the dry lightning is a huge concern. you combine that with wind and dry brush and it could make for a very difficult scenario for firefighters. everywhere we look outside, it seems seems as though there is a whole lot of ground but tonight a new concern, a red flag warning in effect p. >> as we look at the amount of fire activity we've already had and the current number of fires that have started over the last several days we have a long road ahead of us. >> reporter: with lightning in

the forecast cal fire crews are bracing for a challenge. this wildfire in the sequoia national forest was caused by lightning, a prime example of how quickly flames can spread especially in a remote area. >> there aren't a lot of people around to report things to 911. so seeing the fire in a remote area, if we get that report, we can get resources out there quicker. >> reporter: jim crawford says they have also brought in additional equipment. cal fire has already called all of its available firefighters back to work meaning if they're not on vacation, they're on the schedule ready to be deployed at a moment's notice. >> we're looking at basically any kind of fire that is out there, we stand the potential of having a large damaging fire occur within the bay area as well as other places in california. so that's really our concern right now. >> reporter: and with the dry conditions we're seeing with drought, fire officials say the season is still very young p in the south bay chris winn, abc 7 news. we have some encouraging

news. fire danger is decreasing further north. some residents are being allowed to go back to their hopes now that crews are getting a better handle in lake county. the governor paid a visit today. >> reporter: yes, he did. he did down the road. in the meantime as you said, some of the residents allowed back into these neighborhoods this afternoon. although at some point folks who are finding -- for instance the owner of this rotproperty finding they really have nothing to come home to. >> you can see the beams how they're all twisted up. >> reporter: all wayne fisher can do is look at what is left of his sprawling home one that burned in a matter of minutes. >> we can't havedidn't have anytime at all. if we had stayed, we wouldn't be here right now. so i'm glad we had enough sense to jump in the car and get on you of here.

fasten your seatbelts. it will be a rough ride. >> reporter: surrounded by some of the 3,000 firefighters working on the rocky fire, governor jerry brown warned this massive event would could just be the prelude to many more. >> i think this is the beginning and it's acting like it's the end. so, yeah we have a real challenge in california. >> we have 14 national guard crews have been activated. each has 20 individuals. so they have started showing up here. >> reporter: as firefighters work to douse hot spots, cal fire reports the rocky fire is now 40% contained. but there is still concern warm and windy weather ahead could produce more trouble. sdl we >> we know there is a lightning storm coming. we're an dispay thing that so we're moving resources. >> reporter: wayne fisher has already lost everything. and at this point isn't sure what he's going to do next. >> just wondering whether we

should rebuild or not. i mean everything is burned around us, so we're probably safe from major fire for a while. >> reporter: so as the winds pick up and the temperatures go up the next couple of days the concern is about more flare-ups here obviously for the homeowner here, the damage is already done. in lake county, laura anthony, abc 7 news. police are looking for a suspect in what they're calling a targeted killing. westbrook was shot and killed monday on have ain have a what i hoe. authorities are looking for a tall skinny man in a gray hoodie who took off in a sedan. westbrook's mother says she has no idea why anyone would hurt her daughter. a man is caught believed to

be responsible for a series of crimes. anderson had twice the four escaped officers, he's accused of ramming a stolen vehicle into a patrol car in july. prior to that, an officer con fronted him and he got away then, but not this tile.me. a pit bull that charged an officer spaced the death penal day at a hearing in city hall.but not this time. a pit bull that charged an officer spaced the death penal day at a hearing in city hall. believe it or not, he was afforded a full trial. vic lee is in the newsroom with the story. >> in san francisco, dogs involved in attacks do get a second chance. they go through a very comprehensive hearing which includes presenting evidence witness testimony, rebuttals, just like a trial. and the presiding officer is the judge and jury. it's called a vicious dog hearing. his name is felony jack, he was on trial for his life. july 27 the 3 1/2-year-old pit

bull charged at an officer. >> it was growling and it had like a snarl and his teeth were out. >> reporter: the officer says it happened when he wanted to talk with the dog's owner whom he says had drug paraphernalia. check the security video. it happens quickly just behind the white bus. felony jack charges at the cop. he fires three shots and the dog turns and dashes off towards his owner. now you see him grabbing felony jack's leash trying to control him. he was treated and taken to animal control. today here at this vicious dog hearing, his owner was here, john jonathan reed pleaded for his dog's life. >> if i did snarl and show his teeth, it's the first time he's ever done that in any situation. >> reporter: reed told the

hearing officer he should they ever have let felony jack run wild even though he did have a leash around his neck. >> i didn't is a hold of it and i should have. >> reporter: he promised from now on to control his dog in public if he could havely his dog back. the hearing officered accepted his word and decided to let felony jack go home warning he now has a real felony on his rap sheet. nearly 2 plld$2 million worth of illegal marijuana was found today on a massive pot farm in the hilhills. neighbors tipped off the deputies. it was valued to $1.7 million and they took five people into custody. suspects claimed they were growing it for medicinal purposes. major crimes task force found $90,000 worth of met amphetamine and firearms in a known gang member's oakland home.

officers arrested jeremy thompson so a probation violation last month that led to a search of his home. a san francisco developer is in hot water with the city for supposedly offering rent controlled apartments as short term rentals. city attorney's office is investigating the developers of trinity place, the twin towers on mission street have 1900 apartments. city attorney says he leased 16 rent controlled apartments to a person who then marketed them to tourists. that violates the city agreement that green lighted construction of those towers. meantime rent control is coming to richmond. the city council approved an ordinance making richmond the first california city in more than 30 years to pass such a measure. the ordinance stabilizes rents for about 10,000 households limiting am rent hikes to roughly 2%. it excludes single family homes an all housing built of a of itafter

1995. >> they play all day and all night. >> people urinate in the garage. >> san francisco gets ready to party while some residents get ready to leave town. that's next. popular radio host oneronn owens talks about undergoing brain surgery. and find out the bay area movie theater going all out so you can watch the debate in style. and teens who text while driving, turns out there may be a good

one day and counting until the start of the largest annual music festival outside lands gets under way tomorrow and that's where we go with more.

wayne. >> reporter: good afternoon. behind me one of the stages they're preparing. it sound like a rock concert, but it was only a reporting of a rock concert. 210,000 people will be coming in here this weekend. that's a lot. there will be some inherent complications, but they seem to be handling them. if you've been here and done this before then you already know what to expect in golden gate park this time tomorrow. what's the most important 24i7k thing you packed? good idea as we look at the last quiet hours before 70,000 knack here for outside lands. it's year afteight of the largest independent music festival this the country. >> a lot of neighbors left. >> reporter: there will be lots of people and most will behave well. others will taint the rest. it's a reputation that promoters have worked hard to change. >> it's the opposite of a nimby

situation. >> reporter: that is the ceo of the concert. this year they said they're managing sound more than ever and transportation as well. one change, a partnership with the ride share lyft which held its own promotion today. that company has outfitted special cars with music themes ap and intends to cap fares at two times pike, which might sound pricey. >> we want to make sure you have a right when you need it. and it's a reasonable price. >> reporter: this concert claims to enrich the local economy by $85 million. it says it generates 7,000 jobs during the two weeks of setting up and taking down. manage those workers samantha. >> it's fun. we're getting paid to work at a fun concert. so it's a great job. >> reporter: nothing beats an inside pass she says to outside lands. from golden gate park wayne freedman, abc 7 news. political junkies are

gathering at watch parties all over the way area to view the highly anticipated republican primary debate. the top ten contenders including of course donald trump are swearing off in this epic showdown. there is so much buzz that oakland's new parkway theater is showing the debate in its 120 seat theater. and the event is sold out. >> i think items much more valuable to be in a group where there might be some different viewpoints and folks challenging each other and hope friday makingmake hopefully making us more critical voters. >> abc 7 news caught up with trump as he arrive this hadin scleefcleveland and that is coming up a at 5:30. sdwr >> here are the top five political caltopics. it remains to be seen which will

be discussed by the candidates. and one part of the immigration debate is the issue of deportation in the wake of shooting death of kate steinle. she was killed on pier 14 on july 1. francisco sanchez, typhoon time deport tooeee is charged in her murder. tonight her brother is raising a nonprofit to raise money. it will be at jackson in the city's arena district. ronn owens underwent brain surgery today in san francisco to ease symptoms of parkin's disease. the surgery went beautifully and he's in recovery. >> what are you having done? >> just the normal thing, go in have a couple of holes drilled in to your head, have some wires put in. >> reporter: ronn owens kept his wicked sense of humor just hours before brain surgery in san francisco. i caught up with him to talk about the procedure called deep

brain stimulation. his wife sent us pictures of ronn being prepped for surgery. he's been coping with parkinson's for 13 years. he only went public in 2007. he didn't warrant the surgent the surgery then, but need it is thousand. >> always hard to get upper things like that. and this is the time do it. >> reporter: neurosurgeon paul larsen performed the procedure. he's an investigator for the largest critical trial of parkinson's treatment through dbs right now in north america. dbs acts like a pacemaker for the brain usingpulses to areas in the brain. >> what are you hoping to get out of this? >> if it works, i get back five

to seven years when i wasn't really shaking. >> reporter: cheryl jennings abc 7 news. >> we'll keep you posted. if you'd like to know more about deep brain stimulation, we have a link at abc7news.com. >> good luck ronn. a dear friend and colleague to all of us. united states senators are calling for a crackdown on airlines for charging too many expensive fees. >> michael finney is here with that sorry. >> senators fly, too. complaints are getting louder and more frequent. senators called on the department of transportation to investigate airline fees. the senate report says airlines cannot justify charging baggage fees except to make more profit. they also criticized carriers for charging change fees even when passengers cancel way ahead of tileme and says they hide fees for some services like changing a seat. an airline industry group said airlines are still a bargain and

carriers are very clear about their fees. hackers said they would and now they have. two pros have found a way to steal the fingerprints you use to unlock your phone. the hackers have discovered a weakness that let them view images of fingerprints on android phones they say iphones were more secure since they encrypt the data. researches reported the flaw and device makers already have provided a pass for android users. we've seen the horrifying public service videos of accidents caused by texting while driving. today a student advocacy group say they are not always doing it for fun. ironically, they're texting their parents so mom and dad won't worry or even be mad. students against destructive decisions say 800 teens reported they responded to a parental text while they were driving. >> so you text your parents to want a mess willage back from

them almost immediately. >> some students believe their parents wanted a replay within five minutes. the student group is urging parents to tell their kids turn off your phones in the car. i got to tell you, back in the old day, i texted my son and had to pull over. okay, got it. >> michael thank you. breaking news right now. sky 7 hd over several homes on webster street that have been evacuated after someone toupdfound explosives in a garage. >> a box of world war ii grenades were found. santa clara bomb squad is trying to figure out how to safely dispose of these explosives. we'll stay on the story of course and have more for you up at 6:00 and here if anything changes dramatically and on our twitter feed. >> i hope everybody stays safe. now a look at the accuweather forecast. >> a nice day. >> it has been a nice day. most areas in the 70s and 80s

except near the coast. behind me i'm watching the clouds increasing here as we take a look at live doppler 7 hd p we may be tracking some thunderstorms in the not too distant future. right now you will notice there is moisture up in the clouds, some southwest of san francisco. and if you look to the northeast around nevada, we are seeing some lightning strikes. so that is what we will be possibly tracking later on tonight. now, dew points are starting to creep up a little bit in places like mountain view where it's starting to feel humid. 61 degree dew point right now and that's because of the subtropical clouds that you're seeing here. do expect to feel sticky later on tonight. temperatures 67 in san francisco, oakland mountain view low 70s, san jose 76. currently 66 in half moon bay. here is where the cloud cover is the heaviest because that's where the moisture is going to come this first. temperatures right now 80 in

santa rosa 86 in fairfield, 7 2 napa. a beautiful view as we take a look at what is ahead. red flag warning through the overnight hours. scattered storms certainly a possibility with dry lightning and it will be back to normal tomorrow afternoon. water vapor imagery showed you why we may be tracking some thunderstorms. area of low pressure will provide the lift necessary. we've already gotten the heating from the sun in and you have that sun ropbtropical moisture. if it materializes, we could see a pop-up shower or thunderstorm just about anywhere in the we chlt e hours of the morning. 5:00 a.m., we'll keep the possibility in the forecast to your morning commute. and then the low moves out and it's back to our trip cal pattern for the rest of your friday. rainfall if we do get any it will be very light and spotty in nature. only a couple hundred deathsths of

an inch which is whys concern for the dry lightning. temperatures first thing in the morning staying on the mild side thanks to the cloud cover. and then as we head towards the afternoon hours, in the south bay, 82 san jose. pretty warm in gilroy. 84. 84 in sunnyvale. 76 in san mateo. mid to upper 60s coast side. downtown san francisco, 70. daily city 65. authority north bay in the low 80s. 79 in san rafael. east bay 76. free monthmont upper 70s. 86 walnut creek. outside lands music festival starts tomorrow. it will be mild with clouds around. and as you look at the 7 day forecast, chance of early morning thunderstorms. we'll go with a dry pattern with our typical summer spread, 60s to 90s for the upcoming weekend.

a little cooler in-wlachbdland as we head into next week. >> thanks so much. and still ahead, reclaiming a rare violin. up next how a stradivarius was found after 35 years. and new at 6:00 how murphy's law proved true for a bay area man who ordered a murphy bed.

we're getting a better look at a rapidly intensifying typhoon headed toward taiwan and china. scott kelly tweeted this picture from the international space station. heavy winds and rain already damaging homes knocking down trees and leaving thousands without power. it's expected to hit taiwan on friday and china over the weekend. winds have been clocked at 180 miles per hour. a rare violin has been returned to its owner's family 35 years after it was stolen.

this stradivarius belonged to a musician who died in 2012. last month a woman brought to an appraiser and saw it was stolen. the woman says her late ex-husband gave it to her years ago. >> never really contemplated getting the instrument back. there was some thought that maybe when my father died the thief would try to sell it. it turned out my father who died at the age of 101 and outlived phillip johnson the man who he'd always suspected had taken the violin. >> what a story right? johnson was an aspiring violinist seen near the instrument before it went missing. his ex-wife gave it back to the family and says he purchased it for $15,000. it is now worth literally millions. >> that is an incredible story. some bay area shelter animals are gearing up for the big gop showdown. >> trumping takes on a

four-leggeded frenzy for a good cause.

coming up new at 6:00 24 hour campaign to he saidend end human trafficking. also the frantic effort to finish construction of the peninsula school. and what happens if it's not done before the new year starts. and the case that could steer

uber in a different direction. our drivers contractors or employees? that's all coming up at 6:00. >> thanks. san francisco animal care control is getting in on the gop fun. >> celebrating tonight's debate between republican presidential hopeful flful donald trump and nine others by trumping these adorable adoptable animals in their care with fake trump hair. >> do you think that's fake? they all got truchled up edtrumped up in a hope of finding them a forever home. >> they say none of the pet participants disclosed their political affiliations and none was harmed during the trumping photo shoot. that's cute. a clever idea. >> perhaps their dignity a little bit. >> maybe a little. >> world news is coming up next.

tonight, the big debate is here. donald trump just landing. our reporter waiting, trump saying he's no debater, so was there no debate prep? >> welcome to cleveland. is it true you did not prepare? >> how trump responds to that. we're also with jeb bush tonight who will stand right next to trump on that stage. are we about to see fireworks? also tonight major developments from the latest movie theatre horror. we have just learned about the propane and lighter fluid. what was the real plan? the airborne disease in new york city. ten dead, nearly 100 sickened, and the case in another state. the cdc called in tonight, and dr. besser shows us how it spreads. the fight that breaks out on a flight leaving from chicago. tonight the passengers recording it all, revealing what ignited the whole thing. too close for comfort, the scare for tayl