complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. fire crews are on alert tonight worried about lightning strikes across northern california. good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. well, lightning is here and more is coming bringing with it heightened fire danger. ktvu's debora villalon is live in the north bay, where several surrounding counties are under red-flag warnings. >> reporter: we're at a calfire center where

they could be busy tomorrow and folks in lake and mendicino counties could wake up to some lightning-caused fires. >> this emergency command center in saint helena is already busy. >> all the strikes are dangerous. >> reporter: and the lightning hasn't even swept in yet, but more than 300 strikes registered in six hours around yosemite, the southern signs foothills, dry lightning, the worst kind. >> there is not a whole lot of rain with it either, so that is what is concerning us is the lack of rain that follows the lightning strikes. it's not going to put any fires out on its own that it could potentially start. >> reporter: and the fire fuels are tinder dry, even though cool, cloudy days don't feel like high danger. >> the stations have extra personnel and engines are calfire is beefing up with more lightning teams, everyone

remembers the severe thunderstorms four summers ago that lit up california with some 2,000 lightning fires in 26 counties. by the time they were out, a million acres burned and 15 lives lost. the station has a new camera, mounted high on mount saint helena with 360-degree view for any tell-tale strikes or smoke. >> i will always remember 2008. >> because the lightning risk, air tack crews are getting what is called an early up. ready to flow and spot fires at 8:00 a.m. instead of 10:00 all of this cal fire says even more reason for californians to be careful and not get any accidental fires going. debora villalon ktvu channel 2 news. and investigators tonight are looking into lightnings a possible cause of this fire in santa cruz county. coming up in just 11 minutes, the reason the path of today's blaze had firefighters especially worried. calfire says the no.

1 fire danger right now to northern california is that dry lightning. a monsoon-like weather system from southern california is producing dozens of dry lightning strikes as you saw there in deb's piece. fire officials say the area at most risk are the mountains between the sonora pass and oregon border. and today you did notice the cloud cover moving in from the south. that is monsoonal moisture that has been on the increase the past 6-12 hours. right now on live stormtracker 2 radar you can pick out the camera and a few isolated thunderstorms possible within the cells, but not a lot of rain hitting the ground. in fact, here is a closer inspection as we look at a few sprinkle around san francisco. i have been watching more activity as you can pick up to the north of calistoga and

davis and sacramento areas. earlier today about an hour ago i noticed more coverage in this region. these are the ones that we're concerned about just to the sacramento area and to the east, right around the sierra. as far as the red-flag warning that is in place right now for the northern california mountains from lake county towards mendocino county and toward sierra nevada in place react now into sunday morning with a chance of thunderstorms, and the potential for some dry lightning. coming up, i will let you know if the thunderstorm chances linger into the second half of the weekend and break down the final of our next warming trend. in plumas county this picture from the u.s. forest service shows some of the smoke and flames from the chips fire. it's burning in the flumas national forest near the town of belden in the feather river canyon.

officials have lifted mandatory evacuation orders. better news for crews near redding. significant progress has been made against the salt creek fire. it's now about 70% contained. full contreatment is expected containment is expected tomorrow. tomorrow. there is no word yet on when the evacuation will be lifted. dozens of homes up in flames coming up at 10:30, the heart- breaking devastation as several fires and triple-digit heat create a dangerous combination in oklahoma. monterrey county sheriff's deputies say a 16-year-old girl kidnapped has been found and her supported kidnapper is in custody. they say eunice serrato and her boyfriend juan salazar turned

themselves in. salazar is a suspect in the killings. monterrey county investigators on their way to the mexican border to bring the two back. food, music and art are drawing them in at the art and soul festival and shows us why oaklanders say they have reason to be proud. christian kafton. >> reporter: you can see that djs have taken over at oakland city hall and you can see the light show projected on the side of the building. tonight the party goes until midnight and oakland residents say this party is an economic windfall. tonight it's all about art and soul. music filled the air as oakland's signature fair got underway. >> oakland isn't as bad as

what people are saying. >> reporter: the phoenix draws visitors from all over the bay area. >> it has incredible music. >> reporter: mayor quan says these festivals draw visitors to oakland. >> we were able to add back staff and add back programs this year, because our economy is on the rise. >> reporter: bryant thomas is one of oakland's small businessman and he says gnarledly the downtown is empty on the weekend and festivals like this bring potential customers out. >> i thought it would be a good idea to promote myself and bring more business to my business. >> we have seen a noticeable police presence on alert in case there is unrest following last night's protest. so far no problems. coming up back out to our live shot, you can see there is a little something for everybody. this is a family area are with a lot of fun activities for the

kids. everything gets underway sunday at noon. live in oakland, kristine kafton. the obama campaign headquarters in oakland re- opened today. we were there this afternoon as volunteers repainted the campaign logo. plywood covers another window that was shotterred by protesters. several campaign workers were inside the office at 18m and telegraph when the vandalism happened around 9:00 p.m. during the monthly art murmur event. nobody was hurt >> a man was shot to death early this morning at an apartment complex near summit hospital at 2th and summit streets. there are reports that a resident shot and killed a man who was allegely trying to get into the apartment. police are still trying to piece together what led up to the shooting. so far no one has been arrested emeryville police are looking for a teenager who went missing yesterday morning. a missing person's report was filed for 15-year-old gaijin

holquin. aderogatory family members holquin is an honor roll student who doesn't get into trouble and has never been out late by himself. anybody with information is asked to call emeryville police. we have video of three suspects robbing a jewelry store. >> reporter: it happened to quickly, a man with a gun was on top of this jewelry storeowner and her husband before they knew it. as the gunman jump officer the counter, two others in all black moved in behind him. five cameras inside recorded it. when one employee made a run for the door, they tackled him to the ground. then the 87-year-old mann the right side of the screen went after the man with the gun before he was also slammed to the floor hitting his head on a jewelry case. but whether the masked-men made they are getaway, one camera caught a clean view of least

one of their faces. >> he came in to the front door with a sledgehammer through the glass. >> a day earlier on the other side of the bay, pave's jewelry store in oakland was the target of a similar robbery. a series of surveillance cameras at jewelry storm gave employees a good look at men who were about to rob them and a buzzer at the door slowed them down just enough so everybody could get to safety. >> reporter: owner endlich says he is grateful for the support of the neighboring businesses since the robbery and while police are still reviewing the video from this heist, endlich wonders if there is a connection. >> there is a very few number of people doing this and once they are not on the streets anymore, i think it will make everything a lot safer. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now, thursday's jewelry store robbery in oakland was a latest in the rash of crime along college avenue. the merchants association confirms that the area has had as many as 20 commercial break-

ins in just the past few weeks, but officials believe a man arrested during an attempted burglary at pasta pomodoro last week could be responsible for several of those recent break- in. firefighters rush to put out several fires at a popular san josi park. also there are reports of a potential plea-deal in last year's deadly tucson shooting. the penalty, the accused shooter of former congresswoman gabby girlfriends may face. and a northern california tradition in jeopardy. the ban sacramento officials are considering expanding to keep waterways safe of. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds

there are reports tonight that the man accuse of shooting former congresswoman gabby girlfriends is set to accept' plea-deal. according to the los angeles times details of the deal are not available, but loughner will likely pled guilty to some of the federal charges against him in change for a prison sentence. that way he would not risk the death penalty a trial. his next court date is tuesday. fire investigators are still on the scene of a glass fire in santa cruz coming up next the las cumbres fire is now out, but investigators say it will take days to figure out what sparked the fire.

as ktvu's patti lee tells us mountain residents knew what to do when the fire started. >> reporter: 250 firefighters, four air tankers and two helicopters were key to beating back these flames. >> i woke up to helicopter sounds. and then i looked out and it was all of? smoke and he thought it was smog at first. >> reporter: a 911 call this morning alerted calfire to smoke sightings in the las cumbres neighborhood. crews spotted flames around boulder creek. because of heavy cloud cover the fire was essentially believed to cover 30 acres. it turned out to be just over six acres, but on tough terrain. it's tough acserious one way in and one way out, so if there were evacuations it could have been a difficult situation to get fire equipment in and residents out. >> reporter: chp and the santa cruz sheriff's department were on hand to assist. >> the area is rural and

mountainous. >> reporter: one homeowner evacuated voluntary. while others got ready to leave. >> it wasn't sort of immediate danger, but i thought, let's pack our stuff. >> right through the canyon and to the house. >> reporter: she watched from they are deck as men and machine fought fire with water and retardant. as the hours passed she packed up her pets and prepared for the worst. >> i have stuff prepared of we're all pretty prepared here in this community. so i did have boxes of stuff. >> reporter: it took five hours, but the fire is fully contained. but a crew will stay on-scene for the next two days keeping an eye out for hotspots and flare-ups. in santa cruz county, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. fire crews were called to a san josi trouble spot to tackle multiple fires. officials three fires were the order this morning at kelley park.

a spokesman says if the weather had been hot or windy, those fires could easily have gotten out of control. >> our concern about fires like this is because there were three distinct locations, people have to be very careful what they are doing out in the wildland interface. it's very possible that you could create a fire that threatened many structures and injures people and destroys property. >> including today's fires, at least eight fires have broken out at or near the park since july 11th. hundreds head out to a bay area crime hotspot to raise awareness about the young and vulnerable victims. group walked along a stretch of international boulevard in oakland for what they say is a known hub for sex trafficking. they say girls as young as 12 are sextually exploited, abused and in fear of their lives. >> people think of this as something that happens in other countries bub it's happening on the streets of california everydayproposition

35 would increase prison terms for traffickers and require them to register as sex- offenders. there may soon be new restrictions on drink while floating down the american river in sacramento county there. are already bans in place on memorial day, 4th of july and labor day, but an event called rafters gone wild ended with 23 arrests. tuesday the board of supervisors is set to consider an ordinance to give the regional parks director the power toix pose alcohol bans on the river whenever the director thinks things could get out of hand. authorities say two men were found bound and shot to death in stanislaus county. the sheriff's office said firefighters discovered the body of two latino men. they were laying alongside del puerto canyon road southeast of tracy. the men's names are not been

released less than a month after the colorado movie theater shootings state lawmakers in california are set to consider an amendment to california's assault weapons ban currently it allows gun makers to sell weapons with magazines that can be removed and replaced quickly. san francisco senator lee is seeking to amendment the ban to make it more difficult for guns to be swiftly reloaded. lee says is he hoping for support in the wake of colorado tragedy. the nationality rifle association opposes the amendment. in election 2012 news republican presidential candidate mitt romney said the u.s. is poised to take off economically, but that the country needs a new man at the helm. >> it's coming back, good times are coming back to a he is nation that is suffering under this president. we're going to keep america the hope of earth. >> romney points to yesterday's jobless rate that increases a tenth of a percent as proof that president obama's policies are not work.

romney says if we were elected his priorities are energy independence for the u.s., improving job spoilers americans and growing small businesses, mime president obama use his weekly address to thank the olympic athletes for showing the rest of world what he called "the best of america." >> thank you for presenting the best of america to the rest of the world. and thank you for becoming new role-models to our children, mine included and inspiring them to believe that if they work hard and do their best, they can achieve great things, too. >> and the president made special mention of several olympic athletes who have overcomb great odds and among them 23-year-old californian bryshon nellum. who was shot three times in his legs in 2008 in a case of mistaken identity. doctors said he might never walk again, but not only is he walking, but is he running. he is in london competing on the u.s. olympic track and field team. vice president joe biden was in the key swing state of nevada today you to thing the

administration's support for u.s. veterans biden gave opening remark as the disability veterans convention in las vegas and thanked vets for their sacrifice and said the president is committed to reducing a back lock of disability claims. mitt romney was in las vegas yet. tonight president obama had plans to celebrate his a 51st birthday with his wife michelle. we also heard he played a round of golf with friends today. no word on who won that golf tournament. >> new pictures have surfaced of what some believe is the back of that new device. the pictures originated op a chinese website called sina weibo, which is described as a cross between facebook and

twitter. it's solid and has no opening for a rear-facing camera, but so far apple has kept mum. marking a milestone in new zealand. hitting the floor in seconds, the significance of this building coming down. also life-saving guides at your fingerprints. the new app launched that aims at keeping people save during a disaster. >> showers and thunderstorms across parts of northern california, coming up an updated look at the forecast.

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controlled implosion. the u.s. demolition expert were called in to set off the explosives. >> much of the state of oklahoma is a tinderbox with triple-digit heat and drought conditions fueling least six wildfires. more than 100 structures have burned so for, many of them homes. as report anna kooiman explains at least one of those fires may have been deliberately set. >> reporter: a home reduced to a pile of charid bricks and rubble. it looks like dozen of other structures were demolished by the flames in luther, oklahoma. governor mary fallin finding debris still smoldering. >> it's been a hard come of the days here. the fire has destroyed 66 different structures throughout the community. fearses that we have lost around 2700 acres. >> the fires burning in this area 40 miles southwest of the oklahoma city believed to be the fault of an arsonist. witnesses reportedly saw someone lighting portions of newspapers and tossing from a pickup trtruck.

high winds helped to spread the flames. >> it's a terrible recipe for disaster. >> if they can catch it when it first goes they can come over and knock it out, but once it goes, all you have to do is sit back and let it go. because we w-we don't have the resources to knock it out. >> reporter: while others are trying to extinguish the fleams on their own. >> we're going to surround the house and do the water hose thing and see what they are going to do. >> reporter: right now the governor is calling for cooperation and help for those who have lost it all. >> people in this community don't have electricity, they don't have refrigerators and they can't cook. they don't have air conditioning and they don't have water. so is there there is a lot of great need this particular community. >> reporter: firefighters say this pattern of little rainfall low humidity and triple-digit temperatures reminding them of 2011's season. thestit afforesty commission battled nearly 1800 wildfires last year. in new york, anna kooiman, fox news. the american red cross has

launched a new hurricane mobile apple aimed at offering users guidance before us and after a major storm. the app has real-time information from weather alerts to the location of shelters. it also has check off lists with tasks, such as filling vehicles up with gas, turning off propane and make an evacuation plan. in news of the world tonight in syria, intense fighting between armed rebels and government forceses left some children injured. a bbc reporter inside aleppo reports that the remembers are incrementally neaing the size of the area that they hole. damascus, 47 iranian pilgrims were kidnapped in a brazen attack that underscores the instability even in areas that are supposed to be relatively stable under president barbar al aassad's regime. from iran, claims that an upgraded version of short range

ballistic missile could strike within pinpoint precision within the 185-mile range. in june the pentagon released a report noting significant advances in iranian missile technology. and in china, 300,000 people were evacuated from their moms when tropical storm saola made landfall. this was the second storm to hit in just two days. there were reports of two deaths in china and the storm cut power lines and roads in four provinces. saola left 44 people dead in the philippines and taiwan. a crowd of 80,000 people were exclude to evacuate lollapalooza music festival. people left the concert in frantz park along lake michigan. some sheltered nearby as the storm moved through. after the rain stopped, folks were allowed back into the

venue and the concert continued. marine biologists at seaworld in san diego are hoping a young harbor seal will recover from air eye surgery. seaworld rescued the animal in genuine. when vets started to feed her fish, they realized that 49- month-old seal was blind. iris is her name and she underwent surgery this week and they say it's too soon to tell how much eye sight she will regain. mission accomplished. skydivers leap into the record books, but they didn't do it on the first try. report of a stealth meeting between oakland officials and major league baseball. the plans that were reportedly discussed about the future of a's.

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group of skydivers in illinois this weekend got together to set i new record, 138 people jumped from six different airplanes flying at 18,500'. they flew heads down and then joined to create a massive formation that they call a snowflake. it took 15 attempts over three days before they were finally able to set that world-record. investigators say today they raided a large illegal pot farm in a wildlife preserve in southern sacramento sacramento near the community of thortonp thorton. they say they found approximately 10,000 marijuana plants. one man was arrested while of a dozen others fled. officials plan to return to the area to finish the clean-up. is there there is a new lane configuration on the benicia-martinez bridge. caltrans crews changed the setup while a new automated

toll collection and accounting system is being installed. the two fast-track lanes on the left side of the toll plaza closed at 6:00 tonight and will not open until noon tomorrow. this scheduled to happen everyday through next friday. in richland the second annual block party started near the intersections of filbert and gertrude avenue. there was music, food and lots of games for the kids. the leaders of six churches organized the event and members of police department and fire departments were on hand to organize the event. >> the goal is to foster some community pride and community he cohesiveness, to bring the people together. >> we want to be able to improve the neighborhoods, you know? the kids, the youth and everything to do to bring a lot of help. >> chevron donated $4,000 to

sponsor today's event. some heavy hitters reportedly held a stealth meeting to talk about a new plan to keep the oakland a's in oakland. the san francisco chronicle says a blue-ribbon committee from major league baseball met with oakland's mayor and backers of a waterfront ballpark plan that focused on the howard terminacity as a potential site. athletics owner lew wolff has petitioned to move the team to san josi, but the san francisco giants own territorial rights there. two-cyclists are set to ride and collect donations for a wonderful organization called the her's breast cancer organization. that fremont-based non-profit provides post surgical equipment for patients not covered by insurance. neil wallski says he got the idea for the ride after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. and for ways that you can help,

the her's breast cancer foundation, please visit our website ktvu.com and click on web links. this november san franciscans will vote on whether they want to drain hetch hetchy reservoir in yosemite park. six years ago estimates for removing the reservoir ranged from 3 billion to $10 billion. the hetch hetchy system supplies drinking water to 1.7 bay area customers. the countdown has begun, nasa's highly anticipated land tomorrow and why it's going to take a while before scientists know if the mission is a success. showers are still lingering out there, but that is about to change. ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is next with when the bay area can expect a warming trend.

24 hours from right now the newest mars probe from nasa will arrive on the red planet. the probe called curiosity will land itself with the aid of a computer program. now it may take some time before engineers know if the landing was successful, since radio signals take almost half an hour to make the round fripp mars to earth and back again. the nuclear-powered rover is carrying a range of cameras and science gear to examine the geology of mars. tomorrow night we'll tightend out. let's check in with mark tamayo and you said there is lightning out there. >> there is lightning moving to the east of the bay area. this is always a concern. it just takes one lightning strike to spark a fire.

right now on the radar you can see the coverage right now, showers out to our north, right around lake county and towards the sacramento region. right around the lake tahoe area as well. i saw a lightning strike problem about an hour ago outside of sacramento, and pretty impressive with the cells moving out to the north and east. also locally here, our radar not showing up nearly as much in terms of its thunderstorm pomer, potential. as far as the for today with our forecast headlines we have that coming up for you. tonight we're going hold on to the cloud cover with the possibility of spotty showers. tomorrow though no showers threat. maybe some drizzle first thing sunday morning. skies becoming partly sunny into the afternoon hours. the extended, a bit of a warming trend and hot numbers inland. first thing sunday morning, temperatures will be in the low

to mid-50s out there, partly to mostly cloudy skies, san josi 56 degrees. interesting weather pattern for today, the moisture, the monsoonal moisture op o-moving in from the south. here is a closer inspection of the satellite and radar, you will notice the activity really ramping up to our north and also to our east. as a as a result, the red-flag warnings posted overnight for those two areas for the northern california mountains towards the sierra as we head into early sunday morning. this was the case for today with the showers streaming in from the south of you can see what happens into your sunday. this begins to push out to the east a little bit. and as a result, skies becoming partly sunny into the afternoon hours and temperatures really cooled off today. we begin to recover for tomorrow. here is our forecast model showing is you some of the overcast first thing tomorrow morning at 7:00. we'll take this into the afternoon hours. skies becoming partly sunny and maybe a few leftover passmentses of fog in parts of

immediate coastline, but everybody comes up 3-6 degrees from today's highs. warmest locations will be back up into the 80s. san josi in the upper 70s around 77. and these temperatures will clerk in around 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, san francisco 63. here is a look ahead, your five- day forecast with your weekend always in view. we're going to gradually warm thing things up, especially monday, tuesday, and wednesday, warm yes. locations in the mid to upper 90s. some hot temperatures returning inland. we'll keep things on the moderate side for the immediate coast. heather and ken, keep ton the radar for the overnight hours because you get a little nervous with these lightning strikes and the possibility of fires out. >> q. we'll hope for the best. >> definitely. >> thank you, mash. it was a celebration of all things canine at the 4th annual mill valley dog show. some bay area dogs showed off their best moves from purebred pooches to beloved mutts. prizes were handed out after what they call a nonjudgmental judging contest in five different categories of money

raised goes to a program that takes care of dogs that are atrip of being euthanized and takes them from those shelters around the state. >> they rescue the dogs from there and bring them to marin county where they get them healthy and ready for adoption. >> bay area-based ped express donated pet resuscitationn kits to marin county fire departments. organizers say many pets can bees said after house fires if firefighters have the right sized equipment for their thoughts. sportswrap is next big hot pastrami melt. sty get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

. good evening everyone and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sportswrap. you know the giants have hit just 17 home runs in 55 home- games this season and they may reach that number this weekend in denver's coors field. one by buster posey and today, buster takes rockies' pitcher jeff francis deep for his 6m home run since the all-star break. thee for rbi's for poseir. this was one of the hardest outs in history. bumgarner catches eric young, jr. into a pickle, but watch young turn it into a roadrunner cartoon, beep beep. , but not limited garner finally guns