debora villalon has the challenges for firefighters including a dry hydrant. >> reporter: it was behindthis church a cottage caught fire and burned pretty fiercely about 5:00 tonight. >> green light it. >> it's done. >> thanks. >> reporter: fire gutted this small bungalo. the detached building was being used for storage and under renovation. but flames shot through the new roof ending that project. >> we heard people screaming and we looked out the window. we saw this big cloud of smoke. >> reporter: the bungalo went up fast, say neighbors. >> i grabbed frida and i grabbed my wallet and keys and i ran out the window and noticed flames. >> reporter: this new dad fled up wind to get his new daughter out of the smoke. the church held sunday churches earl littler in the day. but it appears no one was here when the blaze erupted. they were startled to find the first hydrant they found dead. no water. >> it does not happen very often. we have very good hydrant system here in san francisco so that's something i'm concerned about and looking into. >> reporter: at its peak flames rose fall enoug

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 fire

debora villalon is live. >> reporter: the driver possibly blinded by the sun. it was billed as a silent ride and expect for the traffic it was. a few hundred bicyclists taking a few minutes to pedal a few miles for those who died this summer doing the same thing. >> i feel there's not a memory without him. he was always in charge. >> reporter: six siblings and ruben was the oldest. friendly, fun loving a teacher in fact, visiting santa rosa from modesto for a teacher's conference when he went out for the early morning ride that turned deadly. >> he knows how to ride, he wouldn't do anything irresponsible. >> we all know what it's like to be distracted. >> reporter: this gathering wasn't about blame, acknowledging cycling and driving can be -- acknowledging cyclists and drivers can be inattentive. riding some rough emotions too. >> i know my brother would want us to go on, life has to go on and he was strong and he expects us to be strong i believe. >> it's just that i'll be thinking of him. >> reporter: strength comes as well from other cyclists. expressing the

debora villalon is live. >> reporter: the driver possibly blinded by the sun. it was billed as a silent ride and expect for the traffic it was. a few hundred bicyclists taking a few minutes to pedal a few miles for those who died this summer doing the same thing. >> i feel there's not a memory without him. he was always in charge. >> reporter: six siblings and ruben was the oldest. friendly, fun loving a teacher in fact, visiting santa rosa from modesto for a teacher's conference when he went out for the early morning ride that turned deadly. >> he knows how to ride, he wouldn't do anything irresponsible. >> we all know what it's like to be distracted. >> reporter: this gathering wasn't about blame, acknowledging cycling and driving can be -- acknowledging cyclists and drivers can be inattentive. riding some rough emotions too. >> i know my brother would want us to go on, life has to go on and he was strong and he expects us to be strong i believe. >> it's just that i'll be thinking of him. >> reporter: strength comes as well from other cyclists. expressing the

ktvu's debora villalon joins us now. >> reporter: three caught, three got away.after they stormed this jewelry store with hammers flying you can see how they destroyed the cases. this was as far as one get away car got. pulled over on interstate 80 approaching vallejo. police say the dodge magnum was fleeing a smash and grab robbery at this jewelry store in downtown vacaville. >> they just started slamming the glass inside on the cases. >> reporter: six masked robbers scooping up jewelry, one holding a gun to the store owners head. >> we just kind of watch out for each other here on the street. you know everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: as the robbers ran, 911 calls flooded in. descriptions of the car and license plate. 20 minutes out of town. police were tailing it. then pulled it over to apprehend those inside. >> one was a juvenile and the other two were adults. apparently all three of them were from san francisco. >> reporter: exactly a week ago, robbers rampaged through a san pablo jewelry store. and there have been others in san francisco and newark.

ktvu's debora villalon joins us now. >> reporter: three caught, three got away.after they stormed this jewelry store with hammers flying you can see how they destroyed the cases. this was as far as one get away car got. pulled over on interstate 80 approaching vallejo. police say the dodge magnum was fleeing a smash and grab robbery at this jewelry store in downtown vacaville. >> they just started slamming the glass inside on the cases. >> reporter: six masked robbers scooping up jewelry, one holding a gun to the store owners head. >> we just kind of watch out for each other here on the street. you know everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: as the robbers ran, 911 calls flooded in. descriptions of the car and license plate. 20 minutes out of town. police were tailing it. then pulled it over to apprehend those inside. >> one was a juvenile and the other two were adults. apparently all three of them were from san francisco. >> reporter: exactly a week ago, robbers rampaged through a san pablo jewelry store. and there have been others in san francisco and newark.

debora villalon is live. >> reporter: it looks like a rock concert out here tonight. take a look you can call it marsa-palooza. there's hundreds of people out here their kwraoeus trained on the -- their eyes trained on the big screen. it's the most dangerous operation that nasa has planned. visitors tonight got touch the same parachute material as they flocked to learn more about mars. curiosity is an advanced chemistry kit. >> there's a huge amount of information we can get out of it. >> reporter: it will analyze more than mars geology. its chemical make up. >> it's real exciting, it's the new life. we can go there and it's a new beginning. >> reporter: but first it has to land on task. nasa calls landing seven minutes of terror there's a lot riding on a smooth landing. >> i think if we're successful the planetary landing is in good standing. if it doesn't come successful, we -- i'm shaking but i think it's because i'm cold. >> reporter: we're live at nasa aims in mountain view. >>> now to the latest on that mass shooting today at a sikh temple in wisconsin. the shoo

ktvu's debora villalon reports. >> reporter: she's a proud member of 4h so the stock show here is a big goal. this 12-year-old practically came from her hospital bed to this barn. when melissa kendelton paraded around the barn it was a fashionable display of wool and courage. people here know what misy has gone through. a month hospitalized, her life threatening by flesh eating bacteria. >> she's probably the toughest girl i've ever seen. i told her if it would have been dad lying on that bed, they would have just put the covers over me a long time ago. >> reporter: missy is off crutches and showing her lam at the fair. her slight limp the only hint her right leg is ravaged. her thigh muscle eaten. >> the physical therapist got down on her hands and knees and appeared to be a lamb to see what she needed to do. >> reporter: missy walked her lam without any assistance. but her 4h leader a nervous wreck. >> i'm really proud of her that she did. but i told her if anything happens i'm jumping in there and i'm driving you. >> reporter: but hugs was all that was needed. and by the end the ribb

ktvu's debora villalon reports. >> reporter: she's a proud member of 4h so the stock show here is a big goal. this 12-year-old practically came from her hospital bed to this barn. when melissa kendelton paraded around the barn it was a fashionable display of wool and courage. people here know what misy has gone through. a month hospitalized, her life threatening by flesh eating bacteria. >> she's probably the toughest girl i've ever seen. i told her if it would have been dad lying on that bed, they would have just put the covers over me a long time ago. >> reporter: missy is off crutches and showing her lam at the fair. her slight limp the only hint her right leg is ravaged. her thigh muscle eaten. >> the physical therapist got down on her hands and knees and appeared to be a lamb to see what she needed to do. >> reporter: missy walked her lam without any assistance. but her 4h leader a nervous wreck. >> i'm really proud of her that she did. but i told her if anything happens i'm jumping in there and i'm driving you. >> reporter: but hugs was all that was needed. and by the end the ribb