john whiteside doesn't mean there hasn't been any.ohn whiteside hmm in the event of lightning near the tower itself, he can abandon ship and climb down fast or ride it out on this stool equipped with glass- insulators on it's feet. on mount hamilton rob fladeboe kron 4 news. whiteside measure's from the west to the south with severe weather. creek wildfire -- which has been raging for nearly two weeks now. thousands of people have a few were allowed to return home today -- but the wildfire is still only about 10 percent contained. in sun valley - a lot of celebrities have vacation homes.including tom hanks and bruce willis. fire crews have been working around the clock to save one of the problems -- there are so many large wildfires in this region, that there simply go around. >> that will unseen buster and thunderstorms and be the year. drive >> we are seeing the for that type of thunderstorms in the bay area. >> lightning strikes right now over the cold coastal waters. >> these thunderstorms are elevated to over the coastal waters a

cal fire volunteer john whiteside will be looking out for smoke. he will remain at the post from dawn until dusk until the red flag warning is lifted. >>> now, one of the bigger fires burning in california is the tahoe national forest. in that area northeast of auburn, that fire started august 10th. has burned almost 15,000 acres. the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for that area. it begins at 11:00 a.m. today. firefighters say the threat of lightning as well as dry brush could fuel the fire. right now it is just 53% contained. >>> in butte county, firefighters are closer to containing a fire there. one home has been destroyed. yesterday afternoon, about 400 evacuees were allowed to return to their homes. containment at 64%. >>> one of the main entrances to yosemite national park has been shut down because of a fire. but stat route 120 yesterday, shutting it down in both directions, people are being rerouted to state route 41. some structures out there have been destroyed. campgrounds are also being evacuated. >> a woman in d

calfire volunteer john whiteside will be looking out for smoke and he will remain at the post from dawn until dusk until the red flag warning is lifted. >>> right now crews are battling at least 11 wildfires burning all across the state. calfire considers nine -- throughout the state. the largest is the so-called swedes fire which has burned more than 2800 acres in butte county. so far several structures have been destroyed. although the fire is 75% contained, crew worries the progress they've made could be in jeopardy. >> we do have thunderstorms developing and so that also poses a threat to us and to the -- to the progress. we're just hoping that the thunderstorms are not bringing dry -- dry lightning our way. >>> earlier today, some of the evacuation orders were lifted but crews remind residents that could all change quickly. we will continue to monitor the red flag warning and fire danger for the latest on fires and the heightened alert in the bay area. just go to ktvu.com or follow us on twitter or facebook. >>> new at noon, we're getting an update on the construction of the bay br

john whiteside is keeping watch for smoke. he is expected to remain at his post until wednesday or when the red flag warning is lifted. calfire counts nine of them as major fire. a lightning strike is blamed for a fire that started today in the sekoya national forest. one of the bigger fires is the american fire in the tahoe national forest. it's been burning now for nine days and has grown to 1,500 acres. the good news is it's about 53 contained tonight. and officials tell us they have placed a protection line to stop the fire. >>> one home has been destroyed along with several outbuildings. late this afternoon about 400 people who had been evacuated were allowed to return home. containment is now at 64%. in 10 minutes bill will be back with tomorrow's forecast. then at 10:45, the extended outlook and the changes we'll see by the end of the week. you can follow the ktvu channel 2 weather team on twitter and like them on facebook for up to the minute forecasts delivered right to your mobile device. >>> new at 10:00, the long a

john whiteside is keeping watch for smoke. he is expected to remain at his post until wednesday or when the red flag warning is lifted. calfire counts nine of them as major fire. a lightning strike is blamed for a fire that started today in the sekoya national forest. one of the bigger fires is the american fire in the tahoe national forest. it's been burning now for nine days and has grown to 1,500 acres. the good news is it's about 53 contained tonight. and officials tell us they have placed a protection line to stop the fire. >>> one home has been destroyed along with several outbuildings. late this afternoon about 400 people who had been evacuated were allowed to return home. containment is now at 64%. in 10 minutes bill will be back with tomorrow's forecast. then at 10:45, the extended outlook and the changes we'll see by the end of the week. you can follow the ktvu channel 2 weather team on twitter and like them on facebook for up to the minute forecasts delivered right to your mobile device. >>> new at 10:00, the long a

calfire volunteer john whiteside will be looking out for smoke and he will remain at the post from dawng warning is lifted. >>> 8:08. right now, fire crews all over california are battling at least 11 firefighters. calfire says nine of them are major. more than 6,000 firefighters are being called in. the latest yesterday was sequoia national forest in kern county. lightning started it. one of the biggest fires burning northeast of auburn, in the tahoe national forest. it started nine days ago. it's burned more than 15,000 acres. a red flag warning goes into effect for this area w right now, the -- a-- area. right now, the fire is 53% contained. the cause is still under investigation. firefighters battling a wildfire in butte county, south of chico. it started friday. it's burned about 2100 acres. this morning, firefighters issued another evacuation warning a day after getting some -- after letting some of the empeople -- some of the people go back home. the fire is 64% contained. one of the main entrances to yosemite national park has been closed because of a fire. this one started over