Reporter this plane was launch just a few minutes after we arrived here at the Calfire Air Attack base. The call came in of a lightning sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things more challenging for drivers. It can drive the plane to the ground. It can. Reporter a computer tracks lightning activity and a red blip signifies when a lightning hit the ground and possibly start add fire. The red flag warning has calfire at readiness. We have additional personnel on duty, battalion chiefs and station personnel on duty that way when we do get lightning were able to deal with those indenses appropriately. Reporter air crews will return to the skies at daybreak tomorrow. Flight conditions can be extreme with turbulence, wind, visibility depending on the clouds. But yeah it can be extreme. I mean of course were flying low level. Reporter the pilots say their goal is to get to the fires quickly and put them out before they get beyond five or six acres. That is the goal. But it doesnt always work out that way. Mother nature plays by her own rules. Live at Sonoma County airport, ken wayne, ktvu news. Ktvu viewers have also been snapping photos tonight. Christian colvin sent us these photos. Aaron cabr era sent us this shot right after sunset. We want to see your photos when Severe Weather hits you can e mail them to photos at ktvu. Com or postthem to our Facebook Page. And did you suspect live Storm Tracker 2 is lit up right now. The thunderstorms are coming from the east moving to the west. An unusual direction for us. Right now we have thunderstorms activity showing up east of palo alto. We got reports of showers in this area as well. The main thunder storms are offshore. Theyve been offshore for the past few hours so folks are seeing lightning flashes from halfmoon bay and pacifica. Theyre seeing lots of it. Were seeing a lot of Lightning Strikes above davenport as well. This is over the last hour, see the Lightning Strikes. Especially right off pacifica, we have a lot of parts for pacifica. And moving offshore the the heavy lightning is offshore. Behind this we have a red flag warning in effect through wednesday. This is why for this Lightning Strikes. This is what im watching right now. This area here as it moves up over the valley, heres san somewhere se, right. In the next few hours all this instability is going to head our way. Were going to be watching it. Ill be back here in 15 minutes. More thunderstorms chances and its going to get slightly cooler. Ill see you after the break. The red flag warning prompted calfire to open a look out station. 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. Its been burning now for nine days and has grown to 1,500 acres. The good news is its 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 tomorrows forecast. Then at 10 45, the extended outlook and the changes well 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 awaited bay bridge are now complete. The Bridge Oversight Committee says crews completed installation of steel shims over the weekend. The repairs had to be complete until the new span could open on september 3rd. The permanent repair for those broken bolts isnt expected to be ready until december. Even with the temporary repair, the new bridge is being used over the old one. Reporter the bay bridge will shut down. Traffic is expected to be a mess and we got the first look at how b. A. R. T. Plans to help fill the gaps. B. A. R. T. Trains were stuck to the scene during tonights evening commute. Crowded trains are expected through the Labor Day Weekend as the bay bridge shuts down for five days and six nights. Were already sardines. Its going to be crazy. Reporter ktvu news says b. A. R. T. Plans to have 16 of their stations operating 24 hours a day while the bridge is closed. The stations include sfo, embarcadero, walnut creek, coliseum Oakland Airport and dublin pleasanton. The only exception is between 1 00 a. M. And 4 00 a. M. Tuesday when all trains will stop for required maintenance. It creates a pattern through the day. Its mainly people that were headed to work. Reporter it will help travelers with Early Morning flights. B. A. R. T. Will also run longer trains with up to 10 cars during the day and for weekend events including several as games. Many already have plans to stay home or find another way to avoid the traffic nightmare. Im going up to oregon to visit family for a long weekend. Im going to make it an extra long weekend to avoid the bay bridge closure. Hopefully i dont have to work, and if i do ill be on the road with everybody else. Reporter ferries are expected to offer extra service as well to hae with to help with the closure. Expect extra traffic on the freeways and especially the san mateo bridge and Richmond San Rafael bridge. Cara liu, ktvu news. Here another look at the 14 stations that will remain open beginning wednesday 28. Overnight service will continue for five nights but not on Tuesday Morning when the new bridge is expected to open. Ktvu. Com has extensive coverage decaded to the new bridge and next weeks closure. Just look for the link under hot topics. Continuing coverage of the horrific limousine fire that killed five nurses on the san mateo bridge. A catastrophic failure of the rear suspension is what led to that deadly fire. Authorities released their findings more than three months after the limo caught fire. Today they also said there will be no criminal charges in the case. Amber lee live at the western end of the san mateo bridge to tell us what shes learned, amber. Reporter several agencies were involved in this investigation. And all came to the same conclusion, what happens here on the san mateo bridge was an accident. The deadly limo fire took place on the night of january 4. Some tragedies are crimes and some are not. This one is not. And there will be no criminal charges. Reporter cell phone records shows that the limo driver was not distracted by a phone call. Chp and District Attorney investigators determined mr. Brown was not on his phone at the time of this tragedy. Reporter tonight i spoke with victim anna acostanos wife. He told me he attended a meeting here at the Foster Fire Department this morning. The chp led the private meeting with the families of the victims and survivors. Tonight chp spokesperson told me this meeting was among the most emotional and difficult meetings hes had in his time with the department. He said he wanted to let them know what happened in the limo fire before releasing it to the media. The rear Suspension System which allowed the vehicles dry shaft to come into contact with the floor panel. That caused the carpet and other Flammable Materials to catch fire inside the vehicle. The limo company will be fined 7,500 for having too more passengers in the vehicle than there were seat belts. No real cause of this thing can be apew a attributed that could have been done ahead of time to have prevented it. Reporter despite the findings, the limo Company Faces several lawsuits from the victims families. Live from the foot of the san mateo bridge, amber lee, ktvu news. The man behind the wheel of that limo says shes not surprised that no criminal charges are being filed but he says he is haunted by his memories of that night. It is painful. Every day is painful. Every minute is painful. Everything reoccurring in my head just about every you know every day. At his fathers law offices, driver Orville Browns says he does not think he could have done anything differently on the night of the fire. He says hes receiving counseling and has not driven a limo since that night. Trying to set a homeowner on fire. Its terrible. People dont like to get out right here. The work to clean up the plighted blithed b. A. R. T. Station look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles rethink possible. California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for whoever hit and killed man in san jose. New details now, ktvus Christien Kafton joins us from where that man was struck. Reporter take a look you can see why. Theres no street lights over this particular stretch of alam rock. Despite that witnesses were able to give a pretty good vehicle description to authorities but said it was simply too dark to see the driver. Flairs used to direct traffic still lie on rockham avenue, steps from where a pickup struck and killedded hood killed hood. I talked to him from the bus stop to the corner when he turns down the street to go home. Reporter witnesses describe a terrible scene with the victims cane, shoes and bag all thrown in different directions. The girl said he flew up in the air. He was flying up in the air. But, you know, its just, i dont know its a horrible thing. How could anybody do that . Reporter investigators say the driver of the truck must have known he struck someone as they quickly turned and left the area. Neighbors cant understand how the driver left ford on the street to drive. I think thats horrible. I think anybody who would just leave somebody out in the middle of the street like that i think its horrible. Reporter felix arnez says the neighborhood has lost one of their own. Well if i could bring him back. I sure would. Reporter now chp investigators are looking to see if the accident is connected to another hitand run that happened in the area friday night. Also involving a pickup truck. Arnez says alam rock avenue is a busy road without enough lightning and is not controlled enough to stop speeders. I doubt very seriously if theyre going to do anything extra. Reporter now tonight chp have a lot of details about the vehicle theyre looking for. They say it is a 1990s ford pickup truck. They say they know that because they found part of a head light in the area. So the truck will have damage to its front end. Meanwhile they also say that it was white or light colored with a red stripe down the hood. They also say it has oversized tires. Theyre hoping someone is familiar with that vehicle and will give them a call. Were live in san jose, Christien Kafton, san jose ktvu news. Jurors in marin county began deliberating the case of joseph nasso late tonight. The 79yearold photographer is acting as his own attorney and finished his closing arguments this afternoon. Two in the 1970s, two others in the 1990s. Naso has insisted he is innocent of the crime. Independent truckers staged a protest in the port of oakland saying theyre unhappy with flow turn around time that is cost them money. The picket line went up early this morning. Truckers say sometimes they have to wait up to eight hours to load or unload their trucks. Port officials can see that wait times were unusually long in july due to ta change holidays and delays at the port. Prison Officials Say there are currently 136 inmates on a hunger strike. 69 have refused food since the start of the strike 43 days ago. Ktvu has obtained video that shows someone trying to set a person on fire while they were sleeping at a b. A. R. T. Station. Amber lee says that theres a bigger problem at the station. Reporter theres video of man trying to set a homeless person on fire with a lighter. Chief ben ferro says this incident saturday night wasnt reported. Reporter we have a Mental Health professional that works with us and works closely with San Francisco to try to help the homeless we have in and around the station. Reporter he says b. A. R. T. Could have intervened. People have to call and if theres somebody that they feel that needs attention, officers will come out here rein too welfare checks and do recommendations. Reporter the number of Homeless People around this station troubled a business owner. Dennis a street musician is more el el pa emphathetic to what he calls the homeless station. I dont make too much eye contact. I just do my own thing somewheres it will not happen if they clean up the station because Homeless People always return. West oakland, dublin and hayward were all tied for the second most crime ridden b. A. R. T. Stations. Fifteenthand mission was not on the list. Wall street started the week where it ended last week on the downside. Nasdaq fell 13. Bank stocks led. Many people are showing enthusiasm on twitter for what could be a new gold iphone. The gold is being described as a champane color on the sides and back. The front would be white. The company is expected to unveil the new phone on september 8. Were now getting reports of thunder in the area. Obviously were seeing the lightning. But a lot of thunder hasn t been heard. Im getting reports of very loud thunder and sunny vale as well. Areas now moving into the san jose area. Some areas of productivity and possible thunder. As we come to redwood city you can see more widely scattered showers, rain showers most of this now not thunder activity but theres more behind it. Lets step back a little bit and i will show you the big picture. Heres what were tracking as it moves up to the central valley. Weakening a little bit but this moisture is headed to the south bay and parts of the east bay. You can almost see the trajectory. Im going to be tracking that for the next hour. We will see you back here and we will talk more about this system as it moves in and that red flag warning is not going away any time soon. A famous actor and comedian pulled from a car this afternoon as it burst into flames. Then at 10 30, a new tool in the bay area missing persons case now 25 years cold. A mothers efforts to keep hope alive. It was crazy, i thought i was on the battlefield. A weekend of gun violence left three people dead and nine injured. Ken pritchett reports, the crime wave hit one type of business especially hard. Were about ready to close this out. Youll be on your way and ill cut it and style it for you. Reporter king was here at the barber salon when it happened. They shot nine rounds of bullets. It was crazy. It was, i thought i was on the battlefield. Reporter he says three of his coworkers has chased down a man who stole a purse. It was this man demetrius ward who returned to the scene a half hour later. Keila said there goes the guy who stole my purse out of the car. Reporter they went to confront the man at the sidewalk. As soon as they went outside there was gunfire. It was strange. Ive never experienced anything like that. Never. Reporter his three coworkers were shot and a third woman was grazed by a bullet. There were 12 shootings in oakland over the weekend, three people dead, two of those fatalities at a Party Friday Night where four people were shot. It was a very tragic weekend with the number of shootings. Reporter Oakland Police chief san wentz says resources have been focusing on reducing gunfire. But were going to be here, were not going any where, and were open for business. Reporter as for the three barber shop employees who were shot, king says that they are all in the hospital but are expected to be okay. In oakland, Ken Pritchett ktvu news. And this is amateur video of van dykes vehicle on fire. He says he was trying to make a phone call when a man came over and pulledded pulled him from the car. Van dyke says that the man thought he had passed out. His wife came by and picked him up. As for the car, its destroyed. Two new members of the San Rafael Police department were formally sworn in today. Actually it was their handler who is took the oath. Two police dogs are with the department which has been without a canine unit for 11 years. Money for training and keeping the two dogs was donated. One dog will work patrol and the other is assigned to narcotics. Mark zuckerbergs Facebook Page is hacked