now at 11:00, just what we did not want to see, tens of thousands of lightning strikes across california, and danger isn t over jyet. i m elizabeth cook. i m ryan yamamoto. bay area cruisews are doing everything to avoid a repeat of the devastating 2020 fires. reporter: you can feel the mugginess in the air. monsoonal thunderstorm has moved north. fire departments watching the damage. heavy downpours and lightning hit soledad south of salinas. any risk we are going to pay attention to. reporter: con fire has placed its resources, trying to predict where fires could hear. we often say all the fires in contra costa county is caused by some type of human activity. there s one exception, what you just asked about, dry lightning. unfortunately fire departments are not only battling mother nature but human activity as well. announcing today the pittsburgh fire which threatened roughly 100 homes was caused by fireworks. no homes were lost but neighbors are concerned the
i m elizabeth cook. i m ryan yamamoto. bay area cruisews are doing everything to avoid a repeat of the devastating 2020 fires. reporter: you can feel the mugginess in the air. monsoonal thunderstorm has moved north. fire departments watching the damage. heavy dourhtng hit soledad south of salinas. any risk we are going to pay attention to. reporter: con fire has placed its resources, trying to predict where fires could hear. we often say all the fires in contra costa county is caused by some type of human activity. there s one exception, what you atsky fire departments are not only battling mother nature but human activity as well. announcing today the pittsburgh fire which threatened roughly 100 homes was caused by fireworks. no homes were lost but neighbors are concerned the threat isn t over. heard fireworks going after last night and was worried about it. reporter: con fire is reminding the community any fire is illegal and dangerous. dry conditions make i
and asked about buying $16,000 worth of ammunition. that included grenades, gas masks and rockets. then last week muso met with an weapons dealer. he told the agent he was part a group of people who wanted to, quote, bring forth the original constitution, and that s why he needed the ammunition. he was arrested yesterday, and charged with violating a federal firearms law. we ll have more on this coming up at 6:00. 9. josh: a convicted sex offender s sentence could be reduced now that the new hampshire supreme court has cleared the judge in the case to change his mind. kristen carosa is live in our lakes region bureau with the developments in this case. reporter: the judge first considered reducing the sentence in 2014. now the supreme court says he with make adjustments if he wants to. at a review hearing today judge garfunkel heard from both the the victim in this case. joshua baud of wakefield was convicted in 2014 of sexually assaulting a then 7-year-old girl. baud faced 1
our thoughts and prayers are with those injured today. day three of the government shutdown and no end in sight. both parties blaming each other and many americans saying, just figure it out. the fallout continues here in california. yosemite hit especially hard. people are bracing for the worst. first the rim fire shut down the park, now the government has. reporter: that s right. that s what businesses were talking to me about today. they say they just started to feel the recovery from the fire last week. started to see the traffic move through the town, but now yosemite closed. a double whammy. it s the little things like laughter that gives her a break. two years ago was the burn that got out of hand. that closed the highway. last year was the virus that closed yosemite. every year something is hitting us hard. reporter: the government shutdown had forced yosemite to close. the second blow to this community where businesses are still trying to recover from the rim
101. the driver of the suv s son said it is the scariest moment of my life. apparently the driver of the pickup truck was not hurt in this accident. live here in san jose, nbc day bear new nbc bay area news. the southbound lanes of i-5 in stockton have just reopened within the hour. however, you can see crews are still battling hot spots near the freeway. a recycling plant went up in flames late this afternoon which caused more than a dozen spot fires. you see the video. two propane tanks burst. extensive damage at this plant. strong winds are sending embers and debris across i-5. happening now, blustery winds around the bay area putting us at risk in creating a red flag warning. looking at a live look right now, san francisco. you can see the wind battering that flag. team coverage for you. we re tracking the winds. we begin with jodie hernandez in pittsburgh for more. jessica, the list risk of wie is so great, the fire district is taking the unusual step of reopenin