Happened. Reporter [ inaudible question ] no. Reporter he says he moved to sacramento. And has been receiving counseling. An attorney for the owner tells ktvu he expects victims families will File Lawsuits against the family. He expects them too. I am hurting just like they are. I feel sorry this happened. Reporter i had a chance to tuque the district attorney, he sat down and met with some of the survivors and victim Family Members before the announcement to let them know they would not be seeking charges. With the limo driver there was one question he hesitated to answer and we will have more at 6 00 p. M. Eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. Our coverage continues at 5 30 p. M. Ktvus rob roth sat down with a limo company. Why it says it is not surprised and what officials had to say about it. Lets talk about the exact cause, what led to the fire. Ktvus consumer editor tom vacar has been investigating that story for us. The question is, whose fault . No ones. We have concluded the fire was accidental. Reporter what caused the tragedy . The catalyst was the failure of the rear Suspension System that allowed the drive shaft to come into contact with the floor panel. The heat and sparks generated from the friction between the drive shaft and the floor pan ignited the materials covering the floor board. The smoke and fire blocked access to the redoors, leaving the passengers rear doors leaving with the passengers with one small opening. The limo was seen earlier on two security videos. There is nothing evident in the videos that would indicate an abnormality in the height or the manner of travel. The cause of death was smoking inhalation associated with fire. All five of them accidental. The driver will not be sited. Investigators determined mr. Brown was not on his phone at the time of the tragedy. The California PublicUtilities Commission will levy 7,500 fine on the limo company for failing to operate safely in over loading the limo. No real cause can be attributed to anything that could have been done ahead of time to prevent it. Reporter criminal liability . Some tragedies are crimes, some are not, this one is not. There will not be criminal charges. Reporter at 6 00 p. M. What the familys options are. Tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. We are tracking high fire danger tonight. A red flag warning is in effect through wednesday. Live pictures of Contra Costa County where as you can see conditions are dry. Much of the same in the hills in the south bay. Firefighters are on alert for lightning and fire. Our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions and joins us now. We have been talking about this. Friday night last time i saw you, this lowpressure system pilling in moisture, a good chance for lightning. Lightning around the bear valley area. Notice how everything is moving this way . The low is over here, right . It is like this. It is pulling the showers off shore. Check out this area. I will stop it. You will see we are looking at this area here. Significant stuff. Going the wrong way. Not going to hit us. There is more moisture heading our way. Red flag warning tonight and tomorrow and till 3 00 a. M. Wednesday morning. Could be gusty winds, Lightning Strikes possible. More moisture possible tomorrow. In 10 00 p. M. The red flag warning, more specifically when i come back in 10. Cooler out there and the five day forecast. See you back here. Todays red flag warning has firefighters across the bay area on alert and ahead how they are preparing for Lightning Strikes and fires. The San FranciscoFire Department is revisiting helmet video cameras. Yesterday the chief reminded firefighters about a 2,009 policy banning the use of recording devices. It was put in place because of privacy laws. Today they said she is reconsidering the ban because the video was useful in a crash investigation. Three dead and nine recovering after a crime weekend of gun violence in oakland. You can see the five location wheres the shootings happened. Including on telephonograph avenue where four people were telegraph avenue where four people were shot. Ktvus Ken Pritchett has more. Reporter if one is looking for a bright spot in the violent weekend, there is an arrest announced today in one of the shooting that came as a result of the public and the Police Working closely together. Reporter he was here on saturday when it happened. They shot 9 rounds of bullets. It was crazy. I thought i was in a battle field. Reporter three coworkers chased down a man, demetrius ward who stole a purse. He said there go the guy that stole my purse. Reporter they went to confront the suspect here again on this sidewalk. As soon as they went outside it was gunfire. It was strange. Never experienced Something Like that. Never. Reporter the coworkers were shot and a fourth woman grazed. The arrest of Demetrius Demetrius wards was one of several police would like to make. Three people dead, two at a Party Friday Night where four people were shot. Tragic weekend. Number of shootings. The police chief says resources have been focused on reducing gun violence. Together we could be successful at making a dent in violent crime. The cooperation from the community is appreciated. Reporter he said he was relieved to hear of the race and he says the neighborhood is fighting back. We will be here. We are not going nowhere. We are open for business. [ laughter ] reporter he says of his co workers, one was shot four times but they are all in the hospital but they are all expected to be okay. Ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. Police ruled the deaths this morning of a father and daughter a a murdersuicide. William roberts shot and killed martin roberts. A Family Member reported the shooting. William roberts was suffering from progressive lung disease and he expressed concern about his ability to care for his daughter who was a quadriplegic. Search underway for the next Oakland Police chief. It would be the fourth permanent chief since 2009. The mayor hopes to hire as soon as possible. The city plans to pay a company 100,000 to help find a new chief. The Current Interim police chief plans to apply. The murder trial of joseph naso has gone to the jury. He defending himself that he murdered four women. Today he completed closing arguments. The case went to the jury. Someone spotted writing on a truck in the parking lot. It read joseph naso was charged with my sister. The owner was the brother of one of the victims. There is a warning tonight about scammers claiming to be associated with a Company Secret shopper. It is a nationwide scam that two residents almost fell victim to. They sent them large cashiers checks and told theme return 17 them to return 1,700. But instead they contacted authorities. Av transit plans to meet to discuss the next step in the labor dispute. Employees voted 567 to 257 to reject the contract agreement that was reached earlier this month. It included a 9. 5 raise. So far a. C. Transit management havent commented. As for bart, no scheduled talks. The two sides havent had any talks since a judge order a 60 day cooling off period. They are waiting for a mediator to set a new schedule. The cooling off period ends october 10. New school year got underway today in San Francisco and police were out to help children. There will also be extra patrols again tomorrow. Police will be looking for drivers violating traffic laws. Reminder to drive safely, stop at the crocks for the crosswalks for the children and take your time and watch out for little kids. They have also added 45 more crossing guards. They are on streets with high traffic and in areas with a history of accidents. Now that we know what led up to the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge, some are asking what happens next. If they are going to do anything about the cars, it is not going to do anything. Investigation for nothing. We talked to mechanics about the findings and why they say more needs to be done. Coming up later a giant whale washes ashore why efforts to save him came ufshort. Up short. You heard about the red flag warning, why the first warning could come from this cal fire look out station. Back new the red flag warning. We told you about at the top of the newscast. A live look at dry hills in the south bay. Ktvus robert handa has a closer view of the conditions and joins us now live above the hills to show us cal fires response to the red flag warning. Reporter we are way up high at the cal fire look out station. And as you would expect they have a view of the Santa Clara Valley and the bay area. It is part of a network that went into action this morning right after the red flag warning. Reporter a volunteer took his spot on the look out station this morning. He will remain here 4400 feet above the valley from dawn to dark till the red flag warning alert is lifted. The focus is on Lightning Strikes from the thunderstorms. We look for smoke columns. We try to determine what the smoke is like, dark, light, building, tapering off. And study it and get a reading and radio morgan hill with the information and let them dispatch equipment. Reporter they came up to see the same view if fun and they are glad to know a person is on the look out. It is important. You have to have someone who is available to immediately take action. And make decisions about okay, what do we do next. Reporter they say the look out and crucial right now. In this particular case because there isnt a lot of precipitation associated with the storms, with the dry fuel conditions, lightning has a higher probability of causing fires. Reporter that concern extends into the bay area. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. More on life as a look out in a look out station. Robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. Fire crews were prepared when a fire broke out. An lecerallal an electrical fire. They had the fire out in 10 minutes. We want to catch fires early if we can. That is the case today. We had the fire that spread and we were able to get here quickly. The hill next to the fire had been mowed that helped keep the flames from spreading and any mowing should be done in the morning because during had heat of the day could cause a fire. The largest wildfire in Northern California burns out of control in the foothills. The american fire doubled in size. The fire has burned more than 14,000 acres and growing on dry, steep terrain. A red flag warning has been issued in the area through wednesday due to the threat of lightning and winds. Across the state, 5,000 firefighters are battling 10 different fires. This according to cal fire. One of the largest where 2,000 acres burned. It broke out friday afternoon and only 45 contained. The fire is threatening 400 homes and evacuation orders are still in place. With more on the fire danger right here in the bay area, our chief meteorologist bill martin. Tracking the storms. They are scattered. Last thing you need, we heard from robert handa, listen,lash thing we need is last thing we need is dry Lightning Strikes. A look at what is happening outside. This is the current situation, you see this area, i will put it in, this is significant stuff. Moving the wrong way. Going off shore. Lets back it up and see where it was earlier this afternoon. I will go all the way back. 11 20. Right . Santa cruz. Look how quickly it develops. That is where we are. The next few days, the same mechanisms will be in place for that kind of development. If that came over the bay area we would have Lightning Strikes and fires. There is more of the same stuff out there wednesday. They will become more aggressive into tomorrow merchandise right now a red flag warning tomorrow. Right now a red flag warning. You get the picture. High fire danger as the thunderstorms could pop up tonight, tomorrow and early wednesday morning. Kind of a unsettled fire danger pattern. Dense fog along the beach. Mid60s, upper 60s around the bay for the evening. Mild evening. Over night lows, redwood city, 60. 64 morgan hill. These are over night lows, mid 60s. Moist, humid, warm air lingers. Clouds coming through. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, looks like there is clouds and then you see clearing. This is fog along the coast. Temperatures drop off tomorrow. Back to school time. This is west Contra Costa County. They are back in school tomorrow. 78 degrees at lunchtime for the kids. Low 80s into the afternoon hours. Fiveday forecast with your bay area weekend in view chance of showers monday, tuesday, wednesday and even into wednesday morning hours. Highs, temperatures trend down a little bit. Tracking the pop up thunderstorms, you saw how quickly that developed. That would be a big deal in the bay area. Thank you. The wind was a farct today in the americas cup on San Francisco bay. Organizers scheduled two races today to make up for the two this weekend because of high winds. The teams completed one raises before the weather forced the canc race before the weather forced the cancellation of another. Up next here, hollywood is mourning the death of a popular actor only 29 years old. And a bazaar kidnapping case in Southern California leads authority has to the south bay. Julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6 00 p. M. A birthday without the cake or presents. The reason this mother honors her daughters special day and a man tries to light another man on fire and why commuters are concerned. These stories and more coming up new at 6 00 p. M. 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. A pimping operation was broken up today. Police arrested four men and accused them of kidnapping. All five are from the south bay and planned to force the victim into prostitution. It began on thursday when the victim was kidnapped in Los Angeles County at gun point. She was very distraught, she was very scared. She wasnt a willing participate. Police say the suspected abducted the girl in compton and then took her to a hotel in riverside county. Two of the men sexually assaulted the victim and then told her she would befogsed to have sex for money be forced to have sex for money. Today ktvu spoke to the brother of two of the suspects and the brothers told him the victim was a prostitute. They dont force people into sex trades and things like that. I have never seen them with those weapons. Police arrested the suspects. They face multiple charges. All are from san jose or gilroy. This is an active investigation and police are concerned there may be more victims involved. Search continues for a hit andrun driver ain a weekend in a weekend crash that killed a pedestrian. Saturday night he was crossing when witnesses say a ford struck him. It salight cull is a light color with a red stripe down the hood. Former disney star Lee Thompson Young was found dead today in los angeles. The 29yearold actor starred in the famous jet jackson. Colleagues are heart broken and his manager said he was a brilliant young actor. Authorities say he took his own life. Our coverage on the deadly deadly limo fire continues. The california Highway Patrol concluded their investigation but what does that mean for limo drivers and their mechanics. A strange sight for beachgoers, how this whale ended up here and the efforts to save him that came up short. And a political heavy weight take as trip to tahoe and it is not for a vacation. Continuing coverage of our top tory. Story. The california Highway Patrol released their findings on last mays deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. Investigators have concluded the fire that broke out in the rear of the limo was accidental. No charges are being filed. And despite reports the chp says the driver of the limo was not talking on the smart phone at the time of the fire. Ktvus rob roth is live in south San Francisco and tells us drivers and mechanics are hoping something positive comes from this tragic loss of life. Rob . Reporter drivers and mechanics are not surprised by the conclusions of the california Highway Patrol but they hope the outcome will improve the safety of limooes limos. Reporter many vehicles that come in for service are limos. The owner showed is us the underside. This area failed according to investigators. That caused friction from the drive shaft and caused sparks followed by the fire. The mechanic said knowing what happened and preventing it are separate issues. Didnt do anything about the cars, not going to do anything. Investigation for nothing. They have to have this car inspected. Reporter drivers say their vehicles are checked annually but one driver said only tires, lights and seatbelts are inspected. Front suspension, rear suspension, seatbelts, signal lights, lights, the breaks, the tires, these very important for the safety inspection. Reporter drivers said the investigation concluded what they suspected. Double check the car too, double check with the management if they have the opportunity to go over the car. Take care of the car more. Let the mechanic know about it. Reporter that is the lesson here . Right. That is the lesson here. Reporter drivers we spoke with noted the limo involved in the fire had two more passengers than allowed. Reporting live in south San Francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. Our web team put up video of the News Conference on www. Ktvu. Com. Bay area blues