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Weather forecast indicates chance of dry lightening this weekend By Olivia Wynkoop KTVU's Rosemary Orozco has your Bay Area forecast for Friday, July 16, 2021. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA - Thunderstorms with chances of dry lightning might make their way to the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.   As mid-level moisture makes its way across the Central Coast and Bay Area, upper-level disturbance from British Columbia will cause a lobe of energy to hit the region from the northwest, the weather service said Thursday. This might bring thunderstorms and chances ...

The Bay Area may see thunderstorms, dry lightning this Sunday July 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz, California around 3 a.m. Sunday morning August 16, 2020. Weather forecasts are currently showing potential thunderstorms and dry lightning in the Bay Area on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)Shmuel Thaler/Associated Press Thunderstorms with chances of dry lightning might make their way to the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. As mid-level moisture makes its way across t...

Since the CZU fires, Cal Fire's San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties division, Cal Fire CZU, as well as other county groups have been working on various projects to protect against wildfires. Woodside and Portola Valley have both stepped up their fuel reduction efforts, said Denise Enea, former Woodside Fire Protection District fire marshal and president of Fire Safe San Mateo County, the organization dedicated to protecting property and the environment for county residents in the wildland/urban interface. “It's not just going to be more engines, it’s not just going to be more hand crews, it...

 Instead of using a paper map to devise a plan and coordinate evacuations, fire agencies can now use a simple computerized interface.

Aiming to prevent a repeat of last year's devastating CZU Lightning Complex wildfire that burned 86,000 acres, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention suspended burn permits in San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties.