case died of drug-related causes. the death came four days after he was released from jail. prosecutors were unable to charge him due to lack of evidence so authorities had no choice but to release him. he became a person of interest after a security video apparently captured him near the spot where a suitcase with a torso inside wour found. police suspect the body may be that of his friend who is missing. the medical examiner has yet to determine a cause of death. we spoke with a friend who says the last time he saw him was friday and said he maintained his innocence and asked for a sleeping bag. >> i look down and i said good to see him. i don't know what the problem was. we stood up and he said can i

get a bag? i got him a bag and that was pretty much it. >> reporter: in a statement public defender said i am sorry to learn he died saturday morning. during the short time i represented mark i found him to be a kind and engaging person. we will have more on this story tonight at 11:00. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. most of the bay area was soaked with rain today and there could be more wet weather tonight. the rain hit hard in san francisco this morning pounding wind shields and roads. puddles as the rain kept coming down. we found a car with water half way up the wheel. in the south bay the extra rainfall had the creek gushing. the water is needed after the driest january on record. more about the rain we have seen and the rain that is still to come with a look at live doppler

7 hd. >> the heaviest of the rain has pushed out of the bay area but we are tracking pockets of rainfall. take a look at live doppler 7 hd. activity right around san francisco, the city about to be inundated with isolated heavier pockets of rain indicating isolated down pours pushing in from the west. as we move to the south bay still wet weather. light showers continue to fall at this hour. we saw steady rain throughout sunday. sfo with over an inch of rain. oakland just shy of an inch of rain. winds were whipping. peak wind gusts 49 miles per hour. sfo at 45 miles per hour. oakland with wind gusts of 44 miles per hour. taking a look at the next 12 hours we still see scattered pockets of showers across the region as well as gusty winds from 20 to 40 miles per hour. those winds will keep us rather

mild in the 50s and 60s. we have a chance of rain on your monday. we will time it out for you with the full forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you. several days of wind and rain have taken their toll on the bay area. abc 7 news reporter is live in nevada with a look at the storm damage. >> reporter: a lot of the damage happened here in the rome family's backyard. this huge tree fell smashing this backyard gazebo in two. saturated ground likely to blame for the tree falling. the storm caused big problems. the chp says wet roads may have caused this gas tanker to overturn spilling 4,000 gallons of gas into a culvert. haz-mat crews were on scene trying to clean it up. >> the good news it has been raining so much it is heavily diluted. >> i think it is terrible devastating. >> always thought the bay tree

in hur backyard would stand forever but the tree toppled taking out her backyard gazebo and just missing her roof line by inches. >> good thing nobody was in the backyard at the time. >> very good nobody was home at that time. you never know. they don't give you a warning like i'm going to come down. >> reporter: nevada building inspectors have green tagged her home. the family can stay but must keep away from back windows until the tree is gone. tree crews have a big job removing it. in san francisco a car wreck on southbound 101 near oyster point boulevard when a taxi and car collided after a possible spinout. no injuries. i was sitting down in my living room and i see the big tree coming down. >> reporter: a shock when this 30 foot tree tumbled right across luckily missing any

passing cars. in san francisco heavy rain caused lots of street flooding. umbrellas were put to good use. darled and heidi arnold are visiting from ohio. >> came to see the sea lions. >> reporter: the rain just a small dent in the drought but the bay area needs every drop. >> take a look at this. a tree toppled falling on to a car this morning in the berkeley hills. the tree fell when saturated soil gave way. a second car was also damaged. you can see the tree blocked the entire street. in santa clara county part of highway 9 was closed this afternoon when a large tree branch fell across the roadway near red wood road. the tree knocked down power lines and trapping at least one car between the tree and power lines. the wires were not on the car and no one was hurt. fire crews have made progress containing a large

wildfire that has destroyed 40 homes and forced two towns to evacuate. the fire is burning near the nevada state line. it has destroyed about 7,000 acres. officials say the fire is 65% contained. dozens of power poles have come down creating hazards for 250 residents who have been evacuated. meanwhile, firefighters are relieved that strong winds which have been fuelling the fire have died down. >> when you are dealing with 50 to 70 miles per hour sustained winds for a three hour period everything the wind is at your face. it's difficult to stand. smoke is in your face. it absolutely hampers efforts. you can't breathe. you can't see. >> three people have been hurt. the fire started friday near highway 395. the cause is under investigation. abc 7 can help you track a storm anytime with live doppler 7 hd. the app is free on apple's app

store or google play. oakland police have just released a suspect sketch in the sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy. police say this man lured the boy last month. officers tell us the man was unkempt, had salt and pepper hair and may have been known to loiter in the area. tonight firefighters believe the fire is suspicious. one person has minor injuries. more than 15 people live there. investigators believe it was a boarding home. building inspectors say the home is now unsafe to live in. the red cross is helping the residents tonight. still ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, why investigators are taking a closer look at what

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police are looking at bruce jenner's phone records after he was involved in a deadly car crash. officers want to know if the reality star and former olympian was talking or texting right before his suv slammed into a car that had rear ended another car. the woman in the car died. tmz reports jenner was holding a cigarette, not a phone, right before the crash. jenner was not hurt. samsung has been forced to defend its smart tv policy. the policy reads beware if spoken words include personal or sensitive information that will be among data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of voice recognition. samsung's smart tvs have internet access and can be controlled using your voice. the privacy policy warns consumers that what they say will be collected as data and

can be accessed by other companies. people on twitter compare policies for 1984 in which the government is constantly doing surveillance on people. samsung responded saying samsung takes consumer privacy very seriously and we have practices including data encryption to secure personal information and prevent unauthorized collection or use. tech analysts say the security policy is a legal protection in case someone uses your tv to spy on you. next at 6:00 lawmakers plan to issue a series of bills designed to minimize california's impact on climate change. we'll let you know how it would effect you. heavy showers are over. you may not want to put away your rain coat just yet. we will hear from the ball

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a big step that could change the way we get around and live in our homes. state lawmakers want california drivers to make a bigger shift to electric and hybrid vehicles drive less and use public transportation more. they envision a 50% reduction in the price of gas by the year 2030 and want california to get half energy from wind and solar within five years. the proposal meets state climate change goals. let's get a check of that forecast as we have been saying heavy rain is gone but what is next? >> we are seeing popup down pours at this hour. live doppler 7 hd they are rather hit or miss. where you are seeing rain it could be coming down rather heavy. let's take the first stop into the east bay. the line of showers moving into the inner east bay. we will time it out for you. concord in eight minutes.

bay point about 14 minutes. fairfield will see the line of more moderate rain in about 22 minutes. in the north bay pockets of down pours right now. you will see a down pour in san rafael and area of isolated down pours working into where you live. it is rather mild. it is damp and we are in the 60s. 63 in san francisco. 61 in oakland. 64 in concord. 65 in hayward and 63 right now in san jose. satellite and radar will show you the storm system very nicely spinning well to the north and east. as the center of this low pressure scrapes by the bay area tonight could touch off more down pours tomorrow morning. the forecast into future mode 10:00 tonight till areas of down pours developing. even for the monday morning rush can't rule out a shower across the region. as a storm moves away by the afternoon and evening we start

to dry out the area. wind gusts rather breezy. 41 miles per hour wind gusts. 38 at napa. 22 at fairfield. tomorrow morning the winds will relax. by 7:00 winds generally less than 20 miles per hour. so for the next couple of hours under the wind advisory until 10:00 tonight for gusts over 45 miles per hour and the potential is still there for downed trees and also downed power lines. there is a cold component to this storm. take a look at the winter weather advisory. could see lake level snow up to five inches but above 7,000 feet in higher elevations a foot and a half of snow is possible. watch what happens when the storm pulls out. the storm door shuts temporarily once again and we warm up. san francisco your average high this time of year 60 degrees. by the weekend flirting with 70s for a couple of days. overnight lows pockets of drizzle have picked up. we see temperatures falling into

the mid 50s. highs for your monday showers primarily in the first half of monday and by the afternoon we dry out and winds relax. highs low to mid 60s across the board. here is your seven day forecast. tuesday dense fog developing across the region. it will go to sunshine by the afternoon and then warming trend on wednesday. it's rather mild on thursday. that spring fling on friday. valentine's day still rather mild and dry in the mid 70s. warm winds continue even into sunday of next week. have the umbrella handy tonight, early tomorrow morning by tomorrow afternoon we dry out. >> thank you. this sports report is brought to you by bank of the west. >> more fan fest. >> they held their fan fest at oracle arena. we needed name tags for the current roster that was dismantled by general manager. >> he was very active in the

offseason. >> well known players like josh donaldson. fan fest will just be a bunch of players with name tags going from payroll to payroll getting to know each other. spoke to the fans and admitted there were a lot of changes but the goal remains to win the world series. >> the secret be told it was actually the marketing department's idea to make the trades because they said we would sell more shirt jerseys. we think this is a good team. we have done this before. if it doesn't work we will make other moves because that is what we do. we are not just going to wait for things to develop. we will try to be proactive. i think myself and bob are real pleased and excited about and think we got a real good club that will compete for the division title. >> our expectations don't change not with the guys we brought in. you look at it early on and you are thinking what are we doing

here? and then i think when you see the last few moves so it all came together at the end as far as what the team should look like going into spring. >> fans frustrated with the garage sale this offseason. after donaldson was traded went to twitter to voice his frustration. now that he has seen a roster his fears have gone away. >> i think a little bit of emotion getting caught up with people taking their own way but we got great guys and that is how this game goes and that is how billy works. we question if billy knows what he is doing. >> there are a lot of guys that we have to learn names and faces. it's great that we have our name on the back of our jerseys. we kind of need names on the front, too. we have started getting to know each other. >> name tags for everybody at spring training. game winning buckets in the

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