victim's body was discovered. sergio quintana is live where this bizarre investigation began. >> reporter: bizarre indeed. at this point we're actually trying to figure out exactly where police found that barrel with the body stuffed inside but they were quickly able to piece together where it came from. overnight investigators were able to go to a mobile home park nearby and that's what led to the arrest of 40-year-old christopher mcgnat. i talked brief live with a woman who says she is an ex-girlfriend of mcnat and cannot believe he is now in jail facing murder charges. >> i'm just shocked. there's no reason for this. this is not a violent person. i'm just trying to catch my breath, just seems to surreal lighto now. >> this is the mobile home park where employs traced the barrel to.

residents here tell me they heard arguing coming from the mobile home parked at space 93. the resident of that mobile home was not there when we went by, but residents pointed out that one of the 55-gallonym recycling bins is missing and someone was loading it into a toyota pickup truck last4 night at about 10:00 p.m. now, investigators have released the name of the man who was killed. he is 64-year-old ronald gordonm/o satagu. police are trying to piece together exactly how these two men knew each other, and what led to this bizarre murder. reporting liveq sergio fin -- quinn tan fa. >> two people are dead and 30 displaced after a fire destroyed several apartments overnight in west oakland. lisa amin gulezian is live from the scene with more. have residents been able to get back inside? >> reporter: people have been coming and going for the past

hour or two grabbing what they can before the construction company behind me boards everything up. meantime investigators are focusing on the back of the building. that's where the fire started and where two men died. >> we had companies on the roof giving holds opened up crews inside with nozzles. hitting the fire and then pulling down ceilings'o to get at the hidden fire. >> the fire destroyed a beloved artist's work and living space. but even before the smoke lifted and daylight arrived it was clear two people were dead. neighbors believe daniel mo thomas and his male roommate died in their apartment. these are photos taken from inside the loft and investigators believe the fire started near the victim's bed. >> right across from our door is his space. it's just charcoal. it's weird. >> reporter: san francisco

gallery owner joan mclaughlin is devastated. she gave thomas his first gallery show two years ago. he was set to open his first solo show in the fall. >> mo was a very unique man. he has this very tough exterior covered with tattoos. one with the lips of his girlfriend on the side of his neck. yet he has a very warm loving heart, very sensitive man. and that was definitely something that ÷ was present in the work he created. >> a young man very talented artist and very sad what happened. >> reporter: more than 30 people are homeless tonight. many went to the red cross for help. oakland's mayor met them there, promising to help get their artist space re-opened as soon as possible. >> the city has got to inspect and we want to be shoe that moves along smoothly. >> the cause of theçó fire is unknown but investigators don't think it was arson, in oakland

abc7 abc7 news. >> police are searching for a suspect in a shooting at golden gate park. investigators tell mohns what shot in the stomach by the gate ats thick afternoon.i] police found the victim a couple blocks away. the victim, it expected to live. the point audrey pot t have agreed to set al wrong. death laut. the settlement is with only one of the teenage boys cuted of sexually soughting.t. she was unconscious when the attacks took place. she committed suicide a week later. her parents' attorney says they settle width the one boy was rae morseful and truthful what happened that night. a san francisco judge today said that a venture capitalist's attorney may seek punitive damages in a lawsuit against her former silicon valley employer. ellen powell is suing for

$16 million. she is claiming discrimination and retaliation after having an affair with a senior colleague. powell's husband run as hedge phoned which she says went bankrupt about the time the filed the suit. to weather now and small but welcome changes on the way overnight. a live look right now from the golden gate bridge camera. while it was a beautiful day across the bay area, you seal the fog moved in on the bridge early this afternoon, and it did not leave. sticking around. also moving in soon, some rain showers. abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma has more on when they'll arrive. >> that picture from the golden gate bridge perfectly tells the story. we had sunshine early on and now we're seeing the clouds thicken, first along the coast and then east into many of our inland locations. live doppler 7hd right now will show you for the moment being we're not tracking any moisture. the clouds have arrived first and the showers are not too far

behind them. live look outside showing you the clouds are thickening so the even manager for the next couple off hours of a mixture of and uncloud, the sun goes down at 7:22 mainly cloudy by 9:00. later tonight and during the midnight hour that the spotty showers start to pop up in the forecast. this isn't the only chance we have over the next 48 hours of wet weather. we'll detail the timing closer in the full accuweather forecast nearly 100 guns are off san francisco streets thanks to the san francisco pot clubs. a gun buyback event was held this morning at the community center in the western edition. san francisco police officer collected everything from small handguns to large assault rifles no questions asked. san francisco cannabis clubs donated most of the now buy the guns. community leaders organized the effort with the goal to cut down on gun violence in the city.

>> i've been shot. i've shot at. and i know how these guns get into the hands of youth and hurt people and how families are hurt and destroyed behind these guns. so i'm 100% behind it. >> if you missed today's event but have a gun that you want to get out of your house you can it to yourg

the chp in oakland posted these photos of a car on fire on westbound i-80. the driver was not hurt. officers say this is a reminder for all drivers to make sure their car's cooling systems are working especially with fire season just around the corner. protesters gathered in san francisco today to say no to war on this 12th anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq. organizers say the demonstration is in solidarity with today's antiwar rally at the white house. >> people of this country are especially responsible if we live here to stand up and say no and to say this is not in our name. we refuse to accept endless war for u.s. empire and we have to stop it. >> protesters say they're calling for an end to all wars across the globe and america's growing military intervention. coming up next at 6:00, plans for a shared stadium for the raiders and chargers move

forward. the milestone reached in southern california today. taking a live look outside, abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the forecast. >> one number one seed survives. the other is in serious trouble. on the women's side, stanford in serious trouble in their opener. would they

to the latest now on our historic drought. state energy officials are saying california will have to=ó- increase its use of fossil fuel burning power plants because there's less metaling snow to run turn binds at dams that produce hydroelectricity. the nonprofit pacific institute calculates californians have already paid $1.4 billion more in utility costs because of less hydropower due to the drought. the oakland raiderses raiderses and san diego charge ares are one step closer to getting a new shared stadium south of l.a. a group of supporters collected more than 14,000 signatures in the city of carson, nearly twice the number needed to put the plan before local voters. organizers of the proposed stadium say it's an important

benchmark on the path to constructing a new home for both teams if either fail to get new ones in their current home towns. election officials must now verify the signatures to qualify they plan for the ballot.ñn >> oakland's running festival starts tomorrow. you can expect road closures throughout the morning. fans will be along the race course as well as 12 cheer stations. nearly 10,000 people will be running tomorrow. good luck to all of them and making the rest of us feel quite lazy on sunday. >> it's good when you're returning races, you want it to be cloudy and cool so it's going to be perfect running weather for them.v the live doppler 7hd will show you the clouds are thickening across the region and showers waiting to move in yesterday afternoon officially welcomed the spring season at 3:45 p.m.

that means we see later and later sunsets. tonight the sun going down at 7:22. by june 20th the sun will be sitting at 8:35 the evening. right now temperature-wise, widespread in numbers. the clouds are moving in along the coast so cooler numbers there. 59, half moon bay. 58, san francisco, many spots to the east have lots of sunshine. antioch, 73.s livermore, 71. 62 in hayward fremont, 70. satellite and radar will show you the storm we are tracking. first, sunny skies on this saturday, then in the afternoon&o-% the clouds thickening. the cold front still well to the west5/ not a lot of of moisture and it will be a quick moving system. so future weather, overnight tonight, tomorrow morningîy mq skies and you notice it's not widespread rain very spotty in nature. by sunday afternoon, early

evening hours we'll break f85x a good amountó[ then that front will move through overnight, early monday and we'll see another chance of popup sures around the." region nothing widespread and not a soaking rain that we need. so total rainfall through monday morning you see generally less than a dental-inch around the bay. the best chance to see quarter inch of rain will be in the north bay. but once the system moves out that opens then gate nor warm weather to move back in. fast forward to thursday afternoon and temperatures skyrocket. we'll see low 80s in the south bay. 80s a inland and along the coast, nice warm west wind kicking in tumors into the mild low 70s there. so, overnight tonight we'll see mainly cloudy skies showers popping up around the midnight hour. dropping to 53 in san mateo 53, richmond. 52 overnight flow san jose. then on sunday the wet weather in the first half of the day. then the second half will break for peeks of sunshine.

thet( high of 63 in san francisco tomorrow. 67 in concord. the same in fremont, up to 69 in san jose. tomorrow we have the spotty showers first thing. then dry out for the second half of the afternoon on sunday. then early's -- earl on monday the cold front moves in and then showers to start off the work and school week. by tuesday it's mainly sunny and we begin the warming trend. look at wednesday. these warm winds really kick in. that means 80s make a comeback thursday, hot fort( march. wide-spread 80s across the region low to mid-70s along the coast. saturday it's bright and mild. new information on the showers moving in coming up at 11:00. >> very good, thank you, drew. >> sure. oo: >> hot weather and hot basketball. >> nod parade.

>> oh, good one. >> why die even bother. i just just turn to you've and take it away. >> but you picked villanova to within all. did you? >> yes. >> novak uh-oh. the ultimate bracket buster opportunity for cincinnati. the bearcats trying to do what nobody husband done all year beat kentucky. the wildcats açójf perfect 3-0 cincinnati 23-10. the bearcats bearing down. the shaq thomas can get up. cinci up by three. kentucky up responds with the 10-0 run to winyáthe half. willie cauley-stein. it's massive. ashley judd, where are you. aaron hairsson, first three of the game. cats up eight. cinci unable to make late run. kentucky wins 64-51. they're interior 36-0, moving on.

today against uab no such drama. the blazers stunned iowa state thursday. thisñ is robert brown, two of his 25. alford had 27 against smu. 22 points, five dimes today. that's tony parker. he had 28. ucla up nine at the half. then isaac hamilton lefty finished to go up 12. alford driving and scoring 11th seed ucla into the round of 16. 92-75. arizona takes control in the second half for a 15-point win against ohio state and after stunning baylor georgia state's run comes to an in against xavier. muskeers face arizona. east region villanova, dune seven with three minutes to play against nc state in the south region.jf utah leading georgetown by seven in the second half. stanford beginning their quest for a 13th final fourc appearance today. tara vanderveer seeking win

number 800 on the farm. who is this. fourth seeded cardinal in troll early, bonny samuelson. then good uay in traffic. northridge by one at halftime. here comes stanford, and taylor greenfield had 19. thompson, the jumper. cardial with a 24-4 run to blow this thing open in the second half. thompson again off the steal. 73-60 the final. next up oklahoma on monday. after beating new orleans last night the warriors increase their record to 45-13. hosting utah tonight. up 11 games on the clipes, they're closing in on a division twice title for the first time since 1976. >> one goal was to win our division, and we're closing in on that, and that's a great

accomplishment. when was a long time ago. we should absolutely celebrate it and be excited about it. >> for sure. it's not 70-degree weather every. 30 snowing in montreal. a win over the candiens sharks would be four points out of a playoff spot. then this with 13 minutes left. third round of the arnold palmer invitational. burger, second shot sixth hole 4-iron from 237. drawing it in. that landing, nice role. that's an albatross rory mcilroy three-quarters consecutive bogeys.

cactus league action, a's crush the reds. and the angels beat the giants 3-2 on a walkoff single. tim lincecum looking good: this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. can villanova rally down -- >> yes yes. >> a lot of brackets. >> i'll root for your bracket. i didn't do one. all right. thank you, colin. next at 6:00jf doubling adoption rates at bay area animal shelter. how a simple dna test helped nearly a

davern tests are driving up dog adoptions at a bay area animal shelter they've everying free doan tests on all she would would mixes. openers can fine out what breeds make up their dog and thefá shelter gives the dogs a cute name. for example a dog that was part pincher and part terrier and which i waugh would dubbed a which rorkie. they said dogs that were accommodated twice as fast than

other dog that were similar but did not have dna tests. >> this monday is national puppy day and we're launching a big adoption event. we are gifting into the spirit with photos sent in send us a photo of your favorite pup. you can tweet on into gram the pictures with the hash tag puppies on 7. these are a handful of the cuties t have been sending in. then join us monday morning at 4:30 we'll have a

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