Rainy time leading up to christmas. Spencer is here with the forecast. Well start with this, no green showing up on the screen. Radar is not picking up any precipitation. This is a few from the tower, looking out over san francisco. If youre looking north ward the skies are bright but the clouds are the dominant feature in the sky. Theres a storm coming this weekend that will begin a pattern of unsettled weather that will continue through christmas. Well see the next wave of Stormy Weather pushing into the north bay late in the day, reaching all parts of the bay area by sunday morning. Strong gusty winds, snow in the sierra. This is going to be a significant storm. It will continue through monday. Thats just for starters. What does santa have planned for us later in the week . Ill give you a closer look a little bit later in the news cast. Larry and kristen. Ill see you then. I have a feeling we know what he has planned. More rain. Rain yeah. Look at the scene here. A massive oak tree crashed in on a home. The homeowners said no one was hurt. Power was out or cut and hes not allowed back in until the tree is removed and the roof is covered. Reporter good evening, guys. This is the tree that came down. Crews stopped work just a short while ago. This tree is massive and it could take a few more days to clean up. The roots that rped up from the ground showed just how massive this huge oak tree is that landed on this house. The homeowner reported that a large oak tree had fallen over the roof of his house and it punctured the roof into the ceiling of his living room. Reporter no one was injured and the damage was limited to this one house. But the house has been red tagged and the homeowner cant come back until the tree is removed and the hole in the roof is covered. One tree expert says big trees falling is an ongoing problem throughout the bay area. Roots are weak because of the drought. The tree fills with water whichh saturates the soil. It was very muddy because of the rain we had for the last month or so. The tree fell over because of its own weight. Reporter jill and her family have lived on this street years. Todays crash has them taking a look around their yard to see what needs to be done. We were so concerned about fires for obvious reasons. Hadnt really thought about this. I thought theres no fire risk at the moment but now i see other risks. Cal fire wants to remind people this is not just an issue with big trees like this one. They suggest if you think your trees have a problem or need to be trimmed, call a professional to get some advice. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Ansar, thank you. New details in the hills borrow heiress murder case. The man is a freeman. A hung jury in a trial earlier this year. The same jury acquitted the codefendant, tiffany lee. She gives the case the nickname. She made history early in the case by posting more than 60 billion in bail. They are murdering of keith green. His body was found almost two weeks later. He was last seen outside a restaurant talking to lee. Abc 7 has been covering the case since 2016 and she is live outside the jail in redwood city. Melanie. Reporter yeah, the san mateo District Attorneys Office that decided not to retry said that decision was based on conversations they had with about half the jurors following the trial who said the evidence simply wasnt there. Free from custody for the first time in approximately 3 1 2 years. Can you tell us what youre feeling right now . The san ma today District Attorney says justice was not served. As of today, there will be nobody held accountable for keith greens murder. The evidence ultimately was not enough. Reporter prosecutors charged tiffany lee and viot with the murder. The jury acquitted lee who was already released and was hung on viot. The question was today was will we retry him . Did i feel something could occur differently in another trial. I concluded the answer was no. He was never guilty of the crime, so its the right decision. I felt the evidence was sufficient to prove that the two of them were responsible for greens death. A jury told us otherwise and thats how our system works. Reporter but at least one juror is questioning her decision. She asked we not show her face. We worked so hard and i now have to rely on exactly what colleen relies on which is karma and the fact that these people have to live with what they did. Sometimes cases just simply dont measure up. Reporter all of that said, viot could still be charged again later. Theres no statute of limb talgss for murder. She cannot be charged again by the state of california. Meanwhile, the body guard and trainer who faced accessory to murder charges for dumping greens body remains in custody. Prosecutors cut a deal with him but ultimately did not call him as a witness. San mateo county District Attorney says if he could roll back the clock, he would have never cut that deal. Still he says he does not believe the jury would have convicted adella on murder charges. Adella will be sentenced on accessory to murder charges, the charges he pleaded guilty to on january 10th. It is possible with the number of years it has taken with this case that hes already served all the time hell be sentenced to. And in at that case, he could be released that day. Live in redwood city, abc 7 news. Melanie, thank you. Another pedestrian has been killed on the streets of san jose. As the city inches closer to reaching an alltime annual high for traffic related fatalities. This happened at the intersection of center road and needles drive not far from a large park. It comes after a separate deadly collision in the neighboring town of los gatos involving a San Jose CityCouncil Candidate. Reporter this afternoon, may makeshift memorial honors an 85yearold killed in this intersection. She was in a marked cross walk, but police say she wasnt able to fully cross before the light turned green and ended up getting hit. In this case, the driver stayed on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. We spoke to the chairman of the Bicycle Safety advisory committee. This affects everybody. We all get in a car at some point. Were not safe from this problem. In recent years the city narrowed some streets to reducee speeds. However the tragedy now marks the 59th trafficrelated fatality of the year, just one short of the alltime high recorded in 2015. The incident comes just days after a devastating collision in nearby los gatos. Late monday morning, San Jose CityCouncil CandidateJenny Higgins struck and killed 66yearold star ki. Higgins who serves as president and cofounder of womens march bay area released a statement saying in part, my heart goes out to the mans family and loved one as they are suffering this tragic loss. Words cannot adequately express my sorrow, and i ask for your support in accepteding your thoughts and condolences to the devastated family. Police say the collision and its cause remain under investigation. In the south bay, chris wynn, abc 7 news. A san jose familys Christmas Tree may have started the fire that destroyed their house this morning. No one inside was hurt thanks to the quick actions of an 11yearold. Abc 7 News Reporter talked to the young hero. Reporter this is one of those hugs you wish would never end, a grandmother loving on her hero granddaughter who saved their lives when their home caught fire early thursday morning. I woke up and went to check my elf on the shelf andent back inside my room. And then all i saw was black smoke and i saw fire. Thats when berlin did exactly what she was supposed to do, waking up her sister, mom, dad, and grandmother to get out fast. This is all thats left behind now, the home completely destroyed. Cause is under investigation. Theres a possibility the Christmas Tree was involved. All the presents under the tree are also gone, a sad reality for the family less than a week from Christmas Day. I had just bought her gift. It was i got it on groupon. It was a visco girl reporter the family sad about the presents not being under the tree anymore but theyre just most grateful that all of them made it out safely. Were hearing the familys cat is not as lucky. The cat was not able to make it out. Were hearing the home is a total loss. Theyre going to be taken in by the red cross. Everyone so thankful for the quick thinking actions of that 11 year old girl. Abc 7 news. Marines who were nearby at the Marine Corps Reserve center brought clothes and jackets to the family. Just a short while ago, san jose firefighters went back to the house to donate gifts. They posted these pictures on facebook. The gifts had been donated by the community as part of the toy drive that the Fire Department supports. Theres also a gofundme page that raised over 6,000. A Good Samaritan helped a stabbing victim on a b. A. R. T. Train last month. This morning the b. A. R. T. Board recognized Sophia Humphrey for her act of heroism. She came to the assistance of Tyrone Williams who had been stabbed after trying to stop a man from stealing the shoes. Humphrey lifted herself from her wheelchair and wiggled over to williams to comfort him. More people should have that mindset to help others whereas so that it wouldnt necessarily be so amazing that just people naturally just help people. Williams act of heroism cost him his life. The man who stabbed him is now in custody. Coming up, political battle, the war of words between the senate and house leadership one day after the president was impeached by the house. Tracking your data, a shocking report that found out just how much information you are really sharing with your phone and changing up the topic, the unusual gadge blow a kiss into the sun we need someone to lean on blow a kiss into the sun all we need is somebody to lean on swedens greetings. Enjoy your first payment on us when you lease a new volvo. Now through january 2nd. A day after the president was impeached, Top Senate Republicans still denouncing the move. Mitch mcconnell even accusing Speaker Pelosi of being afraid to send the shotty work product to the senate. Thats a quote. Reporter a new battle over impeachment. When will the articles be sent to the senate. When tla wrote the constitution, they expected there could bay rogue president. I dont think they suspected we could have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. The move came after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said last week he was working if had total coordination with the white house. And this week on the senate floor said he was not an impartial juror. They said it was so urgent it could not wait for due process, but now theyre content to sit on their hands. Reporter it all followed wednesdays historic vote, impeaching a president for the third time in history. Article one is adopted. Reporter the charge is abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Democrats say President Trumps actions left him no choice. They accuse him of inviting foreign interference into the election by pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden. Then blocking witnesses with direct knowledge of what happened with ukraine from testifying in the impeachment hearings. The votes mostly along party lines with not a single republican voting to impeach the president. I dont feel like im being impeached because its a hoax. Its a set up. Its a horrible thing they did. They happen to have a small majority and they took that small majority and they forced people. Reporter january 6th was the expected start date of the senate trial, but that date is now in jeopardy as Senate Republicans and democrats continue to negotiate the terms of the trial. Really though, the ball is in Speaker Pelosis court. Abc news, washington. Well, President Trump is the third president to be impeached. The first was Andrew Johnson in 1868. Bill clinton was impeached in 1999. Both were acquitted by the senate and not removed from office. Now, president Richard Nixon was almost impeached. The House Judiciary Committee passed three articles of impeachment, but nixon resign before an actual vote. Tonight seven candidates will debate for the final time this year. Joe biden, pete klobuchar, sanders, warren, and yang. The next debate is january 14th in iowa just a few weeks ahead of the caucuses. Honor local fans think is overdue, raiders receiver cliff branch and 49ers roger craig among the finalists for the sent yall class of 2020. Its a group of player, coaches, and con ttributors. Branch was a deep threat with the raiders, blazing speed, won three super bowls, played in three afc championship games. He died back in august. Roger craig also won three super bowls. He was the first in history to have a thousand yards rushing and receiving in the same season. Among coaches nominated tom flores along with mike hol m gwen and dick verymeal. Many of those names long overdue. I love watching those guys. Ah, that was the days. We could have those days again someday. Perhaps this season. Weve got interesting weather coming our way, pretty active pattern developing in the week leading up to christmas. Dry conditions prevail right now. In fact, skies are actually not terribly cloudy. Looks pretty did i say crowdy . Looks pretty cloudy from this perspective. Its currently 59 degrees city, 60 at oakland. Mid 50s at gilroy and half moon bay. We have bright spots out there. Temperature readings in the mid to upper 50s at santa rosa, petaluma, napa, fairfield, concord, and liver more. This is a view of the golden gate. These are forecast features, increasing clouds but dry tonight and tomorrow. Wet windy storm arrives late saturday, continues through the weekend and into monday. That unsettled pattern will continue through next week. Overnight lows will be mainly in the id many to upper 40s. Little chillier in some of the inland valley locations where those drop into the low 40s but itll be dry. Then tomorrow under partly cloudy skies look for high temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s narrow range of temperatures about 59 to 61 or 62 degrees in most locations. Lets look ahead to saturday when the next storm comes in. 8 00 saturday morning at which point itll be cloudy. Then by midday to Late Afternoon well see rain arriving. Itll be fairly steady and widespread and even heavy at times in the north bay at first and then spreading saturday and sunday morning with some snow falling over the higher elevations, way up north and in the sierra. Snow is expected as well. Itll still be raining here in the bay area on sunday. The storm wont wind down until monday. So, we have quite some active weather coming our way to that threeday period saturday through monday. Wind gusts starting saturday morning will start to kick up a little bit. Well see gusts up to 35 to 40milesperhour especially near the coast late saturday and early sunday morning. It will taper off a bit late sunday afternoon. It will bring substantial rain fall and strong wind and prompted Winter Weather advisory for the sierra. We may see over a foot of snow in some locations in the sierra. On saturday as the storm arrives so does winter. Winter solstice occurs at 8 19 p. M. Thats Pacific Standard time. 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Max and bella tops for dogs while oliver and luna were number one male and female cat names. Liam and emma for the most popular names for human babies. Abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman with a closer look at the fur babies. Reporter it could be the beginning of the rest of his life for a terrier mix puppy who began his day at marin human. Hes the one. Reporter so, barbara and debra spent the morning get to know him, pondering small questions and large ones like the name he had been given. Milo. We might change the name. I like this name, but we might change the name. Reporter it is a talking point that mattered to dog people across america today. Cooper, kei, and cali. Reporter for the record, max and bella for dogs, oliver and luna for cats. And if you look down the list, all 40 names, all of them share one