They are saying there is no sign of foul play. They say it appears to be a man in his 30s. But coincidentally there were also signs for a missing person in the area. So they are not positive that man was a victim of the storm. That investigation continues. Now, back out live here in the mountains. Folks here are used to the rain perhaps a little too used to as we saw folks clearing a road in what might be a dangerous manner. The San Lorenzo River is rushing fast. In fact, Carol Hendricks says it appears to be rising more dramatically than she has seen in years. She says 1 1 2 days ago it was tow dry you could walk across the bottom near Downtown Boulder creek. Pretty outrageous and if it keeps raining it will go over the dam. Reporter as heavy rain keeps falling so do trees and eventually electrical wires. Highway 9 was blocked in ben lomond for much of the morning. Pg e says they are in better shape to respond to such situation. Thats because they now have these hightech mobile command units this one in santa cruz. They are stocked with generators, laptops and satellite phones to communicate with other emergency responders. Prepared to respond quickly and effectively to get peoples power back up as soon as possible. Reporter but we found some folks who decided to take matters into their own hands. What happened . I dont know. A tree fell down. I arrived and the road was blocked by a tree. Reporter what did you guys do . We chainsawed it up. Those with chainsaws. The rest of us picked up stuff. Reporter three men in traffic on highway 9 got out of their cars with their own chainsaws and got to work sawing await fallen tree. Another guy used his wire cutters to clear the road. It was a wire down. That was a guy wire. No electricity. It was safe. Reporter okay. Were back live now. Were happy to report no one was hurt in the incident. Folks up here very self sufficient. Several happened to have those chainsaws in the car and took care of business. I spoke to a pg e spokesman and they said it was dangerous. He said if you see a wire, assume it is live wire and get back at least 30 feet. Call 911. Dont try that yourself. Theyre selfsufficient, though. Thanks, joe. Cbs 5 reporter da lin shows us the impact of the storm in the east bay. Da. Reporter well, the skies here above the east bay pretty much cleared up for now. Its a much needed break. This rainstorm caused a lot of damage from oakland to pleasanton. From downed trees to flooded streets headaches were caused for commuters and maintenance workers. We have been busy. A lot of flooding. Reporter a clogged storm drain cost this pleasanton Shopping Center parking lot to flood. Look at the deepest part up to this mans knees. Not too far away on bernal avenue workers were keeping a close watch on the road as water started to submerge the right lane. We saw similar problems across the east bay. Here in oakland, people come to see some of the sidewalks because of flooding. This man hit the curb and almost fell off his bike. Things didnt get better on the freeways, either. A single car spinout on 24 in orinda. And part of a road was closed because of a tree in the road. The tree doesnt look diseased in my opinion. I believe its just wet ground. And they get really top heavy and just the soil is oversaturated right now. A large tree also toppled over and landed on this van in berkeley. You can see the damage on its roof. The people inside were shaken but not hurt. Quite a few the power angles across the bay area, as well. The latest numbers im getting from pg e, 800 customers in the east bay still without power at this time. And across all together in the bay area, 2800 homes and business without power. Dana, ill send it back to you. Thank you. And cbs 5 reporter linda yee is in the north bay where all eyes are on the Russian River right now. Linda. Dana, they are indeed. Watching this river very closely thank goodness for this temporary break in the storms because you can see behind me that the river is very calm right now. But they are bracing for the worst for the next storm to hit tomorrow night. The Russian River is moving fast. Another big storm on the way this weekend could bring water levels within a foot of flood stage by monday morning. People living by the river are nervously watching water rise. Its much higher than usual. The trees are coming down the river at a rapid pace. Reporter they are warning residents who live nearby like yourself to be prepared to move if you have to. Yes. We could very well be told to do that. But we havent yet. But were all hoping for the best, im sure. I came up today boom both eyes are wide open and the river is rise like crazy. Reporter his house sits on the river. The water is already creeping up on to his lower deck. He figures every three to five years he goes through some sleepless nights. When i first moved here i was watching the river like youre seeing it now. I literally saw a house floating down the river. Ill probably sleep with an eye open tonight. Reporter the Russian River has a history of flooding. Al remembers what happened 11 years ago when the river spilled over its banks. The river was probably a couple of feet higher than now and we came down here and watched furniture floating down the river, refrigerators, dresses and things of that nature. Reporter theres also a flood watch for small streams and tributaries all over the east bay. Water levels are rising fast at the Petaluma River baines. Businesses and homes nearby have already sandbagged their properties. Last night the water was about a foot under this drain pipe. By midday today that pipe is nearly under water. Heavy rains overnight flooded roads all over sonoma county. By dawn, rohnert park expressway at stony point was under water. Were standing on the banks of the russian in guerneville and i can tell you in just the last hour during this break in the storm, we have seen this river coming up through the banks very slowly. We have had to move our live shot location just a little bit during that last hour. And dana, tonight that river flood watch will be going on until monday 6 p. M. Could be a long night for a lot of people. Linda yee thank you. Pg e is working to restore power to nearly 3,000 people across the bay area. The north bay is the hardest hit area. 1500 customers still in the dark. And cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran shows us the storm damage in San Francisco. Reporter this not the way you want to start your friday. Just watch out for whatever you park under. Reporter San Francisco police blocked off pine street between laguna and buchanan as the Fire Department got to work trimming that tree, not talking holiday style. Oversaturated ground gave way causing this tree crash on a mercedes just east of San Franciscos Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood. An Area Neighbors say gets the brunt of bad luck during storms. Whats the city going to do to make sure all the rest of the trees dont fall down to make sure everybody else is safe . Reporter nobody in this incident was hurt. But one neighbor told me i guess it goes to show, you cant park anywhere in the city. In San Francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. And you can track the storm anytime with our live highdef Doppler Radar on our website, cbssf. Com weather. This is beyond shocking. A deadly Home Invasion in an unscale bay area community. Why the weather is making the Murder Investigation a race against time. First anthem blue cross. Tonight the other proposed rate hikes for hundreds of thousands of californias healthcare customers. Two to four inches of rain have fallen here at the farm over the past 24 hours. And we still have light rain falling. But it is certainly not dampening the spirits of over 50,000 people who turned out to this important Football Game. Good evening, im Roberta Gonzales with mobile weather as Eyewitness News continues on cbs 5. ,, well, inside the brewer, theres a giant staircase. And the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. Actually, i just press this button. A pgande worker died tody after crashing his truck dug stormy weather. Police say the driver a pg e worker died today after crashing his truck during the stormy weather. Police say that the driver lost control and smashed into a traffic signal pole early this morning in west sacramento. Officers say roads were slick at the time of that crash. Other pg e workers say the driver had been working overtime. A breakin at a multi Million Dollar home end in a murder. It happened early this morning in a gated home on withey road in monte sereno. How the weather is affecting the investigation. Reporter investigators spent the day gathering evidence inside and outside the sprawling hillside estate. Police were called to the scene around 1 30 a. M. By a woman who reported intruders broke into her home beat her up an ransacked the place. Our officers arrived at about 1 42 found the male resident the husband of the caller deceased on the floor. Reporter police have not identified the victim but property records show the estate on withy road belongs to a prominent businessman and owner of the mountain winery concert venue. Police arent saying if there were signs of forced entry but its walled off and they have a security system. Violent crime in this part of the bay area is rare. In fact, the last murder to happen in the Los Gatos Monte Sereno area was back in 2008. Neighbors in this area of multi Million Dollar homes and mansions called the murder shocking. Great place to live, very quiet an private. Reporter melanie lived in this community of 3,000 people for 18 years. If you read the crime report people report dogs pooping on lawns. This is so odd. Its out of let field. But i guess it does happen everywhere and its sad. Theres concern that, you know, the weather is going to, you know, change evidence. You know, so were working hard to collect evidence thats there if there is evidence outside the home. Reporter police say the female victim was taken to a nearby hospital are nonlife threatening injuries and is cooperating with investigators. Len ramirez, cbs 5. Other bay area headlines. Two men charged with murder in the driveby shooting death of a toddler in east oakland are facing new allegations tonight. 27yearold Lawrence Denard and 23yearold Willie Torrence now face gang charges in addition to murder charges. 3yearold carlos nava was shot and killed last year. A rapper from the bay area is under arrest facing Drug Trafficking charges. Michael lott of vallejo who performed under the name miami the most was arrested by federal marshals yesterday in las vegas. He is part of a group of rappers doubling as drug dealers, according to official. He will be brought to california after a Court Appearance in las vegas. In San Francisco, people evacuated this home in the sunset district after it caught fire early this morning. Firefighters searched the due phlox make sure no one else was inside. No injuries were reported and no word how the fire started. Anthem blue cross was first. And now several other Health Insurers jumping on board with their own proposed doubledigit rate hikes. Critics tell cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts the move is a preemptive strike to raise rates before healthcare reform kicks in. A 25 increase. I felt like i had been kicked in the stomach. Reporter this pediatrician feels helpless. Her individual Blue Cross HealthInsurance Premium is going up 300 a month. This could never get away with a 25 increase on a group plan. But were the little guys and we have no power. I think thats right. Reporter group plans have political power so individuals and Small Businesses take the hit year after year and this year many believe insurers are padding their pocketbooks with higher premiums because they cant once the healthcare reform takes effect. If this 25 rate hike went into effect after the federal mandate to buy Health Insurance was in effect, there would be congressional hearings overnight. Reporter they are trying to get in under the ray car while unregulated. Anthem propose 17. 5 increase, aetna 19 , kaiser by 8 and United Healthcare by 10 . Jans insurer says, the Rate Adjustment is necessary to cover increasing medical cost. But he disagrees. We are seeing Health Insurance rates going up 10 times faster than the raid of medical inflation. Reporter the rate hike proposals are now in the Insurance Commissioners desk but he cant stop it. But legislation on the 2014 ballot could change that and force insurers to retro actively refund these rate hikes if they are deemed excessive. On the consumerwatch, julie watts, cbs 5. The weekend is upon us. Paul deanno, batten down the hatches. We are requesting to see a lot of action later on this weekend. Weiner now and then we have 24 hours of just scattered showers. Not banner weather to get out but you will be able to get to point a to point b better than this morning. Cloudy in livermore. San francisco 60. Traffic looking good on the bay bridge toward San Francisco. Not so good this morning. We had a lot of water out there. Cant get on that flooded road. Alemany looking at flooding there in San Francisco. Yes. We had flooded roads there, as well. What happens is, the water piles up quickly. We turn to the strongest radar in the bay area to cbs 5 hidef doppler. Seeing scattered showers not wide spread but watch out richmond, watch out hercules, watch out the i80 corridor the other side of the bay bridge seeing showers also for san rafael for berkeley and for oakland. Heres the setup. The big low pressure area steering these storms hasnt moved and we are watching Mother Nature reload with all this moisture over here out in the pacific heading in our direction once again. If anything, this next storm will be wetter than the one we just went through so a couple of more inches of rainfall coming up starting tomorrow night. So we get a break for most of the day tomorrow. Expect onandoff showers tomorrow. Rain north to south once again. Heavy rainfall for much of the day on sunday but good news is we dont have that big morning commute because its the weekend. Speaking of commutes, next week they will be much drier weather moving in starting next monday. Mid60s tomorrow. It will be milder than normal but with the breeze and clouds, its not going to feel that much different from a typical late november day. Concord 64. San jose 65 tomorrow. Heavy rain moves in tomorrow night. Sunday is another washout including for the raiders game at home. Monday though we begin to dry out then scattered showers tuesday and wednesday. Mainly dry on thursday and friday. So one more round, round 3, before we say good boy to all this tropical moisture. Well be right back. ,,,, when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. Oh. Oh look the lion is out no mommy no dont worry honey, it only works on checks. Deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. Just snap a picture, hit send and done. Take a step forward and chase what matters. The holidays can be an especially difficult time. Everythings different now. Sometimes i feel all alone. Christmas used to be my favorite. I just dont expect anything. What if santa cant find me . To help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. Sheets of rain were coming n before sunrise. And with rain continuing for much ofe morning the damage was do. The storm made a mess at sfo. Sheets of rain before sunrise and rain continuing for much of the morning, well, the damage was done. Delays as long as three hours. A total of 60 flights were canceled. And drivers found themselves in the dark on the bay bridge this morning. Doesnt that look odd . Caltrans says the storm knocked out power on both decks. The lights came back on before 7 00. Power outages also affected the Richmond San Rafael bridge as well as the san mateo bridge. And coming up in our next half hour, the u. S. Supreme court could soon step into the gay marriage battle. When its expected to decide if it will review the case of prop 8 and when samesex couples just might be able to get married. Why congress is considering getting rid of the dollar bill. I called my husband, i said, i think im having a heart attack. How the Powerball Jackpot is a huge reversal of fortune for the nations newest millionaires. ,,,,,,, Secondhand Smoke affects everyones health. Its not just irritating. It can cause Heart Disease and even death. Speak up about Secondhand Smoke. Your health and the health of your family depend on it. Will they, or wont they run same sex marriage . Waiting for word from the u. S. Supreme court. Will they or wont they rule on samesex marriage . Some sort of announcement had been expected today. The justices did meet but they were not ready to announce how and when they will deal with this issue. Cbs 5 political reporter grace lee with what happens next for proposition 8 in california. Grace. Reporter well, dana, this could be it. Monday morning we could know if samesex marriages will resume within days here in california. Or it could mean more waiting for thousands of couples who have not been allowed l