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“At this time, we have no evidence of foul play,” San Francisco Police Sgt. Adam Lobsinger said in a statement. Law enforcement turned the body, which at that point had not been identified, over to the medical examiner to conduct an investigation.

Wednesday’s tragic turn of events came roughly three weeks after Vandergrift’s wife , Natasha Yi, said she believed her husband would not be coming back. Yi, who is also a host at Wild 94.9, said “personal information” uncovered during the search suggested that Vandergrift would not return.

A figure on Bay Area radio airwaves since the 1990s, Vandergrift was known for hosting “The JV Show” weekday mornings from 6 to 10 a.m. He was last seen at about 10 p.m. on Feb. 23, near his home on the 200 block of King Street near Third Street, in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood.

Officials at the examiner’s office did not provide additional details Thursday morning.

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“All four have received notices of violation requiring that the windows be secured, that the glass be replaced as soon as possible, and that the building management provide an evaluation by a licensed engineer architect of all the buildings’ windows to confirm they are safe, stable and secure within 14 days,” Hannan said.

On Tuesday afternoon, a glass window shattered between the 13th and 14th floors at 50 California, he said. Meanwhile, about a block away, a window broke on the 49th floor of the Millennium Tower, the infamous luxury skyscraper that grabbed headlines when it tilted and sank about 18 inches , sparking a yearslong saga. About a mile and a half away, one window broke on the fifth floor at 1400 Mission St., a 15-story residential building near Civic Center. However, Salesforce East appears to have sustained the most damage: “There was one window broken on every floor between the 11th and 30th floors,” Hannan said.

Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, told SFGATE that he believes these incidents are related to the severe March 21 storm. National Weather Service meteorologists were so stunned, they wrote that Tuesday’s storm marked an extreme in what is already one of the most “ extraordinary ” winters to date.

This is hardly an isolated event.

Just one week earlier, window panes flew out of the former Bank of America building during a similar storm with winds so powerful, it left hundreds of thousands of PG&E customers in the dark.

A longstanding figure in the Bay Area community, the “JV Show” host cultivated a dedicated audience of listeners at the hit radio station over the years. He was perhaps best known for his mischievous on-air antics, often pulling pranks and making people laugh, according to the station .

He was also open about his own personal hardships. The station and Vandergrift’s wife, Natasha Yi, were aware of his ongoing battle with Lyme disease, a debilitating illness that can affect the joints, heart and nervous system if left untreated.

“JV, we will miss you,” the station wrote. “You are forever a Bay Area icon.”

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Tuesday’s storm was driven by an area of low pressure that deepened and intensified rapidly, kicking up exceptionally powerful winds as it moved directly over San Francisco. Dangerous gusts knocked over trees, killing five people in the Bay Area. There’s indication that this next system could also see rapid pressure drops.

“It’s looking like another heavy rain-wind producer for next week,” Rick Canepa, a forecaster with the weather service, told SFGATE on Thursday afternoon.

While the models agree California will see another strong storm next week, they’re inconclusive on exactly where the storm will hit.

“The storm next week in some ways will look like what we had last week, but the location could be different,” local meteorologist Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services said. “Some models bring it closer to the North bay, other models bring it closer to Eureka. But we’re still five days out.”

As of Thursday afternoon, the weather service predicted that the first rains with this next system could arrive in the North Bay on Monday night, before spreading across the entire region and continuing into Tuesday, maybe Wednesday. The Bay Area could see anywhere from “a few to several inches of rain, especially in higher terrain,” forecasters said. These totals will be updated in coming days as weather models come into more agreement.

While the Bay Area waits for the next storm, the region is expected to see mostly dry weather and unseasonably cold temperatures. There’s a chance for very light rain as a cold front passes over the region Thursday night, but most areas likely won’t see any drops. Dry conditions are forecast for Friday and into the weekend.

Through the weekend, afternoon highs are expected to be in the 50s to low 60s. Overnight lows are forecast to be in the 30s in inland valleys and in the 40s along the coast; the weather service issued a frost advisory for Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings for a large portion of inland areas.

Currently, Oakland residents are prohibited from evicting tenants over COVID-related rent debt. Similar to other cities, Oakland passed its eviction moratorium in March 2020 to protect tenants from losing their homes if they couldn’t pay rent due to job losses or other economic hardship spurred by the pandemic. Evictions could still occur if the tenant created a health or safety threat at the property or if the landlord was removing the unit from the rental market for at least 10 years.

Oakland is one of many cities in the region under pressure from landlords to put an end to pandemic-era prohibitions on evictions while trying to ensure that lifting them won’t result in a flurry of evictions that could leave some people homeless.

“This proposal will revoke the eviction moratorium in phases in order to help avoid a surge of evictions leading to an increase in homelessness, and allowing property owners to proceed with urgent evictions,” Bas wrote in a press release.

San Francisco approved a similar plan this month to wind down its eviction moratorium and Berkeley extended its moratorium until the end of August. Alameda County will end its eviction moratorium at the end of April.

Oakland’s ordinance will establish a timeline for how to end the protections. Starting on May 1, landlords can evict tenants for nonpayment of rent if they cannot show proof of COVID hardship. After Sept. 1, the moratorium will be fully lifted. After July 1, 2024, the moratorium on rent increases will be lifted.

Bas and Kalb’s proposed ordinance also includes a number of new protections for tenants. If tenants are unable to pay rent prior to Sept. 1 due to financial hardship caused by the pandemic, they will have access to a lawyer.

In addition, a tenant cannot be evicted for owing less than one month of fair market rent, Bas and Kalb said in a press release.

The City Council is expected to vote on the legislation on April 18.

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