Busson was a single hull ship this, tanker behind me, as mentioned has two hulls. The question is how long will the ship be out there . The coast guard says its ready to go back out to sea. Crews have to be interviewed that. Will take time, they will remain on boards. And the coast guard, again, wants to be 100 sure that that oil, that ship is not leaking before kit leave the bay or be moved. Im live on Treasure Island, abc 7 news. Thank you. The fog on the bay this morn kog have been a factor in that accident. Take a look at what conditions were like on the bay. Our cameras found a finger of fog hanging over the collision site. Spencer christian is here now what. Was the Visibility Like at the time . Well,ing back, we had wide spread dense fog and poor visibility. You can see visibility was good in most places, however, take a look at this. This is our High Resolution imagery showing an area of fog over the bay. That finger of fog covering western span of the bay bridge at the time of the collision around 11 20. At the time, visibility was down to a quarter mile in that location. So despite the improvement in visibility for much of the remainder of the bay area, waits rather poor in that spot. Thank you. Abc 7 news dan noyes joins us now. You investigated the cosco busson years ago what. Can you tell us about the man at the helm of the overseas raymar. Weve confirmed his name, and one issue prevent himg from serving as a bar pilot as recently as 2010. Sources inside of the shipping industry sell tel the i team he was guiding the tanker this morning. He had almost 30 years of maritime experience, most on oil tankers for exxon, before becoming a San Francisco bar pilot in 2005 n 2010 his license put on hold by the board of commissioners because feds ral regulators denied a request for a medical waiver. We dont know the details of the medical condition, but the issue was resolved because he was guiding that tanker this morning. What is going on now . What is the process . Has he been drug and alcohol tested . He has. What does he meet with your investigators . That is still to be determined. Its an ongoing investigation. In 2007 when thetui cosco busson hit the bridge, the medical condition of the bar pilot john cota appeared to have played a role. The National Transportation safety board found cota did not disclose all medical condition asks one probable cause was the pilot degraded cognitive performance from the use of prescription medication. Now, the bar pilot guy cleez will see investigators from the board of pilot commissioner autos well look if there is pilot error or not. Any pilot error . Right. Whether fog played a factor . Yes. Well look at all aspects of the investigation. And well be watching. Bar pilots are an elite group with four trainees. They make 450,000 on a year. I spoke with john cotas attorney. He says in this case, it appeared to him this morning waits clear that the fog seemed to sweep in suddenly. Perhaps it caught everyone off guard. Thank you. The damage to the bridge this time is superficial. The fender dine designed to protect tower dz its job. Abc 7 news is live from Treasure Island with that part of the story. Nick . Good evening. The bridge is safe. The tanker that hit the tower of the bay bridge caused damage so minimal, a spokesperson called it a scrape. Bay bridge is safe. And open at this time. Its not closed throughout the time. Take a look at this view from sky 7inswn hd. We were there minutes after a tanker smashed into the tower of bay bridge western span. Both ship and z. Fender system were damaged. Within minutes, caltrans had its Structures Team do a safety evaluation and they say it appeared impact performed as its designed to do. About 30 to 40 feet has been damaged and Officials Say the bay bridge is safe, noting curing time crews were moving on and off the vessel, teams of engineers were doing the same around impact point of the bridge. There is no structural damage. Well not have to be doing work on the bridge. The fender system made up of food and composite has been in place since 1936. Upgraded in 2008 after a six lar accident on tower five. This is a scrape. For the bay bridge. It didnt touch the bridge structure. Caltrans says theyll replace barriers as soon as materials become available. At Treasure Island, nick smith,t abc 7 in news. Abc 7 news reported todays Ship Collision on twitter, you can follow us there on abc 7 news bay area and abc 7 news. Com, right now we have a slide show featuring pictures of the ship plus an unedited version of the news conference. A judge ruled a smekt a mass snekt an oakland Nursing School is not mentally hit fit to stand trial. Hes accused of killing seven people at oikos university. This shows hes lost quite a bit of weight. The lawyer says the client is not eating and says goh is full of shame from the april 12th, 2012 massacre. Seven people were kill that had day. Today in court a psychiatrist said goh suffers from paranoid skrits fren yachl the lawyer says this is based on numerous factor autos the experiences hes been having in terms2 8 of thought patterns and based on the police report. Based upon his confessions to the police. He took responsibility for the acts. Goh admitted to firing shots he pleaded not guilty to murder charges. The judge and attorneys will decide what steps to take next in a hearing later this month. Friends and relatives of a man shot to death by police still have questions tonight. Police release details about the conversation they had with hair stylist anthony banta. Officers dont shoot and kill anyoneful they dont shoot anyone unless theyre forced to do that. Police chief defended actions of officer whos shot and killed a 22yearold hair stylist two days after christmas. He described the morning of december 27th after a frantic call from inside of the apartment. Four officers arrived to find a highly agitated banta on top of a staircase waving a chef knife. Officers ordered him to drop the knife several times, he suddenly charged down the stairs towards the officers with the knife in his hand. The officers fired guns in selfdefense. Its just really hard to make sense of it. The attorney for banta families says theyre still not convince that had events unfolded as police described them. He is spishlly given bantas history as a hard working employee of salon amor and lack of criminal history or troubled past. This may be in time things will add up and well able to make sense of this. The family is shocked. And in disbelief this could have happened. First thing they do is kill him. Kathy colio lives in an apartment near oykyk2 un banta. They want to protect their officers and there was never even a consideration that he might be mentally ill. Police wont say how many officers fired and how many shots were fired at banta. Four officers on the scene at the time of the shooting were placed on leave. But a have since returned to duty. In walnut creek abc 7 news. There is more to do here tonight on abc 7 news, hockey fans celebrating end of the ex nhl lockout. How costly its been for Business Owner autos and what it takes to pull a twoton plane in fr the bay. How it wound ufkfi there in the first place. Im Spencer Christian. There is cold air coming our whai. You can expect temperatures to drop in the accuweather forecast in just a moment. And new app about to make a big splash at Consumer Electronics show but doing what it does before you tell what it does before you tell it to. Excuse me, sir im gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. I think your friends will understand. Oh no, its actually my geico app. See . I just uh paid my bill. Did you really . From the plane . Yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24 7. Sounds a little too good to be true sir. Ill believe that when pigs fly. Ok, did she seriously just say that . Geico. Just click away with our free mobile app. As part of a heart healthy diet. Thats true. But you still have to go to the gym. The one and only, cheerios. And now. You [ giggles ] the one and only, cheerios a sent tiff agreement ends the hockey lockout has been reached. Players and yorns are going to try to salvage the season. Are fans going to return to the stands . We are live from the shark tank where there is going to be lingering resentment. Mostly people are just relieve thered is gg to be a season. Right. Absolutely z after nearly four months youre right there will be a little lingering resentment out there. This is sharks territory. Teal support runs deep wex talked to fans, players, coaches and Business Owners today a cross the board, there is excitement. For the first time this season, the sharks practice has meaning. Players have butterfly autos just anxious. And nervous. And its like christmas, all over again. After a lockout, 9yearold hell ease is ready for the fouk hit the ice. Im extremely excited. Not every fan is willing toing forrive and forget the bitter despite. Its shake taiken its toll in this hockey family. My sisterinlaw is a season Ticket Holder in philadelphia. She will not be after this, is the second time shes endured a lockout. Its just ridiculous. League owners know this lockout hurt the sport more than half of the season is gone, and its not just fans suffering but businesses. Their bottom line. We have been1j struggling. To speak honestly. We want them back. Good thing theyre coming back. I wish they would have figured that out a couple months ago. The contract still needs to be ratified by player union and leagues 30 feet board. There not much we can say, other than apoll joys for the time that the lockout went. And other than that, weve got to get back to work and better be about good. The sharks are hopeful a sellout streak wont miss a beat. Im seeing fans around town that are excited. Congratulating us to get back. We cant wait to have them back. Truth is that misdemeanor m fans say a strong finish could make this lockout a memory. That is my dream. If they do it this year, oh, my god. Im going cry. There is a lot of emotion. Schedulers are scrambling to see how this would playout. Players could report as early this week, regular season action if you can call it that, next week. In san jose, abc 7 news. Impressive, thank you. An airport used by private pilots and jets had to shut down most of the day after a small plane made a bad landing i happened in san carlos airport. Abc 7 news david louie has the story. Sky 7 overhead just moments after the plane came to the stop. Because it was close to low tide, pilot and passenger managed to climb out. po inrcraft was landing san carlos airport. Have to make you the lt turn that seemed low. Are you surprised that he ran out of runway . No im sure prized he made the run gai. This aircraft needs 50 feet to land. The runway is 2600 feet. Witnesses say the pilot appeared to have landed at missfield. The plane landed in the mud. It was coming in too fast. Now, its stuck in mud in a levy just south of the airport. As an investigator began dissecting what happened a tow truck began pulling the plane from the mud. The plane weighed well over two tons. There doesnt appear to be oil leakage. We wont want to cause that or gouge the levy or do engineer to it that could threaten it airport was closed for about six hours until the plane was removed. Faa will continue with the investigation. An insurrance carrier is likely to get involved. An aircraft like that has a price tag of over 600,000. Now, we survived the weekend. Get ready to bundle up. Its true. Decent week but things are are gooding to get colder. Here is a look at the east bay hills. There you go. Were looking westward across the bay. Under partly cloudy skies we had fog away this morning. Much cleared away but coming back tonight. Here is a lk at doppler 7 hd. You can see clouds and some breaks of clearing at the moment. Into 50s dropping off to 47 now in concord. And areas of dense fog tonight. Well get to that in just a moment. Sunnier, milder tomorrow, but turning colder mid week with a chance of showers but only a slight chance. Talking about the fog in a. M. For bay shore line z east bay valleys. Visibility in spots could be as low as a quarter mile or less. Soev 4 that is poor visibility. Cool conditions in spots yof night. But not very cold z a spare the air alert beginning tomorrow. Looking for lowest temperatures tonight into northern location. Like santa rosa and napa. A range of High Pressure still controlling factor for now. Here comes a cold air mass dropping out of the gulf of california alaska. Could give us chilly mornings, at 5 00 wednesday morning some showers will be approaching us, clouds, cold air. The front sweeps through wednesday and thursday, we expect pockets of moisture to move through. With arrival of cold air, snow levels drop, we dont expect to see snow but if there is moisture content there could be a flake or two at that low 60s in the south bay. Upper 50s on the coast. Downtown San Francisco, 59 degrees tomorrow. Up in the north bay, highs in the low 60s. 63 santa rosa. 62, nappa. East bay highs, 62 in oakland and fremont. Inland east bay highs around 60 degrees. Some mid60s from morgan hill down to salinas. Here is the accuweather forecast. Sharp drop wednesday, colder thursday morning. Friday morning. I should say, thursday and friday morning and again, slight chance of showers wednesday, thursday, cold air arriving thursday, Higher Elevations there may be a snowflake or two if there is enough moisture content at the moment. Thank you spencer. Okay. Coming up next a dramatic smash and grab robbery in san jose. I moved to new york to work in fashion. I came here with just a suitcase, maybe two. And luckily i found an apartment just three blocks away from t. J. Maxx, which was perfect because i needed everything and i still needed to make rent. T. J. Maxx is such a great place cause i know when i go in there im gonna score. Theyve got such great deals on all my favorite brands. Fashion direct from designers. Savings direct to you. This maxxinista can make it anywhere. T. J. Maxx. Let us make a maxxinista out of you. T atint insoe en r bl a om ocdiouovfuurcr police say they solved a 28yearold cold case arresting for the 1985 murder of a 21yearolds strangled body nound a supermarket dumpster. The District Attorney crime lab identified garcia based on dna found under finger nails. He was scheduled to be alined this afternoon now, being held without bail. A young woman faces several months in the hospital after police say her boyfriend set her on fire in San Franciscos bay view district. Neighbored called 911 after seeing star lamar burning aroundh8su jennings street. Investigators believe her boyfriend doused skmer lit her ablaze. Police are now focused on finding dexter oliver, on probation for other crimes. Death is too easy to get out of. You burned my sister aly. You stood there and poured gasoline on her, you set her on fire. Death is too good for him. He needs to sit in jail and think about what he did. Lamar suffered life threatening burn autos four people are expected to recover after being injured by an suv that plowed through a livermore restaurant. Youre looking at the view from sky 7 hd overhead here. The driver of the cadillac was trying to back out but had that car in drive instead. It crashed, clear through the dining room z then, out the other side of the building. Several young men responded from the scene of a smash and grab a cording to police the chiefs rammed a stolen van into a shop called up in smoke. Its a tobacco store. The place, you can see was all but demolished. The owner says they got away with a single water pipe. Still head tonight the president s cabinet selections. The controversial arrival of the executive chairman of google. And a solo driver fights a car pool lane ticket saying he had a corporation in the car with hirj they are people too. Arent they . The news at 6 00 the president announce td picks for the new heads of the ciann and pentagon, joining former senator huck haigel and Counter Terrorism advisor john brenan today, haigel being a strong willed defense secretary and brenan, an experienced person to lead the top intelligence agency. Chuck haigel is an american patriot. Enlisting in the army volunteering for vietnam. John brenan the cia will have the leadership of the one of the most skilled and respected intelligence professional autos the president charge thanked outgoing defense secretary talking about his Retirement Plan autos im has come for me to return to my wife, three sons, their families, six grandchildren and my walnut farm. Dealing with the difference set of nuts. Good line. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton plans to retire this month, returning to work today after taking time off for complications from a concussion. Her staff welcomed her back with a football helmet and a jersey featuring number of countries shes visited as secretary of state. 112. Despite the misgivings of the u. S. Government and state department, executive chairman of google is in north korea now. The state news agency released this video today showing eric schmidt and Bill Richardson arriving in pung yang, theyll be there four days. There has been speculation they want to negotiate the release of an american prisoner. Richar yardson travels to north korea frequently. Eric schmidt is a prind of mine. Hes going as a private citizen this, is not a google trip but imzcfh sure hes interested in Economic Issues there. Social immediate why aspect. They are at highest profile visitors to north korea since kim jonun took power. There is criticism of timing is bad. The u. S. Supreme court scheduled hearings on the legality of samesex marriage. The court set a date in march to overview proposition 8. The next date the justices will hear a related case. Justices not expected to rule until late june. Whatever they decide its likely to establish awe new legal landmark. Californias 2013mf legislative session began today, its clear after the Connecticut School tragedy safety a top priority. Nancy skinner introduced Assembly Bill 48. Requirements include licensing dealers requiring gun buyers to show id. Republicans are working on a bill to have one person armed at every school. No