Monterey an Economic Disaster for crabbers and northern californias economy but tonight the state says fishermen can now set their traps for dungeness crab anywhere from point reyes, heres the key, its from point reyes and south. All of this comes just hours after the state senate discussed the Economic Disaster of that delayed season and they also called on the federal government to declare a disaster. In modern history, we have never seen the crab harvest delayed like this. The joint committee requested the Governor Brown issue a disaster declaration. That happened. Governor brown has now issued a request for a federal declaration. Its now on the federal side with the secretary of the interior. Reporter so its not a one size fits all crab season is back on. The ban on dungeness fishing remains in effect north of point reyes so its only from point reyes southward you can fish for crab safely. And this is all also important. The state says it is only safe to eat the fleshy white meet of the crab. The internal known as the butter, no, it can still have that higher concentration of the domoic acid compared to the meat and another bit of advice from the state, if you boil crab, if you are making crabs with pasta or any dish like that, throw away the water because if you are cooking the whole crab the insides are still in and that water or that broth may be unsafe to eat. So there are some specifics here that you still have to consider. Its not everything is done. But you can eat the fleshy white meat of the crab. Crab season is back open south of point reyes. We have more on the Health Advisories on our website, cbssf. Com. Fishermen say the crab you catch late in the season is not as good as november and december but its too late for that. Its better late than never. For now crab season is back on south of point reyes. Live from Half Moon Bay, paul deanno. Back to you. Thank you. A decision to fire the man in charge of the California Coastal commission is provoking anger from environmentalists. Late last night the commissions board voted 75 to fire charles lester. As we first reported here, a big crowd turned out at the meeting in morro bay. Some of lesters supporters were in tears. Speakers warned that removing him would send a signal that Commission Staff should be more accommodating to developers. Assembly speaker toni atkins was critical of the vote. The san diego democrat said let me apologize to the public. I truly thought my appointees would be better stewards of the coast. Several commissioners have expressed frustration with lesters management and leadership skills. Well, new at 6 00, the best surfers in the world are descending upon the bay area for the legendary mavericks surf contest. It is an all boys club. But kpix 5s emily turner tells us that could change. Right, emily . Reporter and it could be changing as soon as next year. You know, the waves that these men are surfing are huge. But whats making waves also is the fact that they may be adding women into that lineup of 24. As if the big barrel waves of mavericks werent daunting enough to conquer, getting to ride one in competition as a woman is even more difficult. So difficult, its never been done before. Thats all about to change. Its a huge door of opportunity for us. Were not trying to push our way into the titans of mavericks but its an exciting opportunity for us to progress the conversation around developing a tour for women in big wave surfing. Reporter titans of mavericks competition is held in Half Moon Bay on some of the biggest and most dangerous waves there are. But to keep the permit from the Coastal Commission next year mavericks has to create a plan to include a woman in the event. A woman has never been one of the 24 chosen to compete in all the 15 years of competition although they have been alternates. We are looking for the absolute best of the best performance in the water. Reporter so if a woman could do it they would be invited . Absolutely reporter whether they can or not is decided by a committee of five. Experts in big wave surfing and all men. But even women like this one say they are not as good yet. So organizers bristle at being told what to do by the Coastal Commission who is never involved in the competition until this year. So bianca says the women will take care of themselves. I think they are kind of outside their scope of jurisdiction at this point. I hope they get a good sponsor and they put on a great womens event. Women have a place in the lineup just like men because the ocean doesnt see male or female. The wave is the wave. It doesnt matter if youre a man or woman. If you want to catch that wave and ride that mountain, you can do it. Reporter and it will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out. There will be a meeting between mavericks and the Coastal Commission later this year to determine whether or not their permit will be renewed. In the meantime, Important Information for those who want to see how everything plays out tomorrow at 8 30 when mavericks begins unlike years past you will not be able to watch from the cliff because all the el nino weather thats making these waves so big has also made those cliffs unsafe. So be sure to get here early to make sure you can find a seat. Reporting live in Half Moon Bay, emily turner, kpix 5. Like emily said, the mavericks competition kicks off tomorrow morning at 6 a. M. In a ruling that could expose wrongdoing, a judge has ordered the state Public Utilities commission to come up with documents related to the troubled San Onofre Nuclear power plant. The cpuc has been fighting the public records request for a while now. In particular, notes related to a secret meeting and a polish hotel involving its former president Michael Peevey and an official with Southern California edison. They agreed to shift billions in losses from that power plant to ratepayers. In his ruling the judge said not releasing the documents would do violence to the rights of citizens in a democracy to know the actions taken by their public officials. Those documents could include communications with the Governors Office regarding the deal. As for Michael Peevey, he is the subject of ongoing criminal investigations. Landowners are challenging a promise that the bullet train can carry passengers from San Francisco to los angeles in two hours and 40 minutes. A lawsuit claims there is no way the trains can go that fast. The fight comes down to whether the Rail Authority can legally use its own expert who says the travel time is possible. The 68 billion project has been plagued by legal and financial delays since voters approved funding in 2008. Late this afternoon, we got our first look at the autopsy report for mario woods. He is the man shot and killed by San Francisco police last december. In part, the findings confirmedded what the cell phone video shows that woods was shot 20 times in various parts of his body. Police say that he refused to drop a knife, that beanbag rounds didnt subdue him and the toxicology report shows woods had methamphetamine, marijuana and two types of antidepressants in his system. This report comes as the u. S. Justice department has launched an investigation into sfpd practices. Also today a Police Honor Guard stood in formation in the glen cove area of vallejo to salute a veteran officer as his body was removed from his home. Police say he was killed in a family dispute. 58yearold Augustine Gus vegas served in the Richmond Police department for more than a decade. He worked as a Patrol Officer and a homicide detective and was active in the foster care system in vallejo. Kpix 5 reporter da lin on the man being remembered and the suspect accused of killing him. Da. Reporter ken, the suspect at one point wanted to become a police officer. He graduated from a Police Academy. As for the victim, he was well respected in the community. A lot of friends and neighbors are extremely upset over this. They have a beautiful family. Theyre just beautiful people. Reporter friends are shock over the kill of 58yearold augustine vegas, better known as gus. He was a cop for the Richmond Police department for 15 years. Very nice family man. His relationship with his wife, his kids, you know, it was amazing. Its a big loss. Reporter investigators believe a domestic dispute over the victims 6yearold grandson led to the shooting inside his own hom. The suspect is 30yearold robert vega, who was in a relationship with gus daughter. Investigators say during some sort of fight, robert killed gus in front of the family and possibly the family dog. Robert then took his son and drove to fairfield. He was arrested there there. The 6yearold was unharmed. Both robert and gus graduated from the same Police Academy 21 years apart. Gus was a very likeable always pleasant, always in a good mood, just really related to other people in a natural way. Reporter close friend Renee Mccreary says gus and his wife are extremely giving. They founded a foster Home Organization called, foster greatness. In fact, they adopted quite a few foster children as well including their biological children they have a total of 10 kids and 20 grandchildren. Gus has always worked very hard to support his family. [ crying ] he is a detective and he took that position to get off the streets, you know, to be safe. And for this to happen in his own home, its just horrific. Reporter we dont know if the dispute was over the custody of that 6yearold boy. Police are looking into that. As for the suspect, even though he graduated from a Police Academy, we dont know if he actually ever worked for a police department. Live in vallejo, im da lin, kpix 5. An elderly driver who smashed through a livermore gym will not face criminal charges. In september 80yearold [ non english language ] plowed into the gyms storefront right into a workout class. Livermore lab executive kathy baker was killed and several others injured. Bakers husband has sued the driver and the gym. The driver likely mistook the gas pedal for the brake but prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to file charges. New data shows just how tight the Housing Market is in part of the bay area. In fact, the vacancy rate in san jose is the lowest in the country right now. New at 6 00, kpix 5s devin fehely is in san jose to run down the numbers and whats behind them. Devin. Reporter yeah. Real Estate Agents say it is and will likely continue to be a sellers market as housing and rent prices skyrocket. The numbers confirm what most of us already know or suspect, that the bay areas Real Estate Market is one of the hottest in the country with no signs of cooling off anytime soon. This is a very good time to be a seller of real estate throughout the bay area. And its not a bad time to be a landlord because you can take care of your vacancies very quickly. Reporter san jose has the lowest vacancy rate in the country just. 2 . Out of every 1,000 homes two might be vacant. Compared to 75 out of 1,000 in an area like flint, michigan with a sputtering economy. Over the past four years we have added almost 550,000 jobs but during that same time in the bay area, there have only been 82,000 new housing starts. That creates a significantly higher demand on an already impacted supply. Reporter but the bay areas resurgent economy is not only driving job creation. Its also driving some potential home buyers out of the market, which has in turn sent rent prices through the roof. For renters it means that its going to be harder for them to find a property and they are probably going to pay more. Reporter soaring house prices, yet another reminder of how much the bays booming economy continues to cost us. Some real Estate Agents have raised the spectre of a potential housing bubble but most seem to believe that as long as the Housing Market is buoyed by strong job growth and good wages, that its unlikely to collapse again. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. Raiders fans left in limbo but tonight, they are finally getting some answers. What the team just decided about their future in oakland. And a california congressman turns heads with his cloud of smoke. Why he says he took a puff for your rights. And creeks and streams flowing deep below the street. A bay area citys hidden waterscape and the problems bubbling up for local neighborhoods. ,, four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth [train horn blares]. To the continent. [claps]. A new nation. Announcer why not celebrate president s day with a better nights sleep . Through president s day at sleep train get up to four years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, and save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus sameday delivery, and sleep trains love your mattress guarantee. Hurry this special financing offer ends president s day at sleep train. Two more after that. Its official. Raider nation you can root for your team for at least another year. Possibly two more after that. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman tells us the big announcement comes a week before the teams current lease of the coliseum was set to expire. Mike. Reporter kenny, you want to see the greatness of the raiders . As former owner al davis used to call them . You will be coming here to the Oakland Coliseum. Raiders fans havent known if they would be oakland raider fans for some time now. Owner mark davis wouldnt commit to staying at the rundown coliseum. Keeps everybody hanging. And i really dont like that. Reporter today some certainty. For a while at least. [ applause ] reporter the Oakland Raiders will remain the Oakland Raiders for at least one more year. We have agreed in principle to one year lease extension to play our home games at the Oakland Coliseum for the 2016 season. Reporter davis agreed with the joint Powers Authority board to one year with two extra one year options. Terms not announced although davis said they were similar to what they paid last year. For now at least, talk of las vegas, san antonio and los angeles have been quieted. You got raiders fans thinking, who am i going to root for . Well, i dont think they ever think that. They always know they are going to be rooting for the raiders. Once a raider, always a raider. Its where they are going to be rooting for them. This guys a little bit of certainty for them where well be for next season and hopefully for a long time like that. Feeling like the person at the dance that nobody wants to dances with, you feel like youre picked after everyone else is rejected. Fans will stick because of loyalty but you get frustrated with the uncertainty of how things are panning out. Reporter davis announced he hired Larry Mcneill the former cfo of the 9ers. He is the guy that got levis stadium built. But they have no plan for a stadium in the east bay and they are still about 300 million short of what they need. In oakland, Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. A san diego area congressman was not afraid to literally blow a little smoke to prove his point at a hearing in washington today. So. This is called a vaporizer. Reporter republican congressman Duncan Hunter was upset with a transport committees proposal to ban vaping on planes. Congressman hunter says he and thousands of others have used vaporizers to quit smoking and calls vaping the future. But in the end the committee voted to approve the ban. A plane flying from san jose to phoenix made an Emergency Landing in los angeles today after smoke filled parts of the cabin. Pilots on American Airlines flight 564 called in a mechanical problem and diverted to l. A. X. Around 11 00 this morning. Several people were having trouble breathing. It is still unclear exactly what caused the problem. The airline was making arrangements to get everyone on to phoenix. A highly anticipated el nino winter is currently taking a bit of a siesta these days. Rain could return sometime next week. But we found theres always water moving beneath the city of San Francisco. Rain or shine. Why . Well, kpix 5s Wilson Walker shows us the citys original landscape affects us to this very day. This guy here, he has [ indiscernible ] reporter well over 100 years after San Francisco paved over Mission Creek the citys buried marshland is still pumping out problems. This is like the lowest point in the city so all of the water collects here. Reporter but the lowlying mission isnt the only neighborhood swimming in the citys original waterscape. Oh, yes. Water is definitely still here in cole valley. Reporter the same cole valley that used to look like this. It was surrounded at the time by a cow field and lake at the corner of [ indiscernible ] reporter for this Restaurant Owner the legacy of that water has been two decades of flooding and foundation damage. It was always under these two tables about six feet that would start collapsing. Wood floors were much better but we had to close for three or four days every six m