Communication that it was on a collision course with the San Francisco bay bridge. Good evening, everyone. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. Did that warning come in time for the bar pilot and the crew to do anything . That will be a key question as the investigation begins in ernest. Tonight a representative from the National Transportation safety board is in the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is live with what we are learning about the moments before the accident. Cornell . Yes, before yesterdays accident there was a warning. Ing way tanker was too close to the bay bridge. Tonight as you can see that oil tanker remains anchored off treasure island. Tomorrow the ntsb gets to work to find out what happened. The coast guard has listened to recordings of radio traffic and confirms the tanker overseas rain bar was warned it was on a collision course with the tower of the bay bridge. It came from the vessel traffic service. The new information is sure to be a factor when
Interchange at 580 northbound 680 blocking a lane of traffic. Slow and over the Altamont Pass and it slows over the dublin westbound. San jose northbound 101 at story road an accident reported in lane here and slow traffic behind the scene there and san rafael, south 101 is moving nicely and no problems or delays moving to central san rafael. It is fog free and light traffic. For the ipad or iphone the wave app is free from the Apple App Store or google play. Thank you so much. As mike mentioned we are on storm want. This is highway nine in Santa Cruz Mountains in saratoga. This is a dusting snow. Our reporter is there, Amy Hollyfield getting a great shot with waves of showers coming in and that will be snow in the Higher Elevations in the bay area where it is cold until 1 00 oclock or 2 00 in the afternoon. How often is the bay area under a Winter Weather advisory . We have it from highway nine in saratoga but not enough to make a snowball. You need a snowcap to gather this. Stay with
Rape her. My girlfriend heard someone scream, she woke me, i came to the window and someone was yelling to call the police or 911. Around 2 30 on sunday morning a woman was assaulted. He says he only saw the attacker from behind as he ran away scared off by neighbors opening theirnd withs. He was last seen running east on 23rd street. He was jogging and then sprinted. She was walking home alone when she was attacked. She emailed her ordeal to neighborhood groups saying he went first for the eye sock south korea socket with his thumb. The intent was he was going to sexually assault her as nothing else was taken or mentioned. The victim is a climber and describes herself as strong so she was able to free an arm and fight back and yell for help. She came out of it with only a few bruises and scratches but police fear the man will attack again and inflict more injury. Residents are looking out. Be extra cautious where you are. Use pepper spray. Do due diligence. The attacker is asian male
Heavy mist on the Golden Gate Bridge tonight, but this is a prelude of what we will see by the end of the weekend. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Abc news meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a look at what is ahead. Carolyn and dan, whats ahead is a storm. Lets look at the big changes that are coming. The storm is in the development phase. The area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska will join together with this moisture north of hawaii. The storm is developing and will get here this week end. I will show what you it looks like at this hour. The marine layer has ramped up that has brought the cooling. It has extended into the bayside communities tonight. And as you look at the temperatures at this hour, they are in the 50s and the 60s. Big changes ahead as i mentioned. Ill let you know if the wet weather, first significant rain of the season and the snow in the sierra will impact your weekend plans in a few minutes. Carolyn . Thank you. Happening now the san m
We asked shipping officials about the possibility of pilot fatigue and the bar pilot came to San Francisco from maryland right before the crash. Was he on a red eye . We do not know when he came on or off or when he got on or off the ship. The shipping industry has filed suit to get information of the pilots shift and whether fatigue is a problem. The bar pilots and the board are appealing a september decision. You can keep up with new developments by following us at abc7 news. Com. Pittsburg police are saying a man acted in selfdefense when he killed an intruder at his apartment on east leland road yesterday morning. Police say he was likely an attempted burglar. When the tenant saw someone trying to break if he immediately went to the bedroom and grabbed a gun. By the time he was back to the door he is confronted by the suspect who is inside of the house and the suspect engages in a physical altercation with our resident. During the altercation the resident loses control of the firea