The bridge around 6 30 yesterday afternoon. Visibility as a quarter mile with fog. No signs of a spill, everybody was safe. Caltrans engineers responded but found no significant damage to the bay bridge. This is just a scrape to the bridge. Reporter the fender acted like a bumper and caltrans says they will replace 40 feet of it but the question is, how did this happen in the first place . Coast guard will be meeting with the pilot in a few hours. The San Jose Mercury news identifies him as guy kleess of San Francisco. According to the merc, state reports show in 2009 kleess ran aground a 550foot cargo ship in sacramento. That same year he crashed a 600 foot cargo ship into a catwalk in stockton. And in 2010, he was at fault when a tugboat ran aground in the richmond inner harbor. That pilot tested negative for alcohol. The coast guard says preliminary findings at this point show that the cause was probably human error. The investigation is expected to go on over the next few days so it could be a while before we know what happened. Reporting live in Treasure Island, cate caugiran, cbs 5 a man accused of setting his girlfriend on fire over the weekend in San Francisco now under arrest. 22yearold Dexter Oliver will be charged with attempted murder and arson for sundays attack in the bayview. Oliver was arrested yesterday at an oakland hotel. The victim, 25yearold starr lamar still in the hospital with lifethreatening burns. Dna technology has prompted an arrest in a 28yearold Mountain View murder case. It was january of 1985 when the body of 21yearold saba girm april. Was found in a dumpster behind a safeway on North Shore Line boulevard. Friday Police Arrested a man on suspicion of murder. His dna was matched to skin under the victims fingernails. The search for victims of a socalled speed freak killers is taking a new turn. The feds are going to dig another possible burial site in San Joaquin County for victims of westly shermantine and lauren herr son. The fbi is focusing on a 50 foot well near where 1,000 bones were found. This well is approximately 50 feet deep. As i said earlier, we may only be able to excavate 5 feet each day. So we are going to do a very methodical and careful search. The feds took over the investigation from the San Joaquin CountySheriffs Department after it was criticized for mishandling the operation. The man accused of killing 7 people at Oikos University last year is not fit to stand trial. Yesterday, a judge ruled that this man, 44yearold one goh is mentally incompetent. A psychologist said he is a paranoid schizophrenic and cant understand court proceedings. The criminal case is on hold indefinitely. His lawyers say he will be sent to Napa State Hospital for treatment. And some other bay area headlines. Teenaged boy is oaklands first homicide victim of 2013. He was found shot to death in a parked car near hegenberger road and hamilton vote yesterday afternoon. So far no arrests and no word on a motive. A plan ran out of runway in san carlos. The small plane ended up nose down in the pond in the mud. The pilot and passenger walked away unhurt. The plane did have damage. Sheriffs deputies say the pilot was going too fast when he tried to land. The incident closed the airport for six hours. This morning, here in San Francisco, the California PublicUtilities Commission has a hearing on the San Onofre Nuclear power plant in southern california. The plant has been shut down for nearly a year after a radiation leak. A number of groups that dont want that plant to be started back up plan to protest at todays hearing. Dont start a fire in the fireplace today because this is another spare the air day in the bay area. Its the third already this year. That means you cant burn solid fuel either indoors or out. You can get fined if you do. Air quality Officials Say to drive less to reduce air pollution. 6 06. Another check of traffic and weather. We kick it over to Lawrence Karnow on a day where a little snow up in the mountains . Not today. Not today. But as we get into thursday i think it will be cold enough to see that. I think the big concern today will be that dense fog in the east bay valleys. Visibility down to a quarter mile so dense fog advisory until 9 00 this morning. That should lift. Hazy over the bay, fog along the coast. Temperatures 30s and 40s at this hour. Some of that patchy, dense fog. Hazy sunshine this afternoon, 60s in much of the south bay. 63 degrees in san jose. 62 and dry in cupertino and 63 degrees in santa clara. Into the east bay those temperatures up into the 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. And in the bay well find sunshine and a little bit of haze outside, 60 degrees in alameda, 61 in oakland and 58 degrees in San Francisco. More on that chance for rain and maybe even some snow, too. Well have more coming up in a couple of minutes. But first, we want to check in with elizabeth and traffic. Okay. Thank you, lawrence. And once again, our hotspot this morning is commuting down the eastshore freeway. Westbound 80 we still have what sounds like the outer lanes blocked because of this likely injury crash overturn accident. Several vehicles involved. Its approaching San Pablo Dam road and look what its doing to our drive time sensors. These are live sensors and its backing up towards pinole. So it is slow going and you see that drive time there at the top of your screen westbound 80 in the yellow up to a half hour now on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. Typically at this time of the morning its only about 18 minutes and we have seen that drive time slowly creep up. Other hot spots, not quite a hotspot but a problem spot this morning at the bay bridge. They turned the metering lights on early so we are already seeing some good sized delays. Its because of a stall on the upper deck. Its on the incline section of the bridge. It is starting to stack up now beyond that first overcrossing. So again they turned on the metering lights just before 6 00 when they typically turn them on 15 minutes later than that. Delays in all languages. And we have chopper 5 up. They are cruising around over hayward near the 88092 interchange and everything looks good across that stretch. Thanks, chopper 5. All right. Back to you guys. Thank you. This morning, we now know the u. S. Supreme court is going to take up the prop 8 case the dates. Oral arguments begin march 26. At issue, whether it was constitutional for california voters to ban gay marriage through the ballot measure in 2008. The next day the court will hear some arguments on the constitutionality of the federal defense of marriage act and the rulings are expected sometime this june. California schoolchildren will soon have a new way to show what theyre learning. State schools chief tom torlickson will unveil a new system of standardized tests today. The tests will still measure student progress in english and math but with more em fa sit on Critical Thinking and problem solving. The change comes in response to a state legislature request to revamp the test. Coming up a little coughing, sniffling, sneezing. We have the very latest on the flu outbreak that apparently is sweeping the nation right now. Plus, striking it rich and dead. The next day. Why police are investigating the death of a Lottery Winner. Rush hour panic, what happens when an escalade suddenly reverses direction. [ female announcer ] no e paper coupons. No more paper lists. [ dog barking ] no more paper anything. Safeway presents just for u. Save more. Save easier. Saving more, starts now. Just for u on the safeway app. Going down an escalator switched directions on unsuspecting passengers in new jersey. Sending people into a panic the malfunction send a stampede of an escalator switched directions on unsuspecting passengers in new jersey sending people into a panic. You hear them there. [ yelling ] the malfunction sent a stampede of people down the moving staircase. Five people had minor injuries. No word on why it moved in the wrong direction. Some people hopped off. Just turn around and walk down. I was going to say theres probably stairs. Why freak out . I think they were caught off guard and confused. Its confusing, right, liz. Its funny i guess people were injured so thats not very good but bizarre. Live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. There was a stall reported by some members of the kcbs phone force. Still blocking a lane on the incline. They had to turn on the metering lights early. Thats why you see these Early Morning backups beyond the first overcrossing. The san mateo bridge now lets go to this problem spot. San mateo bridge looks okay. Lets get to the problem spot right now on our maps and we can show it to you, westbound 80 coming down the eastshore freeway. So right there approaching San Pablo Dam road, this is the scene of a multivehicle crash. Outer lanes are blocked, fire and tow crews out there, as well. Sensors show backups extending to highway 4. Richmond parkway towards san pablo avenue that might be your best alternate to get around this mess. So this is a good sized delay for this time of the morning. Drive times creeping up, 32 minutes just in the westbound lanes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. And once you get past San Pablo Dam road things look good towards the berkeley area. Once again if you are going towards the bay bridge toll plaza, we have good sized delays once again approaching the pay gates. Westbound 580 just kind of a hitormiss brake lights right now from 20 5 from 205 towards the dublin interchange, the usual commute across that stretch. Westbound 4 busy this morning. Also, a the although of fog reported. Chp very early this morning before we got in the door issued a fog advisory between antioch and the pittsburg area. So yeah, really slow. We are seeing a pretty good long line of red sensors meaning a lot of speeds are under 25 miles per hour. Elsewhere heres a live look outside across the Golden Gate Bridge. No delays, marin county looks great all the way from san rafael towards the Golden Gate Bridge heading into San Francisco. Nothing to note on mass transit, everything is on time for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. That is a check of your timesaver traffic. For the latest on the foggy road conditions, lets go to lawrence. Very thick early on here elizabeth, especially in the east bay. Just hazy around the rest of the bay area if you are headed out the door. Looks like thick fog continuing through the east bay valleys until 9 a. M. And then well see advisories lift there. By the afternoon, hazy sunshine, it will be a milder day ahead but some bigtime changes coming our way as early as tomorrow. It looks like High Pressure is going to get out of the way. All that cold air going to dive in from the gulf of alaska so one more mild day for today and then things really begin to change much colder temperatures maybe a few showers work their way back to the bay area. Outside now we have some of that patchy valley fog developing. Watch out for that early on. Through the middle of the day, sunshine will mix out the fog and more hazy sunshine by the afternoon. Looks look it will continue that way into the evening hours. Late tonight well see high clouds from the next storm system that could bring a couple of scattered showers to the bay area. Traveling around the state, be careful through the central valley. Fog there. By the afternoon, 46 in yosemite and 57 in fresno. Around the bay today temperatures up very nicely into the 60s. 60 in san jose. 60 in milpitas. 60 fremont. 58 degrees in pacifica. East bay temperatures up into the 50s and the 60s after dense fog this morning. And then inside the bay well see temperatures as high as 61 degrees in oakland. 58 San Francisco. 60 novato. Next couple of days bigtime changes as a storm system comes in bringing a chance of a few showers tomorrow. Not a big system. But the cold air thats going to come in on the back side of this will drop the snow level. If we see any precipitation we could see snow down to about 2,000 feet on thursday. Those temperatures topping out in the 50s maybe some low 50s at best. Thats the latest, guys. Back to you. Thank you. The only suspect in the attack on the u. S. Consulate in libya is no longer in custody. A lawyerer said his client was conditionally released by authorities in tunisia due to lack of evidence connecting him to benghazi attack. The man from tunisia has to stay near the countrys capital in case the court needs him. 6 17. President obama is urging congress to act quickly and confirm his nominee for secretary of defense and cia director. Yesterday he introduced john brennan as the nominee to head the cia and introduced republican chuck hagel a vietnam veteran and former u. S. Senator as his pick for defense secretary. He would replace leon panetta who is eager to return to his Monterey County home. The time has come for me to return to my wife sylvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren and my walnut farm. [ laughter ] dealing with a different set of nuts. [ laughter ] well, he still has a sense of humor. It could be a little bit of a wait. Some of hagels fellow republicans plan to oppose his nomination. He won the lottery but didnt live long enough to spend it. Police say a chicago man was poisoned after he got the winning ticket. A second look at urooj khans autopsy reveals lethal levels of sigh night. Chan died the day after he received his 400,000 check. That check was cashed a month later the money apparently went to his estate, police are once investigating the cyanide poisoning. Two years to the day after Gabrielle Giffords was shot during a Campaign Event in arizona, she and astronaut husband mark kelly are expected to announce a plan to promote stricker gun laws to curb gun violence. Gifts was one of 19 people shot by a gunman in january 2010 in tucson. Another large crowd is expected in court as prosecutors continue to list the evidence they have against the man accused of the colorado Movie Theater shooting. The Pretrial Hearing for james holmes is expected to last all week. During yesterdays testimony, holmes appeared not to show any emotion as Police Officers recounted the bloody scene where 12 people were killed. 6 19 now. Health experts say flu season is off to a strong start all across the country. Officials at the centers for Disease Control say this is the earliest start for a flu season about a decade. 41 states are now reporting widespread cases and more than 2200 people have already been hospitalized. We know right now through our Surveillance Systems that more people are going to the doctor and more people are being hospitalized for flu this year than they were last year. Getting that flu shot offers protection with about 60 effectiveness. Doctors say it takes two weeks for the shot to reach its full potential. So its important to get vaccinated early in the season. 6 20. They were gone in three minutes. How diehard fans can still get 49er playoffs tickets. First, a runner in the lead when a spectator comes out of nowhere. See what happens next. Youve got to be kidding me. Sweetie, help us settle this. I say this and this is called southern hospitality. Well, i call it the clean getaway. 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Emergency crews are on scene flashing their lights. So thats helping out. But look at that backup right now in those northbound lanes. It extends past the oakland coliseum. Well have much or this plus the rest of your morning drive coming up. The San Francisco 49ers playoff game against green bay on saturday as you can guess is sold out. The tickets were all gone within three minutes of them going on sale yesterday morning. But as any diehard fan knows, tickets are being resold on sites like nfl Ticket Exchange and stubhub. They may be more expensive. You think . But any tickets returned to the 49ers before the game will be sold through ticketmaster only. So or you can buy a bigscreen tv and stay at home. Its always fun to be at the game. College football undefeated notre dame came into the bcs title game a 10point underdog against alabama. Not a fun game to watch. It was a blowout. The irish never showed up. Aj mccarren and his girlfriend. 140. Pass to lacy 280 alabama at the half. 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