male announcer this is bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. The coast guard checking out an oil tanker after it strikes the bay bridge. About 30 to 40 feet ot the fender system was damaged and will need to be replaced. The 750 foot ship sideswiped one of the bridge towers while traveling about the speed of a bowling ball. Tonight investigators looking at the possible causes was it human error or Something Else. There is plenty of questions. Just off the coast of Treasure Island. It is anchored and it could be there for several days. How could this happen to hit the bay bridge. The oil tanker remained acred off the coast of Treasure Island monday evening as the piece together how and why it smashed into the bay bridge. The 11 20 a. M. That is what were going to see weather or not it was human error or Something Else reporter the accident coming five years after a San Francisco bar pilot was blamed for steering the container ship cosco busan into the same bridge. The oil tanker overseas reymar was empty when it slammed into one of the support towers. On the late this morning. The navigation equipment, the radar they speak to the vessel traffic services. The Pilots Association said that at the time of the crash there was no petroleum on board with the exception of what was fueling the ship. A good thing. From the sky 7 abc seven. Thisvessel. It appears to be well above the water line. No penetration of the hole itself. They would interview and drug test everybody. And continue to monitor the integrity of the ship to make sure that nothing seeps into the water. It continues to remain off see also the possibility if there was more that they can do as far as avoiding incidences like this. Still more questions on what we can get in the next couple of days. That is vital. Thank you, dan kerman. Pam our Live Team Coverage with a charles clifford. Live report. Everyone on board the vessel they say that it is safe is safe. And traffic continued to flow. As if nothing had happened. Still both the coast guard and caltrans have a lot of investigating to do. Is a vital link for for hundreds of thousands of people driving in and out of San Francisco every day. With kron 4s charles clifford. Who has more on what caltrans found when reporter just minutes after bay bridge tower number 6 was struck, caltrans dispatched a structures Maintenance Team to look for damage. This is video from sky 7 hd abc7 news of crews inspecting the bridge and the protective fender that surrounds the tower at the waterline. The very first thing our inspectors look for when they get out there is to make sure the bridge is safe. The initial investigation should that the fender took the brunt of the allusion and preformed as it was designed. About 30 feet of the fender has been damaged and will need to be replaced. It was damaged in a way that it was supposed to be. Theres no structural damage to the bay bridge as a result of this allusion. So there will be no repair work done to the bay bridge itself, other than to fix the fender system. Reporter caltrans says they will also be checking the systems designed to prevent ships there are a number of measures on in place on the bay bridge to protect it during fog. From fog lights to signs to other different measures. We have no indication that any of those were damaged or not preforming. And we are investigating that now. Reporter while they were investigating they are coordinating with the c h p. And making sure that there is no danger. Charles clifford, kron 4. Pam of course there are dedicated shipping channels for large vessels like the one in todays crash. To navagate about the bay. Kron4s grant lodes continues our team coverage. By showing us the route the tanker should have been taking. When it hit the bridge this morning. Grant . That is correct. This yellow peril that you see. And the other shifting channels but here is where the vessel hit tower sex. This is where it struck. This is a normal shipping channel. Instead, this. Off to the north and a striped tower sex. No. Setower 6 heres a map showing the pam shipping channels in San Francisco bay. The tankers route out to sea should have been this yellow arrow here. The white arrows are other sipping lanes. Heres where the vessel hit tower number 6. Well take a closer look. Again. This is where the accident happened. It should have been on a parth similar to this white arrow. Instead it veered north todays incident comes more than five years after the container ship. The cosco busan. Hit the bay bridge in thick fog. And spilled more than 50 thousand gallons of oil into the bay. 26 miles of shoreline were contaminated by the oil. And more than 25hundred birds were killed. It cost more than 70 Million Dollars to clean up the mess. And the ships pilot ended up going to guilty to two misdemeanor new tonight at eight. We are learning more about the bar pilot on board the tanker when it hit the bay bridge today. Kron 4s reggie kumar joins us now, to tell us about the mans past history navigating ships. Reggie. Reporter pam. This bar pilot started navigating the San Francisco bay in 2005. According to a spokesman with the bar Pilots Association, its believed the bar pilot had an accident free record, until now. This is video from sky 7 h d abc 7 news. The bar pilots is 61 year old guy kleess. A spokesman with the bar Pilots Association says the vessel navigator has been tested for drugs and alcohol. So far the results show the bar pilot was not drunk during the collision. The drug test results wont be available for at least 48 hours. The coast guard is the lead investigator saying both the captain and bar pilot are responsbile for navigating any ship through the bay. The coast guard said the bar pilot and the captain stand side by side when maneuvering ships through bay waters. An investigation is underway to determine whose hands were on the controls when the vessel hit the bay bridge. Lieutenant Shawn Lansing says the investigation can take six months to a year to complete. We will see if this is human error. Pam reggie. Has the bar pilot already been questioned by authorities . Reporter that will happen tomorrow. The coast guard will ask the bar pilot every little detail about the collision and what he was doing right before the vessel crashed in to bay bridge. It is amazing that this would happen with all the navigation equipment. You can also follow up dates onstay with kron4 as we continue to follow developments in the tanker hit of the bay bridge. You can follow updates on the web at kron4dotcom, and our facebook and twitter pages. R after nearly one year. The search for victims of the speed freak killers has resumed. Wesley shermantine says he and his late partner loren herzog buried dozens of bodies in abandoned wells in the central central valley. One of his maps led to the discovery of human remains at this site last february near the town of linden. Now for the first time, fbi technicians are taking over from san joaquin sheriffs deputies, i can tell you we have the best doing this excavation. Pam at least two dozen forensic specialists. Will be working over three weeks. To excavate a well in a rural section of san joaquin county. They are searching victims. Kron4s scott rates is in linden. With more. Reporter working crews are wrapping up behind me. Once the sun goes down the are done for the day. They will be back first thing tomorrow searching for any evidence that could have been left by the speed freak killers. All day long agents using dackos have been taking in sifting through dirt. To the san walking valley. Just 100 yds away. Were they found thousands of loans last year. They have been working with various agencies. The twopart strategy that involved a plan for Accurate Information concerning the burial sites. Of this will be from sun up to sun down. This could be even 20 years ago from sherman time. Otherwise known as the speed freak killers. Wesley shermantine and loren zerzog. Reporter if nothing was found they will not stop here. We also realize that we do not find remains personal guarantee that this will not and the excavation investigation. There could be a total of 50 ft. But only 5 ft. Per day. All of this will take about three weeks. Pam and stay with kron4 as follow developments in the search for victims of the speed freak killers. Updates also available on the web, at kron4dotcom and the kron4 facebook and twitter pages. We are watching the visibility napa run thbay area. Are run the bay area, concord, fairfield, not that bad. And we are expecting dense fog over the golden gate. At the peninsula, and the east bay shore and as well as the assault bay. The east bay and the valleys reproduced visibility with one quarter or less at times. Definitely, giving yourself some extra time. Reduced visibility and the slow down. The dense fog advisory and our next chance of rainfall, coming up. Pam still ahead at eight. The u. S. Supreme court reveals when it will hear arguments in the legal challenge to californias ban on same sex marriage. President obama lines up replacements for keyhowever, one name is already capitol hill. And. Want to go to the 49ers playoff game on saturday . Good luck getting a seat. A look at how much money [ female announcer ] no more 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. [ male announcer ] its no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. 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[ female announcer ] that has a nice ring to it. [ male announcer ] only from at t. Pam new tonight at eight. A federal court has thrown out the lawsuit brought against the Los Angeles Police department. By the man wrongly accused of viciously beating a giants fan outside dodger stadium. Giovanni ramirez sued the departement and its chief. Saying, his rights to due process were violated, when he was arrested. But never charged. In the near fatal beating of giants fan bryan stow in 2011. Police considered him a suspect for months. Even though his lawyer said, he had never been to the ballpark. Two other men were later arrested. Stow suffered brain damage from the beating and is permanently disabled. Pam berkeley assemblywoman Nancy Skinner is introducing a measure that would regulate ammunition sales in california. Among other things. The bill would estabilish restrictions similar to those for gun sales in the state. They include requiring sellers to be licensed. And buyers to provide valid identification. Caps would also be placed on kits which convert guns into assault weapons. And large ammuntion purchases in short periods of time. Would have to be reported to police. Pam the u. S. Supreme court says, it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of californias voter approved ban on same sex marriage on march 26th. Sponsors of proposition eight. Are challenging Lower Court Rulings that struck down the measure last year. The ban will remain in effect until the high court makes a decision. Which is expected in june. In march. The high court will also hear arguments on a similar case. Regarding the federal defense of marriage act. President obama has announced his picks today for a couple of key positions. His choice for the new ci a boss. And for the next secretary of defense. But its the man hes chosen as defense secretary whos already causing controversy. Kron4s Catherine Heenan explains why. Catherine the president announced that former republican senator chuck hagel is his choice as secretary of defense. A former vietnam vet. He has cochaired the president s intelligence advisory board. And this and that i admired his courage and judgment and speaking his mind even if it was not popular Catherine Hagel is considered blunt with independent views. To the dismay of fellow republicans, he opposed the troop surge in afghanistan and has called for deep cuts in defense spending. Some argue his support for israel is inadequate. In 2008 hagel broke ranks with other republicans to support obama. His path to nomination could be rocky. Also monday the president nominated john brennan his chief counterterrorism adviser to be the new cia boss. Hes had an office in the west wing and the ear of the president. He is one of the hardest Public Servants i have ever seen. Catherine his choice is also not without some controversy. Brennan was a candidate for cia director 4 years ago contention when critics slammed his involvement in bushera interrogations. And hes been accused of helping to manipulate leaks to boost the Administrations National security credentials. At that News Conference today. It was bay area native and outgoing defense secretary leon panetta who got a laugh. When he talked about returning to his walnut farm. My family. And my walnut farm. A different set of nuts. laughter pam secretary of state Hillary Clinton went back to work today. And she has some extra protection against another head injury. As a little joke. Her staff gave her the gift of a regulation football helmet. With the state Department Seal on it. It was at clintons first staff meeting since getting out of the hospital. She was treated for a blood clot near the brain that she got after a fall and a concussion. Senator john kerry it will replace her as a secretary of state. Jacqueline it was a nice day today. 50s and 60s. We did see 62 degrees. Redwood city, 60s to concord. And the Current Conditions will remain rather mild. Still, 51 to oakland and San Francisco and at half moon bay. 50s through redwood city and temperatures are going to be more mile. We are going to see areas of dense fog. With a fog advisory issued for tomorrow. Mostly sunny skies and there is going to be similar conditions to today but similar. As we see a big change with the temperatures are going to be wchanging. Here is the next fog advisory. These areas highlighted with reduced visibility. Through 9 00 p. M. , with one quarter of 1 mi. And keep giving yourself some extra time. Low visibility, slow down. Taking a l we are going to see other 60s. 60s through san jose. Unseasonably warm the stormtracker is well off to the north and it will stay that way. Change is coming as that starts with rainfall to the bay area. It will continue to the day and temperatures dropping wednesday and temperatures in the low 50s. Staying there for friday and warming up. This brings the chance of showers back to the forecast. The Worlds Largest exposition of gadgets and gizmos. The Consumer Electronics show. Is about to begin in las vegas. Threethousand exhibitors are busy setting up to show off over twenty thousand new products. One hundred and fifty thousand people are expected to attend. The show officially begins tomorrow but there is already big tech headlines starting to come out. The national championship. The Green Bay Packers, coming up for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. The Consumer Electronics show. Busy so they can show off more than 20,000 new products. 102,000 people are expected. 150 peoplthousand 1500 people are expected to attend. Gabe slate tech report this year, there are the ultra hd flat creen 4 the new 4 k can display 8 million total pixels. In other words, that will give you basically four times the resolution. Of the kennedy. Haazi1080 pm the other big will be de pablet. And phone and tablet that is also a phone samsung sparked a global revolution. Now all the makers want to get in. On the action. This year, former president bill clinton will be speaking at the keynote address. I do not know why but stay tuned. We are already seeing some gadgets. The happy fork. If you are eating too fast . Theres even a smart application. And a teaspoon is in development. Happy spoon is also in development. The hot new products coming up. Next at eight30. The search for a man accused of a brutal attack. Setting francisco. An update on the victims condition. And the newest members of the Oakland City Council are sworn into office. How they plan to tackle the citys growing crime problem. The coast guard checking out strikes the bay bridge. About 30 to 40 feet ot the fender system was damaged and will need to be replaced. The 750 foot ship sideswiped one of the bridge towers while traveling about the speed of a bowling ball. Causes was it human error or Something Else. The accident coming