o's owned by a registered sex offender, donald olson. we're not going to mention the boat's name which is sexually suggestive. it broke free from anchor and drifted. he is out of jail but his boat's still here. neighbors have been pressuring police to get rid of it. while police have jurisdiction over the boat they can't tow it because there's a hole and it's taking on water. olson has until june 24th to claim it. coming up find out why olson is not on a megan's law web site and we spoke to a neighbor. hear what he has todd to say about this orr indictment live from richmond i'm care stair tear. >>> attorneys for a man who stole a luxury yacht from a sausalito harbor are calling him delusional. in march 62-year-old leslie gardner stole the yacht and sailed to pacifica. the other two people say gardner said it was his body both and -- it was his boat. attorneys say he believe it was his boat. he is due back in the court at the end of the month. >>> police in pittsburgh have released a photo of a man suspected of a homicide. 24-year-old ro

. >> sex offender donald olson was living on the pwochlt they arrested him for failing to register his whereabouts. he's out of jail now but his boat remains illegally moored just feet from a busy path way and popular park for families. >> i would be a little twitchy with the amount of kid and everybody running around. i suppose sex offender here, that's. >> i come here a lot. with her. so i see is the almost a month i think. but i didn't see no one in there. >> police have authority over the both boat but can't tow it because there's a hole tonight and is taking on water. they have given olson until june 24 to claim the boat. they will have it repair and rae moved to be destroyed if not moved frichlt bet to planes. plane rolled into a building in san bernardino couldn't late today. 3 mcick on board the small passenger jet performing an engine test at the airport in san bernardino county. but the tires rolled off the holding block and plane just crashed right through the hangar as you can see. 4 nearby buildings evacuated and electricity turned off as precaution in case fuel leak. no f

. >> sex offender donald olson was living on the pwochlt they arrested him for failing to register his whereabouts. he's out of jail now but his boat remains illegally moored just feet from a busy path way and popular park for families. >> i would be a little twitchy with the amount of kid and everybody running around. i suppose sex offender here, that's. >> i come here a lot. with her. so i see is the almost a month i think. but i didn't see no one in there. >> police have authority over the both boat but can't tow it because there's a hole tonight and is taking on water. they have given olson until june 24 to claim the boat. they will have it repair and rae moved to be destroyed if not moved frichlt bet to planes. plane rolled into a building in san bernardino couldn't late today. 3 mcick on board the small passenger jet performing an engine test at the airport in san bernardino county. but the tires rolled off the holding block and plane just crashed right through the hangar as you can see. 4 nearby buildings evacuated and electricity turned off as precaution in case fuel leak. no f

police say the boat's owner, donald olson, was recently released from jail after being arrested for not disclosing his whereabouts as a registered sex offender. olson is not restricted from being around children because he was convicted of a misdemeanor sex crime. police set a deadline of june 24 for him to remove the boat. >>> fire crews are on alert in parts of the bay area due to high fire danger. a red flag warning was posted in solano county until this afternoon due to high temperatures, gusty winds and low humidity. today's exercise for cordelia firefighters was laying 800 feet of hose up the hill in rockville park. that is where temperatures were in the mid-80s. >> we're wearing everything we would be wearing if we were actually out in the field in live fire. we practiced the other day, so we know what to expect, so we can feel what it's like to be out there fighting real fire. >> calfire says the fire season started two months early this year. fire crews have fought 2300 fires in california so far compared to 1300 in a typical year. our meteorologist mark tamayo will join us to

. >> sex offender donald olson was living on the pwochlt they arrested him for failing to register his whereabouts. he's out of jail now but his boat remains illegally moored just feet from a busy path way and popular park for families. >> i would be a little twitchy with the amount of kid and everybody running around. i suppose sex offender here, that's. >> i come here a lot. with her. so i see see is the almosa month i think. but i didn't see no one in there. >> police have authority over the both boat but can't tow it because there's a hole tonight and is taking on water. they have given olson until june 24 to claim the boat. they will have it repair and rae moved to be destroyed if not moved frichlt bet to planes. plane rolled into a building in san bernardino couldn't late today. 3 mcick on board the small passenger jet performing an engine test at the airport in san bernardino county. but the tires rolled off the holding block and plane just crashed right through the hangar as you can see. 4 nearby buildings evacuated and electricity turned off as precaution in case fuel leak. no

the boat's owner, 57-year-old donald olson, was taken into custody for failing to register as a sex offender. the 1970s era 37-foot cabin cruiser has been red tagged but for now the city is leaving the boat where it is. if olson doesn't claim it by june 24th, the city can hire someone to remove it or remove themselves. >>> now a follow-up on a story we first brought you last week, the contra costa county district attorney has completed its investigation into a top-ranking richmond official accused of misusing public funds. the d.a. says there is not enough evidence to file any criminal charges against assistant city manager and head of human resources, leslie knight. a whistle-blower came forward last year, claiming knight was collecting a car allowance and also using a city car at the same time. she also claimed knight was running a personal business out of city hall. knight has since paid the city $10,000 and resigned. >>> it's a done deal and public schools are the big winners. in sacrament attorney general the state budget has been passed. members of both houses will be back at work tomo

the sex offender donald olson was live on it. he was arrested for failing to register whereabouts.ins illegal moored feet from a busy pathway and a popular family park. he has until june 24 to claim the boat or it will be removed. >> next, leyla gulen will reveal the second winner our abc7 news shell gas card give away. >> exciting. and microsoft releases something iphone users have been asking for, for a long-term. >> trading is underway on wall street. the dow is off by 25 points and ahead we will check with jane king and the new york stock exchange. >> day after a police raid what the san francisco police are doing to make sureaúes0p0p >> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back on this friday morning. new this morning, for iphone users, the wait is over, microsoft's office suite is coming to the iphone and will offer the ability to read and edit text documents and slide presentations. it is free starting today but you have to have an office 365 subscription which costs $100 a year. >> microsoft is not making a version for

vincent park and marina bay,s 37-footer is owned by donald olson, a man in his 50s which has a name wel because it is sexually suggestive. the trouble began two months ago when the boat broke free from anchor and drifted. olson was arrested for failing to give his whereabouts. but he's out of jail. >> we don't have children, of course if i had children it would make me uncomfortable. we did see someone working on it but didn't think anything about it. he had kids around there and didn't think anything about it. >> now, while police have jurisdiction over the boat, they can't tow it because there's a hole in it it and it's taking on water. olson has june 24th to claim it. joining me live is a woman who happened to lkby. she said she had a suggestion what to do with the boat. >> if the tide won't take it out, scrap it out. >> reporter: you're sick of looking at it. >> right. we walk here every day. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: it's an eyesore. >> yeah. >> reporter: and the fact that it's owned by a registered sex offend rer, that makes -- offender, that makes you uncomfortable. >> no

richmond police arrested its own donald olson few days later because he failed to register with them as a sex offender. olson lived on the boat in the past. nobody is living on it right now. residents want it rae moved but the law bar police from doing that until june 24th at the earliest. >> marina bay is very beautiful setting. on san francisco bay overlooking brooks island and you have a boat that has been abandoned here in and takes them 24 days to get it out. it takes a little bit too long. >>reporter: richmond police did not specify the crime olson committed but they say he is considered to be a low risk sex offender. >>> san francisco police are lacking for witnesses and bart is taking new action tonight after a naked man terrorize passengers last month. cell phone video shows the wild eye man roaming a bart station while performing his acrobatic antic and attacking riders. there he goes after someone there it took some time before help arrived, too. heather has new information tonight about the man who was arrested. >> security camera are positioned all over bart station but

that boat's owner is 67-year-old donald olson, he was take noon custody for failing to reveal his whereabouts, which as a sex offender he has to do. police say they have to go through the legal process before they remove the boat which likely won't happen until the end of the month. >>> family and friends of a missing san francisco man are expected to gather once again this morning to continue their search for him. 19-year-old sean seedie was last seen leaving the french american school on may 21st. the western end of golden gate park will be searched, not far from where his cell phone went dead. he suffered a traumatic brain injury after a fall last november, and a private investigator is urging his status be elevated from missing to a person who is physically or mentally disabled. >>> vice president joe biden is waking up in the bay area this morning. he is expected to be in palo alto sometime today. but last night he was in san francisco for a fund-raiser. mr. biden's visit comes one week after president obama's bay area visit and just like the president, protesters showed up in full force

richmond police arrested its owner, donald olson, a few days later because he failed to register with them as a sex offender. olson has lived on that boat in the past. nobody is living on it right now. residents want it removed, but the law bars police from doing that until june 24th at the earliest. >>> marina bay is a very beautiful setting on san francisco bay overlooking brooks island. and you have a boat that's been 24 days to get them out?kes them that's a little too long. >>> richmond police department specify the crime olson commit bud they say he's considered to be a low risk sex offender. >>> san francisco police are looking for witnesses and bart is taking new action after a naked man terrorized passengers last month. cell phone video shows the wild-eyed man roaming a bart station while performing his acrobatic an continues and attacking riders. it took some time before help arrived. abc7 news reporter heather ishimaru has new information about the man who was arrested. >>> security cameras are positioned all over bart stations. but it's this cell phone video that will be t

it's owned by a registered sex offender, donald olson was living on the boat and then it drifted here after a strong current when its anchors broke. he was arrested for failing to register his whereabouts but he's out of jail now. his boat's still here close to a busy pathway and popular park for kids. neighbors have been pressuring police to get rid of it. while police have jurisdiction over the boat they can't tow it because there's a hole in it and it's taking on water. olson has until june 24th to claim it. if he doesn't police will have to fix it so they can remove it and then destroy it. live from richmond i'm tara moriarty. >>> new this morning, oakland police are investigating two incidents at the same house. about 1:00 this morning, firefighters were called to put out a fire at this house on 73 73rd 73 73rd and international boulevard. there were flames in the rear of the house and no one was home. yesterday afternoon police were at that very same house. they were investigating graffiti spray painted on it. it included a homophobic slur and the words stop snitching. police we

two months ago the other than donald olson a convicted sex offender was evicted for not paying rent atby harbor. with nowhere to go he dropped anchor in the bay. the boat broke free in heavy winds and shipwrecked at vin tenth park. police don't know where olsen is right now and the people who frequent this park are on edge. >> does it make you not want to come here? >> yes, it would. it definitely would. >> you're not going to let that guy stop you from coming here? >> no, not at all. not at all. i mean, if i saw him, you know, hanging out around here or something like that, i'd definitely say something to him. >> reporter: olsen is supposed to keep up with periodic sex offender registration. but he was arrested for not doing so earlier this month then released. our crews talked to a man who was working on the boat last night. he said he is a friend of olsen's. as for olsen being a sex offender, it was a misdemeanor crime that he was convicted of. so police aren't saying exactly what that was. but he is allowed to hang out near playgrounds since it was just a misdemeanor. live in richm