the cessna crashed into the san pablo bat sot we're doing search patterns over the dark water is prohibiting us. the crash happened just a few miles away from the san pablo yacht harbor -- owned by ericsot it's a big sky to a defense like this the chance of putting theeh other is a freak accident--c lipping the coast guard using a search for the missing pilot. department also has a boat in near san pablo bay, pd, k4n. tonight the controversy over the clippers owner's alleged racists comments spilled onto the basketball court. today it was game four of the first round of the playoffs - warriors versus clippers. but as the clippers team made clear. todays game was less about basketball and more about the alleged remarks from owner donald sterling. kron 4's scott rates joins us in studio with the latest on this growing controversy. it was this picture taken with magic johnson that started all this. now an attorney for sterling's girlfriend says the voice in the recording is no doubt that of the clippers owner tmz sports has released more of that very controversial conversation. "and if it makes you happy all want to remove all the black people from my is the gran

at the point, san pablo yacht club. the pilots actually knew each other? >> that's absolutely right, diane. they know each other. they were both at an air show earlier. the other is reportedly a photographer. at this hour, it is cold and dark out here, but the search continues. the in the area where the plane crashed, it's about two miles offshore. >> my wife came and told me that two planes had collided. one lost a wing and spiralled into the water and hit hard. >> the accident happened just after 4:00 p.m. near the richmond bridge. >> right near the channel, that's about 40 feet. that's the largest depth right here, but it goes to about 5 feet, fedepending on where the plane actually went down. >> those in the harbor say a neighbor immediately went out to help to see if he could help. >> any time something like in happens in the marina, they jump to help. joe said he saw oil and fuel an debris on the top of the water. no contact with any large debris or couldn't see the airplane. no bodies. >> the single engine hawker fury were in today's pacific coach d

eric johnson lives at the point san pablo yacht club and heard the buzz of the engines ahead. >> they clipped each other, the cessna and the old antique plane. the cessna didn't farewell. a hard spin into the water and hit hard and a big splash. >> pieces of the sessna have been recovered. it has been collected along the coast guard cuter and will be handed over to the administration as part of their investigation. >> we have not seen any persons in the water and we have one person being reported on the plane when it went down. >> there were two eyewitnesses of the crash who were aboard a nearby boat. >> we got a few eyewitness accounts of one person seen a crash and the other seen the plane hit the water. >> this is a picture of the korean war air hua plane. it flew back to its airport. the pilot and the one passenger were not injured. i called the listed number of the plane and they had no comment of the crash. the cessna and the vintage fighter took off from the ire port before 4:00 p.m. the vintage fighter was one of the star attractions. paw sesk coasty -- pacific coast event. th

eric johnson lives at the point san pablo yacht club and heard the buzz of the engines ahead. >> they clipped each other, the cessna and the old antique plane. the cessna didn't farewell. a hard spin into the water and hit hard and a big splash. >> pieces of the sessna have been recovered. it has been collected along the coast guard cuter and will be handed over to the administration as part of their investigation. >> we have not seen any persons in the water and we have one person being reported on the plane when it went down. >> there were two eyewitnesses of the crash who were aboard a nearby boat. >> we got a few eyewitness accounts of one person seen a crash and the other seen the plane hit the water. >> this is a picture of the korean war air hua plane. it flew back to its airport. the pilot and the one passenger were not injured. i called the listed number of the plane and they had no comment of the crash. the cessna and the vintage fighter took off from the ire port before 4:00 p.m. the vintage fighter was one of the star attractions. paw sesk coasty -- pacific coast event. th

earlier today, i was speaking with the harbor master of the point san pablo yacht harbor who talked about the speed of this recovery. >> i would have hoped they were getting on it today during the high or the low slack so they could get somebody in the water to retrieve this body. just for the sake of the family and everything and closure. >> reporter: that's the concern. everybody wants to see the body retrieved for the family as soon as possible. you're looking at pictures of tim parker's salvage yard. he has got the contract to come out here tomorrow morning. he said he's going to be out at the crack of dawn and set up probably around 1:00 with his barge, go into the water about 2:00, 2:30. frank miller, what is the conditions like tomorrow? >> i think the conditions tomorrow, you're going to have slack water, so it will be easy to get down to the bottom, but the visibility will still be poor because of the current and the disturbance of the silt that creates a screen. so it will be zero visibility tomorrow. >> reporter: thank you very much, frank miller. we're reporting live from the

a husband and wife were able to land safely afterwards, but witnesses at the point in san pablo yacht harbor said the cessna spiraled out of control and crashed right into the water after the collision. >> any time something like this happens in the marinmarina. people jump to help. whatever is running, they grab and they go. >> we have seen quite a bit of aircraft debris and we have not seen any persons in the water and one person being onboard that plane that went down. >> the organizers of that show in half moon bay did release a statement that reads in part, everyone associated with the pacific coast dream machine show is terribly saddened by this news and we hope and pray the missing plane and survivors are found. again, they are just looking for one pilot at this hour. apparently, they did know each other. one was participating in this and the other one was a photographer. the ntsb and the faa are investigating. reporting live at the richmond/san rafael bridge, christie smith "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> following the crash, the second plane traveled another 100 miles s

hawker landed safely about 100 miles away after the collision, but when it happened at the point san pablo yacht harbor, the boaters tried desperately to help. >> any time something like this happens in the marinmarina, peo jump to help. whatever is running, they grab and they go. >> we've seen quite a bit of debris, aircraft debris in the water here. we have not seen any persons in the water and we have one person reported being onboard that plane that went down. >> now, a statement from the organizers of that show in half moon bay released a statement saying in part "everyone associated with pacific coast dream machines show is tirably saddened by this news. we hope and play the missing plane and survivors are found." at this point they're just looking for the pilot of that cessna. we did see, again, a helicopter go by and the coast guard cutter pike is in the water and law enforcement from surrounding agencies may be putting boats in the water a little later, as well. reporting live near the richmond-san rafael bridge christie smith. >> thank you, christie. >>> also happening now an amber ale

yesterday a helicopter and coast guard cutter named pike searched the water of san pablo bay and they were pinpointing off the yacht harbor which is a private marina points west of san pablo and we understand the sources and the pilot of the cessna 210 may have been trying to take photos of the single engine k-20 and that's when they both came too close and clipped each other. they land had as address knot and this information has yet to be confirmed by the ntsb and it is still too earlier to determine a cause. we spoke with somebody who has been keeping tabs on the developments overnight. >> god bless them, done give up. -- don't give up but like i said there were quite a few vessels on sight immediately nothing came up. if something came up they would have immediately gotten them out of the water so i don't know. >> reporter: they are taking part in a boat race when the cessna went down. we don't know the identity of the pilot who went downtown and he was a very experienced pilot and they both said it was most likely an accident. of course we will keep you updated throughout the day and on ktvu channel 2 news at