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| May.6 |
Richmond |
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Fish, Birds Dead After Chemical Spill Dozens of fish and two mallard ducks were found dead in an irrigation ditch after a toxic solvent leaked from a chemical plant
| The solvent reached the waters of San Pablo Bay. Thousands of gallons of toluene were released from the plant after thieves stripped critical valves from factory equipment. 20 hazardous materials specialists have been using vacuum trucks to pump liquid out of the drainage ditches
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Chemical Spill Reaches San Pablo Bay| An unknown quantity of a flammable substance that was found spilled in Richmond appeared to have made its way into San Pablo Bay | |
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| Jul.23 |
East Contra Costa |
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Man dead after being hit by boat propeller 3 people ejected from the boat at around 3:45 p.m. near Bethel's Sandmound Sloug
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| Jun.18 |
East Contra Costa |
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Report: Toxics Released At Suisun Bay Old ships docked in Suisun Bay may be spreading toxic metals into the bay. 21 tons of lead, zinc, copper and other metals have washed off
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| Jun.7 |
Richmond |
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Dead Whale To Be Hauled To Sea| Crews are in the process of removing a 20-foot long dead gray whale beached in Point Richmond | |
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| May.29 |
Martinez |
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Whales On The Move Past Benicia Bridge| 2 wayward whales, mother humpback whale and her calf, are making some progress in the right direction | |
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| May.28 |
Martinez |
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Lost Whales Stopped Near Martinez Bridge A day after 2 injured whales lost on the Sacramwento River, the pair came to an abrupt stop near the Benicia-Martinez Bridge
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Soldier from Walnut Creek killed in Iraq
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| Aug.12 |
Pittsburg |
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4 Powerboats Collide In Marina, 2 Hurt At least 4 boats collided about a mile from the Pittsburg Marina during an annual poker run across from the Dow Plant
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| Aug.11 |
East Contra Costa |
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Crews Find Body Of Missing Baby 16-month-old boy was missing from remote Bradford Island
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| Nov.8 |
Oakley |
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2 women missing after boat capsizes The 8- to 10-foot dinghy they and a male companion were on capsized to the east of Happy Harbor Marina
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Dyleski's Mother Arrested In Vitale Murder
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| Oct.16 |
Vallejo |
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5-alarm fire Several of the toll plaza lanes on the Carquinez Bridge were closed while crews battled the fire
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| May.23 |
Antioch |
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Ten Barges Burn in Delta The fiberglass barges caught fire near Sherman Island sending huge plumes of thick black smoke into the air
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5 dead, 4 injured in explosion, fire
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| Sep.5 |
Crockett |
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Coast Guard rescues five 5 were rescued from the waters near the Carquinez Bridge after their boat hit some rocks and became partially submerged
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| Jul.11 |
Richmond |
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Large oceangoing ship hits bridge A 650-foot oceangoing ship struck the base of a support tower on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
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| Sep.20 |
Martinez |
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Boat catches fire near Benicia Bridge An overheated engine sparked a fire that quickly engulfed a boat, sending the 4 occupants leaping into the water
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| Apr.14 |
Richmond |
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 Laci Peterson, infant bodies found  Map A woman's badly decomposed body was discovered on a beach, one day after an infant boy's body was found along a trail
| The deteriorating body of the fetus was discovered at 4 p.m. Sunday by a dog walker on the rocky shore of the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline. The bodies were discovered about a mile apart. Modesto police were summoned to the East Bay
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| Feb.26 |
Pittsburg |
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Missing vessel located near Grizzly Bay A helicopter and several boats were deployed to locate the boat that had gone missing
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| Feb.24 |
Pittsburg |
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Stuck Tanker Back Afloat in the Delta Coast Guard managed to pull the tanker out of the mud with the help of the rising tide and 4 tugboats
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| Oct.31 |
Richmond |
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Sailor disappeared from tanker The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Chinese sailor after searchers found a lifejacket and plastic bag
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| May.29 |
Richmond |
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Vehicle plunged into bay At least one person has been rescued. Alcohol may have played a role in the crash
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| May.8 |
Antioch |
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Police Found Second Missing Boater Sheriff tentatively identified a body found near the Antioch Bridge as Adam Batchelor
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| Apr.29 |
Antioch |
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Teenagers Missing in Delta Investigators have found their boat, but Adam Bachelor, 17, and Brandon Rheme, 18, are still missing
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Dog Registered to Vote
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