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| Dec. 2 |
San Francisco |
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 Cosco Busan captain grounded, will not get license back John Cota, who crashed then cargo ship into the Bay Bridge in 2007, causing the oil spill, has lost his battle to restart his sailing career
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| Dec.26 |
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Cosco Busan oil spill damaged herring
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| Feb.19 |
San Francisco |
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Operators Of Ship In Bay Spill Fined $10M
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| Jul.17 |
San Francisco |
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Pilot In SF Bay Spill: 10 Months In Prison| John Cota, 61, of Petaluma, was sentenced in federal court to 10 months in prison for his role in a spill of more than 53,000 gallons | |
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| Jun.22 |
San Francisco |
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Judge Refuses Company's Guilty Plea
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| Feb.18 |
San Francisco |
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Feds: poor info-sharing in ship crash
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| Sep.22 |
San Francisco |
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No contest plea denied in Bay oil spill
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| Sep.17 |
San Francisco |
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Feds urge rejection of plea in oil spill case
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
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Cosco operator offers to plead no contest The operating company for the container ship involved in oil spill has offered to plead no contest to criminal charges of falsifying documen...
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| Jun.14 |
Marin County |
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Beach opens after Cosco residue cean-up Rodeo Beach reopened after a significant quantity of oil traced to November's major bay oil spill was cleaned up along the surf line
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| May.24 |
San Francisco |
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Pilot In Cosco Oil Spill Gets Court Date
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| May.12 |
San Francisco |
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Lawsuit seeks on spill pilot's legal bills
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| May.5 |
San Francisco |
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Half Of Cosco Busan Crew To Return A judge to allow 3 of 6 Chinese crew members who have been held since their ship spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into the bay to return home
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| May.4 |
Marin County |
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County bills ship owners $600K for cleanup The County is sending the cleanup bill to Hudson Marine Management of Pennsauken, N.J., which is representing Hong Kong-based Regal Stone
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| Apr.22 |
San Francisco |
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Ship Pilot Charged With Lying In Spill Probe Capt. John Cota, 60, was charged with two felony counts of lying to Coast Guard officials about his prescription drug use
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| Apr.9 |
Bay Bridge |
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Coast Guard couldn't have stopped crash
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| Jan.28 |
San Francisco |
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Crew member may have misled on spill size
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| Dec.26 |
Half Moon Bay |
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Bay Bridge Debris Washes Ashore Pieces of the Bridge that broke off when a container ship collided with it last month have shown up
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| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco The ship responsible has left port is bound for Asia, but Bay Area still dealing with the remnants of 58,000 gallons of thick bunker oil
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San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan to resume commerce
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
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Oil Spill Ship Posts Bond To Depart Bay The federal government and the owners of Cosco Busan resolved a legal standoff that had kept the vessel here
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Oil spill ship scheduled to leave Bay
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| Dec.13 |
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Angel Island will reopen
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| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
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Cota asks for extension on license
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| Dec.10 |
SF City Hall |
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SF Sues Ship Owner Over Spill
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| Dec.8 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Spill Pilot Asked To Surrender License
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East Bay |
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Many E. Bay Beaches Remain Closed
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| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
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Misconduct charges filed against spill pilot A state agency that licenses Northern California ship pilots formally accused Capt. John Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, of misconduct
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| Nov.29 |
San Francisco |
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Fishing ban imposed after bay oil spill lifted California officials lifted a temporary fishing ban that was imposed after a container ship spilled nearly 60,000 gallons of toxic fuel
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| Nov.22 |
Marin County |
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Stinson beach re-opens after spill
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
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Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
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Lawmakers not satisfied with spill response| Members of Congress, including House Speaker Pelosi, demanded answers on the U.S. Coast Guard's response to an oil spill | |
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| Nov.18 |
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Peak tides could spread oil spilled
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| Nov.17 |
Pacifica |
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Beaches reopen as spill cleanup continues At least 15 beaches affected by spill reopened as the massive cleanup effort transitioned from open bay waters to protected shoreline areas
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| Nov.16 |
San Francisco |
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Restrictions force crab prices to rise
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| Nov.14 |
San Francisco |
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Ship's crew won't talk to investigators
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
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Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill Schwarzenegger suspended all fishing in areas affected by oil spill and called the incident an 'unbelievable human failure' and promised to investigate
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San Francisco |
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Ship Pilot May Have Downplayed Collision
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
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Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar Federal investigators investigators were examining whether a harbor pilot initally played down the damage to his ship after striking the bridge
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San Francisco |
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Oil spill cleanup moves from water to land There are still 60 boats working to scoop up the spilled shipping fuel both inside and outside the Golden Gate
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
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Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe Crew members of the cargo ship The Cosco Busan that sideswiped the Bay Bridge, causing oil spill, were being questioned in a federal investigation
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San Francisco |
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Feinstein: Spill should not have happened Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a news conference that everything she has heard about the oil spill 'indicates that this should not have happe...
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San Francisco |
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Feds To Inspect Impact Of Bay Spill
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| Nov.10 |
Marin County |
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Oil Spill Volunteers Turned Away
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San Francisco |
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Bay fisherman want to delay crab season |
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San Francisco |
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Coast Guard Doubles Clean Up Effort
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| Nov.9 |
San Francisco |
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Pilot of SF Bay oil ship spill investigated
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San Francisco |
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Multipart cleanup effort continued Officials aboard the ship estimated 500 gallons had spilled, but further investigation determined a much greater amount of oil was in the wa...
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| Nov.8 |
San Francisco |
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 Growing Oil Spill Closes Bay Beaches Coast Guard crews spent the night working on cleaning up 58,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the bay after a container ship bumped the Bay Bridge
| The oil spill has prompted the closures of at least 7 beaches, including Fort Point, Baker Beach, China Beach, Crissy Field, Rodeo Beach, Black Sand and Kirby Cove. The Coast Guard characterized the spill as a 'medium sized' and 'not too difficult to clean up'
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| Nov.7 |
Bay Bridge |
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Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash| The collision, blamed on low visibility due to dense fog, knocked a 100-foot section of the fender that protects the tower | |
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Bay Bridge |
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No damage to bridge after bump by ship| A container ship traveling through dense fog bumped into a tower supporting the bridge, but have caused no structural damage to the span. The ship struck a tower west of Yerba Buena Island at about 8:30 a.m. ... | |
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