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| Dec.2 |
San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan captain grounded, will not get license back
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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 |
San Francisco |
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Bay fisherman want to delay crab season
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Marin County |
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Oil Spill Volunteers Turned Away |
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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 Captain John Cota has been a 25-year veteran bar pilot, but one who has a record of several mishaps in the past
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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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