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| Mar.29 |
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City to go dark for Earth Hour The Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge and office towers will go dark for an hour in a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change
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| Jan.28 |
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 Crew member may have misled on spill size The chief engineer aboard a container ship that struck a bridge support misjudged, miscommunicated or intentionally misled Coast Guard
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| Jan.7 |
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Crews working to contain spill  SF Downtown: A crane operator is recovering after being hospitalized when the crane he was working on collapsed into the San Francisco Ba
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| Dec.6 |
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Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys Department of the Environment and the Center for Environmental Health tested toys that people brought with them
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| Nov.20 |
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Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill John Tarantino and Steven Fitz filed the suit on behalf of fishermen who claim they have suffered economic injury as a result of the spill
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| Nov.19 |
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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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Beaches reopen as spill cleanup continues
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| Nov.12 |
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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 |
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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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Feds To Inspect Impact Of Bay Spill Federal officials will take an aerial tour of the bay to assay environmental damage caused by the area's worst oil spill in nearly 2 decades
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| Nov.10 |
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Bay fisherman want to delay crab season Fishermen voted to request a delay of local Dungeness season from Schwarzenegger due to concerns regarding the oil spilled
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Coast Guard Doubles Clean Up Effort Rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds tarred with black shipping fuel. 60 birds have died since 58,000 gallons leaked into the bay
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| Nov.9 |
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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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 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 water
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| Nov.8 |
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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 |
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Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash| Bay Bridge: 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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SJ To Unveil Green Vision For City
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| Sep.6 |
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Plumas Fire Causes Hazy Bay Area Sky| The fires in Santa Clara County and in Plumas County produced large amounts of smoke and ash | |
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| Aug.30 |
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Rising Temps Spark 2nd 'Spare The Air' Parking in BART lots is also free. The buses and light rail will be free all day
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| Jun.5 |
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Officials Investigating BART Smoke Cause SF Downtown: The smoke near the underground station at the Embarcadero forced evacuations on trains and caused significant delays
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| May.11 |
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People Sickened After Odor Released Nearly a dozen people are recovering from first thought to be a natural gas leak next to St. Luke's Hospital
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Problem Shuts Ferry Service
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| Nov.13 |
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Sewage Spews Onto Streets Along Beach A break in a sewage line sent untreated waste oozing through storm drains and onto the Great Highway
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| Aug.9 |
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Drill Replicate Boat Crash, Oil Spill More than a dozen agencies, including the Coast Guard, the Air Force, the National Park practiced
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Free Commutes 2 Days For Spare The Air
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| Oct.30 |
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Reservoir work clouds water SF Sunset: Officials are recommending that residents refrain from drinking tap water that appears cloudy or discolored
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| Jul.3 |
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Drum Site declared safe from hazards. SF Bayview
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| Feb.3 |
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Hall of Justice Evacuated. SF Downtown
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| Oct.21 |
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Chemical in vials injures archaeologist. SF Presidio
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| Sep.30 |
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Oil recovered from sunken ship Coast Guard completed the job of recovering a total of 85,000 gallons from the SS Jacob Luckenbach, which sank in 1953
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| Jul.29 |
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Hazardous waste dumped. SF Presidio
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| May.31 |
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Messy spill of fish parts. Bay Bridge
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Chemical released from plant
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