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Ship Oil Spill
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Water district to fix sewer polluting SF Bay
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| Jan.17 |
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Obama Inauguration Eclipses MLK Parade
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| Jan.27 |
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Tanker Ship Runs Into Rocks Near Bridge| A tanker ship headed out of bay struck some underwater rocks and was in distress just west of the Golden Gate Bridge | |
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| Jan.29 |
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Quick action helped ship stranded in Bay Capt. Dave McCloy quickly dropped anchor the only thing he could do without any power or steering
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| Feb.9 |
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Obama Wants CIA Flight Lawsuit Tossed
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| Feb.12 |
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Regulators to try to reduce trash in bay
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| Feb.17 |
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Sewage Spilling Into SF Bay  Map of Fort Baker Sausalito| Partially treated sewage was spilling at least 36,000 gallons. A defective pipe joint is responsible for the incident. A defective weld of a 'hand hole' along the pipe from when it wa... | |
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| Feb.18 |
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 Feds: poor info-sharing in ship crash A lack of communication between crew members played a critical role in the crash of a ship that led to a massive oil spill in November 2007
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Sewage Leak Into Bay Mostly Contained
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| Feb.21 |
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Marin authorities lift sewage spill advisory County is pronouncing SF Bay water in the area clean except for a 100-foot radius around the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District Facilit...
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| Feb.23 |
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Few in Bay Area qualify in housing plan More than 90% mortgage holders cannot qualify for the low-cost refinances included in President Obama's housing rescue package
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| Feb.25 |
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Sewage Spill Prompts Warning People were warned to stay out of the water along the shoreline after raw and partially-treated sewage mixed with rainwater
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S.F. pushes PG&E on bay sediment probe Hazardous chemicals in bay sediment near SF single remaining large power plant threaten the health of people and marine life
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| Feb.26 |
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Speier would aid refinancing in Bay Area
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| Mar.7 |
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Scientists Excited On Stem Cell Research
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| Mar.12 |
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Massive Crane Arrives For Construction
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| Mar.18 |
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Obama taps S.F. Bridge Housing CEO President announcing the appointment of Carol Galante to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Search Halted For Man In Water
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| Mar.26 |
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Middle School Named After Obama Alternative Learning Community, a newly established school with just 50 students, will now be known as Barack Obama Academy
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| Jun.22 |
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Michelle Obama Calls For Volunteers First lady wants Americans to make this a summer of community service
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Judge Refuses Company's Guilty Plea A federal judge has refused to let Hong Kong-based Fleet Management Ltd. plead guilty to two misdemeanor environmental crimes for an oil spi...
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| Jul.10 |
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Professor Nominated To Head USGS Obama intends to nominate Marcia McNutt, the geophysics professor, to be the next director of the U.S. Geological Survey
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| Jul.17 |
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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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| Aug.28 |
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Tug That Sank In Bay Recovered 300-ton tug Wenonah that sank at its berth has been recovered from the bottom of San Francisco Bay by a massive barge crane
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| Sep.6 |
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Oakland's Jones Quits As Obama Advisor
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| Sep.8 |
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Student honored in Obama education talk
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| Sep.10 |
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Crewman Dies After Falling Overboard A crew member on a 900-foot container ship making its way through the SF Bay fell overboard and died
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| Oct.14 |
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New Rules To Cut Down On Trash In Bay Dozens of cities surrounding the bay are facing new rules intended to cut down on the amount of trash that ends up in bay
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| Oct.15 |
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Pres. Obama Makes 1st SF Visit President Barack Obama is asking his supporters for patience at a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic Party and Organizing for America
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| Oct.28 |
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Bridge closure forces Rockets to ferry
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| Oct.30 |
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Tanker Spills Oil Into San Francisco Bay| U.S. Coast Guard crews were responding to an oil spill from the Dubai Star tanker anchored in the San Francisco Bay | |
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| Oct.31 |
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Coast Guard Scoops Up Oil In SF Bay Crews are working to clean up a fuel leak in the bay a day after an oil tanker spilled estimated 400 to 800 of gallons into the water
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| Nov.1 |
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More Oiled Wildlife Found After Bay Spill Crews continued working to clean up spill as state anticipated that the spill would eventually result in the deaths of several dozen birds in the area
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| Nov.24 |
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Google sorry over Obama image Google has apologised for a racially offensive image of Michelle that appears when users search for images of the first lady
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| Dec.21 |
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ConocoPhillips To Pay $490K For Spills Water quality officials have ordered ConocoPhillips to pay a fine after toxic chemicals from one of its refineries washed into a section of the...
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