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You may recall that container ship, the Cosco Busan, that plowed into one of the Bay Bridge supports back in November '07 and dumped 53,000 gallons of oil into the Bay, and the pilot of the ship is now facing sentencing in federal court in San Francisco. Pilot John Cota of Petaluma struck a plea bargain and faces 2 to 10 months in jail for 2 counts of negligently polluting the Bay and killing migratory birds. Defense attorney say Cota has "deep feelings of regret about the tragic events" but also say that there were other factors involved in the accident besides Cota's negligence, including heavy fog. Cota's blamed for causing upwards of $70 million in damages to local beaches, wildlife (like the oil-covered duck found at Lake Merritt, right) and the fishing industry. UPDATE: He got 10 months.

City Nights (or whatever it's called) web-log writer Rich Lieberman came up with a (definitive?) list of the top-ten Bay Area newscasters. While they are "in no particular order," he lists the anchors in convenient 1 - 10 numerical sequence. They are as listed: #10, Tom Sinkovitz, NBC11/Bay Area (crusty but benign; no nonsense, goddamnit); #9, Ken Wayne, KTVU/FOX2 (an "avid traveler"); #8, Dana King, KPIX/CBS5 (paltry English language words cannot describe our love for la King); #7, Ken Bastida, KPIX/CBS5 (allowed the privilege and honor of sitting next to la King); #6, Julie Haener, KTVU/FOX2 ("blonde, gorgeous, and beautiful," climaxes Lieberman); #5, Frank Somerville, KTVU/FOX2 (we saw someone who looked just like him at the Daly City In-N-Out recently); #4, Jessica Aguirre, NBC11/Bay Area (jumped ship at KGO/ABC7 before moving to San Jose); #3, Dan Ashley, KGO/ABC7 (calm under pressure, suspected redhead); #2, Carolyn Johnson, KGO/ABC7 ("no 'look at me' aura," claims Vinney), and #1 goes to.... well, you'll have to check out Lieberman's post to find out Moore. But what say you, readers? What with a glaring lack of CBS 5's Wendy Tokuda and the KRON 4 Morning Team, is there any on-air anchor talent you think should have made his list?