Entries from SFist tagged with 'coscobusan'
March 17, 2008
Although the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to release its report on the causes of last year's crash, today the pilot of the Cosco Busan, John Joseph Cota of Petaluma, was charged in federal court. The feds, it seems, found him in violation of two federal laws when he accidentally steered the container ship into the Bay Bridge on November 9 2007, which then released 53,000 gallons of oil into the bay. According......
Continue Reading "Pilot of the Cosco Busan Charged In Federal Court"
February 1, 2008
Oh shit. After an alert system SNAFU failed to notify workers at a Marin County treatment facility about a sewage overflow on Thursday night, the San Francisco Bay is now the proud recipient of 2.7 million gallons of both "raw and treated" sewage. Lovely. Although sunbathers are few and far between this time of year, signs are posted all over Crissy Field, Baker Beach, Aquatic Park, and China Beach to keep people from swimming......
Continue Reading "Sewage Spill Dumps 2.7 Million Gallons Into the Bay"January 30, 2008
January 28, 2008
The first of what will soon be many Cosco Busan reports...
Continue Reading "Cosco Busan Report Officially Released"January 18, 2008
Anonymous souces involved with the federal invstigation disclose information about drugs. ...
Continue Reading "AP Report: Cosco Busan Pilot on Prescription Drugs During Accident?"January 17, 2008
January 16, 2008
Oh, those crazy hot-tubbing, wife-swapping, Al Qaeda-loving Marin County folk. It seems that now they're scalping their own children in an effort to tidy up the remaining Cosco Busan oil spill disaster. Students from Larkspur's Marin Primary and Middle School have willing lopped off locks of hair from their nubile heads, then donating said hair to Eco-Cuts, "a program designed by Marin Primary to help in the cleanup effort triggered by the Nov. 7......
Continue Reading "Larkspur Students Help Out With Oil Spill Cleanup Via Makeovers"January 11, 2008
What a pretty name for a barge, yes? Morning fog, it seems, has temporarily delayed the investigation into yesterday's Richmond-San Rafael Bridge fender bender. Last night, while being guided by tugboats, the Cascade smacked into the east piling of the western span of the bridge. This comes on the heels of the Cosco Busan oil spill, which happened after the container ship rammed into the Oakland Bay Bridge. Read more about yesterday's non-harrowing incident......
Continue Reading "Barge-Bridge Boink Update: Its Name is "Cascade" (Chortle)"January 10, 2008
According to the Coast Guard, "a barge has hit the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge" around 6 p.m. this evening. Yikes! The barge, reportedly carrying 63,000 barrels of heavy black oil, hit the east piling of the west span. So far there are no reports of any injuries or leakage. Ah, a light day. Anyway, according to ABC 7, this isn't the first time that a barge has smacked the bridge in question. It seems that......
Continue Reading "Barge Hits Richmond-San Rafael Bridge"December 21, 2007
Huge Chunk of the Bay Bridge sitting on a beach in Half Moon Bay...
Continue Reading "Huge Chunk of the Bay Bridge Floats to Half Moon Bay"December 20, 2007
The Busan headed out this morning. ...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: The Cosco Busan Hits the Road"December 20, 2007
The Busan is free to leave....
Continue Reading "Cosco Busan Gets Final O.K. To Leave San Francisco"December 18, 2007
December 17, 2007
Guess when the Busan leaves S.F. Bay!...
Continue Reading "Guess When the Cosco Busan Departs & Win Win Win!"December 14, 2007
The feds have gotten big bucks for the value of the Busan, so it now has one less hurdle to jump before heading home. ...
Continue Reading "Cosco Busan Posts a $79.5 Million Bond, Crew Detained"December 14, 2007
Bon voyag-ee, Cosco Busan! And don't come back! The leaky Cosco Busan ship that contaminated our beautiful bay with oil is expected to get clearance to get the heck outta Frisco, setting sail at noon today to head back to South Korea. We kind of have this vision of the ship disconsolately listing off into the sunset, leaving a trail of oil behind it, like when Wile E. Coyote hits something and walks off screen......
Continue Reading "Bye-Bye, Cosco Busan!"December 14, 2007
Meet the Board of Pilot Commissioners For the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun...
Continue Reading "Meet Your Local San Francisco Bar Pilot Commission"December 10, 2007
S.F. files against the Cosco Busan...
Continue Reading "Dennis Herrera Drops the Hammer on the Cosco Busan"December 6, 2007
Take a photo tour of a huge abandoned cruise ship that's been sitting around for years...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: Tour the Ghost Ship of San Francisco"November 30, 2007
Update: Gale Force winds and a small craft advisory will keep crabbers fisher(people?) off of the Bay. Clearly, God hates us. Bastard. After the Cosco Busan fuel spill brouhaha, tasty crabmeat and fish pulled from the Bay have now been deemed safe to eat, effectively lifting Schwarzenegger's fishing ban. Although waters just outside the Bay were considered fish-able, "local crabbers chose not to fish until the crabs were ruled safe, even though the crabbing......
Continue Reading "Clarify That Butter: Crab Season Begins"November 29, 2007
Just what's up with our least favorite oil spill dilemma, you ask? Let's find out: -- After 29 years of military service, Coast Guard Captain William Uberti will retire after the oil-spill SNAFU is over and done with. According to the Examiner, "Uberti was the region's sector commander when a container ship sideswiped the Bay Bridge in dense fog, dumping 58,000 gallons of thick bunker fuel into the bay." Uberti was soon replaced after......
Continue Reading "Your Oil Spillage Update"November 26, 2007
Audet & Partners, LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of commercial fishers and crab-based (?) businesses in San Francisco on November 20. Today on their site they claim the following, "Breaking News: Cosco Busan Vessel Arrested." Which? Okay then. We have yet to see footage of the vessel getting cuffed by the fuzz with its shirt off, and we can't imagine it heard its Miranda rights being read, but seeing as how......
Continue Reading "Cosco Busan Vessel "Arrested""November 26, 2007
Photo of a sexy photo shoot in front of a beach closed because of the oil spill...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: "Oil Spills Are Not Sexy!""November 25, 2007
An update on news about the oil spill ...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: Exxon Valdez Doppelgänger Visits SF Bay"November 16, 2007
The sands of Marin and San Mateo have officially reopened to the public. (We recommend hitting the beach in the fall. There's something luxurious about walking on the beach, bundled up in winter clothing.) What's more, 50 wild birds have been cleaned up and released at Pillar Point Yacht Harbor at Half Moon Bay. But what's worse, "the spill has cost the U.S. government $1.4 million, money spent on operations by the Coast Guard,......
Continue Reading "Surf's Up! Beaches Reopen "November 15, 2007
Golden Gate Park saw an Overwhelming Response from Oil Spill Volunteers last night. ...
Continue Reading "An Overwhelming Response from Oil Spill Volunteers"November 14, 2007
-- Awesomeness: GG Park road to close on Saturdays! Yay! Mind the bison! [Examiner] -- Narcs! Mandated by federal law, the Coast Guard failed to drug test the Cosco Busan crew within 32 hours. [SFGate] -- Still need your crab fix? Try this handy map. [Gridskipper] -- Ka-blamo! Bomb scare temporarily halts eBay. [ValleyWag] -- Saving rent control. [Beyond Chron] -- Ship's radar, it now seems, was working juuust fine. [Oakland Tribune]......
Continue Reading "Day Around the Bay"November 14, 2007
Lawyers for all concerned now on the Busan...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: Cosco Busan Crew Lawyers Up, Shuts Up"November 14, 2007
Photo of our Governor's briefing on Treasure Island yeasterday...
Continue Reading "SFist Photo: Conan the Deployer Visits S.F. Again"November 12, 2007
Well spun, Dianne. Looking to use the oil spill to get some much needed face time -- perfect for balancing out other less savory images of the Senator -- Dianne Feinstein flew to San Francisco yesterday to put her foot down about the Bay Area's "disturbing lack of readiness" to the oil spill. "It's pretty clear cities around the bay should have been brought in faster than they were," she said, according to the......
Continue Reading "Dianne Feinstein Fit To Be Tied Over Oil Spill"