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 much criticism came his way regarding how the spill was handled moments after it happened. Sure, after 29 years of service this isn't the best way go out, but...good for him. Well, you know, minus the tail-end of his career.

-- This confuses us a bit: It seems that Senator Dean Florez (D, Kern County) wants to get in some face time via the Cosco Busan fender bender. Why? Because he wants the clean-up company in charge to be present at a hearing tomorrow (Friday). Badly. If they're a no-show, he plans on using his subpoena powers against the firm, the O'Brien's Group, if they won't voluntarily come to a hearing/inquiry.