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OIL SPILL
Ventura County officials report 10,000-barrel oil spill
- About 10,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a storage tank owned by a pipeline company in Ventura, officials said Thursday.
Cosco Busan pilot charged with lying about prescriptions
- The bar pilot at the helm of the ship that struck the Bay Bridge and spilled fuel into the Bay will plead not guilty to to charges that he lied on federal forms about the medication he was taking, according to his attorney.
Shipwreck pilot runs into more legal woes
- The pilot involved in the Cosco Busan oil spill is bracing for two new potential felony charges that could bring a combined 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
Cosco Busan case steers into court
- Capt. John Cota, the man at the helm of the cargo ship that hit the Bay Bridge and leaked thousands of gallons of fuel into the Bay, pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to charges of negligence and killing protected birds.
- Capt. John Cota, the man at the helm of the cargo ship that hit the Bay Bridge and leaked thousands of gallons of fuel into the Bay, pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to charges of negligence and killing protected birds.
Ship’s pilot charged with negligence
- Criminal charges have been filed against the man who piloted a container ship into the Bay Bridge in November resulting in 58,000 gallons of oil spilling into San Francisco Bay — weeks before a scheduled hearing that could assess his claims that faulty navigational equipment contributed to the crash.
Six crew members held sans charges
- Six members of the Cosco Busan crew have been detained by the U.S. government for more than four months without being charged with a crime.
Mayor’s messaging after oil spill ‘private’
- Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office has refused to make public the messages he sent and received on his cell phone about the Cosco Busan spill in November, since the messages were transmitted on his personal iPhone.
Millions on the way, and that may not be all of it
- The City will receive an initial payment of $2 million this week after city officials reached an agreement with the owners of the Cosco Busan cargo ship, paving the way for other Bay Area cities to recoup costs from the devastating November fuel spill.
Spilled fuel from Cosco Busan sent off for recycling
- Trees will be pulped and ships will be repaired in the Pacific Northwest using some of the shipping fuel that wreaked environmental havoc when it spilled into the Bay from the damaged Cosco Busan in November.
- Trees will be pulped and ships will be repaired in the Pacific Northwest using some of the shipping fuel that wreaked environmental havoc when it spilled into the Bay from the damaged Cosco Busan in November.
Tests of Bay sediments did not recover oil
- Tests done Friday of the bottom of San Francisco Bay recovered no oil, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday.