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Newsom delcares emergency, 'extreme peril'
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today proclaimed a state of local emergency as a result of the 58,000-gallon oil spill caused by the container ship that crashed into a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Wednesday.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today proclaimed a state of local emergency as a result of the 58,000-gallon oil spill caused by the container ship that crashed into a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today proclaimed a state of local emergency as a result of the 58,000-gallon oil spill caused by the container ship that knocked into a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last week.
Newsom cited the possible conditions of "extreme peril" to local residents that have arisen since the spill as a cause for the proclamation.
The proclamation will remain in effect until it is terminated by either Newsom or the Board of Supervisors.
— Bay City News
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Examiner Reader said:
If its the public's business coming through a private device, why is it any less the public's business? The mayor is saving our tax dollars by not billing us for his cell phone and service? Right.
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Examiner Reader said:
It's a container vessel not a tanker. You wrote in the same article, "... allowing the tanker ship to relocate from the middle of the San Francisco Bay to a local shipyard ..." "The 900-foot container vessel has been anchored in the greasy waters of the San Francisco Bay since Wednesday,..."
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Examiner Reader said:
What use was pilot John Cota? Wasn't it his job to prevent such mishaps? I would hope he has been suspended until further investigations conclude.
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