The company whose tanker spilled 2,500 gallons of gasoline onto U.S. Highway 101 on Tuesday and created a commuting nightmare could be billed for the cleanup — even if the driver wasn’t responsible for the crash.
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If you were born on January 14, we've got good news for you. You're a Capricorn and this year that makes you the luckiest sign in the zodiac. Finally, after 12 long years, moneybags Jupiter is in your sign again — and it's going to stay there all year. That's like holding a pair of aces and getting two more in the flop. You'll be keen on earning more money this year, but don't overdo it. Stoic as you may be, you need to delegate. (And don't forget, the best labor-saving device is a partner with money.)
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An estimated 50 gallons of oil leaked into San Francisco Bay near Pier 70 this morning when a dry dock crane tipped into the water, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Erik Swanson said. The crane, owned by BAE Systems, can only hold about 100 gallons of oil at one time, according to Swanson. Officials said about 50 gallons were in the crane when it dropped into the water, Swanson said.
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His offense had turned the ball over on four of its five second-half possessions and the season seemed on the verge of slipping away.But each time Aragon had the ball in position to take the lead in Friday night’s Central Coast Section Large Division football semifinal, Menlo-Atherton’s Russell Perkins made a play and helped the Bears advance to the championship game with a 41-28 victory over Aragon.Top-seeded Menlo-Atherton (11-1) now advances to next week’s championship, where they will meet the winner of today’s Palo Alto-North Salinas game.
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With the score 7-0 just seconds before halftime, Thursday’s San Francisco Section championship resembled little more than a ho-hum affair. Then Deshon Marman happened. The Mustangs’ junior defensive end came up with two enormous plays on defense and special teams in a 10-second span that completely altered the course of the game, helping Lincoln cruise to a 49-0 victory and its third straight Turkey Bowl title.
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Beaches around San Francisco could open in time for the sunny weekend ahead, and no recoverable globs or sheets of fuel from the Cosco Busan are left on the Bay’s surface, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.More than 25 contaminated beaches around the Bay remained closed Thursday, eight days after the container ship slashed open its hull against the Bay Bridge.
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As oil from a damaged cargo ship spilled into the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, high-ranking city officials sat unaware of the scope and size of the environmental problem that now encompasses areas from Hunters Point and Point Richmond through the Golden Gate to Ocean Beach and Stinson Beach. Initial reports of the amount of toxic oil that gushed into the Bay from the hull of the 900-foot Cosco Busan after it crashed into the base of the Bay Bridge on Wednesday morning at about 8:30 a.m. was roughly 140 gallons.
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Do not approach animals saturated in oil, wildlife officials are warning the public today. Not after 58,000 gallons of the toxic fuel spilled into the San Francisco Bay Wednesday, soaking more than a hundred creatures. Twenty-one seabirds were receiving treatment early this afternoon, said the University of California, Davis Wildlife Health Center, which is leading several local agencies in the animal rescues.
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Examiner food critic Patricia Unterman checks in with a new report from her culinary adventures around the world, this time on a sister-city delegation. TODAY: Japan
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Elizabeth Falkner likes to play the naughty girl in the pastry kitchen. She breaks all the rules. Goat cheese ice cream? Cayenne in a parfait? Basil in an ice cream sandwich? The very form of her desserts, full of trompe l’oeil and sly juxtapositions, stretch the imagination. She picks up ideas from every dessert tradition — Japanese, European, Latin American, American, South Indian — throws them up into the air and lets themfloat down to the plate.
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