Subject: John Cota

• Man, What Are You Doing Here? New Oil Spill Culprit: Billy Joel

  November 19, 2007

• Cosco Busan Pilot Looking Shady

  April 3, 2008

• We'll Never Truly Know if Cosco Busan Pilot was Blitzed on Presciption Pills -- And if Someone Else Hit the Bridge Tomorrow, We'd Also Likely Never Know

  U.S. Coast GuardYou can't blame illegal drugs for this -- but how about legal drugs? And how about the next time?An eye-opening article in today's San Francisco Examiner recounted the mountains of hard-core prescription narcotics picked up by Cosco Busan pilot John Cota in the months before he directed the ship into the Bay Bridge. The article was culled from a jaw-droppingly thorough National Transportation and Safety Board investigation into the troubled pilot's medical history. You can read t

  March 6, 2009

• We tell What Not to Wear locals who need wardrobe overhauls

  March 26, 2008

• Mexican Navy Invades San Francisco -- And We Were There to Photograph It

  The lovely Cuahtemoc.Okay, okay, not really. The Cuauhtémoc is a training vessel built in the style of 18th-century tall ships and acts as a sailing ambassador, visiting global ports so locals can come aboard. The ship is docked at Pier 27 through Saturday and visitors can wander on for free between the hours of 9 a.m and 5 p.m. Also, if you have trouble getting up and down short flights of stairs, there are dapper sailors waiting at every turn to take your hand and help you. (This caused at le

  July 15, 2009