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U.S. Coast Guard

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Body Washed Up at Bodega Bay Might Be Sailor From Farallon Islands Accident

    Authorities say they might have recovered the body of one of the sailors who went missing after a boating accident near the Farallon Islands earlier this month.Tourists spotted the body at the base of the cliff at Bodega Head Tuesday evening, but helicopters couldn't see anything "due to the darkne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing Sailors at Farallon Islands

    After 24 hours of scouring the waters, the Coast Guard announced last night that it was suspending its search for the four sailors who went missing in a boating accident over the weekend, and would not resume the search today. Authorities explained to the press their reason for ending the search, sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Man Jumps from Pier After "Aggravating" Phone Call

    Mila Zinkova​The U.S. Coast Guard has been scouring the waters of the San Francisco Bay since last night when a man reportedly jumped from a pier near Fort Mason after what appeared to be an irritating phone conversation.According to news outlets, set-up crews for a business party event reported s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Thomas Gregoire, Lost Kayaker, Presumed Dead

    Gregoire never resurfaced after his kayak capsized​Authorities searched well into the morning for Thomas Gregoire, the 55-year-old man who has been missing since his kayak capsized at Pier 80 in San Francisco yesterday afternoon. Gregoire was paddling back from Candlestick Park with friends at abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Five Things You Can Do If You Find a Lightly Used Prosthetic Limb

    This morning, we woke up to the bizarre story by Chron columnist C.W. Nevius -- and no, it wasn't about feces on the street. Instead, he tells us a lovely vignette about Al Fraser, a local fisherman who stumbled across an artificial leg in the bay. "I looked at it and it is almost new,'' Fraser tell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Cathy Caton, Missing Windsurfer, Found Alive in S.F. Bay

    Rescued!​Cathy Caton, 62, was rescued from the San Francisco Bay early this morning after the veteran windsurfer had paddled off at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday and never returned.Caton was found near the San Mateo Bridge just after 6 a.m. Tuesday, more than 10 hours after her husband first reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Another Teen Jumps off Golden Gate Bridge, Survives

    Suicide attempt ​Last month, a Sonoma County teen got the attention he was looking for when he jumped 250 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge during a school field trip for shits and giggles -- although nobody was laughing. That incident seems even less humorous after this weekend when another teen j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Boater Presumed Dead After Ship Sinks Near S.F

    JunBelen/FlickrRough waters expected in San Francisco this week. Be careful.​The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a 53-year-old man who jumped from his sinking ship near the San Francisco coast this weekend after the life jacket he had been wearing washed up on Ocean Beach early ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Mavericks: Coast Guard Bans Spectator Boats From Waves

    Matt SmithLike, a little space, dude​The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a special federal rule banning spectator boats from encroaching on giant waves during the annual Mavericks surfing  contest. The new rule will let boats affiliated with the contest tow surfers toward big waves and cruise ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Man Stranded 5 Days on Island During Rubber Raft Voyage Still Wants To Reach San Francisco

    Soon to be in San Francisco​A man attempting to paddle a rubber raft from Sacramento to San Francisco was stranded for five days on a small island in the Delta. Notwithstanding, the 54-year-old Northridge resident plans on continuing his voyage to San Francisco, said Levi Read, a spokesman for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Unmanned Boat Collides with San Francisco Pier

    Next stop: Pier 70​"Worse things happen at sea," is a common, if not sensitive, way of telling someone that things could be far worse for him. It's also an applicable utterance when considering a bizarre incident in the Bay yesterday. Boater Rick Saber plunged off his 32-foot vessel, the Eagle, ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Body Discovered on Ocean Beach

    View Larger MapThe Medical Examiner's office reports it has just sent personnel to Ocean Beach after the body of a man believed to be in his 60s washed up there near Balboa Street. This follows a woman in her 50s washing up yesterday following a deadly sailing accident near the Cliff House. It is be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Investigators to Inspect Dead Couple's Beached Boat

    View Larger MapNational Park Service investigators will be poring over the 33-foot boat of a couple killed yesterday off Ocean Beach in an attempt to answer what compelled a middle-aged couple to head overboard to their deaths. "We don't know why the boat was in distress and we don't know why the pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Elizabeth and Jeffery Easterling, Killed in San Francisco Boating Accident

    Exclusive to SF WeeklyElizabeth and Jeffery Easterling's empty boat washed ashore near Eagle Point​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office moments ago identified the couple killed in a Sunday boating accident off Ocean Beach as Elizabeth and Jeffery Easterling. The El Sobrante couple, 50 and 5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Autopsy Today For Woman Discovered in Suitcase

    KTVU-TVA grim discovery on the waterfront...​The dead woman found crumpled into a suitcase floating off Folsom and Embarcadero yesterday will go under the knife at the Medical Examiner's office. Details are scarce; the Medical Examiner would not this morning release the identity of the victim. Cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    All That Shooting You Hear? Don't Worry About It.

    ​If you hear loud gunfire noises emanating from across the bay at around lunchtime, worry not. No one is shooting up a church and Vallejo is a long way off. What you may be hearing is a 21-gun salute -- it is President's Day -- by the Coast Guard on Alameda. If the shooting isn't coming from Alame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Lawyers for Fishermen, Leaky Dubai Star Tanker Talk -- But Disagree On What They Talked About

    The opposing attorneys' stories seem to go together like oil and water...​Lawyers representing aggrieved San Francisco fishermen and the oil-spewing Dubai Star tanker spoke this week. They can agree on that. But not on much else, it would seem. After reviewing the $10 million class-action suit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    U.S. Sues San Francisco Over 2005 Muni Fuel Spill

    Jim Herd​UPDATE: City, DOJ, EPA Agree on $250K settlement, see details here.U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed suit against San Francisco in connection with a 2005 bus yard fuel spill that released as much as 54,000 gallons of diesel gasoline into San Francisco soil and sewers -- with some ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2009

    Aptly Titled

    Jim Herd​UPDATE: City, DOJ, EPA Agree on $250K settlement, see details here.U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed suit against San Francisco in connection with a 2005 bus yard fuel spill that released as much as 54,000 gallons of diesel gasoline into San Francisco soil and sewers -- with some ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 17, 2008

    The Scalawags of Fisherman's Wharf

    Dishonest and unsavory fishermen have found a home at the docks, where rent is cheap.

  • News

    November 12, 2008

    Clash of the Quackers

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    Class of 2000 Standouts

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Cosco Busan Pilot Charged, Six Crew Members Disappeared

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Man Survives Jump from Golden Gate Bridge

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    SF Weekly Letters

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    Oil Spill Raises Bay Terrorism Issues: Pelosi Spills The Beans

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • News

    November 21, 2007

    Oil Spill Alert -- Bay Ships Getting Bigger, Ports To Get Busier

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

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

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Boobs, Barry, Busan, and ... BoldWarKids

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2007

    Your Friday Morning Pre-Party: Boobs, Barry, Busan, and ... BoldWarKids

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2007

    Newsom's Cosco Busan Oil Spill 'Local Emergency' Declaration Misses Boat

    The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until a bigger flock showed up.

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Leak From the Deep

    Nobody knows for sure what kind of oily polutant is seeping into the water at Fisherman's Wharf

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 18, 2006

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Last Voyage of the Relentless

    Friends and family of a well-known fishing captain are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    That Sinking Feeling

    Coast Guard epic succumbs to watery cliches

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Horns Aplenty

    Coast Guard epic succumbs to watery cliches

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    All Yours

    Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Surprise!

    If you think S.F. is ready for a terrorist attack – even two years-plus after 9/11 – think again

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    Hey, Sailor!

    Salty young dogs party on

  • Music

    May 8, 2002

    House Of Tudor

    Morbid Curiosity's issue six, F-Hole's punk video party, and Crane's sonic mytho-poetry

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    Too Close for Comfort

    The weird coincidences between last week's terrorist attacks and David Hagberg's novels have been keeping the author up at night

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Resurrection

    After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Tales of the North Pacific

    What a 62-year-old man can teach shellshocked dot-commers as he sails from Osaka to San Francisco. Alone. Again.

  • News

    December 27, 2000

    Regulating Change

    Bush will likely gut national health and safety regulation; local liberals screw up regulation by forgetting its purpose -- protecting the general public

  • Film

    June 28, 2000

    The Perfect Spoiler

    George Clooney stars in The Perfect Storm

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Night Crawler

    To the Farallones

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    No Fishin'

    The Coast Guard busts skippers for angling next to Hunters Point

  • Calendar

    June 3, 1998

    Night Crawler

    The Coast Guard busts skippers for angling next to Hunters Point

  • Music

    January 10, 1996

    Samples

    The Coast Guard busts skippers for angling next to Hunters Point

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    Ship Happens

    "Traffic," Bar Pilot Donald Hughes barks. "I need some help." The tanker Mundogas Europe has just lost her steering beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and if the anhydrous ammonia she's carrying hits the water a toxic cloud could cloak San Francisco. A di

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