CROWN BEACH REOPENS
Finally! Here’s the update from the East Bay Regional Park District’s Mark Ragatz:
Matt Graul and I just returned from a beach inspection of the closed section of Crown Beach and we found very few tar balls over the 1.5 mile length of the beach from Grand to Westline. We were accompanied on the inspection [...]
Southern Crown Beach: Still closed
I promised you an update, and this is it: The southern portion of Crown Beach is still closed, and there’s no opening date in sight.
County and state inspectors toured the beach Tuesday afternoon and found a number of areas where tar balls as big as pancakes continued to pile up, so they’re keeping the beach [...]
Today’s must-read: The Chron on the Spill
Sounds like state investigators have determined what caused that October 30 oil spill that killed dozens of local birds and closed local beaches: According to the Chronicle, the folks who were fueling the Dubai Star overfilled one of its gas tanks.
Investigators with the state Office of Spill Prevention and Response are looking into what caused [...]
PORTION OF CROWN BEACH REOPENED
The East Bay Regional Park District has reopened a portion of Robert W. Crown Memorial Beach. The beach has been closed since October 30, when a tanker vessel spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay.
Over the weekend, the park district reopened the portion of the beach that stretches from Crab Cove [...]
Cleanup winding down, but beach still closed
Officials in charge of cleaning up after a tanker fuel oil spill Friday are winding down their efforts, but at least one local beach is still closed indefinitely.
On-water skimming activities were completed Monday, and an aerial assessment of the Bay revealed no new, visible oil on the water. But shoreline cleanup continues, and Crown Beach [...]
UPDATE Crown Beach closed indefinitely
Crown Beach will be closed indefinitely and fishing and shellfish gathering continue to be suspended as cleanup crews turn their efforts toward pulling oil off Alameda’s shores.
An investigation into the cause of the spill is continuing. Earlier reports had indicated that a mechanical problem caused the spill, but Coast Guard representatives would not comment on [...]
UPDATED Spill closes beach, halts fishing
Updated 3:02 p.m. Saturday, October 31
Crews are continuing their cleanup of the estimated 400 to 800 gallons of fuel oil that spilled out of a tanker during a refueling run in San Francisco Bay early Friday morning.
No fuel was visible to a reporter who walked the Island’s shores Saturday morning, but an official with the [...]
