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Ship Hits Whale, Drags It To Port Of Oakland
An inbound ship struck a whale and dragged it all the way to the Port of Oakland Thursday morning, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said. The Coast Guard received a report at about 10 a.m. that a ship...
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Cruise Ship Stranded At Sea Arrives Back In California
SAN DIEGO (CBS 5 /AP) — Passengers aboard the stricken cruise ship Carnival Splendor, which sailed out of San Francisco in 2009 before repositioning to Long Beach, arrived in port Thursday after being...
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Unmanned Ship Hits San Mateo Bridge
SAN MATEO BRIDGE (CBS SF) – An unmanned sailboat hit the San Mateo Bridge Monday afternoon after strong winds swept it into the Bay, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. No one was aboard the boat when it...
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Tiburon Boats Drift Ashore After Weekend Storm
TIBURON (CBS 5) — A dozen boats broke free of their moorings or anchors in Tiburon during this past weekend’s storm and washed ashore at Strawberry Point on Monday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard....
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Crewmembers From Damaged Yacht Brought To SF For Treatment
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday morning transported two injured crewmembers from the “Geraldton Western Australia” yacht to Coast Guard Island in Alameda as the damaged ship...
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USS Harvey Milk Resolution Approved By SF Supervisors
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday in favor of a resolution to name a Navy ship in honor of murdered San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, considered the...
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Pair Of Gulls Nesting On WWII Ship In SF Bay Expecting Chicks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A pair of Western Gulls with a nest on a famous World War II ship docked along San Francisco’s waterfront are about to become parents. The two gulls, named Claudia and Charles...
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Ship Traffic Off California Re-Routed To Protect Whales
(AP) – Ship traffic off the California coast will be re-routed to protect endangered whales from ship strikes. The International Maritime Organization has approved vessel lane changes on approaches to...
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ConsumerWatch: Cruise Deals Available In Wake Of Triumph Mishap
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Cruise Industry is trying to move past the Carnival Triumph debacle. San Francisco-based travel agent Bob Romano said lower-end cruise lines are reducing prices and...
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The World’s 7 Coolest Floating Hotels
Credit: Flickr user Mark Fischer This article is from Thrillist Nation “Boatels”. That’s a word we (maybe) made up, and you’ll be using it all day after reading this story. From retired...
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Cruise Ship Knocked Off Moorings By Powerful Storm, Rough Conditions In Port
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Rough conditions knocked a cruise ship off its moors while docked in the Port of San Francisco during a powerful storm moving through the Bay Area Monday. Port officials...
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37 Passengers Aboard Princess Cruise Ship Docked In San Francisco Contract...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Thirty-seven passengers aboard the Crown Princess cruise ship, that docked in San Francisco on Monday, have contracted the stomach flu, a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises said....
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Ship Full Of Start-Ups Sets Sail On San Francisco Bay After Delays
A ship full of start-ups finally set sail on San Francisco Bay after the ship’s owners had to prove their floating workspace was actually seaworthy. The Maritol Icebreaker, and its on-board startups...
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Massive Coast Guard Cutter-Cargo Ship Drill On San Francisco Bay A Success
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— It was David and Goliath on the San Francisco Bay Wednesday as a massive Coast Guard cutter took place in a drill never-before-attempted on U.S. waters. “It’s one of the largest...
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Activists To Attempt Oakland Blockade Of Ships Owned By Israel Corporation
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Bay Area activists are planning to block two commercial shipping tankers partially owned by the Israel Corporation from docking and unloading at the Port of Oakland on Saturday in...
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NASA Ames Delays Viewing Party For 1st Flight Of Orion Spacecraft
MOFFETT FIELD (CBS SF) – NASA is trying to launch the next generation of technology with the maiden test flight of the Orion spacecraft. The launch was originally scheduled for Thursday, but was...
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Mysterious Black Stealth Ship Prowls San Francisco Bay, A Harbinger Of...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Yachts are supposed to be white, so when a dark, angular, $33 million stealth ship pulls up at a local marina next to a bunch of fiberglass pleasure boats that haven’t changed...
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Japanese McDonald’s Running Out Of French Fries Due To Ongoing Labor Dispute...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Operations at West Coast ports, including Oakland, are expected to resume Monday morning after a weekend shutdown that was the latest turn in an ongoing labor dispute. Jonathan Gold...
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Ship Berthed At Port Of Oakland Catches Fire
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland fire crews said a two-alarm fire aboard a ship berthed at the Port of Oakland is under control Sunday evening, according to the department’s official Twitter account....
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Sunken Radioactive WWII Ship Rediscovered In Ocean Near Farallon Islands
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Scientists have rediscovered a mostly intact World War II aircraft carrier used in atomic bomb tests and then sunk off the Northern California coast decades ago. The National...
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