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Dungeness crab season comes with recreational health warning, commercial delay
The recreational Dungeness crab season starts Saturday in California, but it comes with a warning. The start of commercial crab season, meanwhile, will likely be delayed. The California Department of...
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Overturned fuel tanker ties up traffic well into evening
An overturned tanker truck leaking fuel onto U.S. Highway 101 near Gilroy is expected to block traffic well into Monday evening, according to Cal Fire. The crash was reported just before 11:30 a.m. at...
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Delay in crab season erases local Dungeness from holiday menus
The start of commercial Dungeness crab season, originally set to start Friday, has been delayed until Dec. 15 for the fishery south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line due to the risk of marine life...
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Oakland Zoo nurses malnourished cub back to health
A mountain lion cub is recovering at the Oakland Zoo after being found malnourished in El Dorado County last month. A homeowner initially found three mountain cubs crying in a den near Somerset on...
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Park closes in search for animal that attacked child
Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve in Cupertino will be closed temporarily after a child was injured by an animal – suspected to be a mountain lion – while walking with others on a...
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Authorities fatally shoot coyote thought to have bitten 5-year-old girl
A coyote that’s believed to have attacked and bitten a 5-year-old girl in Dublin Hills Regional Park on Wednesday afternoon was located and fatally shot with a rifle early Thursday morning, a...
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Response team frees humpback whale from heavily entangled crab fishing gear
A marine response team has freed a humpback whale in Monterey Bay that was so tangled in crab fishing gear that it could not move, the Marine Mammal Center said Thursday. The California Department of...
View ArticleAnimal control captures young mountain lion seen roaming around SF for two days
Officials with San Francisco Animal Care and Control captured a mountain lion on Thursday morning after the cat had been spotted all over the city over the last two days. Animal control officers were...
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Fatal deer disease spreads in Northern California outbreak
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Monday confirmed an outbreak of a disease affecting deer in several Northern California counties, including some in the Bay Area. Cervid Adenovirus 1,...
View ArticleWhales, bad crab meat prompt Dungeness crab season delay
Commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed until at least mid-December, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. The original opening date of Dec. 1 is delayed to Dec. 16 due to...
View ArticleCoyote bites man at Campolindo High School track
People are being warned to remain vigilant in the wake of a Friday morning coyote attack in Moraga. About 6:30 a.m., a coyote bit a man as he was stretching at the Campolindo High School track, police...
View ArticlePipeline shut down for underground spill cleanup, investigation underway
An underground gasoline spill discovered in Walnut Creek last month is prompting a cleanup effort and investigation by several agencies. Kinder Morgan, the pipeline operator, is working with the U.S....
View ArticleOfficials investigate possible fuel spill from grounded vessel near Dillon Beach
Officials are investigating whether a vessel that was grounded early Saturday morning north of Dillon Beach spilled fuel into the sea. Local, state and federal officials are working together in...
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Multi-agency long-term effort underway to monitor impact of grounded boat
The response to a boat grounding March 5 near Dillon Beach has shifted from an emergency action focused on preventing an oil spill to a long-term monitoring project that will be overseen by local,...
View ArticleExperts warn residents of increased mountain lion sightings in urban areas
Are the mountain lions of the Bay Area retreating from the Santa Cruz Mountains and into the urban sprawl? Mountain lions have been caught lurking in the shadows on security cameras in Millbrae over...
View ArticleDiscovery Bay diesel spill cleanup underway, exposed geese being treated
Two Canada geese were exposed to part of a 400-gallon diesel spill Monday morning in the Contra Costa County community of Discovery Bay, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard watchstanders...
View ArticleCoho salmon wait out heat, drought conditions in cooler conservation home
Drought and poor water conditions at Lake Sonoma prompted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to move young coho salmon from Warm Springs Fish Hatchery in Geyserville to a conservation...
View ArticleSalmon return to Bay Area streams after record rainfall
Hundreds of salmon are returning to Bay Area streams for the first time in years thanks to the region’s record-high levels of rain in October. The early rain coincided with adult Chinook salmon’s...
View ArticleWith no end to drought in sight, county starts early draw on Russian River water
A dry winter and early warm temperatures have prompted the Sonoma County Water Agency to start an annual process drawing water from the Russian River weeks earlier than normal. Crews from the agency,...
View ArticleContainer ship adrift off Point Reyes coast
A 564-foot container ship went adrift approximately seven miles off the coast of Point Reyes Friday, and the Coast Guard and other agencies went to the rescue, authorities said. The container ship Wan...
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