Epoxy paint believed to be substance in canal waters
Officials determined epoxy paint was the oily mass seen floating in canal waters south of San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Royce Heckendorn.
The 30-by-100-foot mass amounted to between 2 and 5 quarts of paint, according to the Coast Guard.
"There’s no way of positively telling how much (spilled),” Heckendorn said. Authorities believe the paint spilled from a vessel.
Boom was deployed Wednesday night as a precaution following reports of the material’s sighting in case the substance was oil, the Coast Guard reported.
Coast Guard turned down San Francisco’s help after oil spill
SAN FRANCISCO — A high-ranking Coast Guard officer says his agency turned down an offer of help from the San Francisco Fire Department shortly after the oil spill in the San Francisco Bay.
Rear Admiral Craig Bone says the Coast Guard rejected the city’s offer to send out their fire boat after the cargo ship Cosco Busan crashed into the Bay Bridge on November 7th.
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The 58,000-gallon oil spill has contaminated miles of fragile coastline around the bay, killed hundreds of birds and shut down fishing in the affected area.
Bone says the Coast Guard is investigating what happened to make sure authorities react more effectively in the future.
Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal probe into the spill.
Police chief may exempt some tattoos on officers
SAN JOSE — San Jose’s chief of police has agreed to exempt some workers from a new rule prohibiting the display of tattoos for on-duty officers. The 1,360-member department began enforcing the ban Sept. 23, but Police Chief Rob Davis agreed last week to exempt officers whose tattoos he decides are not offensive to the public.
Nearly one out of every four Americans has a tattoo. More than one in three Americans between 18 and 29 have them.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles Police Department prohibit officers from displaying body art while on duty.
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