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• Senior Coast Guard officer charged

A senior Coast Guard official was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman.

http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/AK_Commander_Charged_454963C.shtml

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13704861?nclick_check=1

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11437479

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/ap_coast_guard_officer_charged_110309/

http://www.webcenter11.com/news/state/story/Coast-Guard-officer-charged-with-indecent-acts/PVLEy09W-kGP3ubHhwTKTw.cspx?rss=201

http://www.kcba.com/global/story.asp?s=11437652

• Coast Guard stops runaway fishing vessel

MORRO BAY, Calif. -- The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched officers by air and sea Tuesday afternoon to investigate a runaway fishing vessel apparently moving through the ocean 130 miles southwest of San Francisco with nobody aboard after the… http://www.ktvu.com/news/21516109/detail.html

•  Emergency fund reactivated

SACRAMENTO - The United States Coast Guard has re-activated an emergency fund for the families of those lost during Coast Guard disasters, such as the incident involving a C-130 Coast Guard plane based out of Sacramento late last week.

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-coastguard1103,0,610773.story

• Memorial fund established

A memorial fund has been established for the families of the lost crew of CG-1705, the air rescue plane that went down in the Pacific off San Diego last week.

http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2303013.html

• Coast Guard Academy Honors Crash Victims Today

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy honors the nine people who went missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter collided on Thursday over the Pacific Coast.

NBC Connecticut - Nov. 4, 2009, 10:36 a.m. Pacific http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Coast-Guard-Academy-Honors-Fallen--69067987.html

• Go inside the Coast Guard's C-130

http://www.kcra.com/video/21515036/?taf=sac

• CBS 13 Sacramento news: Link to videos;

 http://cbs13.com/video/?id=62841@kovr.dayport.com

• Detail work in oil spill cleanup may take weeks

ALAMEDA -- More than 80 percent of the oil that reached the Alameda shoreline after spilling from a tanker last week has been removed, but it may take weeks to extract the rest from sand and rocks, officials said Tuesday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/04/BAPB1AEJJL.DTL&type=science

• Oil spill skimming operation completed

ALAMEDA, CA (KGO) -- In Alameda County, crews are still cleaning six miles of shoreline following last Friday's oil spill in San Francisco Bay. Progress is being made, but there are only a few days left to save injured wildlife.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=7097907

• Crab season start up in the air

More plumpness needed; boat safety checks begin soon

Dungeness crab fishing is one of the most dangerous fisheries, especially off the coast of California, and it’s also extremely important for local economies.

http://www.triplicate.com/20091103107379/News/Local-News/Crab-season-start-up-in-the-air

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