Lawyers for Capt. John Cota, pilot of the freighter Cosco Busan, claim that the Coast Guard shares responsibility for the accident that caused a huge oil spill in San Francisco Bay last fall. In a letter to the National Transportation Safety Board obtained by The Chronicle, Cota's attorneys say the veteran ship pilot will refuse to testify at a NTSB hearing scheduled for next week. Cota will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. SF Chronicle 4/4/08
The collapse of ATA Airlines Inc. on Thursday stranded numerous passengers at Oakland International Airport and severed the East Bay's direct air travel connections to the Hawaiian islands. ATA's abrupt demise marked the second time this week that a major carrier serving the Oakland-Hawaii route suddenly terminated operations. ATA blamed the loss of a military contract for its shutdown. The airline said it depended on the revenue from the government deal to offset a "tremendous spike in the cost of jet fuel." CC Times 4/4/08
In an editorial Michael Dukakis gets behind high-speed rail, saying "The bond issue is a small price to pay for a high-speed rail plan that will create thousands of jobs, reduce congestion on our highways and at our airports, cut pollution and global warming, help revitalize the state's older cities, preserve our parks for generations to come and save us a lot of pain at the pump." Sacramento Bee 4/4/08
Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen have started to introduce American versions of their latest diesel models that are clean enough to be sold even in environmentally conscious California. Japanese and American carmakers aren't far behind. Diesels are seen as an answer to soaring oil prices. The Economist 4/4/08
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