Shippilot blamed for 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay sues Coast Guard to...San Jose Mercury NewsCapt. John Cota, who was blamed for causing the worst oil spill in San Francisco Bay in two decades when he crashed the cargoshipCosco Busan into a tower of the Bay Bridge in 2007, has sued the U.S. Coast Guard in an effort to regain his mariner's...and more »