WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal government announced today that it would remove the remaining 52 ships that currently sit in the Suisun Bay as part of an agreement with environmental groups that was filed in federal court in Sacramento, Calif., the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation announced today. The Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) has already begun removing obsolete ships from Suisun Bay for recycling including four ships that have been removed since November 2009 and a fifth that was removed today. The agreement outlines MARAD's commitment to remove 20 of the ships that are in the poorest condition prior to Sept.

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Festivities were held today to mark the official opening of a new pedestrian/bicycle path on the George Miller, Jr. Memorial Bridge leading from Benicia to Martinez.

A state water pollution board this week will consider a cleanup plan to rid San Francisco and Suisun bays of PCBs, one of the industrial chemicals that make Bay fish unhealthy to eat more than once or twice a month.

By MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN FRANCISCO - Several environmental groups sued the federal government Monday over toxic pollution caused by a fleet of mothballed warships floating near San Francisco Bay. The groups accuse the U.S.

By Thomas Peele, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Oct. 5--The U.S.