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SAN FRANCISCO — Oil leaking from a cargo ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spread throughout the bay and is threatening a majestic stretch of the California coastline, the Coast Guard said Thursday.
A hazy film of oil surrounded Alcatraz Island, and the plume extended well north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge. At least eight beaches have been closed. About six birds were spotted alive and coated in oil. By Thursday afternoon, oil had been sighted as far north as Stinson Beach, about 15 miles north of the city.
About 58,000 gallons of oil spilled when the ship struck the bridge Wednesday in dense fog.
