Contractors removed thousands of gallons of oil and hazardous waste from a decommissioned cruise ship that sank and began leaking fuel in the Delta waterway in San Joaquin County last month. 

Officials announced the completion of their pollution response after extracting more than 20,000 gallons of oily water and more than 3,000 gallons of hazardous waste from the vessel. They did not observe any oiled wildlife during the removal and there is no recoverable oil left on the vessel, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. 

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Riley is an intern at Bay City News through the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a rising senior at the UC Berkeley, where she studies political science and journalism. Previously, she was the university news editor at her student newspaper The Daily Californian, overseeing coverage of student government elections, a new chancellor and the Gaza solidarity encampment. She enjoys reporting on politics, housing and homelessness — and using as many em dashes as her editors will allow.