The night of Sept. 26, 1998, the captain of the Greek tanker M/V Command dumped 3,000 gallons of oil, spoiling 15 miles of San Mateo County coastside and killing 1,000 birds. Six years later, some of the money from the $9.4 million settlement is coming back to the Coastside for projects to improve beach access and protect seabird colonies. Amelia Hansen at the County Times has a good story about how the money is being used.