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Google told to move SF Bay ‘mystery’ barge

By MARTHA MENDOZAMICHAEL LIEDTKE
Published February 4, 2014 8:07am ET
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Google told to move SF Bay ‘mystery’ barge
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, file photo, two men fish in the water in front of a Google barge on Treasure Island in San Francisco. A state agency says Google must move its mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) | Jeff Chiu

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google does not have the proper permits for a mystery barge at a construction site on an island in San Francisco Bay, a state official said, and must move the floating, four-story building that drew wide attention and fueled weeks of speculation when it was erected last fall.

“It needs to move,” Larry Goldzband, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, said Monday.

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