S.F.'s Newest Waterpark
That water pipe that busted open in Noe Valley recently not only left residents without H20 for seven hours, but it spilled thousands of gallons of precious water during California's drought. The pipe erupted around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday of last week and spilled water along 28th Street between Castro and Diamond. Crews spent the next four hours working to locate the faulty pipe, shut off the water, and dig up the road to fix the damages. By 9 p.m., the city had lost an estimated 20,000 gallons of water, says Tyrone Jue, spokesman for the PUC. To put that into context, the average American family uses about 400 gallons of water per day. The water waste occurred just two weeks after the PUC enforced a mandatory water restriction of 10 percent for those residents irrigating ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water. "We know every drop counts," he says, "A top priority for any main break is always to stop the flow of water as quickly as possible to minimize water loss and property damage." The PUC told reporters that the pipe could have been affected by the earthquake that hit Napa on Aug. 24. Or it could be that the 6-inch cast-iron main, which was installed in 1927, had seen better days.
Twitter ≠ Diary
Well, this is crazy. A teacher at Newark Memorial High School reportedly took to Twitter this summer to vent her frustrations over her students, saying she wants to stab them and that her "trigger finger" is itchy. The Oakland Tribune reports that Krista Arata Hodges, who teaches history and science, received a written reprimand for her online behavior which also included referring to students as "assholes" and expressing feelings of wanting to pour hot coffee on them. The Twitter account has since been deleted, but not before media outlets could grab screenshots of the offensive tweets, including "I already wanna stab some kids. Is that bad?" The answer is somewhere between "probably" and "yes."
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