A non-native marmot has taken up residence in San Francisco's Potreo Hill neighborhood, ditching his mountainous and more affordable ecosystem for reasons that are beyond us.
Officials with Wildlife Emergency Services got a call yesterday from a homeowner who says a marmot arrived at their house a few weeks ago and has refused to leave since. The very large squirrel has since made himself comfortable underneath the deck of the house at 25th Street and Rhode Island, says Rebecca Dmytryk, CEO of Wildlife Emergency Services.
"We need to get the public's help in figuring out where it came from," she tells SF Weekly. "We know it came from a higher elevation, like the Sierra Mountains. If anyone who is within a half-mile of that area [25th and Rhode Island] recently visited the Sierras we would love to know that."
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials say there's a growing trend of a credit card knives being carted through airport security points nationwide -- and San Francisco is one of the more popular places to find these inconspicuous blades.
SFO topped the list of airports this week where credit card knives were found on passengers. Out of the 61 knives that were discovered this week, 10 of those were found at SFO. Since January, 186 knives have been discovered at checkpoints nationwide.
The knives get their name because they fit nicely in a wallet, as a credit card would. However, because they are used for cutting, not shopping, they tend to be slightly thicker than your average credit card, with a blade that either unfolds or pulls out.
San Francisco police are investigating yet another hate crime that occurred while people partied for Gay Pride, this one involving a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the well-known group of queer nuns who, among other things, host the annual Pink Saturday event on Gay Pride weekend.
According to Officer Albie Esparza, the unidentified Sister was taking donations for the Pink Saturday event with her husband at the 18th and Castro streets entrance when a group of men and one woman walked up to her and spewed homophobic remarks her way.
The verbal assault then turned physical when the group began throwing punches at the victim.
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This elegant toilet was spotted on Filbert Street the other day, which, from the outside, appears to be only one of two things: 1. a studio apartment for rent (it comes with a doorbell) or 2. the only porta potty where your shit won't stink.
For all too many San Franciscans, operating an environmentally conscious vehicle is treated in a manner akin to a Papal indulgence, offsetting your otherwise noxious behavior.
Ted Olson and David Boies seemed to be the most unlikely team in equality history. The two attorneys were opponents in the infamous Bush V Gore case in which the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the 2000 Florida recount, resulting in the George W. Bush presidency.
Olson is a staunch conservative. Boies is a liberal. Together they joined forces and filed the federal lawsuit against Proposition 8, the state's 2008 gay marriage ban. They took the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which resulted in the restoration of marriage equality in the Golden State.
Obama's people stay on message. Even as the erstwhile Choomer in Chief seems to hint more and more strongly that drug legalization is inevitable and that it wouldn't be such a bad thing after all, the people President Barack Obama appointed to set the nation's policy on law enforcement and health are saying otherwise.
Police chiefs were told by Gil Kerlikowske, the former drug czar, that calling marijuana "medical" "sends a terrible message" to our nation's youth (a slam delivered in San Francisco of all places). Presumably included among those youth are the kids receiving relief from epileptic seizures by using high CBD strains.
