As oil from a damaged cargo ship spilled into the San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, high-ranking city officials sat unaware of the scope and size of the environmental problem that now encompasses areas from Hunters Point and Point Richmond through the Golden Gate to Ocean Beach and Stinson Beach. Initial reports of the amount of toxic oil that gushed into the Bay from the hull of the 900-foot Cosco Busan after it crashed into the base of the Bay Bridge on Wednesday morning at about 8:30 a.m. was roughly 140 gallons.
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Do not approach animals saturated in oil, wildlife officials are warning the public today. Not after 58,000 gallons of the toxic fuel spilled into the San Francisco Bay Wednesday, soaking more than a hundred creatures. Twenty-one seabirds were receiving treatment early this afternoon, said the University of California, Davis Wildlife Health Center, which is leading several local agencies in the animal rescues.
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Examiner food critic Patricia Unterman checks in with a new report from her culinary adventures around the world, this time on a sister-city delegation. TODAY: Japan
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Elizabeth Falkner likes to play the naughty girl in the pastry kitchen. She breaks all the rules. Goat cheese ice cream? Cayenne in a parfait? Basil in an ice cream sandwich? The very form of her desserts, full of trompe l’oeil and sly juxtapositions, stretch the imagination. She picks up ideas from every dessert tradition — Japanese, European, Latin American, American, South Indian — throws them up into the air and lets themfloat down to the plate.
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On her new CD, "Blackout," Britney Spears acknowledges that 2007 hasn't been a charmed year. "I'm Mrs. Bad Media Karma, another day another drama," the 25-year-old pop princess croons to a thumping dance groove on the song "Piece of Me.""Another day, another debacle" might have been a more apropos lyric. In just a year's time, Spears has become the ultimate case study for the "When Celebs Go Bad" file. She's been an out-of-control party girl, landed in rehab, lost temporary custody of her two young sons, given a horrendous performance on live TV and gotten herself arrested.
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The carnitas at Mexico DF looked dry and uninviting, but I picked up a small dark brown hunk of this pork — long cooked in its own fat — and popped it in my mouth. I should have guessed how chef David Rosales’ carnitas would burst open between my teeth, releasing an explosion of pure pork flavor captured in a crackling crisp crust. Its interior was greaseless, moist, lubriciously tender.
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Genocide and comedy don’t mix well, and "The Hunting Party," written and directed by Richard Shepard, can sometimes be queasy-going as its buddy protagonists banter and romp their way through shell-shocked Bosnia. The film also suffers from a cheap plot turn and a dearth of profundity.Yet Shepard is no dullard or dimwit, and the colorful bits of action, politics and zany camaraderie add up. Consider this movie a captivating jumble.
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These are excerpts from the San Francisco Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.ParkCole Valley, Haight, Castro, Twin Peaks, PanhandleDUI discovery: Foot patrol officers responded to the 1800 block of Haight Street on the report of a male causing an evening disturbance at 9:57 p.m. Sept. 4. The disturber was observed to be under the influence of alcohol, placed under arrest and taken to Park Station, where a warrant check was made.
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Tackling the role of a father and sports reporter in "Resurrecting the Champ" not only gave Josh Hartnett insight about parenting, he also has a newfound appreciation for journalists."This is my first time ever playing a dad," said Hartnett, 29, in a recent interview to promote the movie at a Los Angeles hotel.
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Let me get this straight. The Tennessee Titans won’t let Pacman Jones wrestle for TNA because they don’t want him to get hurt? Seriously? Are you kidding me?This has to be one of the most monumental travesties of justice in the history of justice travestying! Do the Titans have any idea what they’ve done? They’ve cost themselves a shot at getting out of the Pacman mess clean, and they cost the rest of us a chance to see this human train wreck taking a steel chair shot to the head!
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