In his most comprehensive remarks on the Japanese crisis, President Obama on Thursday sought to curtail fears that nuclear contamination would spread to the United States and to reassure Americans about the soundness of domestic nuclear plants.
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A bunch of elm trees will be replanted in Golden Gate Park on Wednesday since a dastardly vandal sabotaged them last year around the same time the park’s momentous Rose Garden was slain. The mystery was never solved, but Chase Freedom did donate $30,000 worth of elm to replenish the park’s greens at the Music Concourse. Supervisor Eric Mar and other city officials will accompany the donors and the San Francisco Parks Trust for the replanting at 11:30 a.m.
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Andy Stone, the supervisor of Golden Gate Park’s Rose Garden, will help trim the flowers at the annual pruning at 10 a.m. Saturday — after a dastardly vandal cut about three dozen of them six months too early.First off, are the vandalized roses OK? Oh yeah. Those plants, they’ll be just fine by next year. They’re pretty well chopped, but they’ll be back in bloom.
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Police are planting uniformed and undercover officers in Golden Gate Park to stake out potential targets 24 hours a day after vandals destroyed trees and bushes recently.
More than 40 trees, mostly near the Music Concourse, were cut down or damaged in one attack. Last week, about 36 rose bushes were cut in the famed Rose Garden. Nearby shrubs also were vandalized. Police say the perpetrator used yard tools such as a saw and all the bushes were meticulously cut.
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A “dastardly” vandal beheaded dozens of The City’s iconic Lavender Lassies and Royal Sunsets that brighten Golden Gate Park’s scenic Rose Garden.
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