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March 30, 2012
San Francisco Bay-Delta Longfin Smelt Could Become Extinct
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs you and conservation partners to help save the dwindling San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt population. Once the most abundant fish population in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the state says the 4-to-6-inch estuarine fish are at a record low for the f ... More >>
Film
February 8, 2012
"Big Miracle": Saving the Whales Doesn't Save Any Laughs
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs you and conservation partners to help save the dwindling San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt population. Once the most abundant fish population in the San Francisco Bay-Delta, the state says the 4-to-6-inch estuarine fish are at a record low for the f ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Is Cruelty-Free Foie Gras Possible? An American Experiment
abaransk/FlickrThis past week, This American Life returned to its annual "Poultry Slam" theme: fowl stories for holiday diners. This year, stories included tales of tic-tac-toe-playing chickens (apparently illegal in San Francisco) and a wild turkey who terrorized a neighborhood on Martha's Viney ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
It's a Bad Week To Be a Gay Animal
It's Flipper and Eve, not Flipper and SteveSF Weekly used to bring you the regular "This Week in Gay" column, and now -- given certain events that have transpired over the past few days -- we are happy to partially resurrect the defunct column with our first edition of "This Week in Gay Pets."Oka ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2011
San Francisco Bulls -- The Best Hockey Name Money Couldn't Buy
The right name at the right price. And they're passing the savings on to you! These days, San Francisco feels good about its 49ers. But, even during the darkest days of the team's long Babylonian captivity in the cellar, we could at least take pride that "49ers" is one of the cleverest and most g ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
Sea Lions Found in S.F. With Wires Wrapped Around Their Necks
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
News
July 6, 2011
What Happens When (and If) State Parks Close
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
Film
June 15, 2011
"Mr Popper's Penguins": Jim Carrey Mugs Endlessly in Dull Kids' Romp
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
The World Is My Camera
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Swatch Watch
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Crustaceans 1, Techies 0
Inquiring mindsMarine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Junk Food Ban Weighed -- For Seagulls
GrossSince seagulls are mysteriously dying by the dozens at Pier 94 rendering plant after feasting on offal, the Board of Supervisors has been urged to enforce a larine version of a junk food ban.At its Feb. 10 meeting, the city's Animal Care & Control Commission introduced a drafted letter t ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
In the Sack
GrossSince seagulls are mysteriously dying by the dozens at Pier 94 rendering plant after feasting on offal, the Board of Supervisors has been urged to enforce a larine version of a junk food ban.At its Feb. 10 meeting, the city's Animal Care & Control Commission introduced a drafted letter t ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Man Busted For Smuggling Whale Teeth
What a smileHere is a story that involve both sperm and teeth -- and it's still G rated.James Saunders was convicted yesterday in a San Francisco courtroom for scheming to illegally buy, sell, and smuggle sperm whale teeth from the far away country of Ukraine. The conviction was a crack in an nat ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
They Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors
What a smileHere is a story that involve both sperm and teeth -- and it's still G rated.James Saunders was convicted yesterday in a San Francisco courtroom for scheming to illegally buy, sell, and smuggle sperm whale teeth from the far away country of Ukraine. The conviction was a crack in an nat ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Watching the Act of Watching
What a smileHere is a story that involve both sperm and teeth -- and it's still G rated.James Saunders was convicted yesterday in a San Francisco courtroom for scheming to illegally buy, sell, and smuggle sperm whale teeth from the far away country of Ukraine. The conviction was a crack in an nat ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Ocean Beach Whale Likely an Endangered Species
Stoke ReportEither way, it's a shameScientists analyzing the dead whale that washed up on Ocean Beach yesterday were unable to determine exactly what manner of whale it was. They did narrow it down to two species, however -- both of which are endangered. Jan Roletto, the research coordinator at t ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
Shark Will Almost Certainly Not Eat You, Expert Assures
Callaghan Fritz-Cope/Pelagic Shark Research FoundationYou likely won't be attacked by a shark. But this seal...Following Monday's bloody Pacifica shark incident -- in which locals gawked as a Great White tore a hapless sea lion to shreds -- a number of observers were shocked at how quickly surfer ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
Shark Devours Sea Lion off Pacifica
Shaaaaaaaark! A battalion of witnesses watched a shark estimated at 18 feet long, eviscerate and devour a sea lion yesterday at Pacifica's Linda Mar Beach, a well-known haunt for surfers and boaters. The sighting of the possible Great White tearing a hapless mammal to shreds prompted police to po ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
The Narwhal, Commonwealth's Liquid Nitrogen Slushie
Tamara PalmerMolecular gastronomy pops up sparingly at Commonwealth, like in a light cocktail frozen with the assistance of liquid nitrogen. The Narwhal is a lovely slushie made with ambrosia melon and lime, filtered sake, mint, and Floc de Gascogne, a French aperitif fortified with Armagnac. ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Coldcore
Tamara PalmerMolecular gastronomy pops up sparingly at Commonwealth, like in a light cocktail frozen with the assistance of liquid nitrogen. The Narwhal is a lovely slushie made with ambrosia melon and lime, filtered sake, mint, and Floc de Gascogne, a French aperitif fortified with Armagnac. ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Was Dead Whale in Bay Struck by Boat?
Annie Schmidt/PRBO Conservation ScienceMaybe this was a boating accident...A young humpback whale sighted off the Farallones Sunday may have been struck by a boat and left to die, scientists fear. The 25-foot whale was spotted by biologist Jaime Jahncke, a researcher at PRBO. Scientists afloat fo ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Rainbows. Unicorns. Whales.
Annie Schmidt/PRBO Conservation ScienceMaybe this was a boating accident...A young humpback whale sighted off the Farallones Sunday may have been struck by a boat and left to die, scientists fear. The 25-foot whale was spotted by biologist Jaime Jahncke, a researcher at PRBO. Scientists afloat fo ... More >>
News
June 30, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
Annie Schmidt/PRBO Conservation ScienceMaybe this was a boating accident...A young humpback whale sighted off the Farallones Sunday may have been struck by a boat and left to die, scientists fear. The 25-foot whale was spotted by biologist Jaime Jahncke, a researcher at PRBO. Scientists afloat fo ... More >>
News
June 23, 2010
Returning sea lions could be in for a shock
Annie Schmidt/PRBO Conservation ScienceMaybe this was a boating accident...A young humpback whale sighted off the Farallones Sunday may have been struck by a boat and left to die, scientists fear. The 25-foot whale was spotted by biologist Jaime Jahncke, a researcher at PRBO. Scientists afloat fo ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Military Dolphins, Sea Lions Save San Francisco From Terror
Brien Aho/U.S. NavySmile! You're on Dolphin Camera.Trained journalists cover trained beasts The opportunity to watch Gavin Newsom watch Navy sea lions and dolphins in a terror-fighting exercise was just too good. Scores of creatures, meticulously trained via rote exercises, were on display in Mis ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Yats' Crawfish Boil a Pre-Party for SANFRANOLA Bash
edcasey/FlickrScene from Yats' crawfish boil in April.We often think of the Dos Equis commercial in which the Most Interesting Man in the World breaks down the "two-party system": "The after-party is the one you want to attend." However, if an upcoming event is any indication, the seasoned, ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2010
Expert Teaches You How to Get Eaten by a Great White Shark
El Monstruo de Cojimar was captured off the coast of Cuba in 1945 and purportedly clocked in at 21 feet.Dr. John McCosker, the Senior Scientist and Chair of the Department of Aquatic Biology at the California Academy of Science, presented a talk called "Sharks: Why We Love, Fear, and Need Them" a ... More >>
News
March 10, 2010
SF Weekly Letters
El Monstruo de Cojimar was captured off the coast of Cuba in 1945 and purportedly clocked in at 21 feet.Dr. John McCosker, the Senior Scientist and Chair of the Department of Aquatic Biology at the California Academy of Science, presented a talk called "Sharks: Why We Love, Fear, and Need Them" a ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2010
What To Do? Wednesday's Pick: San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
In Awe of the Shark from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo. San Francisco Ocean Film Festival @ Theatre 39 at Pier 39 In 1997, a killer whale breached the surface of the water off San Francisco, shocking a boatload of whale watchers (one with a video camera). It had a huge great white shark clampe ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
The Cove
In Awe of the Shark from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo. San Francisco Ocean Film Festival @ Theatre 39 at Pier 39 In 1997, a killer whale breached the surface of the water off San Francisco, shocking a boatload of whale watchers (one with a video camera). It had a huge great white shark clampe ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
Shark Week
In Awe of the Shark from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo. San Francisco Ocean Film Festival @ Theatre 39 at Pier 39 In 1997, a killer whale breached the surface of the water off San Francisco, shocking a boatload of whale watchers (one with a video camera). It had a huge great white shark clampe ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2010
So Long, And Thanks For All the Fish: A Couple More Beautiful Shots of S.F.
Pictures of a stormy day at sea just outside San Francisco snapped by tugboat chef/amateur photographer Gabor Gardonyi turned out to be one of our most-read articles in all of 2009. Gardonyi followed up by sending us a number of delightful photos of waves, sunsets, and porpoises. That didn't get qui ... More >>
Blogs
January 1, 2010
Have the Sea Lions of Pier 39 Left Earth for Space?
Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>
News
December 30, 2009
SF Weekly Letters
Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>
News
December 16, 2009
How Hyde Street Pier eliminated its sea lion problem
Few local news stories in recent memory have attracted as much international attention as the abrupt vanishing act pulled by the popular sea lions of Pier 39, who this fall deserted the docks where for decades they were wont to haul out and bask in the attention of tourists.Yearning for yet more dis ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
Pack of 15 Sea Lions Patrols Mission Creek
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
The Cove
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Dolphins: They're Just Like Us
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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June 3, 2009
Bow Down
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
Hope for Nature, Too
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Let Us Atom
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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July 9, 2008
What Cats Think
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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June 18, 2008
Encounters at the End of the World
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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January 2, 2008
Move 'Em Out
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
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December 12, 2007
Cute Overload
Joe EskenaziBARK! BARK! BARK! BARK! Not so long ago SF Weekly reported on the exploding number of sea lions on Hyde Street Harbor -- a situation deemed an "infestation" by those charged with keeping the city's piers operational and relatively sea lion excrement-free. It seems, however, that the s ... More >>
Dining
October 9, 2002
Mixed Breed
Sniffing around the newest hot nightlife neighborhood of the Dogpatch
News
November 21, 2001
Crying Whale
Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.
News
May 9, 2001
Fallout
Newly released documents indicate the Navy dumped far more nuclear waste than it's ever acknowledged in a major commercial fishery just 30 miles west of San Francisco. Why won't the government even study the Farallon Islands Nuclear Waste Site?
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