If only we could look this mod in our garden....When Jennifer Siebel squatted down last year in the Civic Center Plaza garden in her Jackie O. shades and trench coat to get her delicate hands dirty, it was official: urban gardening is glam. And with folks having fewer bucks than ever to burn on pricey organic products, it's also practical.
But rumor has it that a small but growing number of food-conscious city slickers have decided its time to take this "Gre
Some one-sentence movie summations tell you all you need to know about a film -- and its sure-fire financial success: "Jessica Alba is a stripper" or "Will Ferrel drives a stock car" or, the box office champ du jour, "Guinea Pigs talk and operate high-tech gadgetry." That G-Force edged out Harry Potter as the nation's most lucrative movie may or may not be a sign of the coming apocalypse (you can read anything into Nostradamus). But it's certainly a mixed blessing for the local Animal Control.
Father James Garcia confirmed a disturbing story SF Weekly recently got wind of. Yesterday evening a man apparently attempted to kill his own dog with an axe at the Immaculate Conception Church at 3255 Folsom. Police took the man into custody; according to Garcia he was sent to San Francisco General Hospital "because of his emotional distress." The dog, meanwhile, was alive as of yesterday night. San Francisco Animal Care and Control spokeswoman Deb Campbell is checking to see if that's still
'I'm super. Thanks for asking.' Earlier in the summer, we wondered if the success of the movie G-Force would lead to a glut of guinea pigs overwhelming San Francisco Animal Care and Control once the novelty of pet ownership wore off. While it may seem only a foul dream, the talking guinea pig film was the nation's top-grosser for a spell, and Animal Control confirms they did indeed adopt out every last piggie that was to be had, likely as a result. Now, months later, the backlash experienced
