Popular Bay Area beach rife with fecal bacteria

An overwhelming majority of water tests from Linda Mar beach in Pacifica conducted since January have tested positive for enterococcus, a bacterium commonly found in fecal matter, a new report from the Surfrider Foundation shows. 

SFO power outage in one of several recent airport outages

A massive power outage at SFO last night had all the makings of a real mosh pit, at all three domestic terminals, but technicians got it all straightened out in abut an hour. Major airports are like great big towns, all complex city and no suburbs. Technology can be and was unforgiving.