Results tagged “warning”

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sounded the alarm today, warning "consumers not to eat Santa Cruz County sport-harvested shellfish because the clams, mussels, scallops or oysters may be contaminated with domoic acid, a dangerous toxin that is harmful to people."

AlertSF reports that there's a "[g]as main break on Bayshore Blvd btwn Industrial St & Augusta. Bayshore shut down in both directions. Avoid area for next hour."

At the risk of sounding like an alarmist -- oh hush, yous -- a tsunami warning has been issued for the California and Oregon coasts. We're not buying it. But still, check it.

Get. Out. Of. The. Water. Why? Well, it seems that someone spotted a shark swimming along the coastline just off of Stinson Beach, prompting authorities to shut down the beach to the public. CBS5 reports, "Golden Gate National Recreation officials told CBS 5 that they received two 'reliable' shark sighting reports on Monday. As a result, officials said they made the determination to close the beach for 5 days." Although Great White Shark attacks are relatively common in the area, insofar as shark-to-human attacks go, it wasn't know what shark, exactly, was spotted.

This just in: "At 1300 hours today [1 p.m. -- SFist], possible Mountain Lion [Pretty, pretty fluff puff with a big, wet nose] seen on trail on San Bruno Mountain [at his or her home]. If mountain lion seen, call 9-1-1 Sent by XXX to Brisbane, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Daly City (E-mail accounts, Pagers, Cell phones) through SMC Alert." Consider yourselves warned. (Thanks, KatyG, for the details!)

Yikes. Not to drizzle gasoline on a fire again, but this alarming note was found at Drumm & Jackson (sent to us via Lady_K.)