Heh. Concerns about San Francisco’s decaying light poles were ignited Monday night after one corroded by urine toppled onto a car, narrowly missing the driver. The three-story-tall lamp post at Pine and Taylor streets snapped around 6:30 Monday and landed on a nearby car, almost crushing the driver. No one was injured. A perfect storm of conditions rusted out the base of the pole, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission officials
August 4, 2015
August 4, 2015
Federal Judge strikes down ban on undercover investigative videos on First Amendment grounds [Darleen Click]
Oh wait, this is for Animal rights activists … A federal judge struck down Idaho’s ban on undercover videos at factory farms Monday, saying state legislators wrongly criminalized free speech to protect powerful agricultural groups. Animal rights advocates called the ruling the first such defeat for a so-called ag-gag law in the U.S. The laws have gained popularity in some states as activists continue to publish undercover videos showing animal