Military Bases San Francisco

Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors supporting the basing of the battleship Missouri at Hunters Point. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Dianne Feinstein violated state law by authorizing a memorandum of understanding on the Navy's plans without an environmental impact report.

Here in one of America's most densely populated cities, there are more than 15,000 people per square mile. Land values soar as high as skyscrapers. There is little room to grow in any direction except up.

Here in one of America's most densely populated cities, there are more than 15,000 people per square mile. Land values soar as high as skyscrapers. There is little room to grow in any direction except up.

Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a decision by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors supporting the basing of the battleship Missouri at Hunters Point. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Dianne Feinstein violated state law by authorizing a memorandum of understanding on the Navy's plans without an environmental impact report.

Federal agents have temporarily closed an Oakland company and seized more than 100,000 pounds of sausage allegedly made from cattle judged unfit for human consumption. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is recalling the products of Coast Sausage Co., most of which are sold to military bases, the San Francisco Examiner reported. There have been no reported health problems from eating the allegedly unfit sausages, officials said.

Along a seemingly a pristine stretch of Central California coastline, the Army is digging holes and sifting through a mountain of sand, looking for unexploded artillery shells, rocket propelled grenades and other ordnance buried at the former Ft. Ord infantry base. The last soldiers marched out of Ft. Ord 10 years ago, but so far the Army has cleared just 5% of the base's firing range. The Army has unearthed more than 8,000 live shells, and the job could take another 20 years.