Shark Alert at Stinson Beach

Michael A few weeks ago, there was great excitement at Stinson Beach, a few kilometers north of San Francisco: at this popular destination, a wave surfer was bitten in the, ahem, posterior by a white shark. The authorities immediately issued a ban on swimming and surfing, which led to sharp protests from the surfers who saw their constitutionally guaranteed right being restricted - but when the shark finally stayed away for weeks, the prohibition sign was removed and now they are surfing again!