Issa Looks to Save Tree Trimmer from Criminal Charges after Cutting Limbs for the Oakland, CA Post Office Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Wednesday launched an investigation into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s attempt to bring criminal changes against a California tree trimmer. In early May, Ernesto Pulido was hired by the U.S. Postal […]
OAKLAND — No birds were killed in a wood chipper during a tree-trimming incident outside a downtown post office earlier this month, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife investigation has found. Steve Martarano, a spokesman for the federal agency, said Tuesday that investigators made the determination after interviewing witnesses, reviewing a video and examining the contents […]
A grisly scene emerged out of the San Francisco Bay Area when tree trimmers in Oakland were caught feeding downed branches full of Black-crowned Night Heron nests and chicks directly into a woodchipper. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Officials at the downtown post office ordered nearby trees trimmed Saturday because nesting birds were defecating on […]