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Powerful wind gusts created chaos in San Francisco Tuesday, blowing a tree onto the Bay Bridge, ripping a roof off of a house, and toppling trees across the city.
A San Francisco public toilet only operated for a few days before it reportedly shut down temporarily during the weekend, per the San Francisco Chronicle.
A well-publicized, futuristic-looking new public toilet in San Francisco only operated for a few days before technical issues reportedly shut it down temporarily during the weekend, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
San Francisco's public trash cans have long outlived their lifespan and need to be replaced. However, the current design is inadequate for the city's burgeoning population and the increasingly larger number of tourists. The garbage receptacles also get frequently rummaged through by scavengers, who leave behind a mess. To alleviate the issues, in 2018, San Francisco Public Works officials set out in search of a perfect trash can. The quest proved harder than they had thought.
Officials in San Francisco are asking the public to help choose a waste container among several models proposed for deployment in the California city. It is proving to be a costly project. One of the trash cans under consideration cost more than $20,000 and took four years to make.