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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by sounds on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:34PM (#14187342)
Mountain View (in the area nearest the bay) is a former landfill.

http://www.mountainview.gov/depts/pw/landfill.asp

I only mean to point out that although it may not be "allowed in the present," these problems last a lot longer than it takes for humans to move in to the area, or write new laws.

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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by DrScump on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:48PM (#14198411)
The misnamed Shoreline Amphitheater and the golf course are built on the old landfill site.

Events early in Shoreline's history had a problem with the lawn catching fire due to the uncontrolled seepage of methane from under the lawn (as a decay biproduct). Sort of the "everybody-hold-up-your-lighter-for-mood" effect, but uncontrolled.

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