It probably wasn’t intended as a science experiment, but a big tree fell on the 300 block of Virginia during the wee hours of this morning, taking out a fence along the way. Neighbor Blair reports:
Apparently this tree fell at around 4:00 a.m. Thursday. According to neighbor, probably from lack of care, rather than due to storm.
UPDATE: The City sent a DPW crew to eat the fallen tree, and our local broadcast media decided that a fallen tree is so newsworthy that it warrants sending two satellite trucks to the scene:
“Reporting live from Virginia Street, this is Bernalwood Action News.”
UPDATE 2: KGO-TV identifies City budget cuts, rather than Newtonian physics, as the cause of the tree’s collapse:
Owner Patricia Mahoric wasn’t injured and her house sustained only minimal damage. Nonetheless, she believes the incident could have been avoided if the city had responded to her repeated calls about the tree.
She says she noticed the tree was in bad shape and appeared to be dying back in May. Since then, she says she has been calling to get the city to come out and take care of it.
A Department of Public Works spokeswoman says Mahoric is right. She says Mahoric did everything correctly but because of severe budget cuts, the city has reduced the pruning cycle and there are now only three tree inspectors for the entire city.
PHOTOS: Neighbor Blair
Bernalwood 
I appreciate the humor after my surprise this morning. 🙂 There were 2 satellite trucks because the boom on the first wasn’t tall enough. Still it must be a slow news day since KRON, KGO, and KTVU all had reporters there. KPIX just had a cameraman. Fortunately, someone with the keys to that VW came along before the city towed it out of the way to a new parking spot.
Superb headline sir!