A rare and rotten phenomenon is drawing crowds to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend. A corpse flower is in bloom at the Conservatory of Flowers.
"Like if your toilet backed up and flushed back inside your toilet... that is what it smells like." Officials say the malfunction at the wastewater treatment plant is fixed, but the odor will linger for the next week, forcing residents to still take it in.
The local sugar company that runs the Crockett Wastewater Treatment Plant says there was an equipment failure during the last month's extreme heat. As the smell lingers, some residents are concerned for their health.
A molecular-level study is going to be launched to pinpoint a mysterious odor that has fouled Milpitas neighborhoods for years. Despite past studies, it has been difficult to find the exact source or sources.
Longtime residents of Milpitas say they have lived with mysterious odors for decades that fill the air whenever they open their windows or doors, take a walk in the park, or go shopping.
To make matters worse... The family says American Airlines told them their luggage would be taken off the plane, but that did not happen, leaving them with only the clothes on their back.