"Wanton" July 4th partiers leave behind truckloads of trash at Golden Gate NRA
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a much beloved swath of public parkland hugging the San Francisco Bay, and is annually among the most-visited units in the national park system.
The Fourth of July was an unfortunate case in point.
Authorities said several hundred picnickers descended on the Great Meadow at Fort Mason on Wednesday, barbequing, drinking, setting off fireworks and leaving behind so much trash that it required four dump trucks to haul it all away Thursday morning.