"It's an amphibian fuckfest." Kirk Lombard balefully surveys a swampy section of trail leading to an isolated beach on the coast south of San Francisco. His declaration is accurate. The croaking of frogs rises from beach scrub crowding the muddy stretch into which Lombard stomps, sludge sucking at his imitation Crocs.

O'Neill have just released a video from the finals of the Cold Water Classic Scotland 2011, showing highlights from this ASP contest in which Lord Brent Dorrington took a first place claiming $20 000 in prize money and took the top ranking in the Cold Water Classic series. Jay Quinn from New Zealand took second place.

A mountain lion was spotted this morning in the hills above Interstate Highway 280 in San Mateo County, emergency officials said.

"Location lion"

"SCHALER!!!!"

One more: A 16-year-old girl jumped or fell off the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday and survived, San Francisco Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Record levels of japan nuclear radiation have been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Fukushima, Japan Coast. The radiation is expected carried toward the US by fast-moving currents.

Famous Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2011 - Coming up ... This year is the 50th Anniversary of the event.

It's a good weekend for longboards, which means the folks doing the Big Stick Surfing Association Logjam event will be extra stoked. Avoid or check out the contest, which will run Saturday and Sunday at Pleasure Point. There is a weak west-northwest swell mixed with a southwest swell on tap this weekend, creating ankle- to waist-high waves with conditions looking up Sunday.

Japan is just in the beginning of the long term recovery effort from the earthquake that struck off northeastern Japan on March 11. The crisis alert level from the damage to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has now been raised to the highest level of impact, the same as the Chernobyl Russia incident 25 years ago.