Your Commute

Tiiiiimber! Commuters blamelessly trying to get to the Golden Gate Bridge got stuck in a whole lotta mess this morning, as a lumber truck misjudged how fast it was going and spilled its load on that sharp turn up the northbound 101 9th Street and Mission/Van Ness exit. No one was hurt, but the entire highway was blocked, and cars parked below were damaged from the falling logs. Traffic on 101 backed up all the way to Monster Park, and the highway was reopened about four hours later.

In other traffic news, this time in the East Bay, last night, the connecting ramp between 580 and 80 was closed for about two hours to deal with a fatal crash, where an SUV crashed into the center divider and caught on fire.

And finally -- wanna buy a parking place? They're going for around $85,000-$125,000, which could buy you a two-bedroom house in Birmingham, Alabama. Invest now -- if Daly's 2-spaces for 3-units legislation survives a veto threat, they're going to only go up in value. (But make sure they're not located underneath the northbound 101 Mission/Van Ness Street exit -- tiiiiimber!)

Picture by Karl Mondon, off sfgate from the Contra Costa Times