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Adam Jackson shot the above video that shows scores and scores of youthful types heading to Saturday's SF LovEvolution/Love Parade bash at Civic Center. We don't know how they crammed their lithe bodies into that train; in fact, we don't want to know. We just thank the Lord we weren't on this inbound train at Civic Center. Shudder.

Though small bits of blood on the ground are not a rare sight in the Civic Center/Tenderloin environs, we felt we should mention a not-insignificant amount of spilled plasma being mopped up at Civic Center BART station last evening (9/29) around 7:40 p.m. Whatever incident had occurred (we have a call in to the SFPD), it was over and what was left was a lot of blood droplets ranging from one end of the platform all the way to the other end, with a small pool next to one of the round benches, and several officers manning the exits. It appeared that whoever was bleeding, it was from a decent-sized wound and they had wandered the length of the platform and back before seeking help or being carted away. BART police have no information on the incident, and though we think there were at least a couple SFPD officers on the scene, we were too busy side-stepping blood droplets and getting on our train to deal with being proper journalists or taking photos. We'll let you know if anyone calls us back, and do tell us if you have any better info.

This man, whose name we believe is Bob, grew up in Vallejo and moved to San Francisco in 1979 to pursue his dreams of being a postal clerk and (possibly) becoming a liberated gay man. Bob now curates this awkward site of internet oddities, and appears quite put off by things like Roseanne Barr and bestiality. Rather than write his memoirs, Bob is vlogging them, and this 9-minute bit of YouTubery is a fine example of why oral histories are sometimes a bit more ramble-y than written ones. He describes the horrors of his first apartment -- a room in the cockroach infested SRO known as the Civic Center Hotel, which still stands today at Market and 12th Street -- and one has to wonder what irresistible joys this town had to offer which kept Bob living this "nightmare" for six straight months rather than at home with mom in Vallejo.

Do you still stop to check?

       

So many protests causing a ruckus at Civic Center / City Hall these days, it's an embarrassment of riches, photo-wise. Today, we present to you Steve Rhodes' choice set of images shot at yesterday's protest against state budget cuts to health care. A total of 17 disability activists were later arrested in Civic Center for blocking traffic.

Scene from yesterday's budget rally to, like, help save public health. Read more about it over at SFBG.

Speaking of Prop 8, there will be a public forum tonight at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. If the mood should strike, you can attend to make your feelings heard on gay marriage and next week's California Sate Supreme Court hearing. But, you should remember, this is a public forum, and those are invariably old-fashion. And also symbolic. Typically, these kinds of forums are crowded with smash-the-state kind of Boomer and Gen X activists (compared to, say, younger activists who want to infiltrate and change the way one sees things) looking for face time and an adrenaline rush. Anyway, the meeting happens from 6:30 pm (or 6 pm) to 9 pm tonight. Be sure to check it out as it should prove entertaining if not informative.

             

SFist's Jonathan Hunt is live at Civic Center this morning where hundreds thousands have gathered to watch the Inauguration live.

           

Remember how there was supposed to be a protest cum riot at Civic Center tonight? "The kids in Oakland know how to party. Let's show them they are not alone," they puffed chest-ily declared over on IndyBay?

School of the Arts (SOTA) might make the move from carefree-but-boring Twin Peaks to the gritty-yet-colorful Civic Center hood. The public performing-arts school, which bases student admission via auditions, needs $60 million to make it happen. According to the Examiner, local artsy types want the school to move closer to San Francisco's apparent arts center, "saying it would allow budding performers to mingle with and learn from San Francisco’s opera, ballet and symphony stars." (Although, not everybody is happy with the school's possible nmove.)

"Big noise at Civic Center 50 seconds ago," we were told at 9:54 a.m. this morning. "Sounded like a building falling down for about 4 seconds." Egads, anyone else hear this? What happened?

A man was stabbed to death early this morning on Market Street during a fight. On the 1200 block of Market (at Eighth Street), the unidentified male murder victim was discovered at around 1:55 a.m. with multiple stab wounds. No arrests have been made. (SFGate)

SFist James sends us this photo, care of Matt Bellinger, of some packed albeit controversial Muni action that happened this afternoon during rush hour. Wheelchair man, it seems, demanded to get on per federal law and holds up train at Civic Center; Muni operator and passengers refuse to let him on. Operator was literally screaming at the guy to get out of the doorway of the packed train.

Taken at the Civic Center station, this (bloodied) gentleman came off an inbound train early this morning and collapsed. Anyone know what happened? Is he OK? Poor guy.

Source: the ever-brilliant Jim Herd at the Anime Costume Parade.

Matier & Ross were all over this nugget of news today: bronze plaques will be placed in locations where the city's homeless have died. The "memorials" will be placed in Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi's districts, which include the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Haight-Ashbury and Western Addition. Each will be 2 feet by 2 feet "human-shaped plaques" and "[inscribed] with details of the deceased's lives and the circumstances of their deaths," according to the Chron. Let's just hope they don't look like the mockup the Gate created above.

The 12th Annual Tết Festival Ceremony occurred yesterday all around Little Saigon in San Francisco

Tomorrow is BART Rider Appreciation / Thank You Day, and you, dear BART riders, will reap the benefits. The people at TransFair USA will give away 50,000 coupons for a shot of fair trade espresso from Tully's Coffee. Perfect for getting a move on in the morning and getting things moving, you know, down there.

Come volunteer to give away free espresso to support fair trade

-- Those rectangular glassy lofts on Folsom and Fourth Streets are, in fact, award-winning rectangular glassy lofts. Also, love the windows. [Curbed]

We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event:

Photo of an alleged Chistmas Tree in San Francisco's Civic Center

The current run of Madama Butterfly had deja vu written all over it again: same set; same soprano; Patricia Racette in the role of Cio-cio-san, the Japanese wife betrayed by the American officer; same Suzuki (Zheng Cao), Cio-cio-san's maid. We had seen the show a year and a half ago, and the only thing missing in the current run was the simulcast on the Civic Center plaza.

Today's Chron Bay Area section takes a break from covering the plight of lungless salamanders in Korea ( is this in the Bay Area section? Yes, yes, we know, it's because Cal researchers are researching them -- we're asking the question in a more philosophical sense.) to report that: oh no! Ed Jew's state criminal trial has been postponed again, to at least April 08.

-- Built in 1911, the Tower Theater is up for sale. Again. [Curbed SF]

-- Bonds' final, fatal backlash continues. (I wonder how he spent his day today? Ugh.) [SFGate, SF Examiner, FCJ , SFBG, The Snitch]

Hi, guys. What's up? Great. So...huh, how do we put this delicately without hurting anyone's feelings? Ahem, the next time there's a truck in the middle of Civic Center selling nothing but delicious waffles, and no one mentions it to us before said truck sells out of said waffles? We will go Carrie on all of you. (With you in the Betty Buckley role, of course, because you are the most caring readers.) Why,...

Why aren't you hiding under the covers yet? The city doesn't want to so much as hear you breathe come tomorrow. So, start upending those floorboards and crawling into that dank attic, or Gavin and Bevan will be coming to get you, Barbara.