At a gas station in San Bruno, a surveillance video caught Thursday's natural gas explosion and fire on film. "You can see one man getting ready to fill up his car when something catches his attention," notes NBC Bay Area, who first aired the footage. "That something was a huge fireball caused by an explosion of a 30-inch pipe."
Surveillance Video Captures 'Moment of Impact' Explosion, Fireball
Earthquake Clips: Big Brother, Judge Judy
Since there's no reason every other blog and MSM outlet out there gets to milk yesterday's 5.4 LA earthquake and not us, check out these two pieces of caught-on-tape footage fun. First we have , showing God's unmitigated gall by interfereing with Ms. Sheindlin's ruling.
Brief, Brutal Footage of Mini-Protest at Market Street
The photographer being manhandled at around 20-25 seconds in is Luke Thomas of Fog City Journal. (Or so we're told.) Then, at the end, the camera operator receives a serious (and seriously questionable) smackdown by an SFPD officer.
Breaking News: Letter to Congress Claims Responsibility for Today's New York City Explosion
Offices in Capitol Hill received a manila envelope with a letter claiming responsibility for today's bombing of a landmark military recruiting station in Times Square, NYC. Our parent site, Gothamist, tells us that "WNBC reports that the letters, which arrived today, included a photo of the Army recruiting center 'before it was bombed and...the words 'We did it.'" Which group is claiming responsibility, exactly, remains to be known.
Sutro Baths Back Then
We found this short clip of people frolicking at the Sutro Baths -- that looks like so much fun! -- shot by Thomas Edison on October 25, 1897.

