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Brock Keeling — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:55:38 GMT

"Night Shelter" by Ariel Dovas.

St. Anthony's Seeks Scarves, Other Donations

Leanne Maxwell — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:10:51 GMT

Bay City News reports via the Examiner that the St Anthony Foundation's 23rd Annual Curbside Holiday Donation Drive started this morning. They're accepting clothing, food, toiletries, and other items to be handed out free of charge to homeless and low-income residents.

St. Anthony's is especially looking for scarf donations, which will be given out to people who visit the foundation's dining room on Christmas Day. They've collected 3,000 scarves so far from the drive they held before Thanksgiving, along with their Holiday Knitting Drive.

Curbside donations will be accepted starting today through Christmas Eve at 105 Golden Gate Ave. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this weekend and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays.

You can also make a monetary donation, or volunteer your time.

(UPDATED) Huge Explosion Sparks Massive San Bruno Fire

Brock Keeling — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:37:02 GMT

According to CBS 5, "a huge explosion happened in the San Bruno area and huge flames can be seen...the flames are near Crestmore and San Ramon Avenues." The fire has torched multiple homes; an entire neighborhood is on fire. A least halk a dozen homes are ablaze.

Mike MCCarron, SFO spokesman, says there are no planes unaccounted for from SFO, but CBS 5 says it's a plane crash, though it has yet to be confirmed. KTVU says it's a possible gas station fire.

Update 6:45:: People online confirm that the fire started out as a long, roaring sound, then an explosion, which sound like it could have very well been a plane crash. Whatever started this horrific blaze, something is fueling it. The blaze is roaring out of control.

6:50: KTVU reports, "FAA says they do not believe this was the result of a plane crash."

6:58: Highway 280 to Highway 35 N. is closed. The fire, centered around San Bruno Avenue and Skyline Blvd., has prompted the evacuation of the area. CBS 5 says, " Many residents have reported seeing a plane go down. Others felt a huge shock wave, and heard an explosion. "

7:00 The flame are enormous, dwarfing the homes.

7:04: SFO spokesman tells KTVU there's "no record of any plane going down anywhere in northern CA."

7:05: Highways 30 and 85 are closed. Six patients are in critical condition at Kaiser in South SF.

Gavin Ready to Unveil Those New Muni Shelters he's Been Working on

Matt Baume — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:30:46 GMT

Remember October of 2007? The city was atwitter with bus shelter mania as Muni reached an agreement with Clear Channel to provide brand new shelters featuring the following:

- 3,000 bus poles with solar-powered signs will be installed at transit stops where there are no shelters within seven years from the date the designs are approved.
- At Muni's request, Clear Channel is required to provide a self-sustaining Bicycle-Sharing Program. It can be provided by a different vendor if Clear Channel can't get it going.

- Shelters will speak NextMuni information out loud, will have a beacon for waiting passengers to attract approaching vehicles, will contain recycled and sustainable materials, will be solar-powered, and will be "graffiti-resistant," whatever the hell that means.

- Clear Channel may install an additional 400 shelters and 111 kiosks.

- Clear Channel will pay $5,000,000 up front, then annual payments of $500,000 in admin fees, $200,000 in marketing fees, and $265,000 for the Arts Commission. Revenue sharing will be 55% for the first 15 years.

So, whaddya think? It's 11 months later, and Gavin's just now getting around to showing us something "green." Is this the new shelter we've been waiting for, or a useless flash-in-the-pan gimmick like the connected bus? Will it be as awesome as they predicted last fall? We'll be glued to CNN all day, waiting for details.