SF News Sacramento's Collective Indifference Just Renamed A Landmark This morning in Sacramento, the herd of water buffalo we refer to as the "State Senate" collectively decided that the west, city-facing span of San Francisco Bay Bridge shall henceforth be known as
Arts & Entertainment Meet The Bay Bridge's New Troll And now, in troll news: reports have swirled about the fate of the troll that took up residence on the bridge in 1989, and now SF Appeal has word that there's a new
SF News Regarding The Cool LED Light System On The New Bay Bridge Span The Bay Lights have gotten plenty of attention on the western span of the Bay Bridge, but the same engineer who got those installed worked on the high-tech, permanent lighting system on the
SF News The Willie Brown Bridge Must Be Stopped Since we first mentioned it last month the petition to rename the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after Emperor Norton I has accumulated roughly 2,800 signatures in support of the effort. The Sacramento-based
SF News Meanwhile, On The Bay Bridge: Cyclist Takes The Wrong Bike Lane Earlier this week a brand new bike lane opened alongside the East Span of the Bay Bridge. It was definitely a win for the bike contingent, in the sense that it was 100%
Arts & Entertainment Take A Helmet Cam Ride Across The New Bay Bridge Tracey Jaquith strapped a camera to her helmet, jumped on her 1978 Honda CB400a, and took a ride across the recently reopened Bay Bridge Monday night. She starts off at the Bryant and
SF News Watch a Live Cam Of The New Bay Bridge Span Traffic is rolling smoothly so far on this first full day of operation for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, and that's a good thing since every news outlet in the
SF News Bay Bridge To Reopen Tonight [Updated] Update: The Bay Bridge will open between 9 and 10 p.m. The Bay Bridge will reopen tonight ahead of schedule. Though no specific time has been confirmed, we snapped the below shots
Arts & Entertainment A Selection Of Profanity-Laced Bay Bridge Tweets So far so good for the first day of the Bay Bridge's five-day closure. But how are people adjusting to the reality of no Bay Bridge today? We turned to the twitters to
SF News People Are Commemorating The Wrong Half Of The Bay Bridge Because it's 2013, and because of Instagram and Facebook and the rest, everyone feels it necessary to chime in on every big event, from Miley Cyrus to sarin in Syria, as if they
SF News I-80 Overpass Jarringly Quiet Following Bay Bridge Closure Good morning, Bay Area. We snapped the following footage of the I-80 overpass this morning from high atop SFist headquarters in SoMa. Exciting? For those of us who live/work in SoMa and
Arts & Entertainment Bay Bridge Closure Confounds Bad Drivers, Delights Stanley Roberts Always on the hunt for People Behaving Badly, local treasure newsman Stanley Roberts set up shop at the foot of the Bay Bridge yesterday where drivers scrambling to get out of the city
SF News Bay Bridge Shuts Down For Five Days Starting At 8 PM Are you ready? While folks in Eastern SoMa celebrate a quieter few days, the commuters around the Bay Area brace themselves for a five-day Bay Bridge shutdown. This project has been 24 year
SF News Photos: A View From The New Bay Bridge After years of political battles, and then years more of construction, the new east span of the Bay Bridge will finally open early next week. Before the entire bridge closes to allow Caltrans
SF News Bay Bridge Bike/Walk Path Will Open Too, Sort Of; Three Toll Lanes Will Be Closed This Weekend Some good news/bad news about the new eastern half of the Bay Bridge, which we can't stop talking about, we know. First off, the biking/walking path that will take people on
Arts & Entertainment Computer Simulation Lets You Live Your New Bay Bridge Commute Right Now For anyone who just can't wait until September to drive over the World's Largest Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge, this computer simulation released by CalTrans is basically the exact same thing as driving from virtual
SF News BART Will Run 24 Hours During Bridge Closure Once again forcing the question as to why they can't do it all the time, BART will be running trains all day and all night during the closure of the Bay Bridge starting
SF News Bay Bridge Gets Its Temporary Shims The quick fix to the much discussed bolt problem on the new span of the Bay Bridge was completed over the weekend, and now we're all set for a September 3 opening of
SF News No, Seriously This Time: New Bay Bridge Span Will Open On Labor Day After months of broken bolts, handwringing, and bumper sticker sloganeering, officials announced today the final, for real, yep-definitely-this-time opening date for the new East Span of the Bay Bridge, and it's the day
SF News New Bay Bridge *Still* Might Open The Day After Labor Day It's been a little over a month since CalTrans semi-officially decided to delay the opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge until December, and then a few days later they
SF News Effort To Rename Bay Bridge After Emperor Norton Revived By Online Petition Although Sacramento's bright idea to name the western span of the Bay Bridge in honor of noted local hat wearer Willie Brown was met with derision locally, the effort did remind us of
SF News Big Rig Fire Closes 2 Bay Bridge Lanes [Updated] UPDATE 10:05: Interstate 80 westbound lanes will be closed until noon. While the BART strike has been postponed for a few days, getting across the bay was still a mess this morning.
SF News New Bay Bridge Approach Will Feature 88 Palm Trees [Updated] The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, whenever it actually opens, will feature a median dotted with 88 palm trees that will blow in the breeze and possibly die within months. Landscapers
SF News Suspicious Package Closes Bay Bridge In Both Directions; Traffic Moving Again Traffic is slowing moving again after a suspicious package was found on the Treasure Island offramp. While the suspicious device was found to be benign, the sluggish traffic could be the death of
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On The New Bay Bridge Span... Although the new eastern span has its fair share of snafus going on at the moment, today its roads were give a microdermabrasion scrub. On Friday, workers pave the new deck. The bridge
